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A Bay Area school district recently formalized rules around acceptable AI use. Prohibited uses include making or distributing harmful content, sharing confidential information, and violating academic-honesty policies.

For this week’s 16th annual Doing Democracy Day in Colorado, high school students were invited to attend and talk to city councilmembers, business people, police officers and other area leaders.

Allentown schools in Pennsylvania have deployed an AI chatbot for students, a specialized AI track at Bridgeview Academy, a summer student AI institute at DeSales University, and expanded staff professional development.

The California Cradle-to-Career Data System, already used to track education and career markers, will now connect with CalKIDS and community college data to connect students with scholarship opportunities.

Under proposed legislation, rather than having to transition to all zero-emission school buses by Jan. 1, 2040, Connecticut school districts will have until July 1, 2040 to transition 90 percent of their buses.

Findings from a survey of more than 1,000 parents and teachers show how students are learning both inside and outside the formal school system through online social platforms, and often from unvetted sources.

A proposal before the Wake County school board would involve the county, sheriff’s office and a vendor in putting cameras in school zones and on bus stop-arms, potentially discouraging speeders while raising revenue.

Instructure and InnovateEDU’s analysis of common classroom technologies found 60 percent of designated ed-tech tools and 98 percent of consumer tools haven't met standards of evidence recognized by the ESSA.

Free, teacher-vetted lessons offered online by the nonprofit CYBER.ORG are designed to support and re-establish the caregiver’s role as an active participant in a student’s tech-driven education.

A recent conversation with the senior associate director of AI and teaching and learning at Northeastern University yielded advice about engaging students, upgrading lessons, trial and error, and helpful feedback.

Starting this spring, a new state test called the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments-Adaptive for grades 3-10 will be “adaptive,” meaning students will get different questions based on their previous answers.

Superintendent of Schools Michele Blatt cautioned against regulations that could quickly become outdated, as the West Virginia Department of Education has already revised its AI guidelines twice since January 2024.

A multiyear initiative between a private historically Black liberal arts college and a tech company will expose up to 750 high school students in the Birmingham area to AI technology and workforce opportunities.

HISD will convert Gregg and Clemente Martinez elemantaries into "Future 2 Schools," serving students from kindergarten through eighth grade and focused on skills needed with the rise of artificial intelligence.

The tutoring and college-prep company Studyville Enterprises is nearly quadrupling its staff in the next five years and further developing its tutoring performance tracking and literacy software.

Odyssey CEO Joseph Connor, whose company is building infrastructure for the nation’s largest ESA rollout, says vetting local vendors is key to helping states and families make the most of digital wallets.

A collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab, the STEM Coding Lab and the Valley School of Ligonier will teach elementary students about AI’s ethical and societal implications.

North Kansas City School District is cooperating with law enforcement after an audit found a district IT employee approved invoices for a vendor owned by his brother, without following procurement requirements.