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Almost half of U.S. states have laws allowing automatic cameras to catch drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses, but the penalties are either too to change drivers' behavior or don't hold up in court.

Jun Kim, director of technology for Moore Public Schools in Oklahoma, set up a statewide clearinghouse of platforms, applications and programs that have been vetted for data-privacy practices by districts around the state.

EPS Learning, formerly known as EPS School Specialty, will focus on K-12 literacy tools for both digital and print that incorporate the science of reading.

A journalism teacher at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, Calif., crafted her own media-literacy curriculum with Ted Talks, documentaries, articles about TikTok’s algorithm and examples of AI-enhanced images.

The nonprofit Internet Safety Labs found that exposure to trackers and behavioral ads on school devices vary by race and income, and often the source of the problem is the school’s own official website.

Among more than 550 sessions at the National Future of Education Technology Conference in Florida this year, nearly one-fifth were about artificial intelligence, covering uses in classroom instruction and data analytics.

The Open Data Index for Schools, a new data tool programmed by an education nonprofit, offers a buffet of federal data within school attendance boundaries. Here's how local government agencies can use it.

The new Foust Elementary School, one of two schools to open next year in Guilford County, N.C., will use gaming, coding and robotics to teach technology skills and expose students to related career fields.

While digital devices have brought accessibility and flexibility to education, educators should also warn about their potential for causing annoying and even dangerous distractions, surveillance or ethical problems.

Supported by a federal grant, Riverside Local School District in Ohio is spending $250,000 with Vocera Communications to replace analog radios with 400 new digital badges and radios that are typically used in hospitals.

After nearly two decades with the same IT service provider, an Ohio school district has contracted with a new provider, Sentinel Technologies, for three years of services such as Internet management and device fixes.

The Environmental Protection Agency said last week that it was taking back more than $18 million allocated to West Virginia schools because they'd been misclassified as "rural," but that is no longer the case.

Looking for a handbook for teaching the cybersecurity body of knowledge in a conventional classroom setting? Read this book by Daniel Shoemaker, Ken Sigler and Tamara Shoemaker.

SETDA, CoSN and 10 other nonprofits or professional associations applaud the Federal Communications Commission’s initiative but ask the federal agency to protect sensitive data during the pilot.

The department has proposed changing guidelines and definitions around distance education programs in order to collect more consistent and useful data on how students are faring in remote learning programs.

An internship program with a regional cybersecurity company helped Cañon City High School in Colorado build a team for the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition.

Groton Public Schools was offline Thursday following a cyber attack on its main servers. The technology director said the source of the attack has been identified, and connectivity was 90 percent restored by the end of the day.

In one of two school safety summits hosted by educators and law enforcement in Madison County, Ill., each year, experts warned about AI deepfakes and online exploitation such as grooming, sexting and "sextortion."