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Starting April 13, a town in Connecticut will use cameras on school buses to automatically issue fines to drivers for illegally passing stopped school buses. A warning period resulted in nearly 300 warnings to drivers.
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Out-of-state vendors can sign up for Texas Education Freedom Accounts if they have a license to do business in the state. Experts say the law leaves a gray area for out-of-state schools that join as online vendors.
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The state Department of Education asked for $17.6 million to educate students about the impact smartphones, screens and social media, and it's launching a survey to learn how districts handle technology in the classroom.
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Financial data that a cyber charter school submitted to the IRS shows revenue far exceeding expenses, while its graduation rate is 68.4 percent. Some district officials now want lawmakers to reform charter school funding.
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Some students feel unfairly restricted by Fresno Unified School District's use of an app to regulate their trips outside classrooms during instructional periods. They are allowed two seven-minute bathroom breaks per day.
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“Ed,” an interactive co-pilot that allows students to access learning materials, and parents to monitor their child, will be available to all families in the Los Angeles Unified School District in the coming weeks.
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A partnership between Chicago Public Schools, the Illinois Institute of Technology and City Colleges of Chicago allows high-school juniors and seniors to enroll in college courses in pursuit of associates degrees.
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In recognition of Women’s History Month and Expanding Girls’ Horizons in Science and Engineering Month, Microsoft, Code Ninjas and the nonprofit Girls Who Code are sponsoring girls who enter a game-design challenge.
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A handful of schools in the Norwalk area will join three other regional schools currently enrolled in the Verizon Innovative Learning program, which will provide free Chromebooks and data plans to students and staff.
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Spurred by growing public concern over data privacy, some of which is supported by nonprofit research, Tutor.com and other ed-tech companies have come under the microscope by state and federal leaders.
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As many schools have already banned cellphone use during class, governors and legislators in at least half a dozen states are pushing their schools to follow suit — through persuasion or by law.
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Students are taking an all-digital version of the SAT this spring while universities are taking varying stances on its role in admissions: some don't accept SAT scores, for some it is optional, and other are reinstating requirements.
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Four months after a similar ballot measure narrowly failed, Duluth School District is asking voters to approve $5.2 million in taxes annually over 10 years for technology, cybersecurity and learning.
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Pixevety's child privacy platform to help schools manage image galleries that contain students is compliant with strict European Union privacy laws that define personal data, accountability measures and security requirements.
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The Hawai'i State Department of Education has flagged the fire-alarm systems at 15 of the state's 264 schools as inoperable and needing replacement — a concern in the wake of last summer's wildfires on Maui.
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The Texas-based Raptor Technologies is teaming up with Alertus Technologies, which provides mass notification and emergency communication services, to connect wearable panic buttons to emergency notification systems.
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At a recent roundtable discussion with Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, school administrators said students appear to be more engaged, more social and mentally healthier since being separated from their smartphones during the day.
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Competing at a national summit next month, the first five new companies recognized by Western Governors University Labs’ Accelerator Pitch Competition address critical challenges in education.
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Carroll County teachers have shared frustrations about cellphones being a disruption to instruction as well as a mode of bullying, and trying to enforce the district's current limited-use policy uses up class time.
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If Florida is to continue growing as a national leader, its schools will need to cultivate career-ready skills of the future in artificial intelligence, digital literacy, critical thinking skills and multilingualism.
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Reusable, durable technology that has a long shelf life of technical support, one vendor says, could have a leg up in the liquidation approval process. Remaining ESSER money must be earmarked by Sept. 30.
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