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As the new five-year funding cycle for E-rate begins, experts at the Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando urged districts to plan early, document thoroughly and stay vigilant on compliance. -
Now headed to the state Senate for consideration, House Bill 4141 would require all of Michigan's public and charter schools to adopt policies forbidding students from using cellphones during instructional time.
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With future workforce skills increasingly uncertain and Silicon Valley's own entrepreneurs sending their kids to schools with no screens, perhaps Taoism has something to teach about cultivating a life of the mind today.
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The Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education's internship program for high school juniors and seniors connects them with jobs at local technology companies that pay at least $50,000 per year.
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Eight months after launching LASAR, a bespoke app for students and community members to send anonymous tips about dangerous or suspicious behavior, Los Angeles Unified School District has logged 591 reports.
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As artificial intelligence ushers in a sea change that touches all aspects of education, schools might keep up by convening a council of stakeholders to discuss good ideas and get district-level buy-in.
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School IT departments could make progress on backlogs of device repairs by availing themselves of student tech-support teams, like those being piloted at the Santa Cruz County Office of Education through Vivacity Tech.
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Some legal questions around generative AI in schools have yet to be resolved, but in general, schools must vet their vendor contracts carefully and get parental permission for students to use the technology.
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Josh Clark, who heads a private school in Massachusetts that serves children with language-based learning differences, is optimistic that artificial intelligence will enable tools that address their specific challenges.
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The Buffalo School Board has reached an agreement with the city of Buffalo to allow BusPatrol to install outward-facing cameras on all school buses to catch drivers who pass buses when their red lights are flashing.
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To prepare students for a future in which various forms of artificial intelligence will be ubiquitous, schools will need to impart foundational knowledge about how the tools work and what they produce.
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In its fourth and final annual report on K-12 connectivity, the nonprofit Connected Nation found major increases in some states and nationwide in how many districts meet the FCC's Internet speed standard of 1 Mbps.
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Data from the Iowa Department of Education shows that students at Mason City schools improved in several categories compared to last year, but in many areas continues to fall well below state averages.
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A new iPad application from School Rebound SA analyzes the script or cursive writing of elementary students and employs gamification to teach them how to write more legibly.
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Nationally, 13.4 percent of rural households lack the minimum necessary broadband connection for streaming educational videos or virtual classrooms, according to the National Rural Education Association.
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A public school district in Georgia is still trying to bring its network back online after shutting it down in mid-November because of “suspicious activity." Officials say important programs were not impacted.
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Frontline Education, which makes tools for K-12 personnel, business operations and student information functions, has integrated with a payment-processing company's event ticketing and management capabilities.
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The Federal Communications Commission's $200 million initiative would help income-eligible districts and libraries identify what data protection measures are needed and provide discounted cybersecurity tools.
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Conemaugh Township Area High School will use a federal grant to buy classroom technology such as interactive projectors, laptops and display boards, and to implement a telemedicine system with two Telemed Carts.
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Robotics competitions like the FIRST Tech challenge bring hundreds of students into academic and extracurricular programs that encourage interest and aptitude in science, technology, engineering and math.
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Clark County Schools in Kentucky found their teachers now expect some flexibility in how they receive professional development, which is consistent with a national survey data from the EdWeek Research Center.
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