K-12

The biggest accelerator of K-12 innovation is changing attitudes toward demonstrating learning, and the top hurdle is staff recruitment and retention, according to an annual report from the Consortium for School Networking.

A system designed to amplify classroom audio can now be equipped with safety buttons that provide teachers with a one-touch ability to notify office personnel if something is amiss.

New Haven Public Schools placed two employees on leave due to performance-related concerns that arose while implementing corrective measures after a cyber attack on the school and city in June 2023.

The Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve and a handful of other educational centers will train up to 1,100 educators to teach computer science through supplemental certifications and other programs.

Savvas Learning Company, which produces digital learning tools for K-12, hopes to bring dual enrollment and dual-credit opportunities to its clients by acquiring an ed-tech startup that offers online college courses.

A bill moving through Congress proposes that districts receiving funds through the E-Rate program should not allow social media access, but it may be more practical for districts to address the problem individually.

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.