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Three public school districts in the region are getting electric buses through a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program aiming to replace the country's aging, diesel-fueled fleet.

State Superintendent Eric Mackey told members of the state board of education in December that they couldn’t outright ban cell phones from schools, but he would like to give some additional guidance to districts.

The Utah State Board of Education recently approved plans that would allow schools to make use of AI gun detection technology from the video analytics platform ZeroEyes. The technology is able to identify firearms in real time.

Fifteen new ed-tech companies were selected among thousands of applicants. They will receive grants, training and networking opportunities to fast-track their startups.

To help kids realize science is applicable to everyday life, a Colorado Springs nonprofit researcher and developer of science instruction for schools earned funding to advance a promising project.

The $418 million allocation includes contracts with Zearn, Ignite Reading and Lexia to help boost reading and math test scores. Elementary and middle school students statewide will have access to the added technology.

The coding education platform CodeMonkey has launched a new course in data science for students in grades five and six. The offering features hands-on coding lessons and interactive learning games.

On Jan. 15, a new law is scheduled to take effect in Ohio that will compel many other social media platforms to ask for a parent's permission before establishing an account for minors under the age of 16.

In California, a new law will require all students there to learn cursive handwriting — a skill that had been mandatory for generations, but started to fall by the wayside in the digital age.

Hoping to expedite undersea data collection from coral reefs to study climate change, a 14-year-old freshman at Hanford High School in Washington built a water rover with AI to collect and analyze numerical sensor data.

A new internship program for high school students in Ohio proposes to give them entry-level work experience at technology companies throughout the state, which will be reimbursed for wages they pay to student interns.

State Sen. Reginald Thomas sponsored a bill that would assign the Kentucky Department of Education to set guidelines for AI use in schools, monitor its impact, and train teachers, administrators and school board members.

The bipartisan bill asks lawmakers to update the Digital Equity Act of 2021 to emphasize the importance of educating current and future workers on the basic principles and applications of artificial intelligence.

The California School Boards Association recognized several Inland Empire districts for innovative programs related to technology skill-building, virtual training , online communities and environmental sustainability.

The Seattle Times asked readers for their opinions on schools restricting cellphone use, and among 140 responses, an overwhelming majority, mostly teachers and parents, approved of keeping phones out of the classroom.

Republican state senators argue that Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan to replace gas-powered school buses by 2035 is too expensive for many districts to afford without significant impacts to their operating budgets.

First and second graders at Western Primary School in Indiana are piloting virtual reality games created by an assistant professor of computer science and informatics at Indiana University Kokomo.

More integrations, low-connectivity tools, small language models, an avalanche of resumes: This is not a Christmas wish list but a set of predictions for what generative AI will bring to education in the months ahead.