K-12

Following an audit by the state comptroller, a school district in New York has identified and disabled unneeded accounts that belonged to former employees, as those represented potential entry points for cyber criminals.

Anxiety, depression, stress and other mental health issues have been on an upward trend in K-12, and software tools that provide a holistic view of a student’s physical and mental health could be part of addressing it.

Following debate at one district, a civil liberties lawsuit and what was initially an 18-month moratorium, the New York State Department of Education is drafting recommendations for facial recognition in schools.

San Jose-area high school students built and trained the artificial-intelligence device SIREN to detect gunshots and instantly communicate with students and staff at an affected school, along with the police department.

T.J. Smith, director of technology at Cloquet School District in Minnesota, said online attacks went from a rarity in 2017 to an omnipresent, continuously expanding threat that has necessitated responses from lawmakers.

The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education located at a U.S. Department of Energy facility has served local children for decades. The programs have advanced AI, robotics and coding.

A cyber attack involving file transfer and encryption software called MOVEit exposed personal information of children in foster care, the Minneapolis and Perham school districts and Hennepin Technical College.

Autry Technology Center in Oklahoma will host summer classes for middle school students to learn about technical careers, giving them experience building robots and learning about electrical principles and wiring.

A partnership with the University of Mississippi Medical Center allows 440,000 K-12 students to get medical attention online for minor illnesses or mental health issues while public schools are out of session.

Shift_ed, a nonprofit that promotes career and technical education, transformed a school bus into the Mobile Innovation Lab, a makerspace with hands-on activities to expose middle schoolers to STEAM fields.

More than 120 students within the Laguna Beach Unified School District participated in an electric bike safety program in exchange for a permit to park their bike on campus amid concerns about speeding and safety.

The nonprofit AI4K12 provides free resources and activity guides on its website, including important angles from which students and teachers should study AI. It is also developing curricula for Georgia public schools.

A CyberCamp in southern Georgia is teaching high school students the basics of cybersecurity and Windows system administration, as well as introducing them to Linux, Ubuntu and Ubuntu Security.

A new generation of AI-enabled classroom tools might help teachers and students move beyond the old “factory model” of education, which teaches all students at the same pace, to a more personalized model.

Chatbots driven by artificial intelligence might help schools scale tutoring programs and act as a sort of support staff for tutoring, but they're still prone to mistakes and can't pick up on subtle emotional cues.

A cybersecurity breach at San Diego Unified School District in October 2022 not only affected student medical information but also employees' Social Security numbers, bank account information, medical data and more.

Using federal funds intended to help schools reopen safely after COVID-19, Utah has put energy-efficient air purifiers in 60 percent of its schools and 55 percent of its state-certified day care centers since last fall.

A school district in Pennsylvania has added three electric-powered vehicles to its bus fleet to gather information about whether they're a viable alternative to vehicles that use fossil fuels.