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A new STEM school in Council Bluffs Community School District is expected to have areas of concentration in medical technology, engineering, robotics, AI, aeronautics, cybersecurity and bioscience, plus a P-TECH program. -
Google has given money to support STEM education at Glenwood Community School District, apprenticeships at Iowa Western Community College and IT boot camps at Avenue Scholars Southwest Iowa, among other programs.
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Hiring a workforce development coordinator with deep industry knowledge and connections, and making it easier for CTE instructors to get licensed, helped an Arizona district grow its network of business partnerships.
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Teachers had little to no training when schools across the state made the emergency switch to remote instruction during COVID-19, and what followed was learning loss and problems with student behavior and mental health.
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Gov. JB Pritzker has proclaimed April as “Innovation and Technology Month” in the state as part of an effort to highlight technological achievements in quantum computing and support education and workforce growth.
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South Middleton School District is debating whether or not to mandate its $20 user fee for laptops and other school-issued devices for all students and grade levels, because at present, it's not enough to cover costs.
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Students with Mount Vernon Community School District will use a $40,000 grant to outfit a school bus with technology and convert it into an elementary classroom with solar panels, a deck and an outdoor learning space.
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Thirty teams from elementary, middle and high schools are registered to compete at the Albany Civic Center this weekend. Students will solve STEM-related problems and show off machines they built to sink balls in hoops.
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The National Association for College Admission Counseling and the College Guidance Network are teaming up to offer online content designed to help school counselors guide students through the college application process.
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The Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence is taking applications through May 20. Prize money will go to 20 educators whose programs inspire kids to pursue careers in skilled trades.
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A design engineer at the hand-tool company reflects on four years with RoboBOTS, a student robot-building competition, from which she got hands-on experience that led her to discover an interest in manufacturing.
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Partnering with Washington’s Bellevue School District on a two-week pilot program, the ed-tech company successfully prepared teachers to incorporate coding into core subjects after one day of training.
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Schuylkill Valley School District in Pennsylvania wants to transfer assignments stored on Google Drive to Microsoft's OneDrive, and teachers are concerned about compatibility issues and losing information.
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Sophomores at Corvallis High School built a low-cost sensor that tests for levels of carbon dioxide, particulate matter 2.5 and nitrogen dioxide. They used it to measure pollution near a local glass fiber plant.
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Teachers want to play a major role in decisions about classroom technology, and over 90 percent of them expect to continue using tools they adopted for online and hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The V-CRED program, operated by the city and the City University of New York, will offer free vocational training in information technology, electrical work, certified nursing, pharmacy technology and building trades.
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The court struck the phrase “intended to harass” from the 7-year-old law, arguing that it could criminalize online communication like irate emails or negative social media posts about local policies and public figures.
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Kognity for NGSS aims to give teachers a framework for designing interactive science lessons involving simulations, videos and 3D models to engage students and prompt discussions that connect different disciplines.
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The annual two-day summit will convene education and technology leaders to discuss workforce training, online education programs, the need for more school funding and the potential for technology to improve workplaces.
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In what seems to be the largest-ever breach of personal student data in the U.S., hackers accessed the online grading system of New York City public schools in January. Officials are furious with Illuminate Education.
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A recent report from the Government Accountability Office says virtual schools pose an "increased risk" to federal money that funds them, because they're far less monitored and publicly accountable than public schools.
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