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As part of a STEM program at Enid High School in Oklahoma, a fabrication lab is expanding students' conception of technology careers with design software, 3D printing, esports, cybersecurity and other disciplines.

China’s new restrictions to keep educational technology companies out of capital markets threaten to curtail tutoring and other industries, but experts say the changes may have little effect on the U.S. market.

The state department of education's new strategic plan would require every high school to offer at least one computer science class by 2023, with scholarships and incentives for teachers to learn how to teach it.

After one year and $12 million in renovations on a four-story building, the district is preparing to open the Erie Center for Arts and Technology to train high school students in digital arts, and adults in tech fields.

Moses Lake School District in Washington is buying 14 FrontRow Juno amplification systems, whereby teachers wear portable Bluetooth microphones connected to speakers that elevate their voice above classroom noise.

A state law passed in June will require schools to use mobile or Bluetooth-enabled alert systems for staff to report an active shooter, medical issue or other threat to first responders in real time.

With nearly $15 million in state and local funding, Kentucky has established a new technical training center in Irvine to train students for work in computer science, IT, mechanics and other tech-integrated careers.

Hoping to make Bay County a hub for underwater systems, AMIkids Panama City Marine Institute in Florida offers students hands-on experience with manning remotely operated vehicles and reading the software that runs them.

The annual camp highlights the growing industry of esports, or competitive video gaming, which led the university to start its own master's program in esports management and other schools to devise their own programming.

Hernando County School District is using Nintex software to speed up the permitting process for capital projects. Officials say the platform cut the time it took to get projects approved by more than half.

Signed in June by Gov. Jared Polis, a new law aims to fight disinformation by requiring the state department of education to maintain an online bank of materials about media literacy, should schools want to use it.

The Grand Forks Region Economic Development Corporation is working to secure grant funding, apportioned by the state Legislature for career and technical education, to build facilities for Grand Forks Public Schools.

A cyber attack on Emma Willard School last week resulted in the theft of employee social security numbers and financial information. The school is now providing free credit and identity theft-monitoring services.

Dalton Public Schools will put Kloud-12 OneDevice cameras in about a dozen secondary classrooms, with teacher permission, for purposes of remote teaching, professional development, observation and security.

The international hackathon in Bellevue, Wash. featured 130 high school-age students and 45 inventions designed to improve education, including a posture-correcting app and augmented reality for remote learning.

The education software company’s new Center for Advancing Learning will focus on tech accessibility, community colleges, historically Black colleges and universities, and online program management.

Given a massive influx of state and federal money, school districts are trying to decide which technology initiatives should take priority, and which investments are worthwhile and sustainable in the long run.

Three years after an Ohio district devoted $3.3 million to upgrading digital video cameras in all 27 of its schools, with live feeds and remote access, the district caught intruders in the process of stealing equipment.