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The tech giant has awarded money to six school districts who will work with IBM Service Corps teams on training, assessments and protocols to protect against ransomware after a banner year for cyber attacks in 2020.

The Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units and Penn State Extension are gathering data about numbers of students, household devices and Internet access that may later aid the distribution of grant funds.

It's been a decade since Maine authorized charter schools, and today they teach less than 2 percent of the state's public school students. Graduation rates have been lower, while student performance has been mixed.

The "Tech District Reboot Rally" at San Antonio's new Legacy Park last week hosted university representatives, students, public officials and executives from the downtown area's nearly 100 IT and cybersecurity firms.

The consolidation of two early learning programs, the personalized Homer program for very young children with the coding-focused codeSpark for slightly older kids, aims to prepare a new generation for STEM careers.

All 145 schools in the Pinellas County district in Florida lost Internet access for two days after a 17-year-old, who was later expelled and charged with a felony, hacked into the district's network.

As part of its fiscal 2022 budget, Howard County Board of Education in Maryland has set aside funds for five additional technology positions and the Digital Education Center, a virtual learning program with 12 positions.

Starting with a soft open this summer, a consortium of 10 school districts in upstate New York will launch the Torch Academy, a virtual learning option for K-12 students to replace or append in-person classes.

Over the next three years, Mississippi's Vicksburg Warren School District will use Discovery Education's platform to curate digital materials for keeping students interested and connecting lessons to current events.

Looking back on a disruptive year of learning from home, high school seniors in Pennsylvania recall lessons in organization, work ethics and the challenges of interacting through video conferencing technology.

The motor company will help buy equipment for the center, a collaboration between the University of Arkansas and Fort Smith Public Schools to create career pathway programs in 22 districts, set to open in August.

New York school districts are waiting for clarification on whether the state will require or merely allow them to have all students return to in-person classes this fall, and what that will mean for remote learners.

Math teachers at Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District in Texas are seeing student grades improve through the use of My Math Academy, a game-based educational platform that tracks real-time progress.

The Albuquerque Journal has noticed New Mexico schools are benefiting from MidSchoolMath, a startup in Taos whose interactive program teaches algebra through virtual games that help students remember core concepts.

Students at Fox Chapel Area High School in Pennsylvania won the annual Governor’s STEM Competition with a mobile app that determines whether people in a particular location are following social distancing guidelines.

The pandemic has significantly increased the number of students who don’t attend class. Solutions aren’t easy, but school districts can recover the chronically absent by digging deeper into data.

Milwaukee Public Schools has partnered with The Art of Education University to provide digital curriculum and professional development tools for visual arts teachers throughout the district.