K-12

A blockchain group will award up to $100,000 apiece, in its own $EDU cryptocurrency token, to some K-12 teachers for the creation of educational content for use in a decentralized education system.

An informal poll on social media found that teachers are encouraging students to use ChatGPT for test preparation or brainstorming project ideas, and using it themselves to append lessons in writing or technology.

A makerspace with educational and high-tech equipment, a nonprofit innovation collaboratory that connects students to job opportunities, and a technology and innovation council support STEM in Carroll County, Maryland.

Generative AI carries new potential for personalized education, which can take many forms. Even as schools customize the rate and style of learning for each student, they should also keep an eye on collective interests.

Ireland-based SoapBox Labs built a speech-recognition engine based on specific accents in 193 countries, using a “for kids, by kids” approach to reading and writing instruction to make it inclusive.

After a middle-school student was charged with bringing a loaded gun and knife to campus in March, a school district in Kentucky is standing by its weapons detectors despite some public opposition.

Federal officials announced expedited measures to reach the 28 million U.S. households without high-speed Internet service. Money from the new Infrastructure Law will be available to families and Pell Grant recipients.

NYC will be the first major school system in the nation to offer such an expansive program, including more course offerings and the ability to take classes at non-traditional times, like evenings and weekends.

Career and technical education programs in fields like information technology and health care are multiplying while surging tuition costs, the prospect of loan debt and availability of jobs deter students from college.

Deloitte and Amazon Web Services will donate robotics kits, curriulum and training materials to a middle school, with plans to extend STEM outreach to more middle and high schools in the nation’s capital by 2026.

With support from a local redevelopment commission, a career center at Logansport High School in Indiana is giving students space to work with tools used in advanced manufacturing, construction and other fields.

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.