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Districts across the United States can see the need for new professional development to coach teachers on the inner workings, use cases and hazards of AI tools, but many are waiting for more clarity or consensus.

Vigo County School Corporation in Indiana has about 35 devices that provide translations in real time, and teachers and administrators find them helpful for communicating with non-English-speaking students and parents.

Educators and technologists alike say the genie is out of the bottle with AI, and understanding the technology will be critical for all students — how it works, potential uses, the ethics around it and what it will do.

A new world of problem-solving tech companies is fast emerging in our time, and today's students have a lot to gain by venturing out of the classroom, whether by field trip or Zoom tour, to see it for themselves.

Traverse City Area Public Schools is at least the 11th district in Michigan to join a national class-action lawsuit alleging property damage, counselor pay and other expenses incurred by student addiction to social media.

A ransomware gang has caused a PR crisis for Minneapolis Public Schools by posting 143 gigabytes of information, including investigative records, online after the district refused to pay a $1 million ransom.

Michael Otsuji, who has worked for various state departments in the past 40 years, will lead the Office of Information Technology Services starting next month. Former interim IT leader Christine Shaw will be his executive assistant.

The 2023 Clean School Bus grant program has $400 million available to replace fleets in high-need communities. The EPA will allow districts to work with third parties to make applications more competitive.

Contrary to initial reports from Tucson Unified School District, Bloomberg News found that cyber criminals posted stolen confidential records online in February, including employee Social Security numbers.

Starting in July, the nonprofit Pennsylvania School Safety Institute will offer classroom training and hands-on simulations to prepare educators and law enforcement to respond to physical security threats on campus.

The Consortium for School Networking's 2023-2026 strategic plan means to involve IT leaders in curriculum and other matters, shape policy and standards for AI use, and, as always, strengthen cybersecurity.

After a ransomware attack left it without Internet service for days, a Pennsylvania school district is still conducting classes with unconnected devices and old-school papers, pencils, lectures and group activities.

Having already confirmed an unauthorized intrusion of its network, a Minnesota school district has further confirmed it was a ransomware attack, which it did not pay, and which compromised some employee data.

One of the largest school districts in Arizona has joined a lawsuit against several social media companies, alleging that their algorithms, corporate decisions and business strategies have harmed student mental health.

A report from the nonprofit CALSTART says California, Maryland and Florida lead the way, but 11 states are not on board. The report also offers recommendations for making zero-emission fleets more affordable.

Barker Central School District in New York will use federal funding to buy 12 new electric buses, an idea that has been relatively well received within the district for its potential to reduce carbon emissions.

Data-driven well-being audits are becoming more common in Denmark’s classrooms, and experts are mixed on the potential for mood-monitoring tech to help address student mental health in the United States.

Advanced chatbots could be used as powerful classroom aids that make lessons more interactive, teach students media literacy, generate personalized lesson plans and even save teachers time on administrative tasks.