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The ed tech company, which has created its own VR headsets, announced a learning platform for K-12 that can be accessed by any device and brings students into a virtual environment for lessons and field trips.

Some Alabama school districts are planning to install vape sensors in restrooms after witnessing a dramatic increase in students vaping when they returned to in-person classes after the pandemic.

Panelists in a session at the ISTELive 22 annual conference emphasized the importance of advocacy groups, and how supporting them can lead to major dollars going to schools and ed tech through legislation.

A study by the Pennsylvania Charter Performance Center found enrollment in online charter schools surged 59 percent in the 2020-21 school year. Boyertown School District estimated this exodus added $5.4 million to its costs.

At the annual International Society for Technology in Education conference in New Orleans this week, a panel advised school administration and vendors on how to work together on data privacy agreements.

A Pennsylvania district's technology committee has recommended requiring families to pay an annual fee of $15-$20 per student, depending on how many students they have, to cover network service, technology and repairs.

An incubator space in Emporia, Kans., will host classes and activities for kindergarten through sixth grade, collaborating with local districts to build programs in robotics, engineering, web design and other subjects.

Veteran esports leaders on Tuesday at the ISTELive 22 annual conference explained the myriad benefits of those programs, from promoting social-emotional well-being to laying the groundwork for technical careers.

Seeing a problem with keeping computers organized when they're turned in to teachers, an Ohio school district will assign students one device to keep for fifth through eighth, and then ninth through 12th grade.

A program being developed by Sutter County Probations Office in California will partner with middle schools to teach life skills in the digital age, addressing topics like digital footprints and cyber bullying.

Developers of the newly updated website say it will provide more transparency on how the state’s school districts are spending COVID-19 relief funds, and eventually how it relates to student outcomes.

A Monday panel at the ISTELive 22 Conference in New Orleans revealed how a coalition with the Council of Chief State School Officers and the Council of the Great City Schools is assessing ed-tech products and systems.

Kimberly Carlson, an innovation specialist at Lakota Local School District in Ohio, was named one of America's "20 Teachers To Watch" by ISTE for modernizing classrooms, such as with free laptops and a Cyber Academy.

A Texas school district this fall will implement the Raptor Alert System, which comes with a downloadable app that synchronizes responding entities with a website that manages the flow of K-12 district information.

Some teacher preparation programs aren't keeping pace with technological changes in schools, neglecting to train new teachers for modern classrooms, 1-to-1 computing environments, popular devices and software tools.

Students and administrators say digital streaming platforms, referrals and college recruitment test tournaments have made organized video game competitions among the fastest-growing extracurriculars in Iowa.

A pivot to online tools over the past two years helped an Irving, Calif.-based company that allows entrepreneurs to build and sell educational content to increase its annual revenue by 250 percent.

Based on student interest and largely paid for by ESSER funds, the Pennsylvania district's new school will accommodate up to 1,000 students, potentially alleviating overcrowding at another school.