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The Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence is taking applications through May 20. Prize money will go to 20 educators whose programs inspire kids to pursue careers in skilled trades.

A design engineer at the hand-tool company reflects on four years with RoboBOTS, a student robot-building competition, from which she got hands-on experience that led her to discover an interest in manufacturing.

Partnering with Washington’s Bellevue School District on a two-week pilot program, the ed-tech company successfully prepared teachers to incorporate coding into core subjects after one day of training.

Schuylkill Valley School District in Pennsylvania wants to transfer assignments stored on Google Drive to Microsoft's OneDrive, and teachers are concerned about compatibility issues and losing information.

Sophomores at Corvallis High School built a low-cost sensor that tests for levels of carbon dioxide, particulate matter 2.5 and nitrogen dioxide. They used it to measure pollution near a local glass fiber plant.

Teachers want to play a major role in decisions about classroom technology, and over 90 percent of them expect to continue using tools they adopted for online and hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The V-CRED program, operated by the city and the City University of New York, will offer free vocational training in information technology, electrical work, certified nursing, pharmacy technology and building trades.

The court struck the phrase “intended to harass” from the 7-year-old law, arguing that it could criminalize online communication like irate emails or negative social media posts about local policies and public figures.

Kognity for NGSS aims to give teachers a framework for designing interactive science lessons involving simulations, videos and 3D models to engage students and prompt discussions that connect different disciplines.

The annual two-day summit will convene education and technology leaders to discuss workforce training, online education programs, the need for more school funding and the potential for technology to improve workplaces.

In what seems to be the largest-ever breach of personal student data in the U.S., hackers accessed the online grading system of New York City public schools in January. Officials are furious with Illuminate Education.

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office says virtual schools pose an "increased risk" to federal money that funds them, because they're far less monitored and publicly accountable than public schools.

As part of the Pathways in Technology Early College High School program, Joppatowne High School hosted mentors from the U.S. Army to conduct mock interviews for jobs in computer information systems and cybersecurity.

The ed-tech nonprofit has named four groups from Iowa, Hawaii, California and New York as finalists in a national competition in which students hone digital skills while working on projects to expand technology access.

Even school districts that had technology in place to accommodate remote learning before the pandemic saw lower scores than in previous years, although they tested above the state average in many subjects.

A research scientist at Sandia National Laboratories, who started the nonprofit Itkan Institute of Technology, has formed four student-led robotics teams in North Texas in hopes of encouraging interest in STEM.

A pilot program developed by the Maryland Energy Administration and Interagency Commission on School Construction wants schools to carefully track their energy use and upgrade their facilities to achieve net-zero energy.

The Washington, D.C., academy was founded with a focus on computer science education and equitable access to technology, achieving a 50-50 boys-to-girls ratio in computer science before the disruptions of COVID-19.