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A Massachusetts school district is barring local city leaders from accessing school IT systems, alleging that an executive order by the mayor to combine the district's and city's IT offices was illegal.

One New York school district formed a committee of teachers, parents, administrators, instructional coaches, and eventually students, to create guidelines for AI use. Response from students has been positive.

A Southern California school district is offering employees access to credit monitoring and identity protection services after an unspecified party accidentally shared a folder containing sensitive information.

An unspecified cyber incident disrupted some internal systems at Virginia school district last week. The district's superintendent notified families by email and said state and federal law enforcement are investigating.

A 12-acre facility in Berea, Ohio, will feature hands-on interactive exhibits from 17 major industries, including aerospace, health care, advanced manufacturing and agricultural technology.

The Johnston County school board has prohibited both teachers and students from using their cellphones during class. This drew a backlash from some teachers, while a board member said principals asked for such a policy.

In separate interviews, representatives from the Massachusetts Coalition for Phone Free Schools and the Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools discuss their views on competing ideas behind phone restrictions.

When the new Compton High School opens this fall, high-tech classrooms will function much like college lecture halls, with students reading, taking tests, completing work and even many projects online.

A new training program from the ed-tech company Gruvy Education aims to help teachers save time on preparation and administrative tasks, and to educate students about the appropriate use of artificial intelligence tools.

In a letter to those affected, Mastery Schools said a previously reported cyber incident in September 2024 involved an unauthorized party downloading sensitive personal information.

Several superintendents this week sent letters to families after being informed by the FBI and CISA that multiple Nihilistic Violent Extremist (NVE) groups are trying to coerce children into dangerous behavior on camera.

The company's new Advanced Phishing feature is tailored to identify the kinds of phishing emails that impersonate school officials, parents or vendors, and learns from real-world attacks to improve its accuracy.

Six charter school operators this fall will receive a range of services for students with disabilities through an education service agency, including assistive technology and other devices, shared staff and training.

Professionals from Frederick Community College in Maryland travel to high schools and middle schools spreading the word about their field, giving students a chance to play operation games and use training devices.

With hundreds of millions of state and federal dollars pouring into regional training programs for the semiconductor industry, colleges are placing students right after graduation, and local high schools are buying in, too.

As a result of a recent data breach at Lexington-Richland School District 5, employee retention bonuses previously approved by the school board were not paid out Friday. State law enforcement is investigating the breach.

A proposed new law would cap the amount Pennsylvania's cyber charter schools receive at $8,000 per student, potentially redirecting hundreds of millions of dollars from those schools to traditional public schools.

RiverTech, a high school being built by Goodwin University, will teach elements of business, entrepreneurship and technology, with an emphasis on new technology and concentrations in fields such as AI and cybersecurity.