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Allowing people to speak over Zoom has led to the average number of registered speakers at board meetings quadrupling, and the number of unique speakers tripled in the 2023-24 school year compared to the year prior.

Students in a criminal justice program at Vinal Technical High School built a free website for first responders that gives daily briefings on hurricanes, disease outbreaks, power outages and solar flares.

Students from Gustavus Adolphus College and St. Peter High School in Minnesota hosted a program through Project 4 Teens in which they talked to middle schoolers about social media, phone usage and other topics.

A resource is in the works to help schools understand how to use Title II-A funds for professional development and training teachers to design lesson plans that include technology.

Twelve L.A. County high school students made it to the Young Innovators Accelerator Pitch Competition last week. Freshman Gabriel Cardenas won first place and $1,400 for his pitch of an AI tool to help students study.

A former public school teacher filed a proposal last week for the upcoming 2025 session that would require public school districts and charters to adopt policies that largely prohibit use of smartphones during class.

For all the uncertainties of the near future, such as what industries and job titles will exist in the years ahead, experts are convinced artificial intelligence will continue driving change in work and education.

The Maine Department of Education has advised that districts park their Lion Electric Co. buses until further inspections, given mechanical and service problems arising with many district fleets.

Carefully curated data sets and plenty of teacher testing are required to make artificial intelligence-based ed-tech tools suitable for K-12, experts said in a webinar this week organized by Leanlab Education.

Facing an uphill battle for new customers as schools lose pandemic-era funding, the educational video game company Immersed Games pivoted to embed their content into the platforms of other publishers.

Electrathon clubs like the one at East Central High School in San Antonio teach STEM concepts involved with electric vehicles by challenging students to build and race their own battery-powered mini cars.

While the work to introduce computer science concepts early in education is growing, accessible design should be a core component of the subject as students learn about web and mobile app development.

A bill awaiting Gov. Mike DeWine's signature would support the career-technical workforce by allowing teachers to be certified through coursework and local professional development or a two-year mentoring program.

The U.S. Department of Education issued guidance Tuesday that says all schools should have their own cellphone policies, ideally built by a team of students, teachers and parents to boost buy-in and suit local needs.

The application window for the Federal Communications Commission's cybersecurity pilot program saw requests from schools and libraries in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.

Successfully weaning students off their phones will require a massive cultural shift. Some have argued that schools are the ideal places to attempt one, and California will be the nation's largest test case.

The New York State School Boards Association convention featured a keynote speech by an AI-driven robot and discussions about use cases such as creating IEPs and lesson plans.

The Consortium for School Networking has released nine key findings for 2025 from its annual innovation report. IT staff shortages, reframing student assessments and AI assistance are among the predicted trends.