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Officials have confirmed that an attack that shut down technology last month at the public school district was ransomware. Since then, faculty have had to make do without new technology they adopted during COVID-19.

A new agreement between two state education associations and the recently merged ed-tech companies Munetrix and SchoolData Solutions offers discounted data management and planning services for Illinois school districts.

Students at Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, Calif., started the nonprofit 404 Found Code to teach younger children concepts of coding. Now they have funding and gifts from tech companies and plan to expand.

Implementation of the Florida school district’s student information system, purchased in 2019, was disrupted by COVID-19 and multiple superintendent changes. A consultant said the vendor has failed to deliver on expectations.

The Los Angeles County Office of Education and the USC Education Technology Accelerator have partnered on a new program to unite educators and developers in the quest to create more effective ed-tech tools — and implement them.

After the Legislature passed a law to eventually require all public schools to offer computer science courses, the state’s education board is set to review new computer science learning standards for grades K-12.

The district has already begun using AI tutors for math and reading. Now the school board has rolled out guidance for teachers to use AI in the classroom, and started a pilot program to expand AI tutoring.

If Ohio enacts Alyssa’s Law, the state would spend $25 million to purchase silent alarm systems for public and private schools, including wearable panic buttons and automatic alerts for staff.

The EPA's Clean School Bus Program awarded money to New Orleans-area transportation companies to convert over 70 diesel school buses to zero- or low-emissions buses over the next couple years.

North and South Carolina are the first states to join the Consortium for School Networking’s Trusted Learning Environment State Partnership Program, which will provide guidance to all districts in each state.

Thurgood Marshall Learning Center, an alternative secondary program at Rock Island-Milan School District, is generating buzz among students for its program teaching digital audio and other modern media skills.

A gift from a pair of alumni will help St. Louis University High School launch the Conrads Program for Integrated Sciences, which will expand teaching of STEM subjects and incorporate modern technologies.

By building a software package based on the music of Taylor Swift, researcher Jake Thompson laid the groundwork for a free tool that makes diagnostic classification models easier to use for student assessments.

The ability of artificial intelligence to create deceptive photos, videos and audio creates a potential threat to the reputations and mental well-being of students and staff. It can also lead to teachable moments.

After initially saying the state's guidance for school cellphone policies gives “short shrift” to students with disabilities, advocates then read the actual policy and said it goes a long way toward addressing their concerns.

Artificial intelligence may help schools identify and resolve cybersecurity issues faster, as long as it's on a unified platform or has interoperability with other applications on the school's network.

Anticipating high winds due to Hurricane Helene that could make bus travel unsafe, Beaufort County Schools in Florida will use remote learning to avoid missing instructional days that would have to be made up later.

Fairmont Senior High School in Marion County will use a system from Rank One Computing that detects whenever a weapon, whether it's a pistol or a long gun, is drawn within view of a camera.