K-12

After years of public concern over traffic and pedestrian safety in Albany-area school zones, a new camera system caught 12,895 drivers going more than 10 mph over the speed limit in those areas from Oct. 7-21.

Schools in San Diego have been ramping up efforts to train teachers on using AI in the classroom — both in showing teachers how they can use AI to make their jobs easier, and in teaching students about ethical use.

Three Boulder, Colo., residents share their thoughts on the prospect of putting artificial intelligence-powered cameras in K-12 schools, weighing the pros of security and the cons of surveillance differently.

At a time when the incidence rates of autism and behavioral issues are on the rise, online charter schools are becoming an increasingly popular option, but local districts warn there are downsides for students.

After approximately 300 students' photos and ID numbers were stolen from a backpack in a staff member's vehicle, the district's technology team monitored student accounts as a precaution.

The nonprofit group’s weighted framework of 14 controls seeks to simplify school cybersecurity in an effort to make the most critical protections more approachable and, in turn, more widespread.

A Kentucky school district launched a new after-school virtual tutoring system in August, available to district students on school-issued computers, staffed by the district's own teachers and hosted by Google Meet.

The private security firm Servius Group will apply AI to data on bullying, student absenteeism and online harassment and conduct a “cognitive analysis” of students to identify early warning signs.

Gun violence and other incidents at school sporting events in the Dallas area have prompted schools to respond by buying AI weapons detection technology, requiring visible IDs and other measures.

School cellphone bans are key to combating skyrocketing rates of adolescent anxiety and depression, author Jonathan Haidt said in a webinar. Performance increases follow, California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond said.

Durham Public Schools, which serves the city and county of Durham, will receive 38 electric buses as a result of a new $15 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The vehicles arrive as the district is in urgent need of full-time drivers.

A visit to the Clay Center for Arts and Sciences of West Virginia let elementary students from the Upper Kanawha Valley learn about everything from surface tension to exothermal reactions. Their responses, educators and industry officials said, prove the value of STEM education.

The county is already home to six operational Best Buy Teen Tech Centers, but that number is slated to double. The facilities give middle and high school students a chance to learn tech skills that could translate to jobs in entertainment, fashion and other L.A.-centric industries.

The East Baton Rouge Parish School System accepted $2.3 million in grant funding from the state's Public Service Commission that will go toward energy-efficient controllers for HVAC systems.

Carlisle Area School District has applied for funding from the Federal Communications Commission's Strategic Cybersecurity Pilot Program, which could yield $200,000 for cybersecurity defense over the next three years.

Rhode Island teacher Benjamin Hamill beta tested four AI tools now available for math educators in the Kiddom classroom management system. He said the automated feedback tool gave him a “huge quality-of-life upgrade.”

A Georgia school district was making do without Internet and email services this week as officials investigated the source of a network outage. They did not confirm whether it was caused by ransomware.

A report from the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology suggests that schools should update their sexual harassment policies to better handle deepfakes, which have become a common problem in institutions across the U.S.