K-12

A Massachusetts school district replaced aging gas-powered vans for special education with six new electric-powered Ford E-Transit school bus vans acquired through a lease-to-own program over a five-year period.

A Washington school district is putting $47,000 in state grants toward mobile translation devices and community classes for families on how to navigate the Internet and specific technology tools.

The Network of Academic and Scholastic Esports Federations has 3,500 clubs across 50 U.S. states, with members in 70 countries. Some colleges provide scholarships so students can play while majoring in STEM subjects.

The SAM Labs program at Indian Prairie School District 204 in Illinois uses building blocks with lights, motors and more that connect to a computer via Bluetooth to teach students about science and coding.

Roughly three-quarters of essay answers on the STAAR test, the standardized achievement test in Texas K-12 schools, will be assessed by an automated scoring engine programmed to emulate how humans would score an essay.

PlayVS is the official platform of North Carolina's Varsity Esports and STEM League, organized by the STEM education and esports company Stiegler EdTech to incorporate educational competitions into the esports calendar.

Greenwich Public Schools in Connecticut are asking the town for $1.1 million over five years to fix inadequate cell service at the high school, citing safety concerns in the event Wi-Fi goes down.

Republican state legislators in New York have proposed a bill to end the transition to electric school buses and push the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to study their utility.

Pivoting to remote learning Tuesday because of an intense snow storm, New York City Public Schools had issues taking attendance and using programs that required an IBM authentication to log in.

The New York Power Authority has started offering industry certifications in fields such as cybersecurity and HVAC as part of an internship program with Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH).

Danbury School District in Connecticut requested educational reserve funds from its local city council to cover expenses tied to a ransomware attack, including setting up a secure network and backing up data off site.

The biggest accelerator of K-12 innovation is changing attitudes toward demonstrating learning, and the top hurdle is staff recruitment and retention, according to an annual report from the Consortium for School Networking.

A system designed to amplify classroom audio can now be equipped with safety buttons that provide teachers with a one-touch ability to notify office personnel if something is amiss.

New Haven Public Schools placed two employees on leave due to performance-related concerns that arose while implementing corrective measures after a cyber attack on the school and city in June 2023.

The Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve and a handful of other educational centers will train up to 1,100 educators to teach computer science through supplemental certifications and other programs.

Savvas Learning Company, which produces digital learning tools for K-12, hopes to bring dual enrollment and dual-credit opportunities to its clients by acquiring an ed-tech startup that offers online college courses.

A bill moving through Congress proposes that districts receiving funds through the E-Rate program should not allow social media access, but it may be more practical for districts to address the problem individually.

Almost half of U.S. states have laws allowing automatic cameras to catch drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses, but the penalties are either too to change drivers' behavior or don't hold up in court.