K-12

The U.S. Inspector General found the EPA’s program for replacing old buses lacked essential fraud-prevention measures. Schools returned over $38 million because they didn’t know contractors had applied on their behalf.

A growing number of New Jersey school districts are requiring students to keep cell phones in their lockers or in special pouches so they're inaccessible during class. Some students have had a hard time adjusting.

A Fort Worth-area school district was not affected when Raptor Technologies, a Houston-based school security software company, inadvertently leaked a cache of more than 4 million records from client districts nationwide.

A trio of superintendents from Connecticut, Oregon and Pennsylvania agree that securing K-12 networks requires having plans to prevent and respond to cyber attacks as well as communicate the urgency of the problem.

Red Rover, which makes workforce management software for schools, is launching a web-based tool that allows people to submit job applications by phone while hiring managers track them more efficiently.

Virtual-reality headsets at the Kanawha County American Job Center transport West Virginia students to career sites such as transmission towers, construction zones or emergency situations.

The fourth annual KidWind Simulation Challenge for grades four through 12 tasks students with using a CAD program and virtual simulations to design wind energy systems and test their efficiency.

A new virtual reality program, created by Discovery Education in partnership with Edge at Hudson Yards, allows students to explore the skylines of New York City and learn about the work of architects and engineers.

A Georgia school district that had to shut off its Internet due to a cyber attack in mid-November is slowly restoring full connectivity to its buildings, ending a two-month stretch of relying on pen and paper.

In the past two years, Outcomes Based Contracting worked with school districts in nine states to procure money-back guarantees from online tutoring providers. For 2024, the organization hopes to broaden its reach in K-12.

Three public school districts in the region are getting electric buses through a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program aiming to replace the country's aging, diesel-fueled fleet.

State Superintendent Eric Mackey told members of the state board of education in December that they couldn’t outright ban cell phones from schools, but he would like to give some additional guidance to districts.

The Utah State Board of Education recently approved plans that would allow schools to make use of AI gun detection technology from the video analytics platform ZeroEyes. The technology is able to identify firearms in real time.

Fifteen new ed-tech companies were selected among thousands of applicants. They will receive grants, training and networking opportunities to fast-track their startups.

To help kids realize science is applicable to everyday life, a Colorado Springs nonprofit researcher and developer of science instruction for schools earned funding to advance a promising project.

The $418 million allocation includes contracts with Zearn, Ignite Reading and Lexia to help boost reading and math test scores. Elementary and middle school students statewide will have access to the added technology.

The coding education platform CodeMonkey has launched a new course in data science for students in grades five and six. The offering features hands-on coding lessons and interactive learning games.

On Jan. 15, a new law is scheduled to take effect in Ohio that will compel many other social media platforms to ask for a parent's permission before establishing an account for minors under the age of 16.