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A school district in Georgia has been trying for seven years to adopt a new HR software system, but leadership changes, data conversion issues and other problems have put the project five years past the original plan.

Campton Elementary in Wolfe County became Kentucky's first school to transport students by electric bus. Nine other districts will get new energy-efficient buses in the months ahead as part of an EPA grant program.

High schools in nine counties have adopted a three-year curriculum created by the University of Florida consisting of four courses that deal with identifying AI, solving problems with it and building basic skills.

At a recent conference hosted by Empire State University, school administrator and former English teacher Bruce Henecker outlined how various AI tools can help educators overcome writer’s block and empower creativity.

The first days of class at DeKalb County School District in Georgia this week saw students lining up on sidewalks, in some cases late for class, as they had to pass through new weapons-detection scanners.

Thanks to years of updates, tools such as Power Point, Microsoft 365’s Present Live, Microsoft Immersive Reader and Google Translate have almost negated the need for extra teachers for English-language learners.

School administrators who use PowerSchool's Schoology Learning platform will have access to online tutoring programs offered through Skooli, which recruits licensed teachers for personalized one-on-one lessons.

The nonprofit National Institute for Innovation and Technology is working with BOCES and two dozen school districts in the Albany area to upgrade their technical education curricula to suit specific industry needs.

A group of low-income students of color is suing California education officials for not providing the means to learn from home. They're not seeking damages but court-ordered measures to close the statewide learning gap.

In setting policy on facial recognition, the New York State Education Department will take a cue from a new report from the State Office of Information Technology Services that found the risks may outweigh the benefits.

Georgia State Sen. Jason Anavitarte may introduce legislation early next year to regulate students’ use of social media platforms, modeled after laws in other states and requiring age verification for some services.

Three staff email accounts at Kalama School District in Washington were compromised in mid-July, and now at least one student and several staff members have gotten fake emails from the district pretending to offer a job.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will name a 19-member panel of education leaders, parents, students and others to study the effects of social media and make recommendations for the 2024-2025 academic year.

Neither the Hawaii Department of Education nor the University of Hawaii are considering outright bans on ChatGPT, but educators are waiting for more professional development or guidance how to use it.

A new voice and video intercom system at Sumner-Bonney Lake School District in Washington helps staff avoid face-to-face confrontations and gather information they need to know in advance before letting a visitor in.

Cybersecurity is widely regarded as the No. 1 technology issue for schools, so the White House and U.S. Department of Education have unveiled a public information campaign, grants and ed-tech partnerships to tackle it head-on.

Around 5,000 students who ride buses at Modesto City Schools will now be using the Zonar Z Pass system, which entails carrying an RFID card, scanning it when boarding a bus and having their whereabouts tracked.

Florida schools are grappling with significant disparities in the availability, quality and delivery of computer-science programming, but it should be a top priority given the state's burgeoning tech industry.