Technical Education

The National AI Institute, an arm of the National Science Foundation, awarded the grant to further applications that can assist students with communication disabilities and improve their educational outcomes.

A community college in North Carolina will host a series of classes teaching seniors how to use online tools such as video conferencing programs, online job search engines and office productivity software.

After starting a free tutoring service, 17-year-old senior Athena Hernandez of The Bishop's School in La Jolla, Calif., published a new book aiming to teach Spanish-speaking children the basics of coding in Python.

EC-Council University is making Certified Ethical Hacker and Certified Network Defender qualifications, as well as IT management training, part of a new online master’s degree program in computer science.

Initiated by a $1 million state grant, the STEM Tech Career Academy at Springfield Technical Community College will be one of five such programs in Massachusetts which could enroll up to 2,000 students in the coming years.

A mutiyear effort funded by the Maryland Center for Computing Education is preparing educators from Hood College, Frederick Community College and Frederick County Public Schools to teach computer science courses.

The Iowa district was one of four to receive $1 million from the Career Academy Incentive Fund, which it will use to develop educational programming in fields like IT, advanced manufacturing and agriculture technology.

Two years after founding Skillz Academy to train minorities, women, and people without four-year degrees for jobs in the tech sector, Courtney Williams says opening doors is a benefit to citizens and companies alike.

The grant will launch a pilot project with Kettering University and Michigan Technological University to track and retain students in statewide high school FIRST Robotics, Square One Network and VEX programs.

While building a massive semiconductor fabrication facility in Clay, Micron Technology has also promised to invest in local science education through a computer chip camp, a VR curriculum and other educational programs.

In its first year at Hickory High School in Pennsylvania, the Cyber Patriots program is teaching students about packet tracing, programming and other skills they can use at home or in future IT careers.

An East Tennessee State University program launched in August, which offers a 27-month path to a bachelor's degree in computer science through BlueCross BlueShield's corporate campus, has counted no dropouts to date.

New York University's plan to spend $1 billion over a decade on facilities, faculty and curriculum for its Tandon School of Engineering is a praiseworthy investment in New York's competitiveness in the tech sector.

AWS will work with the university on streamlining the student transfer process, building out its data center engineering curriculum, creating collaborative opportunities for research and other initiatives.

The Johnson STEM Activity Center in Atlanta last month hosted NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young, who's partnering with Meta in hopes of making virtual reality and artificial intelligence accessible to young teens.

High school students involved with the Georgia 4-H Tech Changemakers program this year worked with local governments and organizations to deliver digital literacy training to a record 5,488 adults.

The University of Northern Iowa will use nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation to launch an 18-month online program to help train computer science teachers for grades five through 12.

Millions in New York state grants will go toward research facilities, programs and infrastructure at institutions such as Long Island University, Farmingdale State College and Stony Brook University.