Texas

The Texas Education Agency has approved i-Ready software from the ed-tech company Curriculum Associates for personalized instruction planning, assessment and classroom management at the elementary level.

San Francisco-based Edthena's AI Coach has been sold to school districts in Texas, Colorado and Washington state, where educators can customize the tool for staff development purposes.

When Tarrant County joined TechShare.Courts with other counties across the state, the idea was to sell the software to others. But that hasn’t come to fruition, with other counties pulling out as delays mount.

Texas caseworkers and foster care providers often get incomplete and inaccurate information about foster kids in their care because of the state child welfare agency’s archaic technology system.

Officials in the state have threatened to withdraw from the multistate Electronic Registration Information Center if the group fails to agree this week on reforms to address concerns that it leans too far left.

The Department of Motor Vehicles may be the most common way residents interact with state government, but digitizing those systems for a modern constituency is no small feat. Three states share their progress.

PocketLab’s Online Notebook will pair with a learning platform from HMH, giving users access to a cloud-based tool for logging and analyzing data and collaborating on scientific investigations.

Given skyrocketing demand for youth mental health services, Texas officials are trying to expand school-based virtual therapy options, but it's a challenge given the national shortage of mental-health professionals.

State lawmakers approved the requirement — which attracted little attention or debate — in their massive overhaul of the state’s voting laws during a 2021 special Legislative session.

Plus, the Rural Broadband Association submits a list of priorities to the new Congress; the Department of Defense and NTIA host a 5G challenge; the Texas Library Commission is collecting data about Internet speeds; and more!

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is moving forward on plans to ban state employees from using the popular video-sharing app TikTok, recently unveiling a statewide model security plan and objectives.

The state will receive $363 million in federal grants to increase access to affordable, reliable high-speed Internet to more than 150,000 homes and businesses, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said.

Following Gov. Greg Abbott's order banning state employees from using TikTok on government-issued devices, more universities are taking action, citing fears that the Chinese government is harvesting customers' data.

North Texas school districts are eyeing the latest tools and best practices for cybersecurity and trying to learn from the experiences of other districts, but ransomware threats are a continuously moving target.

Almost two months after the FCC released its new broadband map, state governments have submitted “bulk challenges” as part of a requirement to receive BEAD funding.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar this week released the Texas Broadband Development Map, which sought to identify the availability of various types of high-speed Internet access across the state.

A new Senate committee report suggests allocating more money to campus security technology, a public awareness campaign for the state's anonymous reporting system, and training more school marshals to prevent shootings.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has rolled out more than 62,000 tablets across 66 prison facilities to allow inmates to connect with loved ones. The devices will also give inmates access to educational resources.