K-12

Experts at the Consortium for School Networking’s annual conference in Seattle urged K-12 leaders to contact the FCC and Congress and voice their support for the E-rate program that funds school broadband.

A career and technical education program at Midland Independent School District in Texas allows students to earn dual high school and college credit through Midland College while getting certified to work on Toyotas.

In partnership with the education nonprofit Michigan Virtual, a new ed-tech accelerator at Michigan State University will help fund, educate and provide resources to technology startups focused on K-12 education.

A Monday workshop at the Consortium for School Networking's annual conference in Seattle offered templates for systems and standards to prevent gaps in equity, privacy and security for education technology.

Some parents oppose legislation that would ban cellphones in Georgia public schools, arguing that the devices are essential for communicating with their kids in the event of a school shooting.

In collaboration with the University of Florida and the Concord Consortium, Florida's statewide virtual school system wants to give middle and high school students a head start in core math concepts related to AI.

When Frederick County Public Schools in Maryland was building a new school, the district's chief information officer suggested building a server room to provide backup support to other schools in the district.

School districts across the Pittsburgh region have spent the past few months working with teachers and students to get used to a new online platform and tools for the statewide assessment test.

Greenwich Public Schools are restricting access to YouTube on school-issued devices for grades pre-K-5, largely at the request of elementary principals who saw the app as an unnecessary distraction for young children.

A local program called the Santa Fe Creative Coding Initiative, run through Santa Fe Community College, set up off-site learning labs and out-of-school programs to provide learners of all ages with digital instruction.

Kelso teachers now have a standardized scale to tell students how much the use of artificial intelligence is allowed or appropriate for each assignment, ranging from completely forbidden to highly encouraged.

An expert panel told the Center for Digital Education that a vacuum of federal leadership is an impetus for state and local leaders to budget carefully, seek new funding sources and work with partner organizations.

Teachers are experimenting with ways to incorporate generative AI tools into math classes, using it to create lesson plans and student materials, to differentiate instruction, and as a tutor for students.

At least 15 public school districts and about 25 charter schools in Minnesota use the PowerSchool software that was breached in January, according to state records and an analysis by the Minnesota Star Tribune.

As artificial intelligence sweeps through schools, colleges and universities, government technology vendors and investors are betting big on these new tools. Brisk touts its tech as helping to ease teacher shortages.

After previously mandating in-person learning, Kentucky lawmakers came to the defense of a growing virtual academy that had low test scores and did not follow state guidelines for class sizes and standardized testing.

The shift to remote learning and 1:1 devices for some districts coincided with problems with student attention and attendance, but it also gave educators practice with tech tools and prepared them for the upheaval of AI.

Bob Fishtrom used the downtime of COVID-19 to rethink the use of ed-tech tools across 230 classrooms. Now, as schools enter a new era of uncertainty, the district technology director shares how careful planning can pay off.