Tech & Cybersecurity

How to encourage reading literacy in a digital age

The digital age is here and it's forcing educators to adapt new ways of approaching reading literacy. How can we teach students not only to be digitally literate but be literate in this time?

AI concerns grow even as more teachers adopt the technology

After last school year's struggles with AI, district leaders are supporting teachers more robustly with policies and resources. Still, more students are getting in trouble for misusing the technology.

Should schools be allowed funding for surveillance technology?

Last year, New York issued a statewide ban on using facial recognition technology in its schools. These civil rights advocates argue there needs to be more federal intervention.

Revolutionizing special education: New partnership innovates data collection

For K12 superintendents and educational leaders, staying abreast of technological advancements is particularly important when it comes to addressing the unique needs of special education programs.

‘No big deal’: How one superintendent is embracing AI

"Kids are already using it," Superintendent Minerva Garcia-Sanchez says. "To them, it's no big deal. It's us making a big deal of it, and causing it to be more than it really is."

Not enough Black students are being exposed to STEM careers

A substantial number of Black students have the aptitude but not the access to in-demand STEM and CTE fields. This exposure gap is even wider for Black girls, a new report warns.

AI focus is shifting from cheating to better learning

Educators will have to take the lead on setting strategy as state guidance on artificial intelligence's use in education remains "ambiguous and underdeveloped," a new analysis says

Bridging the digital divide with more Wi-Fi and tighter security

The FCC added school bus Wi-Fi to the list of eligible E-rate services, and has put forth proposals to enhance off-campus connectivity and advanced cybersecurity protections for K12 students.

Kids rely on adults to teach them about AI, survey says

Superintendents themselves say they're unequipped to lead their district's AI policy implementation. How do kids feel about the technology?

Edtech funding dips closer to pre-pandemic levels after skyrocketing in 2021

Artificial intelligence, however, served as a significant buffer to this drop in funding as edtech providers continue to integrate the technology for "copilot" tools, autograders and more.

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