Fifth-graders from three rural Edinburg CISD elementary schools now have laptops and secure access to hot spots at home thanks to a $150,000 Technology Lending grant from the Texas Education Agency. It is part of an effort to provide internet access in areas where coverage is not widely accessible and laptops might not fit into the family budget.
More than 4 million children endured lockdowns last school year, a Washington Post analysis found. They save lives during real attacks, but even when there is no gunman stalking the hallways, the procedures can inflict immense psychological damage on children convinced that they're in danger.
School districts are struggling to find school bus drivers, a challenge that has worsened with low unemployment and a strong economy. The problem has become so severe that some districts are offering sign-up bonuses for new drivers, while others rely on mechanics, custodians and other school employees to fill the gap.
A state audit has found more than $2 million in improper disbursements to Mason City CSD staff between 2009 and 2017. The Iowa State Auditor's Office's report shows 66 district employees were paid more than the authorized salary amount and several also received other monetary benefits.
LA Makerspace and Imagination.org have merged with Two Bit Circus Foundation to unify their STEAM education efforts. Two Bit Circus Foundation currently operates in nearly half the schools of LAUSD while LA Makerspace has makerspace STEAM labs in 167 partner library branches.
Warwick's school committee is seeking a court order declaring that the school budget approved by the city's council is not sufficient to let the committee comply with the law, regulations and contracts. The complaint also asks the court to order the city to increase its education appropriation by $4.9 million.
Students in the Washington area owe nearly half a million dollars so far this school year in “lunch debt,” according to an analysis. Tens of thousands of students in the six public school districts in and around the nation's capital are in the red, according to district officials.
School violence and teacher strikes dominated education news during 2018. But last year also saw empowered students voicing their frustrations: Youth activism surged around gun control, safer schools, immigration, voting and LGBTQ issues.
As the Kahoot game-based learning platform has gained popularity, so have student attempts to hack into the program.
Some students log in using fake names...
A new wave of professional development partnerships will double the capacity of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) to offer its Certification...
Startable Pittsburgh fosters local teenagers' entrepreneurial and maker skills in a free, eight-week summer program that offers two makerspace tracks.
The 2018 tracks were fashion...
Forty-three percent of principals and other district leaders say that digital content is an effective tool for enabling equity, according to a recent report...
Environmental science, STEM, youth development and service stand as the pillars of Green Girls, which is run by New York City's City Parks Foundation....
With $20 million in voter-approved "innovation" funds as part of a $576.5 million bond issue, the Boulder Valley School District's schools were tasked with...
A group of researchers and computer scientists is building an artificial intelligence system that can analyze instruction via speech recognition and natural language processing,...
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