A $423,600 donation from tech billionaire Elon Musk's foundation will provide Google Chromebooks to all seventh- and eighth-grade students in Michigan's Flint Community Schools. The donation comes as the district explores a new high-tech-focused junior high school and moves forward with a 1-to-1 technology initiative.

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.

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.