Imagine a student teacher gaining virtual on-the-job training through augmented reality. This University of Wyoming project allows college students to fine-tune their teaching skills with a roomful of virtual students animated by an actor, says Rebecca Watts, executive director of the university's Trustees Education Initiative. The 2D augmented reality teaching interface, which went into operation […]

At four elementary schools in Idaho's Boise School District, families in need can go to specially designated community rooms to pick up food, clothing and other necessities.

Administrators who don't feel their staffs have the time to manage community programs have contracted with outside groups to organize and oversee services.

Districts in Minnesota and California are participating in pilot programs that provide all-electric, zero-emissions buses that should cost much less to power and maintain. Schmitty & Sons, a transportation company in Lakeville, Minnesota, partnered with a local wholesale power supplier and utility co-op to put the Midwest's first all-electric school bus into service. The 71-passenger […]