Amid growing scrutiny of ed tech, a webinar this week asked education leaders to consider how AI and other digital tools can remove barriers to course content and help teachers accomplish instructional goals.
A new report from Harvard's Center for Digital Thriving found that some teens feel growing pressure to use AI to keep up with peers, yet they're deliberately underperforming on work so as not to be accused of using AI.
Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are using artificial intelligence to more quickly analyze changes in bacteria after the introduction of antibiotics, reducing the time from days to hours.
As school districts move from early experimentation with AI toward questions of governance, security and trust, they need practical guidance about when an application requires IT review and how to recognize red flags.
After a yearlong Los Angeles County pilot reported improvements in confidence and preparedness for educators teaching computer science, the nonprofit behind the program secured additional Google.org funding to expand.
A new partnership between the Alabama Community College System and the nonprofit Manufacturing Institute will provide AI skills training to thousands of current and future manufacturing workers over the next two years.
More than a week after district officials discovered a cybersecurity incident on the network, Spokane Public Schools have recovered PowerSchool, payroll and some other systems affected by the unspecified issue.
Feedback from thousands of Advanced Placement teachers is informing new lessons in AP Computer Science Principles and new limits on when artificial intelligence can be used in AP Seminar.
Student experiences with AI at Louisiana State University vary widely, as the university does not have an institutional AI policy and allows professors to implement the technology at their own discretion.
Andreessen Horowitz Academy, owned by the VC firm, is recruiting recent high school graduates for a tuition-free one-year program in San Francisco focused on helping enterprising students build AI products.
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is looking to strengthen the cybersecurity posture of public schools with more than $6 million of initiatives over two years.
A school district in New York has invested $188,000 in Tyler Drive, which will require students to swipe ID cards when they get on the bus. Software then designs a custom route for students riding the bus that day.
In a webinar this week hosted by FETC, panelists noted that the persistent memory that could make artificial intelligence genuinely useful for education also creates privacy and governance risks.
The Institute for Artificial Intelligence at Syracuse University will focus on research concerning security, multidomain intelligence, socio-cognitive dynamics and governance and policy.
The California Community Colleges system has made AI a budget priority for the coming year, planning AI professional development and literacy efforts, a grant fund for pilot projects and a partnership with UC San Diego.
The International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems in Pittsburgh will entail 86 workshops, 180 exhibitors and presentations about pioneering work in robotics, computers and autonomous systems.
Florida International University has pledged to bring a powerful new quantum computer to campus to support research in environmental sustainability, drug development and security.
A year after lawmakers assigned a task force to study the effects of screen time in elementary school, the group is recommending a minimization of “nonessential” technology use and limits on gaming and social media.
A year after Texas lawmakers enacted a statewide ban on cellphones in schools, Gov. Greg Abbott said at a recent campaign stop at Del Mar College that he thought technology should only be used for specific lessons.
Unsettling news stories about AI in the media may prompt school leaders to take a harder look at ed-tech tools that incorporate the technology, learn more about it and be deliberate in their approach.
The two largest school districts in the U.S. restricted student access to generative AI. Other education leaders are weighing age, instructional purpose and evidence as they draw their own boundaries.
As employers seek workers who can effectively use data science and artificial intelligence, the County College of Morris and Camden County College are working to train students quickly and strategically.
While they still give students personal devices to take home, some schools in Harford County, Md., are disabling the devices from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. every day this school year in an effort to curb screen time.
City Colleges of Chicago, Moraine Valley and other institutions are studying AI tools, future workforce needs and what kinds of AI and information technology skills will best serve students.
Following similar policies at other school districts across the U.S., an Arizona school district set screen-time limits for grades K-2 at an average of 20 minutes a day and a maximum of 30 minutes.
Students are testing and learning about artificial intelligence through Pennsylvania Creates, a joint project of several education and tech organizations designed to help develop AI models ethically.
Students in grades K-2 will not have their own iPads and will be limited to 30 minutes of screen time per day. The superintendent said it's about giving kids access to tech only when they need it, rather than all the time.
A Maryland school district enabled Google Gemini for middle and high school students last month, and some current and former educators are concerns about its potential impact on student learning.
Frustrated with scattered, costly resources for college preparation, a 16-year-old high school student in Virginia saw an opportunity to create something better. His own free platform is now used by thousands.
The University of California, Irvine, is preparing a pair of studies: one to create a database of AI tools people are already using, and another to test its own software platform for personalized writing support.
Colorado schools are disciplining students for bullying, fighting and threats on social media, but some attorneys and advocates argue that violates their First Amendment rights.
After losing four instructional days to a downed network, schools in Springfield, Mass., are proposing to cut winter break short in order to meet the state's requirement of 180 school days a year.
Legislation requires school committees to “implement a policy prohibiting the use of personal electronic devices,” with exceptions for students with disabilities requiring the use of personal devices.
Several months after a group of concerned parents helped push the Shawnee Mission School District to change its classroom technology practices, a new group up north is tackling the same mission.
A Sept. 3 report from the American Psychological Association examines the research behind children’s learning when accompanied by educational technology.
A new report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calls on universities to rethink teaching and campus life as generative AI reshapes how students learn and instructors teach and research.
The Florida Board of Education approved sweeping rules regulating the use of artificial intelligence in Florida’s public schools, colleges and universities for both students and teachers.
West Virginia’s Marshall University named David Wiley, co-founder of Lumen Learning and ed-tech leader, the school’s first chief academic AI officer. He has also been an associate professor there since 2025.
The effort, part of the Harvard Kennedy School, is designed to help local governments use technology to improve citizen engagement and civic ties. Already, the push has produced a budget tool for local agencies.
Amid a reckoning on digital devices in the classroom, the New York City Council called for further reforms to reduce screen time in public schools during a hearing Tuesday.
(TNS) — Hackers who broke into school computers, crashing the network and forcing classes to be canceled for a week, have now posted stolen personal data on a website.
After years of adding digital tools to improve school-family communication, one Illinois district is asking whether its next improvement should reduce the amount of technological complexity families navigate?
Seven students will serve as delegates at a summit on educational technology and AI, intended to provide lawmakers and state leaders with student perspectives ahead of the 2027 legislative session.
The Blue Dot Lab is a $166 million technology hub that marks one of the largest investments in the university’s recent history, and it’s poised to reshape the school’s Grand Rapids campus.
Nearly 2,000 children in Hunt County live in homes that do not have an Internet connection, according to a recent study based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The FCC is examining whether E-rate should continue operating in its current form, and whether it should be narrowed or reoriented. Education officials urged schools to submit comments to the commission.
The AI4VA program at the University of Virginia connects students with small businesses and groups looking to experiment with AI. The first cohort involved 100 students and 16 organizations across the state.
Baltimore County middle and high school students spent more than an hour a day on school-issued devices during the final months of last school year, according to new district data.
University of Michigan officials got an earful recently from Ypsilanti Township residents angry over a partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory to build a high-performance computing facility.
Their new national standard restricts how Microsoft can use student and educator data and gives districts contractual recourse when protections are violated. Its safeguards can be added to existing agreements.
Pennsylvania officials and legislators have debated cellphone rules while considering a statewide law to restrict student phone use, and Schuylkill County school districts have considered it as well.
The University of North Texas will establish a college of artificial intelligence and advanced analytics after receiving a $20 million gift, it announced Tuesday.
Missouri will make Google’s AI tools and training available across its education system at no cost, while leaving adoption decisions to individual districts and charter schools.