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After a bus driver shortage resulted in a delayed or canceled routes and stranded students last year, St. Louis Public Schools has a new $30 million contract with Zum Services to provide and track buses for 220 routes. -
Commenting on a Facebook post asking for their reactions to Alabama's school cellphone restrictions, many parents voiced their support, and some said the policy should apply to teachers, too.
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Illinois Tech and St. Cloud State have partnered with Risepoint to meet prospective students where they are and provide online degree programs in fields such as business analytics, finance and project management.
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Microsoft Elevate, which the company describes as a successor and expansion of the longtime Microsoft Philanthropies team, will devote resources to helping more than 20 million people earn AI credentials.
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Brad Ives, executive director of Louisiana State University's Institute for Energy Innovation, says the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make the U.S. less competitive, but it won't stop the global trend toward renewables.
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Federal legislation signed into law this month rewrites student loan and grant policy with the goal of frugality, with critics warning it may push students toward loans and programs with fewer protections.
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The capacity of learning analytics platforms to collect troves of student data makes them both institutional necessities and liabilities. A handful of best practices can help colleges and universities keep them secure.
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A new AI initiative being offered to 30 campuses in Pasco County this fall proposes to help teachers analyze student performance data, identify student questions and problems, and formulate responses.
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Implemented several years before the rise of smartphones, the old policy was actually more strict, only making exceptions for high school students at lunch. They can now use devices in between classes as well.
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A 2023 indictment unsealed this week alleges that two men were directed by China's spy agency to target and access the emails of virologists and immunologists at two Houston-area universities.
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The California State University Chancellor’s Office will use $3 million to fund various projects incorporating artificial intelligence into instruction and professional development, selected from over 400 proposals.
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In glossy AI advertisements bought by the billions of dollars tech companies are making off schools, the classroom is portrayed as a student-centered, personalized learning space. But is that truly what AI is creating?
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There are pros and cons to homework, and school districts will have to decide their own stances on it. But teaching and expecting ethical responsibility from students should be a requirement at all educational institutions.
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From vibe coding to homeschooling to academic support and personalization, artificial intelligence tools are powering new trends and possibilities for both teachers and students in schools across the state.
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As the fast progression of AI raises both the stakes and urgency of professional development for teachers, education instructors have shared thoughts on what works — and what doesn't — to get them up to speed.
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The research and advisory firm Info-Tech Research Group developed a road map tool to guide higher education IT leaders through cost optimization strategy, communication and implementation.
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A technology specialist in Pennsylvania created a computer game for first- and second-grade students that asks them to be digital detectives, challenging them to spot the real story or fact among fake ones.
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A middle-school teacher in Riverside County, Calif., had students generate keywords from a section of a book, use them to prompt an AI image generator, then work in groups to see what the image was missing.
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The settlement was a victory for students and advocates who have made complaints nationwide over colleges lending their names to online courses that have few ties to campus faculty or typical university oversight.
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At the ISTELive 25 conference in San Antonio, a group of librarians said the potential of artificial intelligence to enable research must be weighed against costs not only to student learning but to content creators.
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Following the introduction of an artificial intelligence concentration and bachelor’s degree, Mississippi State is now offering graduate-level AI education.
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