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At the 2026 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Denver this week, college and university risk managers led a session on the importance of sharing risk management practices across departments. -
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. -
The most recent results of the annual indoor air quality survey from the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services found many schools have not certified compliance with required indoor air quality inspections.
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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. -
Through a partnership with Westinghouse Electric Company, the University of South Carolina is building a training hub and replica control room for nuclear engineers, operators and technicians. -
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. -
The Center for Digital Education’s 2026-2027 CDE Leaders Awards are now open! These awards recognize K-12 U.S. school districts and their individual leaders in this annual awards program. -
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 American Enterprise Institute, 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 research aspects of security, multidomain intelligence, socio-cognitive dynamics, 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.
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