In recognition of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on education, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has established the Student Recovery Advisory Council of Michigan.
Today, IBM announced that it would be introducing in-kind grants to six school districts valued at $3 million to boost cybersecurity in schools. The grants will be for the school districts to sponsor teams of “IBMers” to assist in proactively preparing for cyberattacks.
Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawai‘i, announced the state will receive $56.5 million in Federal funding to provide extra academic support for students in low income communities.
Atlanta Public Schools (APS) are looking to modernize and improve the transportation experience for the 11,708 students who ride the bus to and from school.
Education technology nonprofit ReadWorks is looking to mitigate the impact of the digital divide for students who lack in-home internet access.
Eight K-12 public schools in Delaware County, Ind., will share $182,000 in grants from the K-12 School Technology Resilience Initiative. The goal of the initiative is to support “longer-term and equitable solutions for technology resilience for students and schools.”
In order to fund technology modernization efforts, the Wisconsin Rapids Public Schools (WRPS) Board of Education is hoping voters will support two referendums on the April 6 election ballot.
As school districts across the country continue hybrid and distance instruction into 2021, the Canutillo Independent School District (ISD) in El Paso, Texas has deployed robotic cameras to improve the remote learning experience.
North Caroline State University’s Friday Institute for Educational Innovation is partnering with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) on a new project to research, pilot, and analyze emerging wireless technologies that can close the homework gap, particularly in rural areas.
New York State has temporarily halted the use of facial recognition technologies in schools pending further investigation of the technologies.
