State education leaders are making artificial intelligence (AI) their top technology priority, but more than two-thirds say they struggle to independently verify vendors’ claims about AI products, according to the 2026 State EdTech Trends report. The report, produced by Whiteboard Advisors and commissioned by the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA), draws on survey responses […]

As part of the $2 billion Smart Schools Bond Act, New York has approved $31.4 million in funding for 61 Smart Schools Investment Plans.

The Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) district in Virginia has started a pilot program, utilizing a Federal grant to purchase iPads to roll out among preschoolers and kindergarten students in the county, FCPS announced.

The U.S. Army’s 18th Airborne Corps has partnered with several universities to collaborate on education and research as a part of its strategy to become the first “AI-ready corps,” the Army announced.

Members of Generation Z might still be in middle and high school, but they are already thinking about college. For its new report, Barnes & Noble surveyed Generation Zers, those who were born between the early 2000s to the present, for their thoughts on higher education. The students surveyed shared their thoughts on everything from how […]

Earlier this week 16,000 educators converged on Denver for ISTE 2016, the International Society for Technology in Education’s (ISTE) annual conference. Attendees, presenters, and exhibitors took to Twitter to share what they were learning and announce new products by using #ISTE2016. Check out some of the top tweets from the conference.