New York Gov. Kathy Hochul launched a website on July 2 that provides resources for school districts across the state as they prepare to implement “bell-to-bell” restrictions on student use of smartphones for the coming school year.
Binghamton University – located in Binghamton, N.Y., and part of the State University of New York system – has launched its new SafeBing mobile app that enables students, staff, faculty, parents, and family members to receive real-time emergency alerts and access a suite of campus safety resources directly from their smartphones.
A Federal judge last week temporarily blocked the Department of Defense (DoD) from implementing a controversial policy slashing research funding for U.S. universities by granting a temporary restraining order (TRO) sought by a coalition of 12 major research institutions.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has appointed Gaspare LoDuca vice president for information systems and technology (IS&T) and chief information officer (CIO), with a start date of Aug. 18.
The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), a professional association for school system technology leaders, has awarded Beavercreek City Schools in Beavercreek, Ohio, the Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) Seal for its student data privacy work.
The Mississippi state government on June 12 launched the Mississippi AI Talent Accelerator Program (MAI-TAP) that aims to build artificial intelligence and machine learning capacity across the state’s higher education system.
The U.S. Department of Education is preparing to launch a nationwide effort this fall to combat identity theft and fraud in Federal student aid programs.
In response to the growing cybersecurity threats facing America’s public schools, the Institute for Security and Technology (IST) has launched the K–12 Cyber Defense Coalition (K12 CDC) – a new national partnership made up of 13 education organizations working to protect schools from cyberattacks and improve response strategies.
The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) announced that it will ban the use of personal cellphones in the classroom beginning in the fall to help refocus student attention on “academic excellence.”
The University of Southern California (USC) is launching the Institute on Ethics & Trust in Computing, supported by $12 million in funding from the Lord Foundation of California.
