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.
The University of Central Florida (UCF) announced it has hired Matthew Hall as vice president of IT and CIO.
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.
In response to another semester of distance and hybrid learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Vanderbilt University has increased adaptive teaching training resources for faculty and instructors.
The Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University – which focuses on data and technology issues to drive more equitable practices in society – has named Cori Zarek executive director.
New York State has temporarily halted the use of facial recognition technologies in schools pending further investigation of the technologies.
The New York-based Northwell Health has launched a new mobile app to teaching tips to students, trainees, and faculty.
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state’s Cradle-to-Career Data System is now entering its next phase of development, marked by the hiring of Mary Ann Bates as its first director.
Following the state releasing its final biennial budget, North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) announced funding wins for the state’s community colleges, and noted that the $1.46 billion investment in the community college system is the largest received over the past decade.
This fall, the University of Notre Dame decided to bring students back to campus. Given the pandemic, this choice meant that the university needed to stand up a testing and contact tracing effort, as well as establish isolation and quarantining locations.
