A new report from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) found that artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity are top concerns for K-12 IT leaders.
The University of Texas at Austin (UT) announced that it is partnering with Grammarly for Education, an AI-enabled writing assistant, to explore the adoption of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in a broad academic setting.
The Library of Michigan – housed within the state’s Department of Education – is partnering with Western Michigan University to launch a publicly available website called Wonder Media that aims to create a greater degree of media and news literacy.
The U.S. Department of Education is partnering with University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) on the Partnership for Advancing Cybersecurity in Education (PACE), an initiative designed to improve the cybersecurity posture of K-12 digital infrastructure by enabling collaboration between education technology vendors and cybersecurity experts.
Former U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency Chief Paul Nakasone announced on Wednesday that he is heading to Vanderbilt University to lead its new Institute for National Defense and Global Security.
Clemson University in South Carolina has tapped Tyler Saas to lead the school’s modernization efforts as its first associate vice president of technology modernization. In the new role, Saas will report to Brian Voss, the CIO and vice president of the Clemson Computing and Information Technology (CCIT).
The Georgia Department of Education has created a Reading Readiness Dashboard to allow easy and transparent access to literacy data at the state, district, and school levels.
Brown University has named Chris Keith as its new vice president for information technology and chief information officer (VPIT-CIO).
The Idaho Department of Education announced it will help states and charters install vape detectors in high school bathrooms and locker rooms through the Vape Detector Pilot grant.
University of Wisconsin-Madison announced that students, faculty, and staff will now have access to Microsoft Copilot, the tech company’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform.