New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has begun her official push to restrict smartphones in schools, to “ensure distraction-free learning” statewide.

CoSN, a professional association for K-12 EdTech leaders, has received a grant to advance responsible implementation of artificial intelligence technologies in K-12 school districts.

Kentucky First Lady Britainy Beshear announced that TeachingBooks is now available and free to use at all Kentucky schools and libraries, as well as online from a laptop or cellphone. This website provides learning resources related to roughly 100,000 books for children and young adults.

Eighteen school districts across the state of North Carolina will receive a total of $800,000 in grant funding to help students develop computer science skills through coding and app development.

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) announced that the Illinois Learning Technology Center (LTC) is partnering with CoSN on a program to improve student data privacy practices in Illinois school districts.

The Oregon Department of Education (ODE), in partnership with Southern Oregon Education Service District (SOESD) and the Journalistic Learning Initiative (JLI), has launched “Sassy,” an AI-powered career exploration coach that is designed to assist Oregon students in navigating career planning. The tool, named after Sasquatch, the legendary “Bigfoot” humanoid creature said to dwell in Oregon’s […]

The Federal Communications Commission has opened the application window for the Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program.

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is investing $3 million to advance equity in computer science education.

The Iowa Department of Education announced that 41 elementary schools will deploy an AI-powered tutor to provide personalized reading education support for students.

In a bid to expand computer science education across the commonwealth, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is awarding $265,025 in grants to nine school districts to establish and promote rigorous, engaging and standards-aligned digital literacy and computer science education.