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An open letter from over 600 faculty members at the University of California system say math deficits are "so severe" that professors are having to teach middle-school math to incoming college students.

As part of a two-day professional development event at Thompson School District, keynote speakers addressed community engagement and how artificial intelligence can be used to overcome barriers for students.

A study of 20 students across eight rural and urban districts in Nebraska found that autonomy to make choices, the opportunity to solve real-life problems, and science fairs help entice girls to pursue STEM fields.

The Next Gen NAEP initiative seeks to modernize the national measurement of student learning by making it simpler to use and access, faster to develop, and cheaper and easier to report results.

Bend-La Pine Schools in Oregon is reviewing ed-tech programs, creating a website page for ed tech for transparency, ensuring tech for grades K-2 is developmentally appropriate, and looking at device privacy and security.

Harvard Business School found that women are adopting AI tools at 25 percent lower rate than men. Girls Who Code CEO Tarika Barrett says mentorships and clearer AI policies have roles to play in changing that.

Michigan has completed the first technical proof-of-concept stage for MiGreatDataLake and is now entering the next phase: governance, trust, interoperability and real-world implementation.

New York school districts will have until 2032 before they have to begin exclusively buying electric buses, and they have until 2040 to fully electrify their bus fleets.

Clark County School District employees are on alert after hackers scammed three staff members, accessed their login credentials and stole money via their direct deposit information.

School districts looking to hire a chief technology officer should convene interview committees with a variety of expertise and consult established cybersecurity resources like the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.

The College Board and Cisco are expanding the AP Cybersecurity course nationwide for the 2026-27 school year, pairing college-level coursework with industry-aligned training to prepare students for cybersecurity careers.

Legislation in Alaska proposes to create a grant program that would reimburse 100 percent of school districts' energy costs, starting in 2028, based on a three-year average.

A draft plan being considered by Los Angeles Unified School District would ban screens for kindergarten and first grade students, and enforce screen time limits for higher grades later this year and next.

California law requires schools to adopt policies restricting cellphone use during the day, but a new bill proposes requiring bell-to-bell policies for K-8 and ensuring those students don't need phones to do their work.

The school board for Santa Fe Public Schools has strayed away from developing official AI policy, instead charging staff with developing ongoing guidance, informed by monthly sessions with district teachers.

As a result of feedback from students and parents, Simons Middle School in Fleming County, Ky., is not doing away with Chromebooks altogether but more deliberately limiting their use starting this fall.

A state initiative in Indiana aims to address a workforce shortage by putting AP Cybersecurity and PLTW's cybersecurity courses in more high schools, providing direct pathways to cybersecurity careers.

Schools already know the importance of early childhood education, standardized curricula, data-driven interventions, leadership accountability and instructional time. AI has the potential to support all of these.