Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Alberto Carvalho intends to assemble independent experts to conduct a wide-ranging review of what went wrong with the AI chatbot the district debuted in March.
The university will use a grant from the National Science Foundation to improve its hardware and software, as well as train more than 200 undergraduates and 16 graduate students to apply advanced technologies to research.
Texas A&M University canceled classes on July 18 and 19 after a faulty software update from the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike negatively affected TAMU servers, workstations and work laptops.
School districts and state and local governments across the U.S. have been approving policies restricting student cellphone use in class. Many teachers are desperate for the help, and some have already seen improvements.
The fifth round of the Strengthening Community Colleges Training Grants will dole out grant funding for career training programs in sectors such as clean energy, semiconductors and biotechnology.
After KIPP NYC College Prep restricted smartphone use in class, AP test scores increased, grades bounced back to pre-pandemic averages, and attendance at sporting events and other activities jumped by 50 percent.
A recent report from the nonprofit Common Sense found that more than half of teens and young adults have used apps to support their mental health and well-being, although they have mixed views on their effectiveness.
Citing enormous demand, the University of Texas at San Antonio will launch a new concentration under its multidisciplinary studies degree that will focus on game programming, digital art and media, and game studies.
The Federal Communications Commission voted July 18 to allow funding for Wi-Fi hot spots under the E-rate program. Schools can loan these hot spots to students who lack Internet access at home.
Using large language models, and with some adult supervision, the chatbot would coach young people on how to identify and respond to messages from online predators.
