The Connecticut State Board of Education unanimously approved a draft guidance policy that urges public schools to implement regulations that restrict access to smartphones, social media, and other personal technology devices.  

Roughly a year after rolling out digital hall passes, teachers and students in Lincoln, Neb., Public Schools (LPS) are seeing positive outcomes from that effort.  

South Carolina State University (SC State) has received a $583,920 grant from the Partnership for Education Advancement (Ed Advancement) to support student success and retention efforts.

The New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) is launching its UpGrade initiative, which aims to increase the number of credentialed computer science teachers in the state.

California residents will soon be able to keep their driver’s licenses and state ID cards in Apple Wallet and Google Wallet.

The City of Pinole, Calif., has announced the launch of eTRAKiT, the city’s new and fully integrated online permitting and licensing system.

Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon has appointed Jeff Clines as the new chief information officer of the state’s Department of Enterprise Technology Services (ETS), effective Sept. 9.

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) announced it will modernize the state’s outdated professional licensing system.

State officials said this week that they are balancing centralized and decentralized distribution approaches as they try to put money from the Federal government’s State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP) to work for them.

Pennsylvania State University Libraries’ Media and Technology Support Services staff have been working over the summer to upgrade in-classroom recording technology.