New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced that the state will release a total of $400 million in capital facilities grant funding in a joint solicitation of four revolving bond programs to support New Jersey’s higher education system and students.
In a move to simplify the already stressful process of applying to colleges, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) have added all of the state’s public universities onto the Common App platform.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and the Connecticut State Department of Education are launching a new initiative to give high school students a voice in how more than $1.5 million in American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds are spent.
In a push to help educational institutions expand individualized learning opportunities, Steven Butschi, head of education for Google Cloud, announced that the company is expanding its portfolio of Student Success Services with a new Google Cloud artificial intelligence (AI)-powered learning platform, which includes an interactive tutor.
A slim majority of U.S. high schools – 51 percent – now offer foundational computer science, a significant jump from just 35 percent in 2018, according to a new report from Code.org.
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is using a grant from the Governor’s Emergency Education Response (GEER) fund program to make Learning Blade software available to all middle schools statewide free of charge.
In the wake of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report encouraging the Departments of Education and Homeland Security (DHS) to update K-12 cybersecurity guidance, several Democrat senators have written to both agencies urging them to heed GAO’s recommendations, and establish critical infrastructure council structures to advance the issue.
With K-12 educational institutions increasingly targeted by ransomware and other cyber attacks during the coronavirus pandemic, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) is pushing the Department of Education to update its plans – which currently date from 2010 – for addressing cyber risks faced by schools.
The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) has launched a new line of professional development courses – Professional Learning Units (PLUs) – to help K-12 educators enhance their teaching practice.
Google is offering community colleges and technical education high schools around the U.S. free access to its technology certifications.
