Youth programs shut down in Brooks as grant funding ends

The SPEC Association in Brooks says the end of specific grant funding for youth programming requires them to cancel drop-in ...
Government Technology

Student Families Ask Iowa City Schools for Less Screen Time

A survey of parents and teachers found many supported access to digital literacy tools, but they also wanted stronger website blocking and tighter controls on games, streaming media, social media and ...
The Tech Edvocate

Bloom’s Taxonomy in Elementary School: Age-Appropriate Applications

Spread the loveYou’ve probably heard the term ‘Bloom’s Taxonomy’ tossed around in educational circles, but have you ever really stopped to consider its profound impact, especially within the ...

Teachers, parents and even students trash disastrous impact of AI in schools: ‘My heart breaks for this generation’

Students are using Google Lens to cheat, kids are being taught to read by AI, and teachers are raising alarms about failing ...

In 1966, Joseph Weizenbaum developed ELIZA at MIT, an early program that inspired today's chatbots

In 1966, a simple program named ELIZA surprised scientists by eliciting human-like emotional responses. Despite its basic ...
The Gazette

What’s next for school-issued devices? Iowa City schools to explore new guidelines

In a survey, teachers and parents voiced concern about growing screen addition in children and how laptops in classrooms ...

Worcester parents to demand money for books rather than iPads in schools

A petition signed by nearly 500 parents, caregivers, students and educators will be presented to Worcester's school committee ...
BelTA

Coding since childhood: Meet the Belarusian teenager who creates video games

Like many teenagers, 7th-grader Ilya Levin really enjoys playing computer games. However, unlike most of his peers, he's ...

FCC may kill $2B program that connects schools and libraries to Internet

The Federal Communications Commission was roundly criticized today for proposing to scale back or eliminate E-Rate, a $2 ...

Worcester parents form coalition to reduce screen time in schools

Worcester for Safe Student Technology is a community advocacy group composed of Worcester school parents. The group has ...

This Fort Worth program is finding dyslexia in kids whom school districts missed

Literacy Roundup, a partnership between Fort Worth and the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, is holding dyslexia screenings ...