(Getty Images) Penn State grad develops snow plow optimization tool The university says it plans to use the software this year as it forms snow removal plans. Nov 15, 2018 By Betsy Foresman
(Getty Images) GIS can enrich spatial thinking and learning in K-12, say experts Speakers at a Library of Congress event on GIS Day touted the educational utility of geospatial data and related mapping technologies. Nov 15, 2018 By Betsy Foresman
Brooklyn, New York (Getty Images) Brooklyn school students boycott self-directed learning program High-school students staged a walk-out after the self-directed Summit Learning program left both students and teachers "lost." Nov 14, 2018 By Ryan Johnston
Robert Scoble / Flickr Google’s machine-learning boot camp targets workforce gap A computer science initiative addressing workforce shortages will be piloted at Mills College in Oakland this February and other schools next summer. Nov 14, 2018 By Betsy Foresman
Virginia Tech leaders from left to right: Cyril Clark, interim executive vice president provost; Charlie Phlegar, vice president for advancement; Theresa Mayer, vice president for research and innovation; Brandy Salmon, executive director of Business Engagement Center; Tim Sands, president Virginia Tech announces $1 billion ‘innovation campus’ Planned near Amazon's Northern Virginia HQ2 site, the campus will host STEM graduate students next year. Nov 13, 2018 By Ryan Johnston
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson sits with computer science students at Batesville High School in Batesville, Arkansas, to wrap up a “Spring 2018 Coding Tour” sometime in April 2018. (Gov. Asa Hutchinson) Keeping with a national trend, Arkansas boosts computer science enrollment The state reports a more than 600 percent increase of high school computer science teachers within the last three years. Nov 12, 2018 By Betsy Foresman
(Getty Images) DHS grants $1.27 million for cyber-risk economics research The new funding will help fill demand for a "data-driven model for understanding and characterizing harms." Nov 12, 2018 By Ryan Johnston
(Getty Images) Most educational software licenses go unused in K-12 districts Just 30 percent of software licenses purchased by K-12 school districts were used by students, according to a recent academic study. Nov 9, 2018 By Colin Wood
(Getty Images) How data can drive ‘women in tech’ policies for higher ed Commentary: Careful surveying and data analysis can confirm hunches about female student retention or disprove others, says NCWIT's Angela Galik. Nov 9, 2018 By Angela Galik
A display sits at the EDUCAUSE 2018 Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado on October 30, 2018. (Educause) Higher ed CIOs grapple with privacy, funding heading into 2019 EDUCAUSE's Susan Grajek sits down with EdScoop to talk over the recently-released top IT issues for higher education in 2019. Nov 9, 2018 By Jake Williams