Security strategies to protect K-12 school districts from modern threats

Courses in a new online certificate target educators seeking to “hone their instructional practice in the remote learning environment."

Google will offer more than 40 new types of Chromebooks for schools this year, alongside new features to its cloud-based learning platforms.

A new partnership with the edtech company Gale allows New Mexico students 19 years and older to earn their high school diplomas through their local library.

The company plans to give six school districts $500,000 worth of its cybersecurity expertise to improve their defenses against the ongoing threat.

Direct-to-consumer models are popular, but big firms like Coursera and CampusLogic continue to thrive, too, with encouragement from the health crisis.

Teachers and child-care workers can make vaccination appointments through a new website to receive their shots as soon as possible.

Connecticut education Commissioner Miguel Cardona would be a strong advocate for educational technology if picked as education secretary, predicted a former colleague.

States agencies will seek feedback from teachers, parents and school-safety experts to develop governance for the technology's possible future use.

In a letter to the incoming administration, a group of companies stressed the importance of technology to facilitate high-quality learning, the need for additional funding, professional development and the value of data in assessing students.

In recognition of the growth of hybrid-learning environments, the university's Cybersecurity Education Consortium has announced plans to publish digital cirriculums.