Hundreds of schools across the commonwealth will share $6 million in funding, which is set to double next year amid concerns of gun violence.

Civil rights watchdogs say the data-collection project to prevent school gun violence is being pushed into students' lives haphazardly.

The state will disperse another $85 million of a $2 billion education fund created through the Smart Schools Bond Act in 2014.

A flurry of legislative activity in edtech this week included three new bills and advancement of one bill encouraging research on girls in tech.