Some US school districts are adopting Sonny, an AI “wellbeing companion,” to provide mental health support to students when there aren't enough counselors
Is a human-AI texting service the future of mental-health care for students? — Teens around the country are confiding … Bluesky: @daniloc.xyz , @kiwired , and @radiobeartime.com . LinkedIn: Ana Bran...
US school districts hit by PowerSchool's December breach say hackers accessed “all” historical student and teacher data; PowerSchool has 50M+ US student records
U.S. school districts affected by the recent cyberattack on edtech giant PowerSchool have told TechCrunch that hackers accessed …
Microsoft starts rolling out AI-powered text editing feature Rewrite in Notepad, and Generative Fill and Generative Erase features in Paint to Windows Insiders
but the best experience is Copilot+ PC limited Dua Rashid / Gizmodo : AI Has Come for Sweet, Innocent Notepad Devesh Beri / ExtremeTech : Microsoft Notepad and Paint, of All Apps, to Get AI Writing an...
A US federal judge allows 150+ cases from school districts against Meta, Google, and Snap alleging their apps contributed to students' mental health crisis
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Austin-based SchooLinks, whose SaaS offers college and career readiness resources for K-12 students, raised a $80M Series B led by Susquehanna Growth Equity
We're on a mission to transform college & career readiness across the U.S., already in hundreds of school districts! … Susquehanna Growth Equity : We're very excited to announce our investment in Scho...
An analysis of 36GB of US school network logs for January 2022 to August 2023 finds widespread internet censoring filters, such as for health and sexuality info
A WIRED investigation into internet censorship in US schools found widespread use of filters to censor health, identity, and other crucial information. X: @meghann , @katiedrumm , @cendemtech , @toddf...
Many US school districts spent millions in US pandemic relief money on edtech, such as apps, games, and tutoring sites, but the results for students are unclear
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Nearly 200 US school districts have joined lawsuits against Meta, ByteDance, Snap, and Alphabet, alleging their apps cause disciplinary and mental health issues
While US schools debate what to teach students about AI's promise and potential peril, universities, tech companies, and nonprofits offer ready-made curriculums
While schools debate what to teach students about powerful new A.I. tools, tech giants, universities and nonprofits are intervening with free lessons. Mastodon: @BenPatrickWill@mastodon … . Tweets: @m...
Report: cheap Chromebooks, due to their short lifespans and lack of repairability, are less sustainable and more expensive for schools than pricier devices
Back in early 2020, as the covid pandemic drove classrooms online, school districts found themselves needing to bulk purchase affordable laptops …