Researchers weigh in on government efforts to define standards and tools for ed-tech evaluations, calling for quality assurance measures, ongoing improvements, certifications, benchmarks and regulatory frameworks.
Muscogee County School District in Georgia worked with Columbus Police Department to place cameras in 20 school zones to catch drivers going 11 or more miles per hour over the speed limit.
New laws that will impact Ohio school districts this fall include one requiring them to adopt policies governing cellphone use during the day, and one requiring them not to give tech vendors rights to student records.
As part of a "Business INCubators" course at Barrington High School in Illinois, students created a website to connect farmers market vendors with new customers and reduce food waste.
North Carolina high school students will be able to qualify for job interviews with the drone delivery company Zipline as part of a new partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Since the Marietta Board of Education in Georgia started requiring students to have their cellphones and smartwatches locked in Yondr pouches during the day, both teachers and students have seen positive changes.
Rapid City Area School District in South Dakota is one of many across the state that have found smartphones an unsustainable distraction, and current polities inadequate to police them.
Gov. Ned Lamont said he intends to encourage local superintendents across Connecticut to pass and enforce policies restricting student use of smartphones during instructional time.
Schools throughout North Carolina are preparing to launch 11 digital learning initiatives with $1.8 million in funds from a statewide competitive grant program, involving novel technologies from VR to podcasting and AI.
While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to restrictions on cellphones in schools, an imperfect policy is better than no policy at all, and when policies come from the district or state level, they bring advantages.
