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IT Fortifies Physical Security to Protect K–12 Communities

EdTech Magazine

With horrific school shootings too often in the news and an increased focus on issues such as bullying, districts are installing IP cameras and web-based alert and reporting systems , and they’re exploring the use of facial recognition and artificial intelligence to boost physical security. .

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‘The reckoning is here’: More than a third of community college students have vanished

The Hechinger Report

The Hechinger Report, which produced this story, is an independent unit of Teachers College.) Research universities that responded to a survey reported that they raised an average of $121 million apiece last year, while public community colleges collected an average of $2.7 Sign up for Hechinger’s higher education newsletter.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

. “ Digital Promise Global has received a three-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to address equitable access to computational education in public schools,” Education Week reports. “ James Damore is moving his lawsuit against Google out of court,” The Verge reports. Small world.