Howard Dvorsky

A new report points to the fragmented digital landscape of educational apps in use at schools and districts across the country.

The Department of Education has moved to close the door on COVID relief funding for schools, declaring that “extending deadlines for COVID-related grants, which are in fact taxpayer funds, years after the COVID pandemic ended is not consistent with the Department’s priorities and thus not a worthwhile exercise of its discretion.”

Microsoft has expanded its AI-powered cybersecurity platform, introducing a suite of autonomous agents to help organizations counter rising threats and manage the growing complexity of cloud and AI security.

Chatbot platform Character.AI has introduced a new Parental Insights feature aimed at giving parents a window into their children’s activity on the platform. The feature allows users under 18 to share a weekly report of their chatbot interactions directly with a parent’s e-mail address.

According to a new report from SnapLogic, 50% of enterprises are already deploying AI agents, and another 32% plan to do so within the next 12 months..

Microsoft has introduced a range of updates to its Copilot platform, marking a new phase in its effort to deliver what it calls a “true AI companion” that adapts to individual users’ needs, preferences and routines.

A new report from researchers at Ontinue’s Cyber Defense Center has identified a complex, multi-stage cyber attack that leveraged social engineering, remote access tools, and signed binaries to infiltrate and persist within a target network.

Virtual and augmented reality solution provider Lobaki has introduced Lobaki Liaison, an AI-powered teaching assistant designed to help educators navigate and implement VR content in their classrooms.

In a recent blog post, Google shared an array of education customer stories, showcasing ways schools and districts are using AI tools like Gemini and NotebookLM to transform both learning and administrative tasks.

We urgently need comprehensive research about cellphones in schools, write Angela Duckworth.

When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also shining a spotlight on an ever-growing inequality in math performance across the country. Other assessments — such as the critical thinking-focused international PISA exam — have also indicated declining ma...[Read More]

The number of districts that provided AI training to teachers has doubled year over year.