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    Ransomware attacks in education jump 23% year over year

    Education was the fourth-most-targeted sector during the first half of 2025, according to a report from Comparitech.

    By Briana Mendez-Padilla • July 21, 2025
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    Beyond fresh paint: 12 strategic upgrades that keep students (and funding) in your district

    Tired buildings send families elsewhere. These 12 upgrades help keep them with your schools.

    July 21, 2025
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    STEM

    From AI to quantum physics, STEM learning opportunities in K-12 are expanding to keep pace with related fields.

    By K-12 Dive staff
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    Labor Department to take on day-to-day management of CTE programs

    Career and technical education is among the workforce development programs to be jointly administered with the Education Department.

    By • July 15, 2025
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    Federal funding delays threaten AI education and America’s tech future

    The delayed obligation of funds will erode the tools and infrastructure needed to scale artificial intelligence education nationwide, writes an industry expert.

    By Sara Kloek • July 14, 2025
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    Week in Review: School choice, reading gains and looming policy changes

    We’re rounding up last week’s news, from the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” to a pair of transgender athletics cases headed to the Supreme Court.

    By • July 14, 2025
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    Test yourself on this week’s K-12 news

    From the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” to notable achievement gains in young students, what did you learn from our recent stories?

    By • July 11, 2025
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    How can AI enhance project-based learning?

    Artificial intelligence could help educators flesh out project assignments and provide students an additional research and feedback tool.

    By Briana Mendez-Padilla • July 9, 2025
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    California high school reimagines classrooms as ‘learning studios’

    Compton High School is using technology-driven communal class spaces in an effort to modernize and create a more collaborative environment.

    By Briana Mendez-Padilla • July 9, 2025
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    AFT, tech companies join forces on $23M teacher AI training initiative

    The National Academy for AI Instruction aims to train over 400,000 teachers on artificial intelligence fluency skills by 2030.

    By • July 9, 2025
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    Over 60 organizations sign White House pledge to invest in AI education

    The pledge marks a win for the White House and comes as a state AI regulation moratorium was stricken from the Senate’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill."

    By • July 2, 2025
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    DC high school’s book project opens students’ eyes to writing process

    Phelps ACE High School 10th graders spent the school year writing personal poems and learning about publishing — and themselves — along the way.

    By • June 24, 2025
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    Phone bans proliferate as digital media’s harm to students grows clearer

    Though many studies link screentime to emotional and behavioral problems, one group of researchers urges that correlation may not mean causation.

    By • June 23, 2025
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    Test yourself on this week’s K-12 news

    From California’s lawsuit against the Justice Department to new research on children’s well-being, what did you learn from our recent stories?

    By • June 13, 2025
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    House lawmakers find consensus on benefits of school cellphone bans

    State and district policies have led to lower student discipline rates, better teacher retention and more effective instructional time, witnesses told a subcommittee.

    By • June 10, 2025
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    Virginia enacts ban on school cellphone use, limits on social media

    In Florida, a similar, stricter law banning social media use for children under 14 years old hit a roadblock in district court.

    By • June 6, 2025
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    Vetting AI tools for schools? Consider these 4 pieces of advice

    School district technology leaders advise being mindful of protections for student data and bias mitigation.

    By • June 2, 2025
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    Aerial Aviators: Helping STEM minds soar one afternoon at a time

    This out-of-school program helps students soar — literally.

    June 2, 2025
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    Teens more acutely aware of social media’s impact on mental health

    Some 48% of U.S. teens surveyed told Pew Research Center that social media had a mostly negative effect on their peers — up 16 points from 2022. 

    By Briana Mendez-Padilla • May 28, 2025
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    How a Tennessee district is using AI to close literacy gaps

    The technology is helping Sumner County teachers provide more direct attention to students, says Director of Schools Scott Langford.

    By • May 28, 2025
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    POP QUIZ

    Test yourself on this week’s K-12 news

    From Linda McMahon’s FY 2026 budget hearing to the cost of chronic absenteeism, what did you learn from our recent stories?

    By • May 23, 2025
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    Ed tech venture funding market continued to tighten in Q1

    Just $410 million in venture capital was invested in the space so far in 2025, furthering a post-pandemic dip.

    By • May 22, 2025
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    College student charged in connection with PowerSchool data breach

    A 19-year-old in Massachusetts agreed to plead guilty for allegedly hacking and extorting the company for $2.85 million after stealing student and teacher data.

    By • May 21, 2025
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    Test yourself on this week’s K-12 news

    From district lawsuits against PowerSchool to a potential federal school choice tax incentive, what did you learn from our recent stories?

    By • May 16, 2025
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    Data breach reporting lags in education sector, study finds

    The sector reportedly takes an average of 4.8 months to report attacks — higher than for business, government and healthcare.

    By • May 15, 2025
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    Tennessee’s largest school district sues PowerSchool over data breach

    Memphis-Shelby County Schools’ federal lawsuit against the ed tech giant is among the latest that have been filed by over 100 other districts nationwide.

    By • May 15, 2025