• New Alliance to Upskill Girls and Women in AI, Coding, and Entrepreneurship

  Global tech education nonprofit Technovation has announced The AI Forward Alliance (TAIFA), backed by partners UNICEF, the Grameen Foundation, Google, and others, to increase support for girls and women to work in the AI industry globally.

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• Google Announces New Education Features and AI Tools, New Chromebooks

  Google has announced 15 new Chromebooks and more than 30 new Google for Education features, both available now and to be rolled out this year, the company said in a blog about its recent and upcoming showcases at annual ed tech exhibition Bett 2024.

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• Microsoft Announces Education AI Enhancements with Focus on Collaboration, Personalized Learning

  Microsoft has unveiled a handful of AI initiatives aimed at educators and students, including new and enhanced features in Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft Loop.

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• AWS Selects 15 Ed Tech Startups for Education Accelerator Program

  Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the selection of 15 innovative ed tech startup companies to take part in its inaugural Education Accelerator program. The program will support these companies to apply data, analytics, and AI to transform teaching and learning and tackle educational challenges to improve student success.

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• 'Too Small and Too Slow': FCC Cybersecurity Pilot Proposal Draws Criticism

  A week remains for K–12 stakeholders to submit comments on the Federal Communications Commission’s proposed 3-year, $200 million Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program, and so far, most comments submitted have expressed significant concerns that it is too "too small and too slow" to help public schools defend against emerging cyber threats.

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• SXSW EDU 2024 Highlights for K-12 Education Leaders

  This March 4-7, SXSW EDU returns to Austin for a wide range of learning and mentorship experiences, performances, film screenings, future-focused competitions, and more.

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• State of New Hampshire Expands Partnership with Tutor.com to Include Upper Elementary and Adult Learners

  The New Hampshire Department of Education (NHED) and Tutor.com have expanded their tutoring partnership agreement to include upper elementary students in grades 4-5 and adult learners preparing to take the GED and HiSET high school equivalency exams.

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• Prince George's County Public Schools Upgrades SIS to Better Manage Communications, Data

  After an exhaustive search to replace its 15-year-old student information system, Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) in Maryland, one of the largest K–12 school districts in the U.S., chose Edupoint Educational Systems' Synergy Education Platform to replace its aging student information system and meet several other needs.

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• STEM Forward Program to Take Students on a Virtual STEM Tour of Japan with Olympian Katy Ledecky

  Panasonic North America, Discovery Education, and Olympic and World Champion Katy Ledecky will team up to take students in middle and high school on a second virtual tour through the educational program STEM Forward.

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• Taking a Data-First Approach to IDEA Compliance

  Technology can streamline monitoring, inform outcomes, and ultimately help states and districts better serve students with disabilities.

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• LG Announces New CreateBoard with Built-in Access to Google Play Store

  LG Business Solutions USA (LG) has introduced a new CreateBoard, the TR3DK-BM, to be shipped this spring. It will come with ransomware default protection ChromeOS Flex and Android 13 pre-installed and be able to access the Google Play store.

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