News Briefs

News Briefs

Online Professional Development Resource Launched for Arkansas Educators

The Arkansas Educational Television Network (AETN), Arkansas Department of Education (ADE), and PBS TeacherLine recently launched Arkansas IDEAS, an online professional development resource for Arkansas educators designed to enhance teachers’ content knowledge and instructional skills…

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Virco Classroom Makeover Gives a Boost to Michigan School

School principals are always delighted to hear they’ve been chosen to receive a Classroom Makeover. But the news is even better when the winning school is located in a state that’s been hit hard by education funding cuts…

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TeachingBooks.net Brings Books to Life for Chicago Public Schools

TeachingBooks.net will provide more than 425,000 Chicago Public School students with online access to an expanding collection of author programs, book readings, book guides, and other K-12 resources that span thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles for children and young adults...

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DyKnow Joins HELP Team to Rebuild Hurricane-Damaged Schools

DyKnow Technologies has been invited to join the Hurricane Education Leadership Project (HELP Team) to contribute to the reconstruction of the educational infrastructure in hurricane-damaged regions of the United States. As a member of the HELP Team, DyKnow is pleased to announce it will award grants to schools in the Gulf Coast as they rebuild or establish their educational technology platforms…

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    Pilot Program Fosters AI Literacy in Underserved Youth

    A pilot co-led by Operation HOPE and Georgia State University is working to build technical, entrepreneurial, and financial-literacy skills in Atlanta-area youth to help them thrive in the AI-powered workforce.

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    Google Cloud Study: Early Agentic AI Adopters See Better ROI

    Google Cloud has released its second annual ROI of AI study, finding that 52% of enterprise organizations now deploy AI agents in production environments. The comprehensive survey of 3,466 senior leaders across 24 countries highlights the emergence of a distinct group of "agentic AI early adopters" who are achieving measurably higher returns on their AI investments.

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    Microsoft's Windows 365 Cloud Apps Available in Public Preview

    Microsoft has announced that its Windows 365 Cloud Apps are now available in public preview. This allows IT administrators to stream individual Windows applications from the cloud, removing the need to assign Cloud PCs to every user.

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    Discovery Education Expands DreamBox Reading to Support PreK-5 Learners

    Ed tech provider Discovery Education has announced the latest enhancements to its DreamBox Reading adaptive literacy program, which now offers personalized instruction for grades PreK-5.