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State AI guidance emphasizes ethics and data privacy. Stakeholder trust and ongoing monitoring receive less developed treatment; equity and educator capacity receive moderate attention.
ChatGPT for Teachers expanded to 55 additional school systems, reaching over 300,000 educators across more than 100 K–12 organizations. OpenAI also introduced a Student Data Privacy Consortium agreement covering 15 states, including Virginia, plus California.…
Iowa City launched a formal review of screen time, take-home devices, instructional value, privacy, accessibility, and one-to-one program outcomes amid parent concern and cost pressure.
Meta agreed to pay up to $18 billion and limit teen Facebook and Instagram use, including daily limits, overnight restrictions, and reduced school-hours notifications. Claims included children’s data being used for generative AI training.
EDSAFE AI selected ten organizations for $250,000 in grants and technical assistance. Norwalk Public Schools received $23,000 to address privacy, procurement, academic integrity, staff literacy, and parent engagement.
On September 9, Microsoft, the AFT and UFT announced a standard that districts can incorporate into Microsoft customer agreements. It prohibits using student or educator data to train AI, selling or repurposing that data, student tracking and unsupervised…
An outside group accessed Springfield Public Schools’ network and blocked essential online programs. The district classified it as a Level 4 severe incident and closed schools Tuesday through Friday because nurses could not access medication and allergy…
Governor Newsom signed a 13-bill child-technology package on September 10. It includes independent safety assessments and parental controls for companion chatbots, restrictions on addictive feeds for children, and stronger pupil-data protections. AB 1159…
Missouri and Google announced no-cost enterprise AI tools, training and credentials for nearly 100,000 educators and more than 1.1 million K–12 and higher-education students. Offerings include Gemini for Education, Gemini Notebook and professional…
Mathspace disclosed that attackers exploited an unpatched vulnerability in its self-hosted Metabase reporting environment. The flaw was patched by Metabase on August 6; unauthorized access began August 10, while Mathspace updated its instance August 29.…
For 108,000 students, Baltimore County reported average daily school-device use of 70–90 minutes in middle school and 75–100 minutes in high school. Grades 3–5 averaged 50–60 minutes; K–2 averaged about 30 minutes. A separate 344-district benchmark covering…
Google's new Drive rule flow combines content sensitivity with the intended audience. Administrators can block external sharing or specify permitted or prohibited groups, organizational units and domains.
Google's new Drive rule flow combines content sensitivity with the intended audience. Administrators can block external sharing or specify permitted or prohibited groups, organizational units and domains.
Google's new Drive rule flow combines content sensitivity with the intended audience. Administrators can block external sharing or specify permitted or prohibited groups, organizational units and domains.
Google's September 22 notice confirms that new Meet note-taking defaults begin taking effect September 29, with an extended rollout. Administrators gain an option to start notes automatically for meetings with at least three people. The default is off for…
Google announced occupancy counting for Logitech Gen 2 Android-based Meet room hardware, starting with Rally Board 65. Administrators can review or export room-use data. Google says processing occurs locally and no personally identifiable information is…
The Google Chat API now exposes generally available controls over who can view a space's membership list. Google's September 23 developer release describes settings for target audiences and space roles, with both relevant fields required when making an…