#k-12-education

#k-12-education

To bridge the digital divide and provide all our students with the technology they need to succeed no matter their zip code or income this school year, we are providing 350,000 brand new Chromebooks to New York City public school students with LTE or 5G access. These free devices will be distributed to students at more than 1,700 schools to help bring them on a level playing field for academic success.

The New York Post breathlessly reports that First Lady Melania Trump has a new official project: leading the Presidential Artificial Intelligence Challenge. The Post says that, for the challenge, K-12 student teams will use AI tools like large language models (LLMs) and neural networks to "solve a community problem" by creating an app or a website. State and national winners will be announced next year.

The Trump administration has targeted transgender athletes in female sports, diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, and pro-Palestine student protests viewed as antisemitic.

"Every iteration of ClassDojo is built on feedback from the people who use it," said Chad A. Stevens, Ph.D., ClassDojo's Head of K-12 Engagement. "Superintendents were clear that they wanted to use tools that were already rapidly adopted and loved by school staff. So, we built tools that bring the whole district together-with consistency, control, and care."

In just six months, the Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress have brought lasting change and enormous unpredictability to federal education policy.

A California district Office of Equity circulated a message to teachers and staff stating, 'Hands off Sacred Land from Shellmo[u]nd to Jerusalem' and 'Zionism is Racism.'