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The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) is working with online mental health services provider Uwill to scale up mental health support for the system’s 150,000 students. Through the partnership, Uwill will help students at the system’s 22 colleges find counselors suiting their needs and preferences, schedule appointments and access crisis care even on school breaks, according to a recent news release.

(TNS) — The Farrell Area School District is among several districts across the state that were recently awarded state funds to help expand access to career and technical education. About $3.5 million in PA Smart grants was awarded to 17 organizations by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, according to a news release issued Thursday by Gov. Josh Shapiro.

(TNS) — Josue Cruz, an incoming junior at San Francisco State University, knew something had changed when his linear algebra professor urged the class to use artificial intelligence — not to cheat by using a chatbot to do their homework but to ask it questions about their assignments. The professor encouraged students to use ChatGPT as a study partner, Cruz told SFGATE, that could explain a difficult equation and walk them through a problem.

(TNS) — A new education center in Shiloh provides opportunities for children ages 5 to 14 to develop skills such as problem-solving, creativity, collaboration and confidence through technology and hands-on activities. Code Ninjas teaches coding, robotics, game development and other STEM-related activities while providing a space for learning and sharing ideas with peers. Families can visit the business during a grand opening event Saturday, Aug. 29.

(TNS) — Leo Tople sits quietly at a table, ears covered in headphones and eyes fixated on the screen. Occasionally, he speaks a word or a series of letters or numbers, engrossed in the lesson unfolding on the screen in front of him. After a few minutes, he takes off the headphones and looks up. "It's really fun and I really like doing it," Tople, a fourth grader at Longfellow Elementary School, told the Mitchell Republic. "I used to struggle a lot in reading.

(TNS) — Old Dominion University has become the first college in Virginia to offer an interdisciplinary doctoral degree program in cybersecurity. University officials said it is one of the only colleges in the nation with such a program. The degree path through the School of Cybersecurity is available this fall. The university expects 12-15 students to pursue it during the 2026-27 academic year.

(TNS) — In the span of a few hours, Suffolk University’s Instagram post blew up — and not in a good way. The post, now amassing nearly 1,000 comments, announced the rollout of a co-major in artificial intelligence, an optional path for students to keep their primary field of study while learning how AI could be applied.

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is urging schools to take a more deliberate approach to education technology, saying the central question should be whether the tools districts use truly improve teaching and learning. Written by Kirsten Baesler, assistant secretary of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Aug.

For new college graduates, AI seems to be all over the job application world. From screening candidates to conducting interviews, students expect to see AI in their job search on an employer’s end. Career guidance professionals, however, say students aren’t being taught when and how to use AI in career navigation.

(TNS) — The first day of school in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District on Monday, Aug. 17, was also the first day of a new ban on electric bikes and all other electric vehicles, such as scooters and boards, at its K-8 campuses.