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Qweebi, already in 5,200 schools, raises $500K to win US districts
Teachers brought Qweebi's browser-based robotics projects into 5,200 US schools. A $500K seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures targets districts next.
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From AI Governance to Guardrails with Hood College's April Boulton
Hood College included AI critics on its task force and built a two-layer policy requiring vetted tools for sensitive data, with discipline-specific flexibility…
Ball State's 36 new Corsair PCs are built for esports and creative software
Corsair supplied Ball State 36 PCs with 64 GB of RAM and 320 Hz displays, specs suited to both Valorant and creative tools like Maya.
More EdTech companies are changing hands, at lower prices
Corum counted 149 edtech acquisitions through August 2026, while the median disclosed revenue multiple fell to 1.3x. Big platforms still fetch premiums.
A $4 billion repair backlog will now shape Louisiana's college building budgets
Gordian found a $4 billion backlog across Louisiana's public campuses, where average building ages run 53 to 64 years. Now a $1.25 billion request gets weighed.
Field of study drives community college certificate earnings test outcomes
Community college degrees almost all pass the new federal earnings test, while certificate results vary more.
Unique Voice says role play draws out safeguarding disclosures
Krystal Keeley of Unique Voice on why scenes help disclosures and still reach the DSL.
AI didn't break integrity, it exposed credentialism
Hill argues AI exposed credential-first incentives. He cites competency-based education, authentic assessment, and Sydney’s two-stream framework.
Lewis University picks Ellucian Student to support its 2026–2029 strategic plan
Lewis University is moving to Ellucian Student, HCM and Finance through Project Tailwind, part of its Taking Flight strategic plan for 2026–2029.
CoSN tells school districts to plan for adoption before they buy new tech
CoSN's 2026 Blaschke Report and companion toolkit put the people side of an edtech rollout ahead of the purchase order.
Copyleaks says Classroom reach spans most K-12 and higher ed
Copyleaks touts wide LMS reach; billing and sensitivity shape use
Hawkeye Community College to lead Iowa STRONG Workforce Pell push
Iowa STRONG grant funds will also support wage-record reporting and statewide outcomes data.
ASU’s Work+ aims to make campus jobs count toward career readiness
Working students demand incremental value during studies. ASU's Work Plus Collective redesigns jobs and curriculum to deliver career skills every semester, not…
Impact Public Schools wants software to sort students into intervention tiers
A Washington charter network wants custom software to tier students from benchmark data, and North Kansas City seeks a data dashboard.
Ellucian brings AI built on 10,000 cataloged college processes to EDUCAUSE
Ellucian Student and a knowledge graph of about 10,000 higher ed processes headline eight Ellucian sessions at EDUCAUSE in Denver.
Organizational support is positively tied to faculty agility in a survey of 497 faculty
A survey of 497 faculty at Indian universities found organizational support was positively and significantly associated with faculty agility.
Strada's $25M HBCU bet started with listening, not a program to fund
Strada Education Foundation invested $25M in HBCUs by listening first, then building flexible scholarships for work-based learning that institutions direct to…
Hermantown to add Dunwoody dual-credit courses in fall 2026, including VR DC Circuits labs
Hermantown High School will add two hybrid Dunwoody dual-credit CTE courses in fall 2026, including DC Circuits with virtual reality vision goggles for parts of
Morgan State taps Google’s GPAR GPUs to expand research capacity
Morgan State University is pairing Google Public Sector GPU access with its Obsidian AI platform, aiming to scale research and keep governance on campus.
Savvas says Florida approved enVision+ Florida math programs
Savvas said Florida approved enVision+ Florida © 2028 math programs plus two Outlier electives, including College Algebra Florida © 2025.
Schools are still catching up after Google opened Gemini to every student
Education Week reports districts were caught flat-footed by Gemini's availability to all students. What a district tech lead now has to decide, and when.
OpenAI says GPT-6 Astra is the first model to hit its 'Critical' cyber threshold
OpenAI rates GPT-6 Astra 'Critical' for cyber capability, the first model to get the label, as school AI rules tighten ahead of Microsoft's Nov. 1 terms.
Morgan State won Maryland's first public AI degree in months by building it first
Morgan State University approved Maryland's first public AI bachelor's degree by converting a running cloud program, emphasizing foundational CS and…
Michigan's $250M Detroit innovation center is built with Detroit, not for it
UMCI opens in 2027 with workforce programs in urban tech, clean energy and advanced manufacturing shaped by community input, stacking credentials from age 14…
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The Innovator at the Center of UMCI
UMCI's Scott Shireman shares his vision for a Detroit partnership network that attracts talent and supports the city's revival ahead of the 2027 opening.
Four ways the University of Michigan is transforming higher education
The University of Michigan is embracing a transformative approach to higher education through its new venture, the University of Michigan Center for Innovation…
AI Readiness in Education
Learn how colleges align AI literacy and workforce readiness through industry partnerships and experiential learning methodologies.
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