Computing and data shape nearly every aspect of modern life. In recent years, efforts to expand data and computing education in K-12 settings have grown rapidly but unevenly. A new National Academies ...

Researchers discover microplastics in East Java's rainwater, natural springs, and even human amniotic fluid. Experts urge the government to act.

After a career counselor visited one of her classes earlier this year, Lily Hatch found herself asking a chatbot for guidance about college. A junior at Wake Forest High School in North Carolina, ...

Dr. Karen Landers says that flu-like illnesses are projected to go into March and potentially April. Gov. Kay Ivey Tuesday joined Montgomery County and pledged financial support for Jackson Hospital ...

The U.S. Department of Education said Thursday it is investigating reports that Tufts University and an education group shared confidential student data with political organizations to try to ...

The Department of Education (ED) on Thursday opened an investigation into a program that may be illegally collecting and sharing student information for the purpose of “influencing elections,” the ...

HORSHAM — At the start of each year, students in Hatboro-Horsham School District celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Acceptance Day by giving back to the community and celebrating classmates’ ...

For example, a social media platform specifically targeting children may have different obligations from an online retailer that only incidentally reaches children. There are also federal student ...

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Prince William County schools mistakenly shared ...

Two Southern New Hampshire University students are suing the college in federal court claiming the university shares sensitive student personal information (including GPAs, ethnicities and contact ...

A pair of Southern New Hampshire University students are claiming the school shares students’ sensitive personal information, including their GPAs, ethnicities and contact information, with Google and ...

KENSINGTON, Minn. — The sun is still 15 minutes from rising over Kensington, but a glow is already seeping out of the windows of West Central Area South Elementary. “Whoa!” a backpack-carrying boy ...