FCC considering changes, possibly ending, program that offers discounted internet to schools, librariesA federal program that has paid out billions of dollars to local schools and libraries to offset the cost of internet service is in danger of being curtailed or even eliminated, leaving district administrators and library officials concerned about how they would bridge the financial gap. The E-Rate program, overseenPittsburgh Tribune-Review5d agoWhole story →TechnologyCulturee rate program review
Gretchen Givens Generett: AI belongs in education, but not at the front of the classroomPennsylvania state Sen. Lindsey Williams plans to introduce legislation to ban AI educators from replacing human teachers as heads of classrooms. The Human Students Need Human Educators bill would apply to public and charter schools from kindergarten through 12th grade, as well as Pennsylvania’s public universities, the State System ofPittsburgh Tribune-Review11d agoWhole story →TechnologyEducationai in education legislation
Judge imprisons former coach, ex-PNC worker who stole intimate images in Snapchat hackOne of them was a high school coach with a master’s degree in education. The other has a degree in mathematics and worked for PNC. Now, both of them are going to federal prison after admitting to illegally hacking into the Snapchat accounts of unknowing victims and selling and tradingPittsburgh Tribune-Review21d agoWhole story →TechnologyEconomysnapchat hack sentencing
Political violence, school safety among topics tackled at Eradicate Hate Global SummitWhen Robert J. Cindrich became the U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh in the 1970s, he didn’t have a lock on his door. There was still no lock on the door when he worked as a federal judge for the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Pennsylvania from 1994 toPittsburgh Tribune-Review21d agoWhole story →GovernmentEducationeradicate hate global summit
