Utah education

A photovoltaic company has introduced a new line of portable solar chargers for handheld electronics.

With voice over IP already in place, Glen Cove School District in New York wanted to use the technology to improve emergency communications through enhanced 911. But adding e911 call service wasn’t simply a matter of tacking another charge onto the purchase order. It involved collaboration with the police, the county and other parties critical [...]

To minimize the risk of identity theft, school boards in Maine are discouraging parents from providing their children’s Social Security numbers (SSNs) to the state’s education agency–even though state law says to do otherwise.

Ninety-eight school districts in 28 states have received two-year federal grants to pay for improvements to their emergency management plans.