Utah education

A team of researchers in eight universities has just won a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create new computing techniques for measuring and analyzing the behavior of children. The goal is to create new ways to identify those at risk for autism and other developmental delays.

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 the process.

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.