The education sector, both higher education and K-12, is particularly vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks as efforts to secure its networks lag behind those of other industries, a report from security company SecurityScorecard finds. Company Co-founder Sam Kassoumeh says systemic underfunding of IT departments has contributed to the problem.

Researchers found higher rates of bullying and certain teasing in areas where voters favored Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election.

Jack Silva didn't know anything about how children learn to read. What he did know is that a lot of students in his district were struggling. Silva is the chief academic officer for Bethlehem, Pa., public schools. In 2015, only 56 percent of third-graders were scoring proficient on the state reading test. That year, he…

A study that tracked parental usage of a math app with their first-grade children showed it especially benefited children whose parents were stressed by math. "It changed parents' expectation that their kids can do well in math because they got the opportunity to see their kids engaging in math and enjoying it," according to study…

La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia, is piloting a companion robot for students with special needs in a Victorian school. Based on teacher input, the highly interactive robot, Matilda, teaches social and academic skills, such as offering fun activities for students who can wait their turn.

Lessons from those who have overcome trauma are helping pupils confront their own personal challenges.

Amerikanske elever fik bedre resultater, da de fik lov at starte skoledagen 55 minutter senere om morgenen.

Teen girls and boys who used social media more than five hours daily had 50% and 35% higher depressive symptoms, respectively, compared with peers who had one to three hours of daily social media use, indicating a stronger link between social media use and depression among girls, UK researchers reported in the journal EClinicalMedicine.

Educators should create opportunities for students -- particularly English-language learners -- to use academic language in the classroom, writes Valentina Gonzalez, a professional-development specialist for ELLs in Texas.

Developers should consider the science around learning and memory when building education apps, suggests psychologists from the Swiss Distance Learning University, the University of Bonn in Germany and the University of Bern in Switzerland.

Researchers are considering strategies to help improve test results for students taking massive open online courses, or MOOCs. Among the issues, according to researchers at the University of Leuven, is that the current use of multiple-choice questions rewards guessing in some cases.

Principal Rebecca Steck and computer teacher Jennifer Vespucci describe the skills they are focusing on for their middle-schoolers when integrating the Chromebooks and iPads purchased for their school.