| TOP STORIES Maryland turns to Esports to Push Students Toward STEM
EliteGamingLive, or EGL, is an esports league tailored to K-12 students that combines the burgeoning field of esports with educational programming to help parents and educators introduce students to STEM fields. READ MORE New York City Lawmakers Question School Bus GPS Delay
Lawmakers passed a bill to shore up city school bus service after frequent delays and missing school buses last year. The law required that the city make real-time GPS data available to parents this year. READ MORE Smartphone Usage Rates Spike Among Younger Generation
More than half of 11-year-olds now own their own smartphone, according to a recent national survey of more than 1,600 children between the ages of 8 and 18 years old. And the trend is on the rise. READ MORE More Ohio Counties Will Now Supply Students with Laptops
A second, large school system in Butler County, Ohio, now has plans to offer thousands of laptops to high school students over the course of the next school year, facilitating increased access to tech in the region. READ MORE East Texas School District Suffers Ransomware Attack
Port Neches-Groves ISD lost access to files on all computer systems this week after being attacked by ransomware, a type of cyberattack that renders files unusable and then demands money for restoring access. READ MORE Indiana School District Restoring Computers After Ransomware
The Penn-Harris-Madison School Corp. is continuing to work this week to bring its computer network servers back online after a hack that knocked out “all internal network systems” district wide. READ MORE | 