
Estonia to digitise state national exams by 2027
Last month, in my role as Malta’s ambassador to Estonia and Finland, I visited the Study Quality Department of the Estonian Education and Youth Board, where I met department official

Statement from Secretary of State Anna Gainey on World Youth Skills Day 2025
GATINEAU, QC, July 15, 2025 /CNW/ – Secretary of State (Children and Youth), Anna Gainey, today issued the following statement to highlight World Youth Skills Day 2025: ”Today, we mark United

New Learner-Centered Digital Recordkeeping to Enhance, Streamline Professional Capabilities for Career-Ready Morgan State Grads
University Joins Inaugural Cohort in the Learning and Employment Record Accelerator Program to Optimize Secure, Skills-Based Academic and Career Credentialing Baltimore — Through its participation in the new Learning

Illinois is the best state for construction workers to make money, study says
Peoria construction workers are among the highest paid in the country, according to a recent study reviewing the best-paying cities for people in that field. Construction Coverage, an online resource

North Carolina State Division of Broadband and Digital Opportunity Names Three New Leaders
The North Carolina Department of Information Technology’s Division of Broadband and Digital Opportunity announced Maggie Woods as the new director of the Office of Digital Opportunity, Christina Strickland as chief

What’s New in Digital Equity: Washington State Leadership Change
This week in “What’s New in Digital Equity” — our weekly look at government digital equity and broadband news — we have a number of interesting items, which you can
Online platform UMass Global could be financial liability for state
It was part of a slew of colleges pushing to expand online. “Schools are struggling,” says Persis Yu, the Boston-based deputy executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center. What’s

DOGE terminates $9 million state digital equity grant
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – A $9 million federal grant to the state Economic Development Department recently got DOGE’d. But the department and Gov. Patrick Morrisey both failed to answer questions about

State, local organizations ask Commerce Dept. to reinstate Digital Equity Act
In a letter Wednesday to Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick and Adam Cassady, acting administrator of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, more than 140 state and local organizations asked for

State of the Digital Decade 2025 report: urgent and bold action needed
The European Commission has published its annual State of the Digital Decade report. The report shows progress toward the objectives and targets outlined for 2030 in the Digital Decade