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As the new five-year funding cycle for E-rate begins, experts at the Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando urged districts to plan early, document thoroughly and stay vigilant on compliance. -
Now headed to the state Senate for consideration, House Bill 4141 would require all of Michigan's public and charter schools to adopt policies forbidding students from using cellphones during instructional time.
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With future workforce skills increasingly uncertain and Silicon Valley's own entrepreneurs sending their kids to schools with no screens, perhaps Taoism has something to teach about cultivating a life of the mind today.
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The Indiana school district notified employees that someone gained unauthorized access to the network in October, potentially accessing their Social Security numbers and other personal information.
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Problems with construction permits have slowed progress on an $84 million, three-year project to reach 570 schools and administrative buildings with high-speed Internet, expected to be finished by 2023.
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The toll of elearning for much of the past two years has been steep, and programs such as South Bend’s Saturday Accelerator offer individualized attention and in-person support that many kids need to make up lost ground.
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Editorial staff of The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash., make the case that the state has an essential role in helping rural school districts with smaller tax bases to fund necessary modernization and facility upgrades.
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The latest of several security upgrades since the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., in 2018, the South Florida school district will randomly screen bookbags and purses with metal-detection wands starting this spring.
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With K-12 bus routes and parent pickup lines getting longer due to a shortage of bus drivers, schools are turning to apps to manage dismissal and transit-related issues, and to provide parents with important updates.
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As cases of COVID-19 skyrocket with the prevalence of a new variant, New Jersey’s largest school district is preparing technology, materials and all necessary links and codes should students have to learn remotely.
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Except for one live lesson a week, EBR Virtual Academy’s new vendor will have students either completing assignments on their own, meeting in small groups or one-on-one with Arizona State University teachers or coaches.
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The new round of funding will go toward digital skills, data analytics, the state’s educational and workforce data infrastructure, programs for front-line health care workers, special education, charter schools and more.
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Buffalo Public Schools are considering temporarily resuming remote instruction after winter break as the new omicron variant of COVID-19 continues spreading rapidly. Administrators are waiting on more data.
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SponsoredRansomware can burn down a school system’s IT function in an instant.
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Three school districts and 39 career and technology centers will receive money from the state’s Career and Technical Education Equipment Grant program, for new equipment to train students for high-demand jobs.
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Growing interest in artificial intelligence tools and data analytics were among the dominant trends in education technology in both K-12 and higher education this year, according to industry leaders.
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Seattle Colleges has proposed to offer four-year bachelor's degrees in computer science at the community college level, with Amazon donating $1 million to three higher-education entities supporting the effort.
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In celebration of Computer Science Education Week earlier this month, Santa Fe Public Schools are highlighting how local tax dollars fund multi-year plans to deepen and expand computer science education across the state.
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School districts across the state alerted families on Thursday that a viral video on TikTok is encouraging students nationwide to make gun threats, bomb threats or otherwise terrorize their schools.
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As schools scramble to make up for learning loss that occurred over the past year-plus, multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) can help them tailor academic assistance to students based on specific needs.
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One of five winners of a nationwide contest by Rack Room Shoes, North Carolina eighth grade math teacher Isaiah Stanley's reward is a grant to buy devices for computer-assisted learning activities in the classroom.
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