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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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About 90 aerospace manufacturing companies sent representatives to the Connecticut Convention Center this week to network with high school students and foster their interest in pursuing careers in the industry.
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Tacoma Public Schools in Washington is considering switching to remote learning on days when inclement weather prohibits travel to school, and a local columnist argues that families need a break.
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While Google remains the go-to resource for most student research, libraries are trying to provide curated subscription databases that have more advanced filters and peer-reviewed sources that are easy to identify.
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A survey of 769 middle and high school students in the Los Angeles Unified School District found that respondents were worried about mental health issues, access to technology and other life stresses.
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School districts in Portsmouth, Middletown and Newport, Rhode Island, each received a $500,000 grant that will go toward agricultural innovation studies, a biomedical program and professional development, respectively.
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A donation from the chemical company has afforded EastSide Charter School in Wilmington a new workspace for its APEX Honors Program, including robotics, coding, 3D-printing and a new science laboratory.
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Los Angeles and San Diego Unified, the state's largest school districts, have directed teachers to grade students on what they can prove they've learned, rather than grading behavior, work habits and missed deadlines.
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A new $3.6 million welding facility at Berks Career and Technology Center, which has campuses in Bern and Oley townships, Pennsylvania, is training students who report having no trouble finding work.
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This week, the tech company announced a new AI-driven tutor platform that uses competency assessments by educators to generate quizzes, course recommendations and other guidance specially tailored to a student’s needs.
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Statewide, schools have spent about 20 percent of the $5.5 billion in emergency funds they’ve received from the federal government. Administrators say they’re now switching from crisis mode to strategic thinking.
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The educational nonprofit and outdoor learning site in Indianapolis hosts kindergarten to fifth-graders, but it also offers professional development for teachers and training for older students to become mentors.
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A new study by the nonprofit Code.org found that just over half of U.S. high schools offer computer science classes, but Black, Latino and Native American students are more likely to attend a school that doesn't.
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A three-year, $2.7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense will support the university’s Rural Education Center and associated programs that encourage middle and high schoolers to pursue STEM careers.
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Housed in an old Verizon training center that has been retrofitted into a school, the New England Innovation Academy in Marlborough immerses students in technical projects that relate to real-world design principles.
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Corry Area School District in Pennsylvania will take months to investigate a ransomware incident last month that may have exposed private information from students and staff at the school before 2011.
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Grown out of an evening-class alternative for students at risk of dropping out, the blended virtual learning program at Frederick County Public Schools has enrolled almost 1,200 students, with teachers from across the county.
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At Ector County Independent School District in Texas, the growing Digital Learning Department is helping teachers and staff who love technology to train and share ideas with other educators.
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Funded by a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, Tennessee nonprofits CodeCrew and CSforALL will organize training for qualified instructors to teach new computer science courses throughout the state.
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