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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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During a visit from Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito as part of Massachusetts STEM week, fifth graders at Pingree Elementary School participated in the Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge, in which they practiced coding.
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The virtual reality company Vinci VR gave vocational students a simulation of what it’s like to work on an offshore wind turbine, as the state’s clean-energy projects anticipate needing hundreds or thousands of workers.
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Some educators are growing skeptical of letter grades as distracting, stressful and motivators of cheating and sabotage. A better system for cultivating young minds might focus on unique skills and mastery of concepts.
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The Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee has advanced a bill that would require K-12 school districts to post a course syllabus, course summary and links to textbooks online so parents can see what they're teaching.
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Unrelated to the security flaw recently discovered in a state website, an unauthorized person last week accessed the Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri, possibly exposing personal data.
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Following a ransomware attack March 12 that shut down systems and forced the cancellation of classes, Buffalo Public Schools is spending nearly $10 million on network security, fraud monitoring and other services.
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Since Lakeview Community Schools put a laptop or similar device in every K-12 student's hands, teachers have seen faster communication, but they're also dealing with different skill levels with the technology.
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Virtual programming at New Synagogue in Palm Beach, Fla., including Zoom classes, pre-recorded religious services and live-streamed events, has allowed participation from families across North America.
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch discovered that a website maintained by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education made Social Security numbers vulnerable in an application that searches for teacher credentials.
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The state of Ohio’s annual report cards for school districts, set to be released today, will include data on absenteeism and the impact of remote learning, but not overall performance grades and district rankings.
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Neosho School District intends to buy the four-story Haas building in downtown Neosho, Mo., and convert it into a new project-based school focusing on science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
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To safeguard schools in the state from cyber threats, a recently enacted law will allow the California Military Department to conduct independent security assessments to identify any weaknesses.
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NASA livestreamed presentations from professionals in STEM fields for its annual event, which usually hosts middle schoolers from around the country at Interstate 79 High Technology Park in West Virginia.
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A local newspaper has been livestreaming school board meetings for Mitchell School District in South Dakota since July, and the board is debating whether to formalize the practice or set up its own system.
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There was a marked increase in parent-school communications during the COVID-19 pandemic, and schools need to continue offering expanded opportunities for parents to engage.
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With GoGuardian software monitoring what students do on their school-provided laptops, Baltimore city schools started reporting signs of suicidal thoughts, flagging nine students since March.
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A carpentry program at Carroll County Career and Technology Center in Maryland puts local high school juniors and seniors to work building sheds while they gain hands-on experience with tools and craftsmanship.
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Health analytics company HSR.health has created an online data tool for schools that analyzes virus cases, local conditions, and the layouts of buildings to help predict the effectiveness of specific COVID-19 policies.
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