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Hartford Public Schools in Connecticut have contracted with Timely, because budget constraints and reduced staffing have made it increasingly difficult for the district to create master schedules.
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A survey of educators who work in career and technical education found that nearly a third of those who don't already have programs in IT and cybersecurity at their school expect one will launch in the next five years.
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Maryland state officials and educators are planning to resume in-person classes five days a week this fall, with limited hybrid learning options for flexibility. But low vaccination rates have some parents concerned.
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The pandemic has significantly increased the number of students who don’t attend class. Solutions aren’t easy, but school districts can recover the chronically absent by digging deeper into data.
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Milwaukee Public Schools has partnered with The Art of Education University to provide digital curriculum and professional development tools for visual arts teachers throughout the district.
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The U.S. House of Representatives this week approved a bill by Rep. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma that directs the National Science Foundation to award grants for new ideas to improve STEM education in rural schools.
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Instead of setting uniform class schedules under the assumption that all students will learn at the same pace and in the same way, schools might serve kids better by making time the variable and learning the constant.
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Rockland Public Schools in Massachusetts is working with the Department of Homeland Security to assess the damage from a ransomware attack this week that affected desktop computers and servers.
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Some lawmakers and advocates for career and technical education are pushing for a budget amendment in Massachusetts to boost funding for the state’s Career Technical Initiative from $4 million to $16.9 million.
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Between January and March at Eau Claire Area School District in Wisconsin, less than 20 percent of middle school students took all-virtual classes instead of hybrid, but they accounted for 39 percent of F letter grades.
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After a lawsuit alleged the state of New Mexico failed to provide necessary devices and connectivity for students to participate in remote learning, a judge has ordered the state to assess the cost and get it done.
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SponsoredIn Anaheim, Amazon’s AppStream 2.0 eases remote access to the Adobe Creative Cloud and could redefine how students use high-end software.
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Stopping by Oak Ridge High School last week, Gov. Bill Lee and other state leaders got an overview of the school’s aviation program and discussed grant funding for career and technical education programs.
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The year-over-year increase in per-pupil spending in U.S. K-12 schools, by 2019, was at its highest in more than a decade, prior to recent investments from federal sources to meet the challenges of remote learning.
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Investigators have confirmed that a ransomware attack targeting Buffalo Public Schools in March exposed personal information about students, parents and employees, as well as bank account information of vendors.
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Though it already had enough devices for each student prior to the pandemic, the East Baton Rouge Parish school district now has 60,000 computers for 40,000 students as newer technologies are integrated into lessons.
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Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed an appropriations bill that will provide $206 million for K-12 and $76 million for colleges and universities for the coming year, including for classroom technology and deferred maintenance.
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This Cyber Citizenship initiative, developed by a partnership between New America and Cyber Florida, will equip educators with resources to teach K-12 students how to identify misinformation online.
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Global ed tech company Kahoot! has announced its plans to purchase digital learning platform Clever Inc. The partnership will join together two digital learning giants, and expand the use of Clever globally.
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Officials in Lubbock Independent School District already had a system in place to provide devices to all of its students last year when COVID-19 school closures kicked the program into overdrive.
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