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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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Over the summer, high school volunteers for the nonprofit organization HumanWho virtually taught 10 different subjects, including robotics, entrepreneurship, premed immersion, and other STEM subjects.
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Nearly half of teachers who participated in a recent survey have received no training at all on student privacy, beyond simply signing a form, while some have also not been trained on video conference platforms.
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Remote learning will quietly hit an important milestone in the Buffalo Public Schools this week after the school district reaches its goal of distributing a laptop or tablet to every student.
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One district has requested permission from the Iowa Department of Education to transition its junior-senior high school to a 100 percent digital format for two weeks amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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The Tupelo, Miss., Public School District recently received nearly 1,000 laptops that are slated to be sorted and distributed to all of the elementary schools across the district by Dec. 1, worth roughly $432 per laptop.
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The school district in Ector County, Texas, recently became the first school district in the nation to partner with SpaceX to provide broadband service to families with poor or no Internet access.
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Virtual schools that draw students from across Pennsylvania, cyber charters have seen interest spike amid the pandemic, up from 38,000 the year prior, according to state education officials.
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For many schools nationwide, virtual education has allowed learning to continue amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But for some students and parents, remote learning adds an extra layer of difficulty.
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After starting the school year entirely online, schools in Fort Worth, Texas, have brought in certain groups of students, allowing parents and students to make a choice between in-person or remote classes.
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to challenge schools, work is underway to create a fresh-air classroom with a garden and pavilion — just as some students are slated to return to the Atlanta school later this month.
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Amid COVID-19, video conferencing is an integral component of remote learning for students at all levels, but so far it’s only been a marginal success. What tools can educators use to improve at-home learning?
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High school and college students across the country are creating tools to help narrow the educational gap between students who can afford to hire private tutors and those who can't and are quickly falling behind.
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The digital divide in the working-class community of Long Beach stands in stark contrast to the experience of those living just over the Orange County border in the upper-class Los Alamitos suburb.
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The digital divide grew during the pandemic after schools suddenly closed and households could not easily shift online. Experts say this widens achievement gaps between low-income schools and affluent counterparts.
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As more students return to school in person, some school districts are having to trim back programs that deployed buses as hot spots in neighborhoods for students with little or no internet access.
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Each of the 21 school sites in Newton County, Mo., will receive a mobile telemedicine cart that will allow a patient to be seen in real time by a medical provider, all without having to leave the school nurse’s office.
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Atlanta Public Schools plans to move forward with its revised proposal to resume in-person learning this year, which is a move that is dividing the district and prompting safety concerns among others.
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The days of waking up to snowfall and heading back to sleep because school is canceled may be a thing of the past, as students in Michigan and across the rest of the country acclimate to online education.
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