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Hiring a workforce development coordinator with deep industry knowledge and connections, and making it easier for CTE instructors to get licensed, helped an Arizona district grow its network of business partnerships. -
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.
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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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After the district scrambled this summer to provide Internet to families to support its remote learning model, a school panel on Thursday voted to ask city leaders to look into bringing municipal broadband to Worcester.
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With remote learning again underway in schools across the country, many students are spending more hours each day staring at computer screens for their classes, and parents are voicing concern.
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Since the coronavirus pandemic closed schools last spring, those who teach extracurricular activities — band, choir, dance or other performing arts — have had to wade through unique challenges.
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With only experience from the abbreviated distance classes from the spring, teachers in Howard County, Md., are spending the two weeks prior to the first day of school on gearing up for a virtual semester.
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With the fall semester in full swing, schools across the nation continue to struggle with the new technology issues that distance learning brings, including ransomware attacks and downed fiber lines.
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District administrators and principals throughout Illinois are stressing to students and parents that this is fall is a whole new situation compared to what schools were dealing with in the spring.
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Employers consistently cite three skills new employees don’t have. Educational models need to change to equip the next-generation workforce with the ability to communicate, problem-solve and consider the future.
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A nonprofit organization based in Marietta, Ga., is one of hundreds of after-school providers, child-care centers, churches and community groups to open digital learning hubs throughout that state.
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Schools across the United States are facing shortages and long delays, up to several months, in getting this year’s most crucial back-to-school supplies: the laptops and other equipment needed for online learning.
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The outage at the company based in San Jose, Calif., spread across the state and nation just as distance learning is getting underway in Marin school districts, as well as in other schools across California.
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As the Fort Worth, Texas, schools and other districts prepare to start the school year online, the stakes for students on the other side of the digital divide have gotten even higher.
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Two items on the agenda for this week’s Hamilton County, Tenn., Schools board meeting are aimed at closing the digital gaps among students, specifically helping low-income students access digital learning.
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Innovate AFITC is part of the Air Force Technology & Cyberpower conference, and, while it usually includes military members, this time teams will also welcome tech experts and Montgomery, Ala., students.
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Since March, several Virginia school districts have been focused on helping families with students by addressing what has become a crucial part of learning in a pandemic: technology and access.
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The vouchers are part of a program called Alabama Broadband Connectivity for Students, created with $100 million of federal coronavirus relief funds. The voucher will provide Internet service through Dec. 30.
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Just as public schools in the state are starting a new academic year with a heavy reliance on remote learning, about one in four students lack the Internet access needed to take the classes.
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In an effort to narrow the digital divide, Allentown School District will be purchasing 3,500 hotspots to help provide Internet access for students as they begin the new school year.
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As schools prepare to offer virtual experiences that approximate what students find in physical classrooms, some parents and teachers fear changes may be too drastic, with too much screen time for kids.
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