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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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Residents in rural areas will be able to access free broadband Internet through a Washington State Department of Commerce initiative to bring more than 300 new drive-in Wi-Fi hotspots in the state.
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SponsoredTeachers are front and center in the transition to distance learning and the battle to provide education – no matter what is happening in the world.
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As video conferencing platforms like Zoom become the norm for hosting classes, some schools are becoming increasingly comfortable with them, especially as the rest of the school year is set to take place remotely.
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As New York develops a plan to reopen schools and colleges, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced this week that the state has asked the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to consider what education should look like in the future.
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Armed with a cellphone and laptop, one school nurse makes calls to county residents who have tested positive for the virus, and she is one of 16 school nurses in Maryland redeployed to help during the pandemic.
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Big Spring, Pa., School District plans to launch a drone operator course at its high school next January, with school board members recently approving the purchase of SkyOp curriculum and training resources.
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The Hamilton County School District hopes to direct its share of federal coronavirus relief funding toward technology for elementary school students and summer programs for its most-at-risk students.
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The goal of taking daily attendance isn’t to crack down on absentees, but to monitor that students are faring well through the pandemic, say Pennsylvania school officials working to keep students engaged.
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Salem, Mass., students who aren't able to get online at home can get hooked up to high-speed Internet for free for six months thanks to a new partnership between the school district, Comcast and a local nonprofit.
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More than 20 schools in the Atlanta area will share $2,204,730 to pay for thousands of computers, plus headphones, iPads and other technology as students work from home during building closures.
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The City Council voted Monday to use at least $9 million from the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund to buy kids food as well as laptops and internet for distance learning during the coronavirus pandemic.
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A hacker showed inappropriate content during a New Jersey school’s class on Zoom, the online video conferencing service that has soared in popularity during online learning due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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As students and teachers across Illinois continue to adjust to the long-distance education prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the learning curve has been steepest for those in hands-on courses.
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SponsoredData breaches cause real-world damage and tarnish the credibility of the organizations that fall prey to them.
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Hopewell City Public Schools officials signed a 12-month contract to equip buses with Wi-Fi. The program’s aim is to close the "equity gap" of access among the student population that makes education during the pandemic difficult.
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While teachers say that online instruction is often not as effective as traditional classrooms — and many students lack access to Internet or computers — it could still be used in place of snow days.
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Pierce County Transit will dispatch buses to two locations in the county as part of a pilot program to provide free Wi-Fi hot spots. The locations were chosen by Pierce County Emergency Management based on need.
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Plus, Detroit gets a giant digital inclusion boost from a $23 million cross-sector effort, and the FBI is warning of online scams amid the crisis.
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