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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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The past three months of remote learning have exposed and widened disparities among New Hampshire’s students, especially for students without Internet access, those learning English and those with special needs.
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Neighborhood Allies has partnered with Comcast to provide 1,000 Pittsburgh schools families with home Internet access, ensuring that nearly all district households will have the connectivity required for online learning.
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Three months after it closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the downtown museum reopened to the public Wednesday with a new parking garage, two new exhibits and a trailblazing new augmented reality experience.
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A new smartphone app developed in Indiana is putting access to more than 1,000 learning resources at users’ fingertips, and it promises to carry the concept into communities across the United States.
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With its doors still closed and its traditional children’s summer camps canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, a Scranton, Pa., museum decided to take its programs and public outreach online.
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As schools made a fast transition to remote learning amid the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, many students fell behind due to a lack of high-speed Internet connectivity within their homes.
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Originally scheduled to be held in Hannaford Hall on the campus of the University of Southern Maine, the event appeared to be another victim of the coronavirus pandemic until being resurrected in a virtual format.
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Students in Western New York are being left behind in online learning due to lack of access to the Internet. The digital divide’s impact has increased since the coronavirus shifted many schools online.
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With virtual summer school weeks away and final grades soon due for the school year interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, critics of remote learning in Chicago Public Schools continue to push for change.
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The Housing Authority of the city of Pittsburgh announced it was making the donation Thursday, saying it was part of an effort to help end the digital divide facing many low-income communities.
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The new policies are based on recent recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) that no student be given a failing grade and that new grading systems and policies prioritize flexibility and equity.
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Alabama’s schools could look very different when classes start again in August, and not just because teachers could be wearing masks. Alabama classrooms could also be missing hundreds of thousands of children.
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The Tularosa, N.M., Board of Education, in a Tuesday special session held online, approved the submission of an application for $477,087 to purchase electronic devices for Tularosa students through the CARES Act.
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The city of Laredo is partnering with local school districts to create a public Wi-Fi network that would be accessible to students without Internet service in the event of a resurgence of the novel coronavirus.
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With the transition to online learning to finish out the school year amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, teachers have moved to taking attendance by engagement rather than a traditional roll call.
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A public charter school in Maryland has been practicing blended learning for years. What they have learned could serve as a model for K-12 public schools as they shift to distance learning during the pandemic.
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Some budding dancers once practicing a kick ball change in the studio are learning from home through online video, while music students are being taught songs and scales by their teachers via computer.
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As school districts offer Chromebooks and Wi-Fi to students in need after school buildings have closed across the country, students whose families don’t speak English or lack tech knowledge might be left out.
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