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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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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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The Immigrants' Assistance Center will use a $15,000 grant to buy Chromebooks, art supplies, school supplies and gift cards to grocery stores for New Bedford, Mass., elementary school students who are in need.
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Cities across the country are trying to get more of their citizens access to the Internet during the COVID-19 crisis, with essential services such as medicine and education moving online as residents stay home.
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With schools in Indiana closed amid the pandemic, the educators, students and families there are learning and improving skills to creatively use technology and the Internet. They are finding new ways to stay connected.
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Minnesota’s transition to distance learning has left out tens of thousands of K-12 students and threatens to expand the state’s already wide gaps in achievement, early attendance reports suggest.
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In the weeks since schools closed statewide, teachers in Washington have had to quickly figure out plans for online learning, and they are doing so in part by swapping tips and motivation with each other.
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After Ohio's stay-at-home order closed Camp Nuhop in Perrysville, its staff got creative to continue teaching local kids about the great outdoors and ended up reaching children around the world.
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Philadelphia students will begin remote instruction next week — 38 days after they were last in classrooms, and they won’t learn new material until May 4, 52 days after school was dismissed amid the pandemic.
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Amid the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, schools nationwide have rapidly moved to embrace online instruction, yielding a wealth of information that should not be forgotten, even as many unanswered questions remain.
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The city of Springfield, Ill., on Monday gave 1,000 newly purchased Verizon Jetpacks — which are mobile Internet hot spots — to District 186 for students who need Internet access at home amid the pandemic.
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf last week ordered schools closed for the rest of the academic year, meaning that digital learning between teachers and students will have to continue from now until the summer.
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In Marin County, Calif., remote education during the pandemic is proving to be a struggle for many homebound parents and families, but for those with special needs children it’s even more demanding.
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The Knox County, Ill., Health Department will receive $592,520 in federal grant money as part of $4.5 million awarded to its congressional district through the Department of Health and Human Services to combat COVID-19.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent measures to stop the spread have put most lives in the United States at a standstill, and that number includes those revolving around high school athletics.
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