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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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Apollo High School is one of 30 schools in the nation, and the only one in Kentucky, that was invited to send a team to the CSForALL workshop that took place at the end of February in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Fredericksburg, Va., recently hosted its ninth local STEM summit, which is an event where local students of all ages are introduced to science, technology, engineering, math and robotics projects.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has spent $1 million on a system for crisis alerts, and owes $600,000 more. But after some failures, including unneeded lockdowns and lights falling from ceilings, it wants its money back.
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Thanks in part to a $50,000 Digital Learning Grant last year from the Indiana Department of Education, Greensburg Junior High School now has a new facility for students called the STEMConnects Lab.
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New Jersey education officials and individual school districts are promoting a new grant program that will pay public school teachers to moonlight by teaching STEM classes in private schools.
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A new blockchain-focused initiative with the American Council on Education suggests that the emerging technology could transform the world of learner records, though many questions remain.
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Muskogee High School teachers, armed with a $2,800 Education Foundation of Muskogee grant, have recently purchased new biomedical lab equipment, including an incubating water shaker, heat blocks and more.
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Amesbury Middle School will get a $30,000 Mass STEM Hub grant that will provide hands-on supplemental science, technology, engineering and math equipment as well as classroom material over the next two school years
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Centennial School District said it is blocking students of all ages from accessing the top social media networks, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Omegle, Snapchat, Tiktok and WhatsApp.
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The latest improvements to Kalamazoo Public Schools will include 13 new school buses, additional secure vestibules at building entrances and improvements to schools’ athletic facilities.
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Middle school students in Sioux City are getting an up-close experience with green screen, which is the technology used by Hollywood directors for special effects as well as TV meteorologists giving forecasts.
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In rural Appalachia, some school buses have been converted to mobile classrooms that bring pre-K to residents, along with information hubs that adults can use to learn about skills workshops and more.
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Even with increased 1:1 laptop initiatives, schools’ purchase and use of ebooks has leveled. A big reason for this is the draconian restrictions book publishers have imposed on ebook lending.
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Schools in Middletown, Ohio, emphasize the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics or STEAM curricula, and district officials were recently awarded with a grant from the Middletown Community Foundation.
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The Hudson County, N.J., Schools of Technology are being awarded a $100,000 grant by the state Department of Education to create a pre-apprenticeship program focused on design and fabrication.
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A new campus will feature a sensory garden for special needs students and play areas, and it is near the Smithfield TEXRail station along the route from Fort Worth to Terminal B at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport.
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NextLight, the municipal broadband service for Longmont, Colo., offers a community-driven program that puts low-income families with school-age children on a path to high-speed Internet for no charge.
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Saturday’s competition in Ebensburg, Pa., will include a total of 60 different technology-related categories across the high school and middle school divisions, including a wide range of topics.
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