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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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In Pennsylvania, the Carlisle Area School District benefits from the flexibility in one-to-one initiatives where each student has access during the school day to a laptop computer or some other device.
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The Midlothian Independent School District has installed RFID chips in every student’s badge, which is swiped when they board and depart their bus. The system alerts the bus driver when something is amiss.
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In Pennsylvania, schools have very different standards and systems for protecting kids on classroom devices. Many resist the release of any details of those programs, citing security concerns.
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Two seniors from the David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy in Lafayette Parish have been invited to the U.S. Capitol for their work on HappyBytes, a multi-use app to combat depression and suicide.
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With esports now played at the college level and with professional tournaments handing out millions in winnings, two high schools in Buffalo, N.Y., will compete in the High School Esports League starting in January.
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Working with students as young as first grade, Nancy VanEenenaam, a technology education teacher at Holland Township’s Eagle Crest Charter Academy, helps children through the beginning stages of coding.
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Computer science students at Paul Duke STEM High School, located in Gwinnett County, recently showcased some new skills in a competition that teaches how to write code that makes music.
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The scholarship money will be available to 35 colleges, with the goal of strengthening the state’s workforce in technology related fields such as computer science fields like coding and cyber security.
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The chief privacy officer for the New York State Education Department presented the Lockport School Board with proposed revisions to its facial recognition surveillance system policy.
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The school district has received a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant for a distance learning strategy, enabling virtual reality field trips and Internet collaboration with other school districts over great distances.
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Luzerne County’s Dallas School District may be the only one that has implemented flexible instruction on snow days, but it joins 79 other districts in the state. The trend takes place as e-learning programs spread.
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Visitors to Springfield Public Schools will no longer be asked to sign in with pen and paper. An ID-scanning system is being rolled out to give officials better information about visitors prohibited from school grounds.
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The Dallas County School District is close to being ready to implement flexible instruction days if bad weather forces schools to close, with the state approving a total of 79 local education agencies for the program.
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Lunchtime coding event at Terra Linda High School showcases their brand new $19 million Innovation Lab to provide a space for students to learn coding, programming, digital animation, and design.
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One-on-one laptop computers, broadband networking and advance planning have allowed the spread of e-learning programs in more school districts across the country, rendering the snow day obsolete.
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Residents of Kentucky will start learning and developing certifications in virtual reality after a grant purchased 20 VR consoles to be used by students during the day and displaced coal miners at night.
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While in middle school in Howard County, Md., Saniya Vashist used her passion for computer science to start her own nonprofit, codeHER. The idea: teach female middle school students coding after school.
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Thanks to anticipated federal Title IV grant funding, Maryland public schools could expand or establish co-curricular robotics programs at county high schools, according to an announcement Tuesday.
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