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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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In many underserved areas of the country, to the chagrin of some early childhood experts, online early learning programs are growing as an alternative to traditional brick and mortar preschools.
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Ridgewood High School in Tinley Park, Ill., has installed beacons throughout the school that connect with software installed in every student’s iPad. The system records when students enter and leave the building.
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The lending library, funded with $16,000 from the Pivik Elementary Parent Teachers Association, will allow elementary students to borrow technology that includes drones, a laser cutter, robotic toys, digital apps and more.
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Gov. Tom Wolf wants to sign a bill that uses the concept of flexible education to allow school districts to continue instruction remotely, using the Internet and portable devices, while students are out of school.
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Dalton high school is spending $325,000 on a wireless alert system that relies on wearable badges that faculty and staff can use to alert a designated response team if an emergency has occurred.
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The bill, which was passed by the Senate, will jumpstart plans by Syracuse to transform a former high school into a regional centerpiece where students would be taught science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
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The region’s Girl Scouts wants to help close the low-income gender gap by bringing their curriculum for STEM – science, technology, engineering and math – to girls most at risk for failing in school.
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While Gov. Ron DeSantis touted the funds that will be used to recruit, train and retain computer science teachers, the state’s legislature this session cut funding for digital classrooms by $50 million.
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At least 25 percent of the state’s students in middle and high school lack home Internet access, while in some rural counties the percentage of households with a broadband connection is only at 57 percent.
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Parents struggle to optimize the constructive uses of screen-based technology for their children while minimizing its pernicious effects. They try to limit use in the evening while worrying about smartphone addiction.
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The summer camp, run by the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce, provides lessons in electrical and welding technology, part of an effort to boost the skilled workforce in the region.
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School officials for Baltimore County have lifted a restriction on the use of its Microsoft Office platform after discovering and fixing a problem that allowed documents to be shared by anyone searching the system.
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Given the rise of automation and its impacts on the current global workforce, how should schools prepare students for a future where change will be the new normal?
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Proposed legislation would place a one-year moratorium on using the technology and allow for more time to study a type of biometric software that is considered new and unproven, especially in schools.
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The parents of students attending Ponte Vedra school district have pointed to a report from California about children developing cancer at a school with a telecommunications tower on its property.
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A recent survey by Junior Achievement found that 9 percent of girls aged 13 to 17 are interested in a career in science, tech, engineering or math, down from 11 percent according to a similar survey in 2018.
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