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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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The Vancouver school board on Tuesday approved a four-year lease with a California-based company to buy 8,000 Chromebooks for high school campuses, as well as at Vancouver iTech Preparatory School and Vancouver School of Arts and Academics.
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The College Board is adding a new 'adversity score' to the SAT to take students' socioeconomic backgrounds into account. Will the move correct long-standing disparities in the college entrance exam?
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Parents of Davidson County students told school officials they weren’t able to help their children with online math assignments, so now middle school students leave tech in the classroom and come home with textbooks.
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Launched in 2014, the $147 million initiative gave every student from first to 12th-grade access to a laptop. But the investment in tech hasn’t changed the schools bottom ranking on passing rates for standardized tests.
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SponsoredOrange County Public Schools, the 9th largest school district in the country, can deploy an entire new school network in just four hours with cloud-managed IT.
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Schools in Wenatchee would use the funds over a six-year period to upgrade a broad range of tech needs, including system-wide infrastructure, personnel to keep the equipment running and training for teachers.
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A consultant has recommended the East Baton Rouge Parish school system ditch a number of manual and paper systems and replace them with software to reduce overhead expenses in the face of dwindling enrollment.
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The Carlisle School District recognizes that unmanned aerial devices could be a useful learning tool, but first the policies on their use need to catch up with the rapidly evolving technology.
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Mentoring is proven to have a positive impact on students’ efficacy, confidence and decision-making skills and to enhance their career aspirations.
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School children in Alachua County, Fla., are taking lessons in code breaking to improve their literacy. The students play visual games to solve language codes and are gaining a crash course in cybersecurity as well.
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Decatur will add courses for students to study computer science, technology, math and engineering. The goal will be to graduate more students who are ready to work in the growing high-tech market in the region.
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With schools cutting back on musical education, online courses offer young students a viable option to learn how to play, sing or create music. But more must be done to give underprivileged students the same opportunity.
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Despite firewalls, browser history monitoring and other measures, some young students have been exposed to adult content while using iPad tablets in their schools, leading some parents to object.
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Four Marin County school districts will split nearly $1 million to prepare students for careers in technology and other trades. The grant comes from a $10.8 million fund to support a statewide K-12 smart workforce program.
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Farmington High School’s team of robotic students modified a wheelchair to fit the needs of a disabled child and the project caught the attention of aides organizing first lady Melania Trump’s “Be Best” event.
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The Tuscaloosa County School System will spend $13,000 annually to cover the cost of a free phone app that allows users to anonymously report bullying incidents, reducing the risk of retaliation.
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Schools in Framingham have turned to a bus tracking app to revamp routes and make them more efficient in an effort to alleviate travel times for students while grappling with a statewide shortage of bus drivers.
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Pedro Rivera toured a STEM Lab at Northeast Middle School in Reading, as part of his effort to find out how the state’s emphasis on STEM teaching is progressing in Pennsylvania and what more needs to be done.
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