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The current law, adopted last year with bipartisan support, prohibits students through eighth grade from accessing personal electronic devices — including tablets — during the school day. -
Known as the Hands-On Learning Restoration Act, the bill would take effect at the start of the 2027-2028 school year and would apply to all subjects for children in kindergarten through fifth grade.
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Republican and Democratic leaders in the Kansas Senate have pre-filed a bipartisan bill that would require all public and private accredited school districts to adopt policies banning phones.
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Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, who championed solutions to the homework gap, also will leave at the end of December.
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Today’s BYOD educational settings challenge teachers to blend in-class and online environments to create exceptional learning experiences. Key design principles drive success to help motivate students, improve retention and enhance learning.
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But there's no clear evidence that Wi-Fi actually causes health problems, so that's why a Massachusetts district is just making recommendations.
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Students and volunteers gather around high-tech projects to apply a semester's worth of theory to real-world problems.
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Hundreds of people in school districts and in state government have access to some or all of that data. That means keeping it safe is a daunting technological challenge.
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The concept is part of a national effort to improve success rates for struggling students.
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Six schools in Iowa received a grant, and some of them are participating in Hour of Code.
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Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has made an important round of announcements concerning state technology education programs.
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The stated goal is to have a computer science course in all public schools, kindergarten through grade 12, by December 2017.
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The school system still teaches a lot of the courses that granted the technology credit, but some don't think the credit should be a requirement.
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The Kansas Connect and Learn Initiative is based on a partnership between Kansas state agencies and a nonprofit organization called EducationSuperHighway.
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Researchers look at the results from cyber charter schools.
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A school district is considering a new policy that would not prohibit phones, but rather support appropriate education uses of them.
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The profiles include data about accountability, assessment and teacher quality, among other things.
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The Illinois district is laying the groundwork for better technology access.
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But other schools aren't so strict. In fact, nearly three-quarters of school districts that previously banned cell phones have changed their minds later.
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Anchorage School District uses new data dashboards to track how well it's doing at fulfilling its mission of helping all students succeed.
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