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One of the key lessons from Florida Virtual School’s collaboration with the AI-enabled data platform Doowii was the importance of spending time with users to understand their needs and limits. -
New Mexico schools are part of a nationwide push to curb phone use in classrooms, driven by teacher concerns about disruption and growing worries about record daily screen time.
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Some teachers say school districts should view computer science not simply as a precursor to specific college degrees, but as a foundation for thinking critically, creatively and confidently.
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Lawmakers will wrap up the current legislative session soon, and some of these major reforms could make it into law.
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Student learning standards developed by the International Society for Technology in Education challenge schools to prepare learners for future jobs.
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An education leader has spent the past 40 years promoting effective technology use in the classroom.
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Department leaders expose more minority students to science, technology, engineering and math careers.
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Voucher policies and eligibility vary from state to state.
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Standardized tests will still happen as required by law, but some education leaders aren't too happy about it.
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The online school helps students in unique circumstances who weren't thriving in regular classes.
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While Facebook attempts to embrace diversity by training employees about bias and encouraging recruiters to look at more diverse candidates, it's also stepped up efforts to introduce young students from underrepresented communities to tech-related careers through internships and summer camps.
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The system’s coverage area will expand from 3 square miles to 6 with the school district’s partnership, and will encompass 24 schools and their surrounding neighborhoods.
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The U.S. Education Department is helping lead the charge at the state and district level to shift to openly licensed educational resources.
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A court-ordered release of personal data from 10 million students will make data protection a challenge.
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The Every Student Succeeds Act recognizes the importance of designing learning opportunities that will work for most students.
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The Senate passed legislation that allows students to count computer science classes toward their foreign language requirements.
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Local schools say the test data doesn't mean much to them since they're using different tests this year and since the data is so late.
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High rates of student mobility and low credit accumulation present challenges for virtual and alternative high schools.
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CTE classes do more than just prepare students for specific jobs.
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More high-performing students took the test on paper than online, which accounted for some of the differences.
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The $12 million would help poor and rural schools build out wireless networks.
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