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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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The state's Department of Education will craft a strategic plan to help teachers get the most out of the computers and iPads in their classrooms.
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The app, Food For You, helps community members donate directly to families who cannot afford food.
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Teachers can find hundreds of free resources online, but how can they find the right one, for the right student, at the right time?
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The latest revision to the ESSA encourages the Department of Education to slim down its workforce.
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A new proposal includes spending $29 million to expand school districts' technology — from computing and Internet access to virtual classrooms.
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Teachers prepare assignments in advance that can be completed from home via the Internet. And if there's no Wi-Fi at home, those students are sent home with paper packets to complete.
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Schools may have an exponential increase in the amount of information collected on students, all in service of expanding the hands-on, project-based model of learning.
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The field's nature can be intimidating, but the course's atypical approach takes the fear away and has attracted students who may have shied away in the past.
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The Supreme Court will soon decide if it will hear a case involving the off-campus speech rights of students.
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English teacher Kim Kutzner and her husband Paul Wheeler, a computer specialist, collected enough laptops using their own money for each of her students to use -- but those computers may not be allowed in the classroom.
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Students with Internet access log onto the Kentucky district's website to obtain their classroom's lessons for the day. Hard copies of the lessons were also sent home for students without Internet access.
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Housed in the former site of a grocery store, the nearly 14,000-square-foot Betty Rodriguez Regional Library features 25 computers, a 3-D printer and robotic kits.
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The school would have an alternative curriculum — one that uses real-world problems to help students learn — that lacks the restraints grade levels sometimes place on learning.
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The union said its House of Delegates "voted overwhelmingly" last week to support efforts aimed at getting Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to resign.
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Republican Jay Lucas was one of several legislators who tackled the “harsh reality” that state education, particularly in rural areas, has been suffering for years and may impact the state’s ability to produce an educated workforce in the future.
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A+ College Ready and Code.org are teaming up to promote computer science throughout the states.
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My Social Sitter is a new program that enables parents to view any messages including key phrases that could be seen as offensive or self-harming.
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Chicago's economy once rested on the broad shoulders of steel mills and stockyards. Today it's reinventing itself — it's tech-driven and hungry for skilled workers at ease with the digital age.
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