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Not every ed-tech tool has to be a bespoke platform or mobile app. A fourth-grade teacher at the Future of Education Technology Conference this week presented a collection of useful or fun websites available for free. -
North East Independent School District, which is located in San Antonio, may soon be fighting a legal battle with the Texas Education Agency over its controversial cellphone policy.
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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.
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Several unlikely teammates collaborated to add language to the Every Student Succeeds Act that would authorize grants to help students improve in their academics and digital literacy.
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Research shows that preschool children take characters from popular TV shows and movies, and blend them together to create complex oral stories.
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One early childhood program director noticed that nearly 75 percent of children enter school with previous technology exposure.
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A nonprofit devoted to civil liberties and digital rights is calling out technology companies for going back on their promise not to collect student data without permission.
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A key federal education leader will soon say farewell to a team that has been instrumental in garnering legislative and White House support for education technology, as well as building up local leaders.
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After nearly a decade of wrangling over the role the federal government should play in education, Congress is poised to approve an overhaul of the 2002 No Child Left Behind law that would give more authority to states to address their failing schools.
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Teachers, policymakers and researchers all gathered at the White House Summit on "Next Generation High Schools" to discuss how to increase public education's effectiveness.
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Despite the substantial gains in Internet capabilities, more than 21 million students still go without adequate Internet access in the classroom.
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A federal bipartisan bill would provide equal opportunities for schools to teach computer science and help develop computer science teachers.
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Turning computer science into a core requirement could eventually pull more women and people of color into those classes at a younger age, and help diversify the talent pool.
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In Washington, the students in classrooms without access to high-speed broadband typically live in areas with few people, towns far from major transportation, or communities in mountainous or forested terrain.
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Some argue that if such meetings were streamed, parents would be better informed.
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The mayor will visit Apple headquarters “with hopes of partnership to improve our schools and assist with economic growth” in Augusta.
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All students at six schools have instant classroom access to computer tablets to play fun assessment games like Kahoot.
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Rather than reprimanding her students for using their phones, one teacher is revisiting the idea of putting them to work as a learning tool.
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The STEM badge is designed to show girls how math and science learning relates to their everyday interests, from creating music playlists to building sandcastles.
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Gov. Phil Bryant is one of 38 governors nationwide committed to ensuring schools get Internet access, but the state still ranks in the bottom half of states in terms of student connectivity.
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A high school student has created Launch Site, which will train high-school students and graduates as entry-level technicians for simulation companies.
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