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A recent promotion through the state-funded CalKIDS initiative highlights how the state of California is using education savings accounts to address technology access for students. -
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an international policy research group, found that when students depend on AI, the mental processes that turn answers into understanding decline.
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Many school districts are still in the early, cautious phases, setting guidelines and testing tools, while local colleges are certifying teachers and using it to create teaching assistants, tutors or study aides.
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Students will learn about laws and regulations on drones for both hobbyists and commercial drones, maintenance, safety issues, and of course, how to properly fly the machines.
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Participating students from Grand Forks, N.C., high school gained 60 hours of experience by doing security camera work at three middle schools, installing more than 1.4 miles of cable and moving computer labs around at a high school.
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The cybersecurity camp, funded by the National Science Foundation and the NSA, was attended by about 200 Girl Scouts from across San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, Calif.
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Many educators, including leaders of state teachers union Education Minnesota, encouraged lawmakers to allow districts to set aside results from the flawed online tests.
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Two years ago, Gov. John Kasich and the Ohio legislature approved a law that threw out first-year test scores after discovering that student performances plummeted when they switched from a traditional public school to a stay-at-home charter school.
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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan says America spends more than $7 billion annually on textbooks that are “basically obsolete” by the first day of school.
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A special program within the K-12 education budget that funds Internet capabilities in classrooms was given a one-time increase of $50 million.
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The bill would create a pilot program of ways to use technology so students can keep learning during stormy weather.
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Proposed federal policies could accelerate states' efforts to provide Internet access to students outside of school.
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This Q&A offers insight into what researchers saw in the classroom in terms of technology implementation.
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While early adopters tend to jump on the education technology bus, most of their colleagues stay behind in the dust.
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The filter services and equipment cost $140,000 and keep the school system compliant with the federal Children’s Internet Protection Act.
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School districts collaborate with a nonprofit organization to tackle student data privacy challenges in the app world.
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Education leaders share a passion for connecting every student to a rich learning experience despite geographical and financial barriers.
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The Digital Content and Curriculum Achievement Awards 2015 honor school districts for changing the way learning happens and how educational resources are developed.
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The education veteran plans to ignite a sense of urgency for implementing technology-enabled learning across the nation.
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Teachers catch students looking up answers online during tests as they raced to make up their work in time to graduate.
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A shift to learning by mastery can really go far with policy support at the state level.
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