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Faced with falling enrollment and a growing budget deficit, United Independent School District is expanding its early college program and preparing to offer a virtual high school program, open to any student in Texas. -
A recently unveiled policy from Ohio’s Department of Education and Workforce contains few specifics and no learning standards for AI. Lawmakers say they intend to revise it in the future.
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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.
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Because of the success at drawing out reluctant speech learners, the Fort Worth school board last month approved the purchase of more than 130 additional iPads.
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Eco Stars, a fledgling line of environmental education products, has released its first offering: a game for smartphones and iPads that's designed to make things like recycling and water conservation fun.
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A state website, OhioCheckbook.com, includes detailed spending breakdowns by state government entities, including each individual check written by the agencies.
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District 204 in Illinois is only one of nine districts from across the country selected by the U.S. Department of Education as a leader in providing personalized digital learning for students.
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If lawmakers don't remove the provision that cuts the new online Badger Exam from the budget, the state will be scrambling for new student assessment testing in 2015-'16.
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Under an alliance between the city and Microsoft, the two will hold events to help expose girls to a variety of technology careers and role models.
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Following a call by President Obama, new bipartisan legislation would prohibit third parties from buying student data collected by schools and tech companies.
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Washington's Kent School District recently launched its mobile app, allowing parents to check grades, assignments, attendance records and more.
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U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan Green Ribbon Schools exemplified how schools "can help students build real-world skillsets."
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The ACLU had demanded an explanation of the reasoning behind Plum Senior High School assemblies regarding students' social media posts and assurances that free-speech rights had not been violated.
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Virginia's Newport News Public Schools is testing the application at five of its schools, now allowing parents to confirm when a bus has arrived at a stop or school.
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The state plans to take advantage of all the modern technologies, including gradually offering more and more assessment tests online.
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With students expected to experience around six hours of testing, teachers and administrators hope technical delays don't result in more frustration for students.
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Plus, three trends are currently taking place in digital education.
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Created by University of Pennsylvania students, the mobile interface scans items within a school and uploads the information to a district-wide database.
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Department IT officers pinpointed the source of attack by tracking the network's Internet protocol address.
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After a second round of glitches, state lawmakers publicly blast the state’s testing vendor.
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The county's success is attributed to ongoing re-evaluation by a curriculum committee and an original plan that allowed for choice among curricula.
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