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The nonprofit believes preparing students for a digital future is less about expanding access to devices than about ensuring technology use is grounded in purpose, understanding and meaningful outcomes. -
Hartford Public Schools in Connecticut have contracted with Timely, because budget constraints and reduced staffing have made it increasingly difficult for the district to create master schedules.
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A survey of educators who work in career and technical education found that nearly a third of those who don't already have programs in IT and cybersecurity at their school expect one will launch in the next five years.
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About 1,400 students came to the Marriott Hotel in downtown Oakland, Calif., some from considerable distances, to take the SAT exam, which is now entirely online. Officials had to cancel the test due to Wi-Fi problems.
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Connecticut is doling out $122 million for air quality improvements in 48 school districts, intended to fix or replace boilers, ventilation components, and controls and technology systems related to HVAC operations.
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A speech language pathologist in New Orleans praises the use of alternative and augmentative communication devices in classrooms to help students with autism, learning disabilities, brain injuries or sensory impairments.
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Endorsing potential legislative action for the next session, Gov. Kathy Hochul suggested banning smartphones from schools, but possibly allowing cell phones that can send text messages and not access the Internet.
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Almost 25,000 Klein ISD students taking state-mandated academic tests were locked out or interrupted in April due to a DDoS attack.
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Since the Clean School Bus Program officially launched in 2022, Pennsylvania districts have received more than $47 million for zero-emissions buses in five districts including Pittsburgh Public Schools.
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At a time when cameras are ubiquitous and social media is part of community engagement, school districts need policies, and perhaps technology, that formalize the process of getting parental consent for photos of students.
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To comply with a 2022 law that will soon require classes to have 20-25 students, the New York City Department of Education gave principals about a dozen options, including using virtual learning to save classroom space.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is giving money to 27 districts across Michigan to buy 100 electric or low-emission school buses, with Grand Rapids and Kent districts receiving the largest amounts.
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Moved by research into the mental-health effects of cellphone addiction in young people, administrators at Wilton School District in Connecticut will form a committee to discuss the idea of restricting phones in schools.
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The Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust will give $40,000 each to schools across the state to buy iPads, Chromebooks, esports equipment, various robotics, virtual reality equipment and other tech supplies.
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The state will require students to stow phones during class — a decision that comes as states across the country fight back against excessive teen phone use, citing growing research on its negative impact.
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Schools that had already embraced the imperatives of Internet access, digital literacy and 1:1 device plans fared better for it during the pandemic. AI could be a similarly urgent pragmatic concern.
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A new bill signed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine gives K-12 school districts until 2025 to craft new policies limiting the use of personal devices, and related distractions, in the classroom.
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While school leaders at Orange County Public Schools are not second-guessing the need to provide devices to students, which they've been doing since 2013, they are looking at leasing and other ways to curb costs.
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School administrators are being inundated with offers of the latest technology to help keep their schools safe. A panel of experts discussed the first steps to acquiring grants and using them for the right purpose.
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The Academy at Larragoite in New Mexico rebranded in 2020 as Desert Sage Academy, an almost entirely online school for K-12. Some of its latest graduates say it offered flexibility at a time when they really needed it.
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Two years after the Dougherty County School System in Georgia partnered with Apple to train teachers to use iPads, MacBook Airs and other devices to enhance lessons, teachers say student engagement is up.
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