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With $200 million from the state and the same amount matched by Texas’ school districts, an initiative plans to provide students with computers and Internet service for online learning before the school year begins.
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Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Grand Rapids Public Schools superintendent is recommending the school board initially adopt an online-only or distance learning model when classes resume Aug. 25.
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Portage Township Schools, the first district in northwest Indiana to announce a full virtual start to its 2020-21 school year, outlined detailed plans for students' learning in a Monday night school board meeting.
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A team of University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Lincoln, Neb., researchers and tech experts are finalists to lead a National Science Foundation research program studying novel ways to deliver broadband to rural communities.
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Kansas State University’s Biosecurity Research Institute, known for its high-tech livestock and food-processing research, is tackling COVID-19, making strides in vaccine development, drug discovery, and more.
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In an effort to bridge employment gaps, Bryant and Stratton College recently announced the introduction of a new electronic technology associate degree to be offered at its Parma, Ohio, campus.
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The Manchester, N.H., school superintendent has told the school board it’s time to “pivot” their focus from issuing bonds for middle school reconfiguration work to improving the district’s remote learning technology.
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In many rural areas, more than half of all households don’t have Internet access and even more don’t have subscriptions. But the issue isn’t limited to rural areas; urban areas share a similar problem.
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Amid protests, and after hours of discussion, the Aiken County, S.C., School Board has decided to proceed with its intended proposal of a hybrid model of learning for when schools reopen in the fall.
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Schools made a dramatic shift to remote learning when school closed in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic with varying degrees of success, and now as fall nears, districts hope to be better prepared than last time.
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Dozens of frustrated parents and a state representative packed a recent Harrison County, Miss., school board meeting to protest the district’s plan to reopen schools as coronavirus cases in the area climb.
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Teachers face daunting challenges beyond traditional in-person lesson planning, having to prepare to potentially teach a hybrid version of school, or instruct online only as the first day of school approaches.
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Citing a mix of cybersecurity concerns and the likelihood that online education will be used again this year due to COVID-19, IT officials with Williamsburg-James City County Public Schools asked for the computers.
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The Madison, Wis., teachers union has demanded that the school district commit to full online learning for at least the first quarter of the new school year as COVID-19 cases in Wisconsin climb.
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Lafayette Parish students will return to school using a hybrid in-person and online learning model while the district warns parents to be prepared for sudden plan changes as COVID-19 cases in the region continue to rise.
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High-speed Internet can certainly help students and faculty at HBCUs and TCUs, but experts during a recent webinar discussed how cyberinfrastructure is a multi-faceted challenge for 21st-century educational institutions.
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Students enrolled in Santa Fe Public Schools will be going back to school a little bit later this year — Aug. 20 — and they'll likely be spending at least the first nine weeks learning from home.
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Nearly three-fourths of classes at Madison Area Technical College in Wisconsin will be delivered completely online this fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic, President Jack Daniels announced Wednesday.
