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Big Spring, Pa., School District plans to launch a drone operator course at its high school next January, with school board members recently approving the purchase of SkyOp curriculum and training resources.
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The Hamilton County School District hopes to direct its share of federal coronavirus relief funding toward technology for elementary school students and summer programs for its most-at-risk students.
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The goal of taking daily attendance isn’t to crack down on absentees, but to monitor that students are faring well through the pandemic, say Pennsylvania school officials working to keep students engaged.
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University at Buffalo researchers are developing an app called PocketCare+ that they say could help public health officials track and prevent the spread of COVID-19, as well as future infectious disease outbreaks.
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Faculty at the University of Maryland have recently been working with Facebook to design a worldwide survey that is aimed at collecting coronavirus data during the continuing global pandemic.
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Indiana State University is using a new tool to enroll first-time freshmen for fall term — a free, online course. Students can take one of two courses, with the first exploring COVID-19 and the second climate change.
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Salem, Mass., students who aren't able to get online at home can get hooked up to high-speed Internet for free for six months thanks to a new partnership between the school district, Comcast and a local nonprofit.
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More than 20 schools in the Atlanta area will share $2,204,730 to pay for thousands of computers, plus headphones, iPads and other technology as students work from home during building closures.
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The City Council voted Monday to use at least $9 million from the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund to buy kids food as well as laptops and internet for distance learning during the coronavirus pandemic.
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A hacker showed inappropriate content during a New Jersey school’s class on Zoom, the online video conferencing service that has soared in popularity during online learning due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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As students and teachers across Illinois continue to adjust to the long-distance education prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the learning curve has been steepest for those in hands-on courses.
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Hopewell City Public Schools officials signed a 12-month contract to equip buses with Wi-Fi. The program’s aim is to close the "equity gap" of access among the student population that makes education during the pandemic difficult.
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While teachers say that online instruction is often not as effective as traditional classrooms — and many students lack access to Internet or computers — it could still be used in place of snow days.
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Pierce County Transit will dispatch buses to two locations in the county as part of a pilot program to provide free Wi-Fi hot spots. The locations were chosen by Pierce County Emergency Management based on need.
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Plus, Detroit gets a giant digital inclusion boost from a $23 million cross-sector effort, and the FBI is warning of online scams amid the crisis.
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The Immigrants' Assistance Center will use a $15,000 grant to buy Chromebooks, art supplies, school supplies and gift cards to grocery stores for New Bedford, Mass., elementary school students who are in need.
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Scientists at Northwestern University are racing to develop a new kind of rapid test to detect the novel coronavirus that would be inexpensive, easily mass produced and simple to administer.
