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Parents and guardians of students in the Wyomissing School District will have their choice of virtual instruction or a blend of virtual and in-person education when classes resume in the fall.
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With the start of the school year just weeks away, Philadelphia city officials on Thursday announced a plan to provide free Internet access for 35,000 low-income families who currently lack it.
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Frostburg State University in Allegany County, Md., will house a significant amount of COVID-19 testing after Aeon Technologies bid to process up to 1,400 coronavirus tests at the institution.
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The Howard County, Md., Public School System announced Tuesday that it received more than $13 million in coronavirus relief grants from the federal government, most of which will go toward buying devices for students.
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According to the evolving plan in Framingham, Mass., the city's public schools will begin remotely and will eventually shift to a mix of in-person and remote learning when it is deemed safe.
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A recent study from Latino Decisions revealed that 83 percent of Latino parents are worried their children will fall behind due to remote learning, while many other parents nationwide share that concern.
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Administrators from both school districts in the Naperville, Ill., area Monday defended their decisions to start the school year in September and to have all students do remote learning into October.
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The Moscow School Board voted unanimously Tuesday night to begin the school year with a hybrid instructional model, which includes two days of in-school instruction a week and three days of distance learning.
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The assets of Ashford University, including its 35,000 students, will be under the umbrella of the University of Arizona Global Campus, a non-profit, fully online entity, the administration said.
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Teachers, students, parents and allies rallied outside the Comcast regional headquarters in South Baltimore on Monday afternoon, calling on the company to improve the quality of its Internet services.
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Telehealth has become increasingly common as a way for doctors and other health care workers to see patients without risking exposure to the coronavirus. But there are still many people who don’t have a way to connect.
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New Community Career Labs recently debuted for job hunters at six library locations across the county. Workers can reserve hour-long time slots for resume help, online job searches, digital literacy classes, and more.
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After hackers jammed Garmin’s aviation database, the U.S. Department of Transportation gave Ohio State University a $1.9 million grant to develop anti-jamming technology.
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After months of waiting to hear if kids were going back to school at all, tens of thousands of other parents are scrambling to deal with the hybrid schedule that most districts in central New York are offering.
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A New York lawsuit targeting the use of facial recognition on students has added two more parents. Last week, legislation was passed to impose a moratorium on the technology in schools until the issue could be studied.
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Students will have options when they return to Stillwater Public Schools this fall, with some planning to return to the classroom while others are opting for a virtual learning environments.
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Parents of Naperville, Ill., students are appealing to district officials to expand the remote learning classes being offered this fall so that they include the same courses being taught in person at schools.
