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Technology coordinator Tom Wilkinson won 30 Chromebooks and a mobile cart for Lumberton Township School District in New Jersey by proposing to build an outdoor pavilion that could be a learning and event space.

The Global Hispanic Serving Institution Equity Innovation Hub will host research labs, a maker space, online programs and a showcase area to attract Latinos and traditionally underserved students to science careers.

The Hermon Town Council in Maine wants an outside firm to conduct a security review of its Internet network, which is run by the school district, whose IT manager was a co-founder of the service provider.

The computer company and South Carolina district are working with a community nonprofit on the Dell Student TechCrew, a program to give high schoolers technical skills and industry certifications.

Mathematica researchers have created a website that predicts the effectiveness of various in-school COVID-19 testing strategies according to local conditions, using data from the past school year.

Our Lady of Loretto School participated in a case study that found an unvaccinated, occasionally unmasked teacher had infected 27 people including a dozen students, leading health officials to urge masks and precautions.

The state of Illinois has asked school districts to submit plans for teaching students remotely in the event of hazardous weather or other emergencies, potentially reducing disruption and make-up days.

Challenge Preparatory Academy in Augusta will teach cyber literacy as a core subject, plus classes on cyber ethics, technical details and other aspects of cybersecurity. It will also host evening classes for adults.

The South Carolina school district is switching to virtual lessons after a surge in COVID-19 cases included dozens of students in the first week. Nearby, Beaufort County schools counted hundreds of cases in that time.

The Massachusetts school district drew from the Emergency Connectivity Fund and other sources to buy 1,200 Chromebooks, 900 laptops, 1,500 broadband hotspots, interactive touchscreens and electronic whiteboards.

Career and technical instructors are making use of a platform from YouScience designed to test student aptitudes ahead of job certification exams, potentially guiding them to careers that fit their interests and skills.

A sixth-grade teacher at Whitthorne Middle School in Tennessee created a Facebook group, “Got Quarantined?,” as a local resource for food, supplies, volunteers and emotional support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Using a $20,000 grant from the Alabama Arts Education Initiative, Austin High School bought powerful new computers on which students can learn to code and make computer graphics, background music and sound effects.

Student GPAs saw statistically significant declines where schools had switched to hybrid or all-online learning models, especially among economically disadvantaged, English-language learning and migrant students.

Schools in need of Internet access and related equipment for virtual learning have another opportunity to receive money through the Emergency Connectivity Fund, the FCC announced this week.

Transitioning from the iNow student information system to PowerSchool, districts across the state will allow parents to access grades and attendance from mobile phones, and student records to transfer automatically.

Tecumseh Public Schools provided Chromebooks for students in grades 7-12 to take home last year for remote learning, but with little time and an understaffed IT department, it's been a scramble to retrieve them.

The Virginia school district has contracted with a local health-care provider to provide technology and telehealth services to reduce student absences and travel times to and from clinics and hospitals.