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How Access to Technology Can Create Equity in Schools

Digital Promise

When used effectively, technology can greatly contribute to creating equity in schools. However, we can only realize these equity-centered benefits when we use technology in innovative and powerful ways. However, we can only realize these equity-centered benefits when we use technology in innovative and powerful ways.

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Critical Guidelines for Ensuring Data Privacy in Districts

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Therefore, assessing privacy and compliance policies and practices related to the systemwide use of technology is a continual priority. Students’ families, educators, school leaders, and vendors all play a role in striking the appropriate balance between access to learning resources and services and privacy.

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How a Culture of Caring Is Helping These Schools Improve Student Mental Health

Edsurge

Some approaches include “advocacy centers” where students are coached through strong emotions with activities like yoga, breathing exercises or calming music. Students have access to both a female and a male counselor and a social worker.

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Students Are Learning Outside of School. Why Don’t They Earn Credit for It?

Edsurge

In each of these examples, ingenuity, creativity and initiative were exercised outside of the formal context of the classroom. There is a need for increased flexibility—live lessons and self-paced projects, new tools for self advocacy and creative tech platforms. caretaking for a newborn sister with a single working parent at home.

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#AskExcelinEd: How has access to computer science education increased in the past year?

ExcelinEd

But for the rest of us, it is hard to fathom a world without the constant innovations in technology that fuel better experiences with goods and services. However, we aren’t ready to run up the victory flag and do laps around the school – although I for one, would benefit from any exercise. More work needs to be done.

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Are You Prepared for the Next Cyber Attack?

edWeb.net

Labor Day 2022—instead of the usual beginning-of-the-school-year exercises, Los Angeles Unified School District administrators had to deal with a ransomware attack that shut down its computer systems. Schools rely on so much technology for instruction, from attendance to collecting assignments, and for day-to-day operations (e.g.,

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Learning Walks

A Principal's Reflections

I have routinely written and spoken about the concept of a Return on Instruction (ROI), which states that when integrating technology or implementing innovative ideas the result should be evidence of improved student learning outcomes. You can access and download the form HERE if you wish.

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