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How Much Longer Will Schools Have to Scrape Together Technology Funding?

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Funds are available through the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), E-rate program, and federal COVID relief funds like the CARES Act. Only 21 states have any kind of dedicated state funding for technology, and this can range from just digital instructional materials (e.g.

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How Library Closures Hurt Adult Learners as Kids Doubled Down on Digital Reading

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Among its recommendations, New America calls on policymakers to “expand the E-Rate Program so that libraries and schools can get discounts on the technology services that patrons and students need to get online from home.” Zoom-ing Out the Door The teacher shortage has been well documented.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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1 after an investigation found chapter members repeatedly used racist , homophobic and anti-Semitic slurs , and then ostracized a black member who told them to stop, according to documents released by the university.” The company, which provides public radio and related instructional materials to classrooms, has raised $1.55