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Maine Announces Learning Technology Framework

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The Maine Learning Technology Initiative (MLTI ) have been in place since 2002 and has certainly helped close the Digital Access Divide in Maine. Student learning is supported and undergirded by five pillars: Leadership, Professional Learning, Learning-Focused Access, Definition of Success, and Responsible Use.

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The Effectiveness of Online Learning Depends on Design

Catlin Tucker

For teachers without access to virtual reality equipment and software, there are virtual online tours like the ones offered by the Smithsonian National of Natural History Museum or the MoMA (Museum of Modern Art) interactive destination tour for kids. This definition emphasizes the need for community, connection, and engagement.

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“Summer melt” was bad during the pandemic, and experts fear it could get even worse

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Students after they graduate from high school typically don’t have access to the professional support they might during the year, but since 2017 Lancaster’s school district has continued college counseling into the summer, helping students keep track of all the things they need to do in order to stay on track for college.

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3 educational technology tools to be thankful for

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trillion in American Internet infrastructure have helped to improve broadband speed by 660 times since 2002. thousand schools with the minimum connectivity goal to give students equal access to digital learning opportunities–a figure schools can definitely be thankful for. However, investments of over $1.5 million students, 2.6

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

The Hechinger Report

First, it’s worth noting that talking about the middle class can be tricky because there’s no universal definition. By Pew’s measure, roughly equal shares of Americans have been moving from middle to upper income status as have been falling into the lower income tier, but using a narrower definition of middle class paints a grimmer picture.

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Naviance Wields Much ‘Power and Influence’ in College Admissions, Harvard Researcher Finds

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Naviance , a product launched in 2002 by parent company Hobsons , offers K-12 schools a suite of college planning tools , including detailed college profiles, a matching function that pairs students with institutions, and graphs that use schools’ historical data to help students evaluate their acceptance odds.

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Impero Software Named a Finalist for the 2018 Greater Austin Business Awards

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The libraries provide definitions relating to a broad range of safeguarding and student welfare issues, from bullying, self-harm and suicide to grooming, race and religious hatred, and weapons and violence. Founded in 2002, Impero software is now accessed by over 1.5 million devices in over 90 countries.