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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Eyes on the Future: Building on COVID Lessons for Enriched Teaching and Learning

edWeb.net

In an edLeader Panel , sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate and Battelle for Kids , school administrators emphasized pandemic-triggered changes are lessons learned that can frame effective educational practices moving forward. At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, schools defaulted to online learning.

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

The Hechinger Report

Now known as the Alpine Program, it was where 13-year-old Jonathan King, a child diagnosed with ADHD and depression, hanged himself in 2004 after being placed in a windowless “seclusion room.” Developed by a company now called Edgenuity , the platform is available for all K-12 subjects. “It Read more about Blended Learning.