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A guest post from AASL’s Banned Websites Awareness Day Committee

NeverEndingSearch

While banning books is commonly recognized by librarians as detrimental to the student educational experience, restricted website access isn’t on everyone’s radar. Establish a digital repository of Internet filtering studies. That’s where Banned Websites Awareness Day comes in. Develop a toolkit for school leaders.

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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

But a few pioneering districts have shown that it’s possible, and Albemarle County has joined a nascent trend of districts trying to build their own bridges across the digital divide. Her kids love to read, and they want to download new books rather than re-read the paperbacks at home. We can extend the learning day.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” 3D printing, The Economist pronounced in 2012 , was poised to bring about the third industrial revolution. (I

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