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The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping

The Hechinger Report

During the 2015-16 school year, Black students in the district faced out-of-school suspension at 3.4 In Utah, the Murray City School District had been slowly developing a broadband network for students for two years when funding from the CARES Act helped the district speed up the rollout. Oliver Robinson.

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The Business of Education Technology

Hack Education

True, 2015 was a record-breaking year for ed-tech funding – over $4 billion by my calculations. “It’s an exercise of power aimed at the public, and in a democratic society, power deserves attention and scrutiny, not gratitude.” “That’s just false to me,” he said.