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Schools Must Invest to Protect IoT Devices

EdTech Magazine

billion of them in use in 2017 — from TVs, cars and coffee makers at home to security cameras, lighting systems and thermostats at businesses and schools. Beyond the data shared by devices, many operating systems and form factors must be accounted for. Gartner predicted that there would be 8.4

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Universal prekindergarten is coming to California — bumpy rollout and all

The Hechinger Report

Regardless of income, families will have access to top-notch early schooling. On the other hand,” Gallagher said, “making a new grade and requiring universal access is not something that is always politically available.” The statewide incentive system doesn’t promote districts to focus on the early grades,” Kellner said.

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Alabama community college overhaul improves the odds for unprepared students

The Hechinger Report

Overton’s placement in the college-level course with a companion course, called a co-requisite, is part of a developmental education redesign launched by the Alabama Community College System in 2018-19. The system fully implemented the program in the 2019-20 school year and reduced the number of developmental course sections it offered.

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Community colleges tackle another challenge: Students recovering from past substance use

The Hechinger Report

But it’s only in the last dozen or so years that programs began popping up at community colleges; Minneapolis College’s program, opened in 2017, was the first in Minnesota and the fifth in the nation. Today, more than 170 programs exist across the U.S. and Canada. I don’t know why we weren’t trying to do this years ago,” Miller said.

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3M and Discovery Education Name 10 Grant Recipients Supporting Nation’s Young Scientists 

eSchool News

Kathryn Lampo is a 20-year-old from Colorado and a 2017 finalist. Kathryn received $1,000 for the project NYC Model Rocketry Initiative that makes space science and engineering accessible to underserved middle schoolers across New York City through engaging STEM resources. Samvrit Rao is a 15-year-old from Virginia and a 2020 finalist.

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Resources for Teacher and Instructional Coaches – March 2021

Edthena

Is it students of color, students with disabilities, students experiencing homelessness, students without broadband access at home or the devices? Teaching students acceptable behaviors and how to self-regulate, as well as having a multi-tiered system of support, should also be part of preventative and response plans, Leverett said.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

“You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. A Tech Exchange employee works in the nonprofit’s warehouse in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021.