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The Awkward Truth About ‘Free College’—It Isn’t Truly Free

Edsurge

Free college’ is not free,” explained Shanna Jackson, now president of Nashville State Community College, during a recent webinar. The cost of course materials alone can rival tuition rates at some community colleges, says Nathan Smith, an instructor of philosophy at Houston Community College and an advocate for low-cost textbooks.

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Three Digital Equity Leaders Call to Action for Students Without Home Internet Access

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The CoSN Meeting the Needs of Students Without Home Internet Access webinar on September 19, 2018 reflects the growing concern and call to action for school districts, business communities and state and federal government to address what has been termed as the homework gap. 1 at the elementary level.

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Massachusetts is taking action to improve the digital divide in classrooms across the state

Education Superhighway

Led interactive webinars to improve broadband price transparency and discuss opportunities for school districts to increase bandwidth for little to no additional cost. As a result, during the E-rate bid process, he was able to leverage the information to request double the bandwidth to match surrounding school districts.

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6 Tech Treasures for Special Ed Teachers (K-6)

The CoolCatTeacher

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. Tuesday, October 10, 2017. It also incorporates rubrics so teachers can provide meaningful, qualitative feedback to encourage the writing journey.

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