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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

EdTech Magazine

Thu, 08/15/2019 - 13:15. In addition to extra homework time, offering Wi-Fi during students’ rides might also provide some secondary benefits. Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap? eli.zimmerman_9856. In March, a bipartisan group of U.S. by Erin Brereton.

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Supply and demand: Getting low-income kids into better jobs by getting them into better schools

The Hechinger Report

Young people huddle over tablets, fiber optic cables run along the ceilings and a cybersecurity lab occupies the basement. The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. million donation from H-E-B in 2016.

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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. To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” But new technology hasn’t made it easy.

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