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Adolescents Need More Proactive, Preventative Mental Health Supports in School

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After a two-year decline in 2019 and 2020, suicide rates among American youth increased in 2021, according to a recent report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Typically, we tend to associate SEL programs with elementary-aged students. A study released by the U.S.

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COVID-19’s Long-Term Impacts on Education in 2020 and Beyond

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Lynch also observed that because current college students who are training to be teachers won’t be able to fulfill their in-person practicum requirements as student-teachers in schools, there will be an increased shortage of K-12 teachers next year. Others may follow suit. Although there are millions of Americans qualified to fill the 3.7

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VHS Learning Celebrates 25th Anniversary

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As part of VHS Learning’s ongoing commitment to the CSforALL movement, the nonprofit partnered with the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) in 2020. Most recently, the consortium renewed its VHS Learning membership with 213 enrollments for the 2020-21 academic year. Statewide Partnerships. In 2021, VHS Learning received a $1.4

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How to direct a districtwide tech transformation on a budget

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I have been with the district for 20 years, though I didn’t become the superintendent until April 2020. I gave our technology department marching orders to get every student and every teacher on a Chromebook and trained in the Google Suite within two weeks. Approximately 20 percent of our scholars speak English as a second language.

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As COVID relief spending deadlines loom, one district moves ahead with an uncommon tech plan

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As a result, the district’s 1,900 elementary students will return later this summer to classrooms outfitted with multiple touch screens, motion-tracking cameras, and microphones — part of an uncommon plan to embrace hybrid learning. Out on Capitol Hill, she warned, the feds are “itching to take this money away from us.”

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Coronavirus-Related Funding Opportunities for Schools and Districts

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On April 23, 2020, the U.S. Signed into law on March 27, 2020, the CARES Act includes four grants and funds that are allocated for different education-related purposes. Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund , or ESSERF, $13.2 Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund.

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4 Essential Steps to Secure Funding for Hybrid Classroom Technologies

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Some relief came in 2020 through the CARES Act with an initial $13 billion allotment to K-12 schools. A new funding package from the federal government in December 2020 dedicated an additional $54.3 Who will provide teacher training and technical support? The need for new K-12 classroom technology has never been greater.