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Crunch the Numbers—New Data on Student Tech Use; Chromebook Predictions; And the Impact of Pandemic Relief Funds

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. “Born connected: The rise of the AI generation”, reveals the app use and technology habits of children aged 4-18, detailing trends in screen time, social media and communications, mobile gaming, online entertainment, learning tools, and for the first time in the report’s history, use of artificial intelligence tools.

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4 lessons learned about AI in 2023

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Jobs’ launch of the iPhone in 2007 led to a revolution in mobile computing. Recent survey data shows that 90 percent of secondary students are part of a 1:1 device program. He talked about how he dropped in on a calligraphy class, and from that knowledge he created the idea of different types of computer fonts some 10 years later.

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Rethinking community college supports for single moms

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Delgado is one of four community colleges that received $50,000 to design programs toward the goal of increasing the degree and credential attainment by 30 percent for single moms by 2024. “It’s Miriam Swords Kalk, senior education designer, Education Design Lab. Related: How student parents of young kids make it through college.

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The American Rescue Plan: Encouraging Transformation, Impact, and Longevity

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Schools and districts can continue to benefit from the federal government’s stimulus dollars through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) of 2021, the third iteration of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). September 30, 2024 is the ARP obligation deadline. What the Dollars Support.

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Before assigning homework, ensure that students have a home

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In one of the most-cited studies on the impact of mobility and achievement, university researchers found in 1989 that among 1st through 12th graders, “children who moved three or more times were 60 percent more likely to repeat a grade, controlling for poverty and other socio-demographic risks.”. Homework will always be secondary to a home.

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

The Hechinger Report

The survey asked families if all students at home had devices of their own; whether those devices were loans from a school or family-owned; and whether the family was connected to the internet and, if so, how: via broadband, mobile phone or otherwise. The ESSR funds expire in 2024. The federal funding itself isn’t permanent.

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Democratic wish list includes billions to help students finish their degrees

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The program would run from the 2023-2024 academic year, through 2029-2030. Systems like Bishop State’s still “look like something out of an 80s movie,” she said, and they are failing individuals who would likely be able to reenroll, earn a degree and achieve a greater level of social and economic mobility. “In