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4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

eSchool News

Yet every student in Piedmont is given a laptop in school and to take home and, through partnerships developed by the district, can access free or low-cost broadband 24/7. Early college access for later success. Browse more stories practices and strategies of League of Innovative Schools members.

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Homework in a McDonald’s parking lot: Inside one mother’s fight to help her kids get an education during coronavirus

The Hechinger Report

Her cellphone’s data plan — the only way she could access the internet at home — wasn’t up to the task. Now, the strategies she had pieced together to survive were being whittled away. Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. This story also appeared in HuffPost. We can’t hug you’.

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“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

The Hechinger Report

It feels really good and really important that our children… have access to in-person, five-day-a-week education. We’re still using some of those mitigation strategies. We have horrible broadband, horrible cell service. Evan Garner , father of three and rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. We never had to close.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Foreign faculty and researchers traveling to Canada to work on projects at public universities and affiliated research institutions will be allowed to stay for up to 120 days without a work permit as part of a new Global Skills Strategy announced Monday by Canada’s government.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Techcrunch : “ FCC votes to negate broadband privacy rules.” Via Edsurge : “What Colleges Should Know About A Growing ‘ Talent Strategy ’ Push By Companies.” ” Via Real Clear Education : “ K–12 Predictive Analytics : Time for Better Dropout Diagnosis.” ”). .”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” ” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” ” Via CJR : “‘This is unprecedented’: Public colleges limiting journalist access.”

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