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ACP Highlights: State and Local Partners

Education Superhighway

Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC) Following a partnership with the Baltimore City Office of Information and Technology, EducationSuperHighway partnered with HABC to bring awareness of the ACP benefit to 19,500 residents.

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The Lessons Learned Online That Will Shape Education After the Pandemic

Edsurge

Even before the pandemic, broadband and mobile technology was expanding connectivity across the globe, hybrid and virtual classrooms were gaining steam in providing personalized learning to students, and project-based learning was proving to be an effective, engaging and increasingly popular pedagogy.

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

The Hechinger Report

Ramos knew there were many kids like her, eager to keep up with school but lacking the technology to do so. According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet. To her, it was “heartbreaking.”.

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

Rather than using their school buses to bring students to schools, the district turned its buses into mobile service providers that could deliver meals and other types of support to students, while also serving as internet connection hotspots. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. About the Presenters. Arati has an M.Ed.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. Miami-Dade County Public Schools, for instance, sent home about 80,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots.

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Leading Teaching and Learning in Today’s World

edWeb.net

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. Tech Enablers. Looking Forward.

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What If Schools Viewed Outdoor Learning as ‘Plan A’?

Edsurge

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., In June, the group mobilized.

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