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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

Elsewhere, teachers hold daily virtual office hours to check on the academic and emotional well-being of students they can no longer meet face to face. 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. The Richmond (Va.)

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Silicon Valley aims its tech at helping low-income kids get beyond high school

The Hechinger Report

“Last year I thought about it a lot because as a junior you start to realize how fast things are going,” she said in the library, otherwise empty but for students playing cards. Yet only about 30 percent of Newark Memorial graduates meet the requirements for admission to the public University of California system.

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Can the Right Nudge Help Low-income Kids Go Beyond High School?

MindShift

“Last year I thought about it a lot because as a junior you start to realize how fast things are going,” she said in the library, otherwise empty but for students playing cards. Yet only about 30 percent of Newark Memorial graduates meet the requirements for admission to the public University of California system.

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Effective Technology Professional Learning: Leading and Collaborating to Assure Success

edWeb.net

Gaddis explained how Wake County focused their professional learning by first identifying three groups: teachers, leadership, and school library media coordinators. Allison is a member of the Wake County Public School System’s Digital Learning & Libraries team where she serves as their senior director.

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Insights from CoSN Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity Winners

edWeb.net

That can mean anything from helping with startup funding to meeting unexpected needs. She plans to continue impacting students’ lives through advocacy and consultancy. Today, Ann works as a public speaker, writer, and education consultant focused on leadership to meet the needs of today’s students.

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How Technology Helps Social-Emotional Learning Flourish

edWeb.net

Similarly, schools used technology to have virtual teacher meetings as needed without interrupting their classes or making them stay after school. Today, Ann works as a public speaker, writer, and consultant focused on leadership to meet the needs of today’s students. Moreover, many of the sessions were made available on-demand.

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Critical Steps for Safeguarding Data Privacy

edWeb.net

Today, Ann works as a public speaker, writer, and education consultant focused on leadership to meet the needs of today’s students. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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