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A school district is building a DIY broadband network

The Hechinger Report

Eric Bredder (second from left), a teacher at Monticello High School, confers with students using the CNC milling machine, one of several computer-guided fabrication tools used by his classes. But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learningbroadband internet beyond school walls.

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The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping

The Hechinger Report

This story is a part of Learning from Lockdown , a series about education solutions in the pandemic, produced in partnership with the Education Labs at AL.com , the Dallas Morning News , Fresno Bee and Seattle Times partnered with The Christian Science Monitor , Hechinger Report and Solutions Journalism Network. Robinson says.

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More schools are online than ever before – but it’s far from perfect

The Hechinger Report

Among high schools, only 6 percent nationwide now report that they lack WiFi, according to the CoSN report. Is technology necessary to personalize learning? A new story in The Hechinger Report asks and answers that question.) Read more about Blended Learning. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Getting schooled in social media

The Hechinger Report

We have a lot of parents who work two and three jobs, so it’s hard for them to visit our school for open houses, conferences and things like that. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Coronavirus becomes unprecedented test for teacher-student relationships

The Hechinger Report

Nearly 12 million students in 2017 didn’t have broadband internet in their homes , according to a federal report. On a recent conference call, Cantor said it’s important during this period for students to maintain relationships with family, friends, teachers and people they trust. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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How the local public library helped one school district cope with Covid

The Hechinger Report

Alongside four other school communities, we selected it because the majority of the district’s students returned to in-person learning during the 2020-2021 school year — and officials identified Covid-19 cases in under 5 percent of the student population. 4 Source: Reported by Oregon Health Authority. As of Sept.

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35 edtech innovations we saw at FETC 2023

eSchool News

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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