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

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After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We

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In rural Maine, a university eliminates most Fs in an effort to increase graduation rates

The Hechinger Report

Related: Tipping point: Can summit put personalized learning over the top? Junior Alex DesRuisseaux and senior Jesus Garcia work in the library of the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Lindsay Daugherty, a policy researcher with the nonprofit RAND Corporation, warns that the model could be more difficult for younger students.

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The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 15th The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man. - Eliot The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. National Library Week.

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Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face?

The Hechinger Report

Federal policies still disadvantage the island, the result of a “quasi-colonial relationship,” said King. Students struggled to get back on track after in-person learning resumed: More than half of all students were “disengaged” between February and May last year, according to an estimate in a 2021 U.S. Its residents are U.S.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

The United States leaves it to states to set policy, and, absent statewide bans, local school districts make their own rules. District policy is to respect parents’ preferences, but that doesn’t always happen. Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out.

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Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.” ” Boy, it seems as though “personalized learning” is really just code for “virtual charter schools.”