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Launching a districtwide computer science program for all grades

eSchool News

Our students are spread across 31 elementary schools, two pre-K schools, and seven secondary schools. Springfield Public Schools is fortunate enough to be a 1:1 district that provides Microsoft student laptops for everyone, giving all students access to Office 365.

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As COVID relief spending deadlines loom, one district moves ahead with an uncommon tech plan

eSchool News

As a result, the district’s 1,900 elementary students will return later this summer to classrooms outfitted with multiple touch screens, motion-tracking cameras, and microphones — part of an uncommon plan to embrace hybrid learning. Out on Capitol Hill, she warned, the feds are “itching to take this money away from us.”

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VHS Learning and NMSI Program Enables Students to Take AP Courses

eSchool News

Schools will receive grants to cover all enrollment costs and student access to laptops, as necessary. For more information about VHS Learning please visit [link] and follow on Twitter at @VHSLearning. The partnership enabled the schools to enroll the students in VHS Learning’s AP courses via a NMSI grant program.

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

The Hechinger Report

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

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The Downsides of Closing Schools and Colleges in a Crisis.

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Elementary and secondary schools provide for many students’ basic needs, which may not be met when those institutions close. Several schools are closed in New Rochelle, New York, and as a result, unsupervised students are home alone or “roaming the streets,” Candance Pinn, a local kindergarten teacher, told NPR on Thursday.

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Why Grading Policies For Equity Matter More Than Ever

MindShift

She also provides information such as where to access public WiFi so students can keep up with classes. In the past month, his son, who is in elementary school, has been assigned multiple worksheets per day. “I For the fourth quarter, San Leandro’s secondary students will receive a “pass” or “incomplete” instead of a letter grade.

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Three Digital Equity Leaders Call to Action for Students Without Home Internet Access

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Green Bay Area PS had a laptop cart model until 2017 when they established the Ninja Deployment initiative that resulted 1:1 devices at the secondary level and 1.5:1 1 at the elementary level. Bearden, “There is no silver bullet for addressing digital equity in school communities.”