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How to Fund School Safety Upgrades

EdTech Magazine

Schools are taking initiative to update their physical security systems for the modern era. For example, several states have adopted Alyssa’s Law, which requires public elementary and secondary schools to have a silent panic alarm that contacts local law enforcement in emergencies. In some cases, legislation has spurred the changes.

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The ESSER Funding Cliff: Sustaining IT Upgrades After 2024

EdTech Magazine

Distributions from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund helped schools acquire much-needed technologies. With that federal funding coming to an end, school systems are suddenly going to have holes in their budgets. The ESSER funding cliff presents risks.

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Post-Secondary Options That Will Let You Work From Home

EdNews Daily

In the instance of a clean water system, perhaps, blueprints and ideas can be sent back and forth. However, when it comes to putting in a water treatment system, it can be necessary for a translator to help with communication as well as monitoring the integration of the system into the lives of the villagers. Freelance Writing.

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TeachingBooks Resources Available to 24 Million Readers with New Statewide Library Systems Added in 2021

eSchool News

OverDrive Education, a division of OverDrive, offers the industry’s largest catalog of ebooks, audiobooks, digital magazines and other content for over 53,000 K-12 schools and millions of students worldwide. The five new licenses signed in 2021 represent more than 7,300 institutions and 2.6 million students.

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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

EdTech Magazine

Imcon International and Cradlepoint have created a line of self-contained, Wi-Fi-enabled backpacks , powered by a solar charger and redundant batteries, that provide portable internet access by allowing students to connect to wireless, 3G, 4G, LTE and other networks using an open-source distributed edgeware system. . by Erin Brereton.

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Today's CTE Investments Help Boost Students' Success

EdTech Magazine

Even students studying culinary arts need experience using digital point-of-sale systems. There is a renewed focus on CTE amid broader debates about the value of college and the student debt crisis as well as the need for viable post-secondary alternatives. Demand for Post-Secondary Options Drives CTE Investment. It makes sense.

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School Counselors Helping More Women Go Into Computer Science: Tips and Advice to Find the Fit

The CoolCatTeacher

So school counselors have this ability to look at the system as a whole and to support students. School counselors have this ability to look at the system as a whole. It’s a magazine called “Careers With Code.” ( [link] ). If you go to their website in the Shownotes, you can download a magazine that they have.

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