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From Hotspots to School Bus Wi-Fi, Districts Seek Out Solutions to ‘Homework Gap’

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boast broadband access these days, and plenty of assignments require the internet, when students head home, their connections are not quite in lockstep with schools. But 18 percent of all students in remote rural areas have no access to the internet or only a dial-up connection, compared to seven percent of students in suburban areas.

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Storefront Advising Programs Bring Free College Counseling Into Low-Income Communities

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At such high schools, counselors are often overwhelmed with large caseloads and unable to offer personalized guidance to students interested in more than a high school diploma, says Melissa Martinez, director of college access and success for Project GRAD Houston, the nonprofit that runs programs at cafécollege Houston.

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How IT Staff Provide Tech Support During Remote Learning

EdTech Magazine

We had no time to plan — our local government here announced that schools were closing on Sunday afternoon for Monday,” says John Schutte, IT director for the Canadian school district. “It It’s all online, it’s easily accessible, people are able to find these answers themselves,” Schutte says. “So CCSD wasn’t alone in that.

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How IT Staff Provide Tech Support During Remote Learning

EdTech Magazine

We had no time to plan — our local government here announced that schools were closing on Sunday afternoon for Monday,” says John Schutte, IT director for the Canadian school district. “It It’s all online, it’s easily accessible, people are able to find these answers themselves,” Schutte says. “So CCSD wasn’t alone in that.

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How IT Staff Provide Tech Support During Remote Learning

EdTech Magazine

We had no time to plan — our local government here announced that schools were closing on Sunday afternoon for Monday,” says John Schutte, IT director for the Canadian school district. “It It’s all online, it’s easily accessible, people are able to find these answers themselves,” Schutte says. “So CCSD wasn’t alone in that.

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How IT Staff Provide Tech Support During Remote Learning

EdTech Magazine

We had no time to plan — our local government here announced that schools were closing on Sunday afternoon for Monday,” says John Schutte, IT director for the Canadian school district. “It It’s all online, it’s easily accessible, people are able to find these answers themselves,” Schutte says. “So CCSD wasn’t alone in that.

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An Education ‘Intrapreneur’ on the Difficulties Innovating in a Conservative Industry

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It became clear to me that those in public sector, in state and local government, in higher ed, and in K-12 had potentially a very different role. And that finally, we do it in a way where equitable access is the key. There was no such thing as qualified people. In this space [SLEDs], you can't go after revenue.

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