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

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Schools, nonprofits and local governments could then provide students with the maps showing where they can find free internet in their area. “It matters at school, and it matters for our future competitiveness as a nation, when you think about it,” Litman said.

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

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Leaders credit the popularity of their programs, which all started with local government support, in part to the efforts they’ve made to welcome and respect families from marginalized groups. Called GRADcafé on the Go, it drives around to high schools, church festivals, health fairs and wherever else people request it.

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This Workforce Partnership Trains Tech Talent. Can It Boost Civic Engagement Too?

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They have been working with local governments and tech companies to design solutions to problems such as homelessness, water conservation and clean energy. On the walls are diagrams accompanied with explanations of the projects, much like what one might find at a science fair.

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Teachers Have Reached a Breaking Point. But Remedies Do Exist.

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Several things, actually, according to a new evidence-based research brief focused on improving teacher wellbeing put out by EdResearch for Recovery, a project from the Annenberg Institute at Brown University and Results for America, a nonprofit that connects policymakers and local governments with research-backed strategies.

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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. There was no such thing as qualified people. When I started in it, we worked with people in every single industry. In this space [SLEDs], you can't go after revenue.

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