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

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

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

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A place like this would benefit every high school student,” he says. Helping Students See Options Cafécollege Houston is across the street from a Fiesta Mart grocery store and a high school that mostly serves Hispanic students. That was the case for Canizales. Additionally, because Canizales is not a U.S.

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

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This summer, the space is also hosting more than 40 high school students from across the San Francisco Bay Area. They are part of a summer program organized by PilotCity , a San Leandro-based startup that connects local high school students with regional employers for work-based projects and internships.

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

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It’s a different job,” says Chanea Bond, a public high school English teacher in Fort Worth, Texas, about pandemic teaching. Three-quarters of National Board Certified Teachers are working at least 20 percent more since the start of the pandemic. There’s no amount of sleep that gets me caught up with the exhaustion.

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

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In industry, you saw big titans falling to smart, high-potential young people with ideas. The bane of my existence in high school was being told, "You have so much potential. 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.

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