How one school has managed to keep the bar high to avoid the COVID-Slide It did not take long for us at AIM Academy to…
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Archive for April 2020
Rowland Unified School District Provides “Innovative Learning for All” During COVID-19
Within forty-eight hours of closing schools to protect students, staff, and the community from the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), district leaders in Rowland Unified…
Read MoreEnriching Learning Opportunities Through the Cloud
School and district leaders often are asked to do more with less, particularly when it comes to technology and classroom modernization. Leaders must ensure that…
Read More[Education Dive] Lessons In Leadership: Administrators’ advice for addressing 5 coronavirus challenges
[The 74 Million] Laurens: 12 Million Kids Lack Internet Access. Now Is the Time for the Government to Step In and Close the Digital Divide
[The Hill] Why being connected really matters for students
School leaders and teachers across the country have gone to herculean efforts to transition to distance learning in the face of the COVID-19 crisis. They…
Read MoreHow Future Ready Librarians are supporting #RemoteLearning
As Future Ready Librarians, there are so many ways that we are supporting the remote learning that is taking place right now across the country. …
Read More[Education Post] We Demand FREE Internet for ALL Low Income Families during COVID-19
For at least the duration of this school year, Comcast and all other internet providers need to make internet access absolutely free for all low-income families. There…
Read More[Education Dive] FCC waives E-rate gift rules as coronavirus closures highlight remote learning inequity
Future Ready Schools, a school innovation-focused initiative of the Alliance for Excellent Education, is also urging educators to sign a letter petitioning Pai to expand the E-rate…
Read MoreOver 7,500 Education Leaders Call on FCC to Fund Home Internet Access Amid School Closures
NEWS RELEASE: March 24, 2020 CONTACTS Phillip Lovell, Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed), 202.494.5004, [email protected] Heidi Payter, Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), 822.9491 and 734.756.5853,…
Read More[Wall Street Journal] U.S. Coronavirus Response May Include Funds to Boost Internet Access
Being stuck at home is bad enough. Now imagine being stuck at home without the internet. That is the problem for tens of millions of…
Read More[POLITICO Morning Education]Schools Ask FCC to Use Federal Program To Fund Home Internet Access for Students
More than 7,500 district superintendents, school board members, principals, teachers, parents and others are urging the FCC to allow the federal E-rate program to fund…
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