NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Friday directed unaided private schools and government schools like Kendriya Vidyalayas and others to provide gadgets and internet package to students of the economically weaker section (EWS) to take online classes. A division bench of Justice Manmohan and Justice Sanjeev Narula, while passing […]
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Provide gadgets, Internet to poor students for online classes: Delhi HC to schools – education
The Delhi High Court on Friday directed private unaided schools and Kendriya Vidyalayas in the city to provide poor students with gadgets and Internet connections for online classes during Covid-19. Justice Manmohan said that to address the intra-class discrimination between 25% of students from the economically weaker section/disadvantaged groups (EWS/DG) […]
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Baltimore-area schools start the year with online education. Thousands of students lack a way to engage.
On the first day of a new school year in the midst of a pandemic, tens of thousands of students will likely be left behind, unable to show up Tuesday to greet their classmates and teachers on a computer screen. © Barbara Haddock Taylor / Baltimore Sun/The Baltimore Sun/TNS Allison […]
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Mandate to cost local schools $2 million
Gypsum Creek Middle School is the pilot program for the school district’s Computers on Wheels program. The program is in eight local schools, and eventually will be in them all. The district bought 32 Goodle Chromebooks, along with mobile kiosks to move them around.Special to the Daily | EAGLE — […]
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How Barnegat Schools Will Address COVID-19 Learning Loss
BARNEGAT, NJ – Medical experts regularly speak on the potential for long-term side effects from COVID-19. Many working people and business owners continue to experience economic instability. Meanwhile, no one can dispute the lingering harm the pandemic caused when it comes to students. The Barnegat School District announced its plans […]
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Peekskill Schools Open With ‘Can Do’ Attitude
PEEKSKILL, NY — Peekskill schools opened Thursday taking a ‘can do’ attitude toward the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. “While it might not have been the kick-off to the school year that we have had in previous years, today was certainly special in its own way,” said Superintendent Dr. David […]
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Spectrum introduces high-speed Internet service that schools can offer students for at-home learning
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Spectrum, a telecommunications company, is unveiling a cable broadband plan that provides another option for households with students needing high-speed Internet for at-home classes during the coronavirus pandemic. © Plain Dealer staff/Pexels/cleveland.com/TNS Remote learning requires adequate Internet service. It’s called “Stay Connected K-12” and it would cost […]
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Schools face shortages on critical supplies needed for online learning
SAN FRANCISCO — Schools across the United States are facing shortages and long delays, of up to several months, in getting this year’s most crucial back-to-school supplies: the laptops and other equipment needed for online learning, an Associated Press investigation has found. The world’s three biggest computer companies, Lenovo, HP […]
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UNICEF And ITU’s Giga Initiative Aims To Connect The World’s Schools To The Internet
Children work together, using their tablet, at the UNICEF supported Debate e-Learning Center in a village on the outskirts of Kassala, the capital of the state of Kassala in Eastern Sudan. © UNICEF/UNI322862/Noorani The COVID-19 pandemic has been the largest disruptor of education in history, exposing widening inequalities. When schools shut down around […]
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Boise Schools struggles to distribute laptops for first day
On Monday, the 25,500 students that make up one of Idaho’s largest school districts will wake up, turn on their computers and “return” to school — that is, if they have a computer. As the Boise School District awaits a shipment of 13,000 Chromebooks set to arrive sometime in the […]
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93 percent of public schools already received online gadgets – DepEd
The Department of Education (DepEd) announced 93 percent of public schools nationwide have already received over 1 million devices and gadgets for use by students and teachers this upcoming school year. (MANILA BULLETIN) DepEd Director for Information and Communications Technology Service (ICTS) Abram Abanil, in a recent virtual press briefing, […]
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As Colorado Schools Reopen, Thousands Of Students Still Don’t Have Reliable Internet
Tim Miles, technology director in the Steamboat Springs school district, sees power in working together. He and the technology directors at two school cooperative associations formed the Colorado Education Broadband Coalition, which connects 50 schools. “We’ve saved enormous amounts of money for those schools because we go to bid as […]
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As a virtual start approaches, some St. Louis area schools face laptop backlogs | Education
Now some local districts are coming up short. Jennings plans to have most students do all classes remotely. Roughly a third — generally younger students and those with special needs, said Superintendent Art McCoy — will learn partially in-person, on alternating days. And Jennings has enough devices for grades one […]
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Schools might not have enough laptops for students this fall
The shortages could make it difficult for some students to start classes on time. It could also prove costly for school districts and parents that might have to buy more expensive portables to avoid a delay. There’s no easy solution, and it might not get better until either PC makers […]
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Dan River Region parents split on decision to start schools in virtual mode | Local News
“Until we actually turned in that [registration form], I went just back and forth because you do also worry about the health aspects of it, obviously,” she said. “But I just feel like my kids are also at an age where they understand, they can social distance, they will wear […]
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Robertson County schools address technology, internet shortfalls | Education
Learning to adjust Few of the Bremond ISD parents surveyed are opting for remote learning this year, High School Principal K.L. Groholski said. The school is moving toward ensuring each student has a Chromebook or iPad, and other aspects of the school’s tech gear and teaching strategies are also getting […]
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Boise Schools to receive delayed laptop shipment Friday
When remote classes began for Boise students on Monday, roughly 9,900 — or 39% — went without the Chromebooks the district had promised them in June. But a delayed shipment of 13,000 Chromebooks the district ordered in May is set to arrive Friday, said Dan Hollar, the district spokesperson. The […]