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Come for the computers, stay for the books

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based education advocacy group. “It A key theme of Future Ready Librarians, which last year published a framework to revamp the bookish role, is that districts pouring money into hardware and software need people to shepherd these tools into classrooms and to curate these burgeoning digital resources.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

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Pandemic-related hardships have propelled many students to choose jobs over education and online classes have been barriers for low-income students without digital resources.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

of the Aurora Institute, formerly known as iNACOL, an advocacy organization promoting competency-based education. Indeed, on the front lines of remote learning, the watchword is communication — and not just to keep families informed about lunch drop-offs, volunteer needs, hotlines or links to digital resources.

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Young People Have Unanswered Questions About Abortion. Online Sex Ed Can Help.

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Extremist groups fueled and funded campaigns in Massachusetts urging parents to “opt out” of sex education, denying their children vital information about topics including puberty, healthy relationships, consent, self-advocacy and more.