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An organization that monitors Internet connectivity to schools has reported that while 20 million additional students have been given access to high-speed Internet, a comparably high number "still don't have the speeds they need." MoreAn organization that works to help schools introduce blended learning into their instructional practices has launched a collection of Web resources dedicated to the topic, one set intended for use by district people implementing blended learning and the other for state leaders who want to make policy for enabling and encouraging blended learning in their schools. MoreLearning.com will allow all Oregon elementary schools to test the digital learning skills of fifth-graders at no cost to school districts. More
Klamath County School District in Oregon is expanding its implementation of online speech language therapy services, so the district's speech language pathologists can spend more time working with students and less time driving. MoreThe Florida Commissioner of Education's African-American History Task Force plans to implement an online African-American history course at hundreds of schools across the state. MoreA bond measure approved by local voters in 2014 has enabled California's Folsom High School to experiment with an open plan classroom space to make student learning more active. More
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