Ebooks give students greater access to popular titles thanks to their portability and the option to read through listening via audiobooks. That's why more students are leveraging this technology than ever.
To save you time on the whole "what book should I read next?" part of the equation, District Administration will regularly scour the latest releases to bring you our most well-informed recommendations.
The vote came after about an hour and a half of public comment—the vast majority of which was from parents, students and community members opposed to cutting transportation.
After last school year's struggles with AI, district leaders are supporting teachers more robustly with policies and resources. Still, more students are getting in trouble for misusing the technology.
Transforming K12 into a more fully student-centered system is the wicked problem facing public schools, says Robin Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education.
Last year, New York issued a statewide ban on using facial recognition technology in its schools. These civil rights advocates argue there needs to be more federal intervention.
The $1.25 million grant will award six students per year a scholarship that covers nearly 100% of their in-state tuition and other fees, including textbooks and housing. Better yet, the scholarship doesn't require students to commit to teaching in Texas out of college.
"Kids are already using it," Superintendent Minerva Garcia-Sanchez says. "To them, it's no big deal. It's us making a big deal of it, and causing it to be more than it really is."
To save some time on the whole "what book should I read next" part of the equation, District Administration will regularly scour the latest releases to bring you our most well-informed recommendations.
