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Raytown School District: Improved Bus Rider Behavior with SmartBus

June 22, 2018

The Raytown School District in Missouri is committed to providing its nearly 9,000 K-12 students, more than 50 percent of whom qualify for the free and reduced-cost lunch program, with an educational ...

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Lawrence: Beyond BYOD

June 22, 2018

When the Lawrence Public School District began introducing digital curricula in 2014, it instituted a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policy, relying on students to use their own laptops and tablets to a...

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Chicago Public Schools: Extending the Impact of Mobile Devices

June 22, 2018

Despite facing challenges that are common in large, urban school districts today, Chicago Public Schools has been on the leading edge of innovation regarding the use of mobile devices in their classro...

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Lamar CISD: Summer Internet Access Gives Rising Kindergartens a Boost

June 22, 2018

Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) educates 30,800 students in the Houston, Texas, area, where 40 percent qualify for free and reduced-cost lunch. In 2013, Lamar CISD was struggling...

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Springfield: 1:1 Focus Group

June 22, 2018

In 2014 Springfield Public Schools, Missouri’s largest school district, welcomed a new superintendent with a passion for innovative education, Dr. John Jungmann. Springfield Public Schools serve 25,00...

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DeKalb: Keeping Students Focused on Education & Costs Down

June 22, 2018

When Melissa Motes, Director of Instructional Technology for DeKalb Independent School District (DeKalb ISD), was planning to implement a 1-to-1 technology program for the students in her school distr...

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Affton: Implementing a 1:1 Without Creating a Digital Divide

June 22, 2018

Technology was in a sorry state at Affton School District in 2012: The infrastructure was fragile, there was struggling wireless connectivity in the school, students were using antiquated computers, a...

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Detroit: Take the Connectivity Burden Off Parents' Shoulders

June 22, 2018

When one of the nation’s largest urban school districts is serving one of the most disconnected communities, what’s compromised is education. The Detroit Public Schools district, overseeing nearly 100...

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Pontiac: Only Pay for the Data You Need

June 22, 2018

In a school district where budgets are extremely tight — like Pontiac, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit — spending more than is absolutely necessary to ensure Internet connectivity for their students jus...

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