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Digital Learning Day (DLD), held on February 5, immersed kids from coast to coast in activities like tinkering with robotics, penning blog posts, and painting digital canvases. Spearheaded by The Alliance for Excellent Education , the event provided teachers with resources like lesson plans and toolkits. So it should be with E-Rate.
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