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The combination of Core5 and Schoolwork will streamline the classroom workflow, make it easier to distribute and collect instructionalmaterials, and provide educators with useful and timely insight into each student’s progress to ensure learning is taking place.
Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructionalmaterials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic. They need the power to exercise their skill sets.
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