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Homework: Good or Bad? Here Is What Research Says

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In this study, Cooper et al analyzed a large pool of research studies on homework conducted in the United States between between 1987 and 2003. A synthesis of research, 1987–2003. Their findings indicate the existence of 'a positive influence of homework on achievement'. Synthesis of research on homework. Robinson, J. & Patall, E.

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Chinese New Year- What Animal Am I?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013, 2025), you are likely to have these traits: thoughtfulness and a profound sense of decision making, you mean what you say, a smart communicator, "you always have the facts to defend your what you think—and rarely back down." If you were born in the Dragon year (e.g.,1928,

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New Markets Venture Partners Adds $30 Million, Former Gates Foundation Executive to Edtech Fund

Edsurge

From this second fund New Markets has already made several investments: Practice (formerly ApprenNet), a mobile video-based learning tool; Credly , a digital credentialing platform; and Noodle Partners. CB Insights projects 2016 funding totals to fall back to 2013 level , after three consecutive years of increase.

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Spirals of Innovation in Schools – From Pockets of Excellence to Sustained Change from Beth Holland

EdTechTeacher

To be successful in a knowledge economy, students will require the ability to complete non-routine tasks, solve unstructured problems, and employ technologies for communication, collaboration, and creation (Autor, & Price, 2013; Collet, Hine, & Plessis, 2015).

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

The Hechinger Report

The New York Times found that the proportion of households earning between $35,000 and $100,000 fell from 53 percent in 1967 to 43 percent in 2013. trillion, according to the Federal Reserve, compared with less than $250 billion in 2003. No matter how it’s defined, we know the U.S. Outstanding student loan debt now tops $1.5

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Nearly 60% of Teens Use Their Own Mobile Devices in School for Learning

The Innovative Educator

The ultimate learning experience for students is both highly collaborative and extremely personalized, supported by mobile devices and digital content, reports Project Tomorrow in their latest Speak Up report. This year, nearly half of teachers (47 percent) said their students have regular access to mobile devices in their classrooms.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

FY 2003 $700,500,000. FY 2013 $0. The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: Issues and Recommendations for the National Study (Mathematica Policy Research, 2003). Dear Colleague Letter: Resource Comparability , which emphases technology-related equity issues (October 2014). ” FY 2012 $0. FY 2014 $0. FY 2015 $0.

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