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8 Key Focus Areas for Developing a Re-Entry Plan

A Principal's Reflections

The COVID19 pandemic has radically disrupted both society and education as we know it. Obviously, education is at the top of my mind since it is the profession both my wife and I are a part of, and my kids currently attend public schools in Texas. Additionally, the digital divide is wider than many perceived.

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What's Really Getting in the Way of Teachers Embracing Edtech?

Edsurge

This project was supported by Google for Education and involved a number of partners, including our organization, WestEd. Instead, she added that it is important to center edtech around the educator; ultimately it is how teachers use that technology to advance their instructional goals that matters.

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OPINION: U.S. public schools should be federally funded

The Hechinger Report

Education funding is like any other public infrastructure investment. Even as distance-education removes the spatial component from public education — lessons no longer happen in a particular classroom, or at a particular school, but on the (ostensibly worldwide) web — these lines still separate children from one another.

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Ten Resources and Next Steps: Education and Poverty….ASCD 2016

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I hope your enjoyed my tweets throughout the conference, and even my pre-conference post , that brought you the latest in educational theory with a technology twist. Ten Resources and Next Steps: Education and Poverty… ASCD 2016. I could see the excitement as I walked to a keynote session with thousands of educators.

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Schedule for Thursday's "Libraries as Community Anchors" Mini-Conference (Library 2.0) - Register Now

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

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Sessions Announced for "Libraries as Community Anchors" Mini-Conference (Library 2.0)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.

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Announcing October 21st Mini-Conference: "Libraries as Community Anchors"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Libraries increasingly have an important role to play: as second responders in large scale events via the development and deployment of collaborative connectivity projects; in developing strategies to bridge technological digital divides; and to promote digital access, equity, opportunity, and inclusion.