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Progress Made on K–12 Connectivity, But Work Remains

EdTech Magazine

Teachers and students are well on their way to fulfilling the mission of seeing 99 percent of all schools connected to next-generation broadband, according to the “2018 State of States Report” from EducationSuperHighway. million students and 1,356 schools lack basic infrastructure needed for digital learning, according to the report. .

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edWeb and CoSN Partner to Support Superintendents and District Leaders

edWeb.net

Dr. Schuler is the 2018 Illinois and National Superintendent of the Year, and Dr. Gaines is the 2018-2019 president of AASA. Krueger, CAE, Chief Executive Officer for CoSN, commented, “Superintendents are responsible for ensuring that their school districts embrace transformative digital learning.

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When Colleges Sign ‘Inclusive Access’ Textbook Deals, Can Students and Professors Opt Out?

Edsurge

Public Interest Research Group , a nonprofit advocacy organization that takes a skeptical view of publishers’ efforts to automatically bill students for pre-packaged commercial course materials. That’s the conclusion of a new report from U.S. Using open-records requests, U.S.

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littleBits Teams Up with National PTA to Further Engage Parents and Kids in STEM

techlearning

littleBits , the inventor of the electronic building block, today announced a partnership and new grant program with National PTA , the nation’s oldest and largest child advocacy association. We’re excited for the opportunity to work with National PTA to support families and kids at home and at school.”

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Framing the Personalized Learning Discussion from Tom Driscoll

EdTechTeacher

As he articulates, the current call to action by personalized learning advocates to shift from teacher to student-centered learning environments is the modern take on this viewpoint. . Despite the long history of advocacy for student-centered learning, PL has been one of the more elusive reform efforts to actually define.

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E-rate funding toolkit aims to make applying easier

eSchool News

Common Sense Kids Action, the advocacy arm of Common Sense Media, and SETDA will work together this year and in 2016 and 2017 to encourage digital leaders to file applications for E-rate program funding. Matt Holder, chief operations officer for the Oklahoma State Department of Education welcomed the new toolkit.

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Global Leadership Week Starting! Event List + Join Us in Boston on Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Mon, March 19, 8pm – 9pm (US Eastern Daylight Time) Teaching and Learning Online with SPICE: Global Competence, Global Perspectives "This webinar introduces three Stanford-designed online courses for high school students in the United States that leverage digital learning to develop global competence and diverse perspectives.