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The History of the Future of E-rate

Hack Education

Wheeler had been a “champion” of net neutrality and E-rate reform, according to Education Week at least, but his replacement, Trump appointee Ajit Pai, seems poised to lead the agency with a very different set of priorities – and those priorities will likely shape in turn what happens to ed-tech under Trump. .”

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

In the previous posts on this topic our examination found that technology can and does help when it comes to improving completion rates , reducing tuition costs and helping universities to bridge the revenue gap. There is evidence that universities have a slow-changing culture , when compared to for instance high- or secondary-schools.

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K-12 Funding in the American Rescue Plan

MIND Research Institute

billion has been added to the ESSER fund for Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief, with new spending requirements for districts and schools with high percentages of students living in poverty. E-Rate and Connectivity. Further Resources.

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COVID-19 Has Widened the Skills Gap. But It Also Presents an Opportunity to Close It.

Edsurge

When the unemployment rate spiked during the spring of 2020, jobs that required a college degree declined more than those that didn’t, and new college graduates were hit the hardest. And it appears that investing in last-mile training has a secondary benefit: higher retention. With two-thirds of U.S.

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21st Century School — How Technology Is Changing Education

Ask a Tech Teacher

On the primary and high-school levels, schools that successfully integrate technology into their classrooms see increased performance, better behavior from students, and lowered drop-out rates. Tablets, laptops, educational gaming software, and smartphones allow schools to: Personalize the learning experience.

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COLUMN: Helping middle schoolers think about a future beyond the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Students at Northview Middle School in Indiana use software programs that help them think about their futures. We made a conscious decision to make the sixth-grade experience one where we expose children to everything,” said Rick Doss, the district’s director of secondary education. Credit: Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report.

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Looking Back on Three Years of the ConnectED Initiative: Did It Deliver?

Edsurge

According to the fact sheet that the White House recently released, here’s what we know: Adobe has delivered creativity and e-learning software to over 950,000 students and teachers at more than 1,450 schools and launched more than 20 district-wide Adobe & ConnectED programs. Take Adobe , for example.

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