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

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2001: $450,000,000. FY 1998: $425,000,000.

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Teachers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your pain!

The Hechinger Report

Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S. Aggregated over the past 13 years — the length of a child’s elementary and secondary school career — Congress has failed to appropriate $347 billion towards the education of low income students, primarily Black and Brown. But why exactly are parents paying for paper and pencils?

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Special Webinar - Live from the Middle East: Classroom Connections Amidst Political Changes

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Since 1988, iEARN (International Education and Resource Network) has pioneered the educational use of innovative communications technology and teacher professional development to facilitate on-line collaborative project-based learning in elementary and secondary schools in 130 other countries worldwide. Héla Nafti (Tunisia) was born in Tunis.

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Charters felt pressured to promise miraculous progress — but none met the targets

The Hechinger Report

For this story, reporters analyzed every available open-enrollment charter application approved between 2005 and 2015 — the decade after Katrina. The No Child Left Behind targets, set in 2001, became more flexible in 2011, after U.S. Related: A new movement to treat troubled children as ‘sad, not bad’.

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9 Key Classroom Management Skills Backed up with Research

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

2005; Gage & MacSuga-Gage, 2017). 2005; Gage & MacSuga-Gage, 2017). .” This detailed praise not only encourages the specific behavior but also sets a positive example for other students to follow. Effective instructional strategies involve clear direction and the application of evidence-based teaching methods.

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NCLB’s legacy: As the ESSA era begins, have policymakers, educators learned from the past?

The Hechinger Report

To be sure, ongoing ill will over NCLB influenced the bitter, drawn-out negotiations over the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which became ESSA (NCLB was also a reauthorization of the 1965 act). Passed in 2001, the No Child Left Behind Act was the centerpiece of President George W.

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Rangatiratanga: How Tapping Into New Zealand’s Indigenous Concepts Sparked New Educational Gains

Edsurge

Finally in 2001, the school leadership and the parents jointly engaged in a painful analysis that lead to a profound conclusion: If we don’t change, the results won’t change. In 2005, less than 30 percent passed NCEA 2, the more recent equivalent to School Certificate. Education results plummeted along with employment.