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How has the Pandemic Changed EdTech? – SULS0155

Shake Up Learning

While looking for a way to supplement his income, Doug took a summer job working with a friend of a friend who had begun an online school in 2001. He moved onto an early LMS which was a launching point for him to recognize his talent for helping edtech companies expand. See: Copyright Policy. How has the Pandemic Changed EdTech?

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL Thursday with Howard Blumenthal - "What About My Job at School?" #reinventingschool #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Her extensive background in education and public policy includes a role as Assistant Secretary of Education and Counselor to Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander under George H.W. She was appointed by the Clinton administration’s Secretary of Education Richard Riley in 1997 and reappointed by him in 2001.

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State Leadership Working Towards Broadband Access for All

edWeb.net

Similarly, 28 states have policies and guidelines for external connections; 23 have them for internal wireless connections. They collaborate to make sure the technology and services are meeting their current and future needs. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all.

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Achieving Equity Through Systems, Strategies, and Educational Justice

edWeb.net

Located in the suburbs north of Seattle, and close to the headquarters of high-tech companies such as Microsoft and Amazon, the Northshore School District’s students are 60% White, 17% Asian, and 13% Hispanic, with another 9% identifying as mixed race. Systems, Strategies, and an Equity Framework. Ayva Thomas.

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

The Hechinger Report

The Title I program identifies what fiscal resources schools need, but Congress hasn’t allocated enough resources to meet those needs. The movement manifests itself in corporate tax breaks, which don’t require companies to contribute their fair share to state taxes, a significant part of districts’ budgets.

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DEBT WITHOUT DEGREE: Gaps in financial aid, funding contribute to growing number of Georgians with college loans and no college degree

The Hechinger Report

The public has a perception that tuition is rising because schools aren’t managing their money well, said Claire Suggs, a senior education policy analyst at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. Students’ unmet need totaled about $660 million , according to the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. million in need-based aid.

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

The Hechinger Report

Fifteen years ago, Brenda Cassellius was an assistant principal at a Minneapolis high school when a local reporter asked her about the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the brand-new congressional overhaul of federal education policy. That data has become a valuable tool for educators, policy makers and researchers.