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

Doug Levin

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. By 2002, a new education law had replaced the program and a new presidential administration was in place. ” FY 2012 $0. FY 2013 $0.

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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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How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. Board of Education decision

The Hechinger Report

After her husband took a job that would keep him on the road most of the time, Williams moved back in with her parents in 2012 to save money. Related: The only A-rated, majority-black district in Mississippi. In September 2012, Tim Bagwell, another dad, set up a Facebook group for Gardendale’s latest separation campaign.

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