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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. 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies).

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

Edgenuity boasts that the first case study in its long list of “success stories” shows how 10th grade students using its program “demonstrated more than an eightfold increase in pass rates on state math tests.”. In 2002, federal education law began requiring schools to spend federal dollars on research-based products only.

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8 Ways to Help New Teachers Thrive (and Veteran Teachers Too!)

The CoolCatTeacher

K., & Bruegmann, E. The Learning Policy Institute says in their 2016 study, Well-designed mentoring programs improve retention rates for new teachers, as well as their attitudes, feelings of efficacy, and instructional skills.(32) 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24) 24) Jackson, C. 25) Kraft, M. A., & Papay, J.

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Schools in the poorest state become even poorer

The Hechinger Report

If E-rate didn’t fund our technology, we didn’t get it,” he said, referring to a federal program that makes telecommunications and Internet access more affordable for schools and libraries. The currency change happened in 2002. Access to technology is another funding-related struggle. “If

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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

North Smithfield Manor has long been zoned for Gardendale schools as part of the district’s integration efforts, and Williams had planned her life around sending her children to Gardendale High, where more than seven out of 10 graduates enroll in college—one of the highest rates in the district. You are trying to take that from them.

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