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

Doug Levin

FY 2003 $700,500,000. The 2010 request would continue the policy of permitting States to use up to 100 percent of their allocations for competitive grants to local educational agencies. FY 2013 $0. The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: Issues and Recommendations for the National Study (Mathematica Policy Research, 2003).

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OPINION: Four ways that Mississippi is teaching more children to read well

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In 2003, the state began requiring future K-6 teachers to take two early literacy courses in their teacher-preparation training. At a moment when so many of us are disappointed in our states’ showing on NAEP, it can be tempting to assume that what states are doing isn’t working and that big changes must be made to state policy.

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

The Hechinger Report

The New York Times found that the proportion of households earning between $35,000 and $100,000 fell from 53 percent in 1967 to 43 percent in 2013. trillion, according to the Federal Reserve, compared with less than $250 billion in 2003. No matter how it’s defined, we know the U.S. Outstanding student loan debt now tops $1.5

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New Markets Venture Partner’s Latest Edtech Fund Closes at $68 Million

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They last did so in 2013.) In an op-ed reflecting on his career in the education industry, Palmer wrote that “policy’s invisible hand can be 10 to 100 times more powerful than Adam Smith’s free market.” Today, he believes that the Every Student Succeeds Act is the latest linchpin policy to shape the K-12 market.

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A New Social Science? Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields

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Statistics Outgrows All Other STEM Fields From 2010-2013. Degree categories with a minimum of 200 completions in 2013 were included in the analysis. The ASA analysis showed undergraduate statistics degrees nearly doubled (95% growth rate) during the period spanning 2010 to 2013. Increase # of 2013.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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He serves on the boards of numerous national and local organizations, including the Economic Policy Institute, the National Equity Project, and The Nation. Noguera was recently appointed to serve as a special advisor to the governor of New Mexico on education policy. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A. Dr. Daniel A.

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

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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. Monday, Sept.