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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. She has also leveraged these skills to create employee onboarding and training programs at Apple, Facebook, Google and Uber.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. Oregon’s ESSA plan also personalizes teacher training itself.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

In 2003, the Gates Foundation gave RISC $5.8 million to train additional Alaska school districts and to create a research and development program. To encourage them along, the state offered schools $50,000 grants to subsidize RISC training, Gendron recalled. Nellie Mae is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.)

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