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EdSurge Article Recommends Edtech Efficacy Portfolios - Here's Ours

MIND Research Institute

Over the past several years, MIND Research Institute has been endeavoring to change the conversation around edtech evaluations. A few weeks ago, EdSurge published an article that echoed many of those same sentiments, most specifically that the overreliance on “gold standard” RCT studies is the wrong approach for edtech.

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Strategy, Serendipity, Sleepless Nights: 3 Edtech CEOs on ‘Great Exits’

Edsurge

Todd Brekhus learned a lesson in effective communication back in 2003. He and two other education technology executives shared lessons learned from both sides of the table when it came to mergers and acquisitions. At the time, he was part of PLATO Learning, a school instructional software vendor now known as Edmentum.

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Why Do Some Schools Get Better Quickly and Others Get Stuck?

Edsurge

Justin Reich now teaches digital media at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but his first job was teaching a short wilderness medicine course. EdSurge: Many schools have looked to bring in technology to help improve teaching. And Reich has made it a personal goal to share the lesson. How well have you seen that approach go?

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

edWeb.net

This article was modified and published by eSchool News. Susan Gentz is a partner at K20Connect, a consulting consortium of experts focused on education leadership, technology and policy. Arati Nagaraj is an education consultant, edtech advisor and school board trustee in the San Francisco Bay Area. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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Speak Up 2021 Congressional Briefing: Lessons Learned from a Year of Virtual School

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Since 2003, Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up has collected data on the important issues facing schools. Putting education equity front and center: Beyond technology access, the pandemic school year highlighted the need for all students to receive the support they need to reach their learning potential. Student Empowerment.

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A Commitment to Confronting Our Bias and Privileges

Edsurge

This means all of us: students, teachers and administrations—and yes, entrepreneurs and investors in edtech products used every day. Avenue Q parodied this concept with the song “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” back in 2003. How do the images that accompany these articles reinforce or reject assumptions and biases?

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3 Key Actions for 2021-22 You Can Take Now

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During the spring of 2020,” shared Tom Walker, Director of Technology for Massac Unit School District #1 in Illinois, “our focus was, because of all the inequity, making sure first and foremost that our students were fed.” Grow educators’ level of courage to bridge the technology gap. Socio-economic disparities grew during the crisis.