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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. In any case, do not be surprised if I periodically return to this post to update or add key facts and documents. FY 2003 $700,500,000.

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Truth, truthiness, triangulation and the librarian way: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world

NeverEndingSearch

Consider this results of this report in the context of with the decline of the newspaper industry also documented by recent Pew Research Center data. Check out the post That Chain E-Mail Your Friend Sent to You is (Likely) Bogus. The two-thirds of Facebook users who get news there, then, amount to 44% of the general population.