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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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As recently as 1997, only 27 percent of America’s K-12 school had internet access—a number that skyrocketed to 92 percent by 2003. It was a policy change that greatly encouraged the growth of “telecommunications correspondence” courses. For more details, see my 2015 piece ).

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Funding School Services in the Midst of Multiple Crises

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Susan Gentz is a partner at K20Connect, a consulting consortium of experts focused on education leadership, technology and policy. Susan comes from a strong policy background as a former staffer in the United States Senate and legislative aide in the Iowa House of Representatives. About the Presenters.

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What Kids Need for Optimal Health and School Engagement

MindShift

Even the best-laid plans will likely remain plans without effective communication and professional development for school faculty and staff, a mechanism for soliciting and truly hearing student voices, and extensive parent education on the goals you are trying to accomplish with your new policies and programs.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” More on the policy change via IHE. ” Pearson and Chegg are partnering for textbook rentals. Via Mark Guzdial’s Computing Education Blog : “University CS graduation surpasses its 2003 peak, with poor diversity.” Here’s the very short press release from the Department of Education.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“15 Ways Taylor Swift ’s Lyrics Solve Education Policy ’s Most Pressing Issues” is, no doubt, the most godawful white lady thing I’ve seen this week in education news. This group of older borrowers collectively hold $247 billion in student debt, an amount that has roughly tripled since 2003.”

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

It treats “ed-tech” as the result of markets and industry and “innovation,” and not as the result of policy or history. ” Trump might not have proposed any solutions, but he’s identified the problems: Setting up problems is the most important part of policy work. Take criminal justice.