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

Doug Levin

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Students Are Slipping Through the Cracks of Special Education. Schools Must Do Better.

Edsurge

The Power of Assessment Digging through Jason’s files and coming up empty reinforced my belief that, if we had a true district-wide RTI framework with a uniform approach to assessment, we would have uncovered Jason’s needs sooner. Although the RTI framework includes many components, Jason guided my focus on assessment.

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8 Ways to Help New Teachers Thrive (and Veteran Teachers Too!)

The CoolCatTeacher

Progress through the teacher pipeline: 1992–93 college graduates and elementary/ secondary school teaching as of 1997. A decade of policy support for California’s new teachers: The beginning teacher support and assessment program. We can help new teachers and administrators with collaborative technology tools. Odell, S.

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May 31 - Interview with James Bosco on Digital Media and Participatory Learning

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

He was the Chief Research Officer and also the director of External Technology Relations for the WMU College of Education. The Kalamazoo Promise provides four year post-secondary scholarships for every graduating high school student in Kalamazoo the Promise has been the catalyst for educational reform and area economic/community development.

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10Q: Helen Keegan

Learning with 'e's

In the primary (elementary) and secondary (high) school sectors some can be conspicuous, because through various Teachmeets around the world, and also online during Twitter #edchats, they make their work known to the wider community. heloukee (online), Senior Lecturer in Interactive Media and Social Technologies at the University of Salford.

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Five Compelling Reasons For Teaching Spatial Reasoning To Young Children

MindShift

Below we offer our Top Five reasons why, as educators, we should care about spatial thinking when we plan, observe, and assess mathematics in our classrooms. In one of the first studies of its kind to show specific links between spatial and mathematical skills, Cheng and Mix (2013) assessed children in both spatial and math skills.

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Remote Work May Transform Higher Education. But Will Printers and Alexa Undermine Its Privacy?

Edsurge

So declares the newest forward-looking publication from the higher-ed information technology association EDUCAUSE, “ 2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report: Information Security Edition.” But it may be enough to know the report exists and can be freely downloaded and doom-scrolled to assess the thinking of dozens of experts.

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