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Arkansas’ LISA Academy Renews Partnership with Global Edtech Leader Supporting Student Success

eSchool News

Established in 2004, all 11 schools across the state are accredited by the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Little Scholars of Arkansas (LISA) Academy is a tuition-free public charter school with a comprehensive STEM-focused college preparatory program. We look forward to the next step in this relationship.”

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

Edsurge

More importantly, this information would have stayed with Jason as he progressed through school. Yet it wasn’t until RTI was funded through the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act in 2004 that more districts seriously began to consider adopting the framework.

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Helping Your Student with Disabilities Prepare for the Future

Digital Promise

For many, these services are provided under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 ( IDEA ). Subpart D of Section 504 covers K-12, while Subpart E covers post-secondary.) Many of these students receive special education services during some (or all) of their kindergarten through 12th grade school years.

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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. FY 2004 $695,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $700,500,000). FY 2003 $700,500,000.

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Digital tribes and the network nation

Learning with 'e's

Photo from Wikimedia Commons I will argue here that within the present information age, where digital communication technologies have fractured the tyranny of distance beyond repair, and where computers have become pervasive and ubiquitous, identification through digital mediation has become the new cultural capital (Bordieu and Passeron, 1990).

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

edWeb.net

Prior to being appointed Dean of the USC Rossier School of Education, Noguera served as a Distinguished Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. About the Hosts. He began his career as a middle and high school English teacher.

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Int’l Baccalaureate authorizes first ‘Career-related Programme’

eSchool News

The CP meets the needs of schools seeking a technical or career-related studies option that combines career-related skills with a rigorous academic program to prepare students for success in career or post-secondary education. Hot Springs High School is the only high school in the Hot Springs school district.