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4 lessons learned about AI in 2023

eSchool News

In Steve Jobs’ memorable 2005 commencement address at Stanford, he shared a story about “connecting the dots.” This revolution hit the education industry in earnest in 2011, with the launch of the Chromebook to compete with Apple’s iPad. Recent survey data shows that 90 percent of secondary students are part of a 1:1 device program.

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A Teacher’s Guide to Communicating with Generation X, Y, and Z Parents

Waterford

6] Millennials are no longer elementary or secondary students themselves, though they may still be students in college or graduate school. Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, March 2011, 74(1), pp. Journal of Instructional Psychology, March 2005, 32(1), pp. Sources : Hartman, J.L., and McCambridge, J. Childs, R.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Teaching quality has been defined as “instruction that enables a wide range of students to learn” ( Darling-Hammond, 2012 ), and it is the strongest school-related factor that can improve student learning and achievement ( Hanushek, 2011 ; Nye, Konstantopoulos, and Hedges, 2004 ; Rivkin, Hanushek, and Kain, 2005 ).

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

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2011 $100,000,000 (President Obama’s request: $0).

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Teachers of the world, unite. You have nothing to lose but your pain!

The Hechinger Report

Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S. Aggregated over the past 13 years — the length of a child’s elementary and secondary school career — Congress has failed to appropriate $347 billion towards the education of low income students, primarily Black and Brown. But why exactly are parents paying for paper and pencils?

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Rangatiratanga: How Tapping Into New Zealand’s Indigenous Concepts Sparked New Educational Gains

Edsurge

In 2011 the Manaiakalani Education Trust was formed to raise money to support new teaching practices and to move the pedagogy from analog to digital across the cluster of schools and in every classroom specific to the Manaiakalani education program. In 2005, less than 30 percent passed NCEA 2, the more recent equivalent to School Certificate.

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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

A 2011-12 survey found an average of 9 percent of students nationwide had repeated at least one grade; in Louisiana, the average was 23 percent. Most students lost months or even years of school time after Katrina hit in 2005. But they have much better tools than they did in 2005 when the retention policy was put into place,” he said.

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