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The Past Decade Forecasts a New Wave of Economic Opportunity in Education

Edsurge

Our primary and secondary education systems formed around teachers imparting knowledge. From 2015 to 2019, entrepreneurs created 11 times the number of education unicorns compared to 2005 to 2014. To date, our education systems sit atop a cultural assumption—that information is scarce.

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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 2014 $0. FY 2003 $700,500,000. ” FY 2012 $0.

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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

The proportion of overage students — those who have been retained for at least one grade — hovers around 40 percent for New Orleans high school students, according to an analysis of 2014 data by researchers at Education Research Alliance for New Orleans, which is based at Tulane University.

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4 finalists vie for Superintendent of the Year

eSchool News

During that time, he held the positions of classroom teacher, assistant principal, principal, director of secondary curriculum and superintendent. She worked her way up through the ranks of education administration in both Orange and Albemarle Counties until her appointment as superintendent of Albemarle County Schools in 2005.

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How Mindfulness Can Help Teachers and Students Manage Challenging Situations

MindShift

Excerpted from “ Mindfulness in the Secondary Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Adolescents ,” (c) 2019 by Patricia C. Oliva & Piqueras, 2016; Simons & Gaher, 2005). 2014; Spear, 2009). Used with permission of the publisher, W. Norton & Company. Although avoidance of emotional experience may offer short-?term

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Michigan School Administrators’ Journey Toward Increased Equity and Inclusion

edWeb.net

Shivers’ key areas of expertise and professional accomplishments are curriculum and instruction, program development and alignment, program evaluation and opening innovative and award-winning secondary school programs (alternative high schools, early college, and honors programs).

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The History of the Future of E-rate

Hack Education

In 2014, the FCC undertook a “modernization” plan for E-rate in part to address the changing demand for telecommunications services. Commissioner Pai had voted against those efforts, for what it’s worth, back in 2014, saying that the FCC order did little to curb bureaucracy or waste. A Brief History of E-rate Fraud.

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