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A Sideways Look at the Future of Higher Education

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So a sideways look at consumer behaviors when it comes to music, movies and newspapers provides insight into where higher education is going and what leaders can do to prepare for the future. Newspaper circulation dropped by nearly half between 2005 and 2018, from 53.3 million to 28.5 billion to $14.3 Many colleges are nonprofits.

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

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This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Maia Sharpley’s career in education includes serving in executive positions with the New York City Department of Education, Kaplan and Charter Schools USA. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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edFocus Policy Update | Summer Federal Funding Surge in DC

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Waiting in the wings is a second multi-trillion-dollar budget reconciliation package that could contain major education initiatives including funding for school infrastructure, free community college, and teacher professional development. Let’s start with FY21 education spending. billion increase for Title I, a $2.5 If any of the $7.17

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Three Things We Learned at Khan Academy Over the Last Decade

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This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. In 2005, Sal Khan founded Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit where is now CEO, and in 2014 he founded the Khan Lab School. This isn’t to say we’ve fixed all the infrastructural or the many other challenges in public education.

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Celebrating ConnectED’s Achievements Toward Transforming Education

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Since President Obama’s ConnectED announcement in 2013 in Mooresville, NC , there has been more than $10 billion committed as part of the five-year program to transform American education. These commitments are connecting 20 million more students to next-generation broadband and wireless. Here are just a few of their stories.

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The cost of not investing rural high speed Internet: Why one school upgraded to fiber

Education Superhighway

Jim Beasley’s mission to upgrade Llano Independent School District’s network began when he first started working there in 2005. Distance education: Assistant Superintendent James Payne described how funding cuts and their rural location makes it difficult to hire and retain teachers.

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Announcing the Library 2.019 "Open Data" Mini-Conference - June 5th

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

We invite all library professionals, employers, LIS students, and educators to participate in this event. Previously, she directed the State Broadband Initiative at the National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) at the US Department of Commerce. Please also join this Library 2.0