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

Doug Levin

FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). Rationale: “ The Congress eliminated much of the program in 2006; the request would complete the process. FY 2010 $100,000,000. Rationale for Obama administration FY 2010 program funding reduction : “ The proposed reduction of $169.9

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How to Promote Additive Bilingualism over Subtractive Bilingualism in the Classroom

Waterford

International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2006, 9(6), 695-712. Psychological Science, 2010, 21(3), pp. Review of Educational Research, 2010, 80(2), pp. Neurology, November 2010, 75(19), pp. Bamford, J.W., and Mizokawa, D.T. Bilingual (Immersion) Education: Cognitive and Language Development.

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4 Ways Edtech Entrepreneurs Can Earn Trust and Unlock New Opportunities With Education Customers

Edsurge

This was followed in 2006 with Amazon’s launch of Amazon Web Services (AWS), which enabled edtech entrepreneurs to build their solutions in the cloud, allowing them to rapidly and constantly iterate based on customers’ needs throughout the academic year.

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6 Practical Blended Learning Examples

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Linda De George‐Walker &Mary Keeffe’s Study In their study, “ Self-Determined Blended Learning: A Case Study of Blended Learning Design ,” Linda De George‐Walker and Mary Keeffe (2010) focus on a distinctive approach to blended learning that emphasizes self-determination and personalized learning paths. Moore et al.’s

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To the Citizens of BC

Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts

Here are some graphs from Statistics Canada: Summary Elementary and Secondary School Indicators for Canada, the Provinces and Territories, 2006/2007 to 2010/2011. How much should a collective ‘WE’ spend on creating the best possible public education for ALL of our children? Catalogue-no-81-595-M-No-099-Statistics-Canada ).

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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

Exceptionality: A Special Education Journal, 2010, 18(1), pp. International Education Journal, 2006, 7(7), pp. Learning Styles in the Age of Differentiated Instruction. Tulbure, C. Do different learning styles require differentiated teaching strategies? Retrieved from sciencedirect.com: [link]. Tomlinson, C.A.

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How the last recession affected higher education. Will history repeat?

The Hechinger Report

million students in the fall of 2010. Even after Pell and other grants, inflation-adjusted tuition at public four-year colleges and universities rose 19 percent from 2006 to 2012. Student loans soared from $110 billion a year in 2007 to $132 billion a year in 2010 — an historic record for annual college borrowing.

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