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After Net Neutrality, Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate

Edsurge

It’s no great overstatement to say that the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to rollback net neutrality protections has shaken the education community’s faith in open and equitable internet access for all students. But the tea leaves for E-Rate are pretty positive actually. The FCC merely oversees the program.)

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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 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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How to Prevent the Summer Slide and Help Reduce Educational Inequality

Waterford

The literacy rate in America is marked by a gap between privileged and disadvantaged communities. That way, every student has access to resources that can help them retain knowledge over the summer. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2006, 28(1), pp. How Summer Learning Loss Widens the Achievement Gap. Green, A.M.,

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Flagship universities fail to enroll Black and Latino high school graduates from their state

The Hechinger Report

They tend to have higher graduation rates, and their alumni networks provide powerful economic and political connections. W]e have progress to make,” University of Mississippi spokesman Rod Guajardo acknowledged in a statement. has one of the highest six-year graduation rates for Black students: 81 percent in 2019.

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Five Learning Strategies that Work

Digital Promise

For each technique, the researchers provided a rating of its overall effectiveness as “high” “moderate” or “low.” Cepeda et al (2006) reviewed 254 studies, and found that students across studies recalled 10 percent more information after spaced study than after massed (all at one time) study.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

1: Differentiation Keeps Learning Accessible. Our team uses an 85% positive rating as a baseline. By verbally responding to a prompt, students are able to become the teachers and are much more likely to be able to transfer what they have learned (Rittle-Johnson, 2006). Pape, Karen E. International Education Studies, 4(4).

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Leading Change | Voices from #FETC

edWeb.net

If we don’t get the instructional design right, we just speed up the rate of failure. ” Darryl has been recognized for his innovation in putting WiFi on school buses in his district and parking them in neighborhoods where students didn’t have internet access. Technology shouldn’t be separate from good pedagogy.