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

Doug Levin

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.). ” FY 2012 $0.

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

Edgenuity boasts that the first case study in its long list of “success stories” shows how 10th grade students using its program “demonstrated more than an eightfold increase in pass rates on state math tests.”. But it logged growth starting in the 2013-14 school year, two years before the school introduced Edgenuity.

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The 7 Key Elements of eSpark’s Theory of Learning

eSpark

eSpark’s Theory of Learning is grounded in seven research-based elements – teaching practices or design elements – that are directly linked to student learning outcomes. Our team uses an 85% positive rating as a baseline. Even simple feedback, such as right or wrong, has been correlated with student learning outcomes (Faber et al.,

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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.” The available evidence that shows improved learning outcomes. rated the following three techniques as moderately effective. Wood, E., & Ahmad, M. Dunlosky et al.

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Do public schools beat private schools? The quality of evidence

The Hechinger Report

This separate 2006 analysis of NAEP scores found after adjusting for demographics, fourth grade students did better in math in public schools, and eighth grade students did better in reading in private schools, while all other differences were not statistically significant. Other independent studies have had similar results.

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Cramming for Kindergarten

The Hechinger Report

Armed with research showing that preschool delivers long-term benefits, particularly to low-income students, states more than doubled their spending on pre-K between 2006 and 2016, when total spending reached $7.4 The few independent studies of summer pre-K programs found either mixed or positive outcomes. The families cheered.

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How the federal government abandoned the Brown v. Board of Education decision

The Hechinger Report

North Smithfield Manor has long been zoned for Gardendale schools as part of the district’s integration efforts, and Williams had planned her life around sending her children to Gardendale High, where more than seven out of 10 graduates enroll in college—one of the highest rates in the district. You are trying to take that from them.

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