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

Doug Levin

Consider this post (light on analysis, heavy on the archiving of primary source material) one for the wonks, students, and historians. This change remained in appropriations language from FY 2007 through FY 2011. FY 2007 $273,100,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S.

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Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality

Edsurge

Today, Google Maps is an open ecosystem for accurate, real-time geospatial and navigation data. To bridge the gulf, it will take a similar open-data ecosystem to support learner navigation. This data must be in a machine-readable format and interoperable to work in all apps and systems.

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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. percent national average.

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Teacher Development Research Review: Keys to Educator Success

Digital Promise

Data to track and promote collaborative inquiry and practices that improve student learning. When teachers receive well-designed professional development, an average of 49 hours spread over six to 12 months, they can increase student achievement by as much as 21 percentile points ( Yoon, Duncan, Lee, Scarloss, and Shapley, 2007 ).

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Automation is remaking Mississippi jobs: Are workers ready?

The Hechinger Report

Data collected as part of the Brookings study shows that more jobs are at risk in the state’s northeast and east central counties like Clay, Lowndes and Lee, where more than 49 percent of tasks could be automated. percent — Percentage of working-age Mississippians who have a post-secondary degree or certification.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow. ” Those “countless needs and niches” can be met thanks to all the data generation and data collection that happens on them. ” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe.

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Research on early college high schools indicates they may pay for themselves in the long run

The Hechinger Report

Three classes of students (those who started ninth grade in 2005, 2006 and 2007) were followed for six years after high school. In a separate December 2019 financial analysis , AIR calculated that it costs almost an extra $1,000 year per student or $3,800 over four years for each student’s high school degree.