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An Onboarding Course to Help Your New Edtech Hires Empathize With Educators

Edsurge

Another session examines the business of edtech, first by asking the class to read a seminal paper authored in 2007 (but still relevant to this day) about the industry. Knee: A set of case studies about some of the biggest edtech failures, with amazing lessons for current companies. Read the updates too: parts one and two.

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

Doug Levin

This change remained in appropriations language from FY 2007 through FY 2011. FY 2007 $273,100,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). State Strategies and Practices for Educational Technology: Volume I – Examining the Enhancing Education Through Technology Program (SRI International, 2007).

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Teachers could retire in droves by the time schools reopen

The Hechinger Report

The mass firing is a case study in itself of the way educators — including the black teachers who made up approximately 70 percent of the teaching force — are often devalued in the wake of a tragedy. One of the most dramatic illustrations of Katrina’s social impact is shown in before-and-after pictures of the city’s teacher workforce.

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How to Assess Your District: The Global Challenge Project Case Study

The CoolCatTeacher

Take a look at this, the website, and discuss this fantastic case study for all of to discuss in staff meetings to determine how we are truly assessing our school. You’ll definitely want to check the Shownotes for this. Let me just challenge you, “How are you assessing your district? How are you assessing your school?”.

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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Highlight Key Elements for Success in Personalized Learning

The PL2C Blog

Charlotte, NC – Today The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University’s College of Education and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) released an in-depth case study on CMS’ Personalized Learning (PL) efforts. The case study provides recommendations for schools looking to transition to personalized learning.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Adaptive teaching in literacy instruction: Case studies of two teachers. Literature review on Innovation and Creativity in E&T in the EU Member States. Retrieved from [link]. Pedagogy of the oppressed. New York: Continuum. Culturally responsive teaching: Theory, research, and practice (3rd Edition). Teachers College Press.

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Using better metrics to build better schools

The Hechinger Report

In a recent case study of two of Envision’s three schools by Stanford University, students demonstrated college persistence far above the norm. At Impact Academy of Arts and Technology in Hayward, CA, founded in 2007, 81% of the first graduating class that started there as freshmen enrolled immediately in college.