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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. the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S.

Policies 150
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Three Ways That Rural States Can Become the Hotbeds for School Edtech Innovation

Edsurge

Technology has been a key component in the planting, fertilization, growth and eventually, the blossoming of new statewide initiatives including distance education and new professional learning opportunities for educators that have benefitted students in a variety of ways. The future of tech in schools isn’t suburban or urban. It’s rural.

EdTech 90
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Yet another campus sacrifices the queen

Bryan Alexander

Judy Calogero, ’80, Chair of the Saint Rose Board of Trustees [said] “Saint Rose has suffered a 16 percent decline in enrollment since 2008, mainly concentrated in the programs to be discontinued and the departments to be reduced. Saint Rose is also boosting some programs, ones which students are signing up for.

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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

However, a resurgence in their use has recently been noted in distance education for program evaluation purposes… Stakeholders desire to prove that participants in distance-delivered courses receive the same quality of instruction off-campus as those involved in the “traditional” classroom setting.

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More than a Checkmark

MIND Research Institute

In fact, it’s possible to combine outcomes from various state assessments, increasing the study sample size and allowing for national analyses—including even data from states with low numbers of schools using the program. This quasi-experimental WestEd study is verified by SRI to meet What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) quality evidence standards.