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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 2009 $269,900,000 (President Bush’s request: $0). FY 2010 $100,000,000.

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Student Data Privacy: What’s Your Obligation?

Tom Murray

House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education and the U.S. had their personal information, including student identification number, race, age, school, disabilities, and services received accidentally uploaded to a publicly accessible website.

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Teaching isn’t Rocket Science – It’s Way More Complex

The CoolCatTeacher

After teaching chemistry, physics, and computer science, I became an administrator for the next 30 years with experience at the secondary, central office, and elementary levels. In 2006 I gave up my job as an elementary principal to care for my wife who had Lou Gehrig’s disease.

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Using Learning Science to Create Action on Equity

edWeb.net

Dr. Charoscar Coleman earned a dual degree in economics and business from the University of Pittsburgh, a master’s degree in secondary education from The George Washington University, and a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Maryland College Park. Dr. Charoscar Coleman. Dr. Betsy Hargrove.

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Is teacher preparation failing students with disabilities?

The Hechinger Report

Although she earned a bachelor’s degree and teaching certificate in math instruction for both elementary and middle school, she never had to take a class about students with disabilities. A 2009 study concluded that no one explicitly shows teachers how to teach to “different needs.” No one taught her these strategies.

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Is universal preschool the answer? Britain says ‘yes’

The Hechinger Report

Hurley has been teaching nursery classes for 20 years at this state-funded school that we would call a public elementary school. The study in question, called Effective Pre-school, Primary and Secondary Education (EPPSE), tracked 3,000 children from the mid-1990s through 2008. The child does not speak English at home, she said.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

and aims to address some of the obstacles to broadband adoption -- in terms of cost, access, relevance, and digital literacy. The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. According to the report, 38% of kids in this age range are playing mobile games, up from 8% in 2009.

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