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Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids?

The Hechinger Report

In 2013, families at a Seattle high school raked in more than $100,000 for a raffle to win a Tesla Model S. This year, the Green Lake Parent Teacher Association paid about half that much to cover the cost of the elementary school’s vocal teacher and a portion of a full-time counselor’s salary, among other supports for students.

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Distraction 2 Reaction: BYOT (BYOD) Success!

EdTechSandyK

billion people worldwide will have mobile phones by 2013. 1/3 of all mobile users owned a mart phone in 2010. We used to hear about the digital divide. AWESOME IDEA : Students at the elementary level had to apply to BYOT, indicating how they would use the device for learning. 90% of people in the U.S.

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The History of the Future of E-rate

Hack Education

As an op-ed in The Washington Post put it , “The FCC talks the talk on the digital divide – and then walks in the other direction.” million settlement paid by Hewlett Packard in 2010 over accusations of fraud. That is, Internet speeds of 100 Mbps per 1000 users.)

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