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The Challenges of Broadband Access in Rural Schools

edWeb.net

Rural school districts face many unique trials, and access to educational technology is no different. But in order to take advantage of edtech, they first need broadband access. Thus, the price tag for getting connectivity can be expensive; in fact, the schools and some businesses may be the only place with reliable access.

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On paper, teens are thriving. In reality, they’re not

The Hechinger Report

For decades, researchers have tried to capture a national picture of youth well-being by combining a number of social indicators, such as obesity rates, rates of tobacco use, family access to health insurance, academic proficiency on state tests, graduation rates, drug use and teen birth rates.

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4 Ways Edtech Entrepreneurs Can Earn Trust and Unlock New Opportunities With Education Customers

Edsurge

The broader post-secondary landscape, including higher education and workforce development, has also quickly embraced online learning and up-skilling opportunities to better engage students and employees remotely.

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Building Connections Between Home and School through Family-Teacher Partnerships

Waterford

“An Analysis of Parental Involvement and Self-Esteem on Secondary School Students in Kieni West Sub-County, Nyeri County, Kenya.” Child Development , 2010, 81(3), pp. Journal of Education and Practice , November 2016, 7, pp. Nokali, N.E.E., Bachman, H.J., and Vortrubaa-Drzal, E. 988-1005.

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It’s Time to Blur the Boundaries Between High School, College and Work

Edsurge

A middle school math teacher pushed me to go to a small citywide summer enrichment program that later provided me access to a scholarship at a selective private school—one that my family otherwise never could have afforded or even thought to send me to. For example, even as early as 2010, 15 percent of community college entrants (or 1.4

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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

Content : How the student will access the information. Guidelines to assist the implementation of differentiated learning activities in South African secondary schools. Exceptionality: A Special Education Journal, 2010, 18(1), pp. Process : The method of the activities students use to understand the information. Landrum, T.J.,

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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 2010 $100,000,000. the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S.

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