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

Doug Levin

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., FY 2010 $100,000,000.

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After Layoffs, Math Curriculum Developer Reasoning Mind Sells to Weld North Education

Edsurge

(Imagine previously acquired Think Through Math, another digital math product, in 2016.) Founded by former Kaplan executive Jonathan Grayer, Weld North has purchased 16 companies since 2010. WNE will acquire more companies that fit within these three offerings.

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Strategies to Mitigate the Impacts of COVID Slide

edWeb.net

Learning Gaps. Based on evidence with both elementary and secondary school-aged students, summer slide can typically equate to one month of learning loss. Students from families classified as low socioeconomic status are often more impacted by that summer slide and have more significant learning gaps.

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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

Edsurge

One high-profile version of this type of event occurred in Newark back in 2010, after Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg gave a matching $100 million-dollar donation to the New Jersey school district. EdSurge analyzed data from the state report card on every elementary school in the first personalized learning implementation cohort.

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Massachusetts once had the best state test in the country. Will it again?

The Hechinger Report

As rain poured outside on the chilly evening of February 24, a group of Arlington elementary school parents was imagining a sunnier place — Dorothy’s trip down the yellow brick road. Mitchell Chester, Massachusetts commissioner of elementary and secondary education, was the first to suggest combining MCAS and PARCC into MCAS 2.0. (AP

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

The role of philanthropy is important because there are many different visions of what personalized learning means and what role, if any, technology plays. But that doesn’t mean it’s actually creating the learning experience that we’re going for.”. Related: Laptops, Chromebooks or tablets?

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A tale of two pilots

eSchool News

In early 2010, I began the search for the best amplification system to implement in the classrooms of Veterans Memorial Elementary School to improve learning for students with hearing loss and impairments, learning disabilities, and English Language learners. Today our district has Redcat systems in 127 classrooms.