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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. But, how does the 2010 vision for edTech match what’s actually happening today? Will the cloud continue to reign? Indeed, $2.3

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Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

edWeb.net

During a recent edWebinar , edtech experts provided an overview of the E-Rate program, state matching funds, and ways to obtain grants for technological development. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds. In 2010 the FCC appointed her to the USAC board representing the nation’s schools and libraries on ERATE.

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Nontraditional but More Collaborative: Edtech Trends for 2019

Edsurge

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. As we look ahead to the future in edtech, we see an industry marked by significant change and stubborn challenges.

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Walmart Chooses Three Colleges Where Its Employees Can Study For $1 a Day

Edsurge

The move was the latest salvo in what is becoming an arms race by large retail chains to offer education benefits. Sean Gallagher, founder and executive director of Northeastern University’s Center for the Future of Higher Education and Talent Strategy, sees it as part of a “competition for talent” at a time of low unemployment.

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“Tired of fighting that fight”: School districts’ uphill battle to get good deals on ed tech

The Hechinger Report

Miller is one of many vocal critics of the wide disparities in education technology pricing, which he and others contend is becoming an increasingly pressing problem as more devices and software enter U.S. billion was spent on devices by K-12 schools in 2015, and the Software and Information Industry Association estimates that nearly $8.4

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Why the Education Expenses are Rising and How to Deal with it?

Evelyn Learning

A point raised by the National Center for Education Statistics states that an average student’s decision on whether they want to attend college or not is entirely up to their family finances. The education expenses are the biggest concern for freshers, which puts them in a dilemma “ Should I go to college or not” ? million students.

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Traveling to the African Diaspora to prepare black students for college

The Hechinger Report

By the time I met Pierre-Floyd, I’d talked to dozens of students who said the white educators were well-meaning but often expected black kids to enroll at majority-white colleges and meet white ideals of success. charter schools and decided to pursue a career in education. Pierre-Floyd is different. She tutored at two D.C.

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