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

Doug Levin

Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: The First-Year Implementation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in Five States (American Institutes for Research, 2000). FY 2013 $0. ” How would the program operate? FY 1999: $425,000,000 (President Clinton’s request: $475,000,000).

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

But it logged growth starting in the 2013-14 school year, two years before the school introduced Edgenuity. And, perhaps most importantly, they often don’t have the time or resources to conduct follow-up studies in their own classrooms to assess whether the products paid for with public dollars actually worked. The results were stark.

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