Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

There’s not enough time in the day for educators to read each company’s privacy policy. Those who make the time will often find that the policies tend to be long, dense and difficult to decipher. Apps that are deemed “Not Recommended” either don’t support data encryption or lack a complete privacy policy.

Tools 132

Tools Policies Data Android 132

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Other districts embrace virtualization as a disciplinary measure and have started to develop official policies around using this punishment. In the meantime, Crawford said, the boys were provided with laptops and Google Classroom access. She denies making this request and says she sought legal help to get them back into school.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

edWeb.net

APRIL 22, 2019

While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was last reauthorized in 2004, with amendments in 2015, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) were updated back in 2008, the demand for accessibility and equality in education continues to grow. Step 3: Build staff capacity. Step 5: Set expectations.

Accessibility 40

Accessibility PowerMyLearning Guidelines Policies 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

He was recognized as CoSN’s 2018 Empowered Superintendent, a 2015 Education Week Leaders to Learn From, and one of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce’s Ten Outstanding Young Americans. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

Technology 53

Technology BYOD Advocacy Guidelines 53

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

School management needs to take reasonable steps to ensure protection beyond data sharing policies. Juan was selected as 2015 Texas Latino Superintendent and was one of 100 Superintendents to participate in the National ConnectED Superintendents Summit at the White House. Individual superintendents and principals can even be sued.

PowerMyLearning 40

PowerMyLearning Data BYOD Training 40

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

percent) did not offer any entirely online courses to high school students during the 2015-16 school year. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

percent) did not offer any entirely online courses to high school students during the 2015-16 school year. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. Karla Phillips, a policy director at Excel in Ed, told me that both personalized learning and charter schools have “flexibility” as their aim. A similar dynamic continues to play out across the country.

Personalized Learning 105

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 105

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Ben Miller, vice president for postsecondary education at the progressive policy institute the Center for American Progress. You shouldn’t need an advanced degree in higher education policy to understand the basics of what’s best for you,” said Vitez. Offers of financial aid, for example, are notoriously confusing.

Data 86

Data Policies Report Study 86

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I am a Google Educator Group Leader and Google Certified Innovator in Mexico City.I In the fall of 2019, Courtney will begin her fourth and final year in the Educational Policy and Leadership doctoral program also through the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development. Gaudino, Ed.D.

Conference 72

Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

The influence of Bill Gates in education and education technology policy really cannot be overstated. Silicon Valley does include Mountain View, where Google is headquartered. An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. A belief in technological utopia.

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

True, 2015 was a record-breaking year for ed-tech funding – over $4 billion by my calculations. ” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms. But even without knowing the funding data for the month of December, I can say a lot.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

As with the Illinois bill, Louisiana students who violate free speech policies twice would be expelled or suspended. A bill signed into law in Utah that defined free speech policies for campuses, adding that those who violate these can face legal action. A bill in Texas that would bar free speech zones on campuses.

Technology 58

Technology Education Social Media Groups 58

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via NPR : “ Trump ’s International Policies Could Have Lasting Effects On Higher Ed.” More about Trump’s immigration policies in a separate section below. And more about Trump and for-profit higher ed policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. Remember the Thiel Fellows ?

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

“The CEO of a Pennsylvania charter school is resigning after a mailer promoting the school mentioned a 2015 drug arrest at a nearby public high school,” Education Week reports. ” More press releases from the Department of Education in the for-profit higher ed section below. . The CEO: Loraine Petrillo.

Education 40

Education Khan Academy MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Arguably, there is no better example of this than the ongoing push that “everyone should learn to code,” led at the K–12 level by the industry-backed advocacy organization Code.org. Code.org is backed by a long list of technology companies – from AT&T to Amazon to Facebook to Google to Verizon. (I’ll

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

The image above from Google Trends helps demonstrate how popular the phrase has become in the intervening months. Can we expect that – the science or the journalism – to alter public policy in an administration that does not believe in either science or journalism? Why was so much ed-tech “fake news”?

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

It treats “ed-tech” as the result of markets and industry and “innovation,” and not as the result of policy or history. Facebook, like Google, is an advertising company. ” You can argue, I suppose, this served as a rejection of the Obama Administration’s education policies.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40