The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

NEW YORK — Michael Gallin, a 34-year-old math teacher at KAPPA International High School in the Bronx, was winding his way through the cluttered aisles of his algebra classroom listening for sighs of frustration. He started by gently encouraging students not to leave any classroom worksheet problems, especially the hardest ones, blank.

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E-rate Strategy Report Common Core 109

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

September 14, 2015. Montana Governor Steve Bullock announced today his commitment to connect every K-12 classroom in the state to high-speed Internet in order to support digital learning and equal opportunities for all Montana students. We are excited to receive the support of ESH to help us meet new bandwidth targets.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

K., & Bruegmann, E. The Learning Policy Institute says in their 2016 study, Well-designed mentoring programs improve retention rates for new teachers, as well as their attitudes, feelings of efficacy, and instructional skills.(32) Beginners in the classroom. 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24) 24) Jackson, C. 25) Kraft, M.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 15, 2016

EducationSuperHighway also performed an analysis of 2015 E-rate connectivity data which confirms this need, showing that 20% of school districts in the state do not have fast enough bandwidth speeds to support digital learning in the classroom.

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E-rate Analysis Learning Digital Learning 40

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Makerspaces are expected to reach accelerated classroom adoption in less than one year, according to the K-12 Edition of the 2016 New Media Consortium Horizon Report. Essential Physics is a full-color, comprehensive physics textbook, paired with an e-book offering over 100 interactive tools to increase student engagement and understanding.

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Education Superhighway

JANUARY 21, 2016

In spring 2015, for example, we piloted a transparency program that supported 15 districts in rural Virginia in comparing their speeds and pricing and negotiating with service providers to make upgrades. The result was 500% more bandwidth for only 15% more cost, allowing these districts to meet a connectivity level of 200 kbps per student.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2016

When we released the 2015 State of the States report on the progress of broadband connectivity in America’s schools, we found that 21 million students in America’s schools are still without the speed they need for digital learning,” said Evan Marwell, CEO of EducationSuperHighway.

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Broadband Tools E-rate Digital Learning 40

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. Deb : Using the NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) data from 2015/2016 school year to the 2018/2019. They say they meet the criteria, even though they have library aides and only library aides, in all of their district libraries. .

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Study Libraries E-rate Data 99

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Special ed teacher Melissa Mann shares six of her favorite edtech tools for the special education classroom. From collecting data to parent communications to taking care of yourself, Melissa has something for every classroom (as well as a pretty cool pep talk!). It works really good for reminding parents about meetings that we have.

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Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

EducationSuperHighway today released its annual State of the States report highlighting the major progress that has been achieved to connect nearly every public school classroom to high-speed broadband. “Despite the incredible success bringing high-speed broadband to our classrooms, we can’t stop here.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Report 40

Edsurge

JULY 6, 2016

evidence that digital portfolios help in student development and increase self-awareness, only 31 percent of students say their institution requires this resource to graduate, according to a 2015 survey from Cengage Learning, which polled 3,251 students from more than 1,200 academic institutions. Yet despite. What Can Instructors Do?

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E-rate Course Outcomes Survey 99

Education Superhighway

JANUARY 12, 2017

million students now have at least the minimum connectivity they need to take advantage of technology in the classroom, representing 88 percent of school districts nationally. per Mbps in 2015 to just $7 per Mbps nationally today. School districts that are not meeting the minimum 100 kbps per student goal pay close to 2.3

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Broadband Report E-rate Digital Learning 40

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Forsyth News Guilderland (NY) Central School District will receive $531,447 from the state’s Smart Schools Bond Act, of which the lion’s share—$498,723—will go for classroom technology, including buying new Chromebooks for each middle- and high-school student. How fast must they be to meet students’ and educators’ needs? ?

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Chromebook E-rate BYOD Online Assessments 40

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

He also knew that the notion of introducing what he called “learning engineers” would face resistance from faculty convinced they already knew perfectly well what they were doing in their classrooms. “A If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” colleges, but that has grown to more than 10,000 today.

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Education Learning Software Knewton 216

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

Using digital tools in the classroom isn’t the future of learning, it’s the present—except at the significant percentage of schools without reliable high-speed internet. The activity falls short, but not because of an inherent problem with the program or its application in the classroom. By Heidi Moore.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Fulé and her colleague Don Carter, the university’s director of e-learning, launched the. While students were going through the math remediation courseware, they were also meeting with their peer mentor on a weekly basis using video conferencing.”. NAU saw immediate positive impact,” she adds. And the school earned a DLIAward.

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Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 88

eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2015

As high-speed broadband internet becomes critical for student success in and beyond the classroom, a number of state education leaders are forging partnerships to strengthen school broadband throughout their districts. In 2015, that means providing every school with access to high-speed internet,” Gov. “For New Mexico Gov.

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Broadband E-rate Accessibility Elementary 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

When administrators in Ohio’s Mentor Public Schools were buying MacBooks during the 2015-16 school year, the local Best Buy was offering a lower price than Apple, even after the company’s standard discount for school districts. classrooms. That’s all part of Google’s strategy to get into as many classrooms as possible.

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iPad Broadband Software Company 86

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 28, 2015

School may just be getting back into session, but EducationSuperHighway has been working this summer to help school districts upgrade their networks so that their students can take advantage of digital learning when they return to the classroom. Identify Options.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Learning Analysis 40

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2015

As we close 2015, I invite you to join me in reflecting on the year's events, our accomplishments and in looking forward to the year ahead. Perhaps the single most significant development in ensuring access was the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) modernization of the E-rate program.

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E-rate Libraries Meeting Accessibility 120

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

While the federal government awards billions of dollars annually to get schools and libraries online, through its E-rate program, Albemarle’s project is technically ineligible for that because it’s “off campus,” even though it will be an extension of the school network with all its security, filters and firewalls.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 96

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. Not this specific conversation, of course, but ones like it. Huh uh,” Kunz said, “none of those.”

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E-rate Elementary Education Report 124

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2016

She picks a pencil from the graveyard of broken stubs in her desk and heads for an open swath of green carpet across the classroom. On December 9, 2015, in North Philadelphia, her father was shot and killed. On her seventh birthday, her mom got a huge vanilla cake and threw her a party at Chuck E. Today’s assignment is poetry.

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Elementary Exercises E-rate Blackboard 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Also, this week, thanks to my invited participation in the National Governors Association regional summit, Meet the Threat: States Confront the Cyber Challenge , I published a new post “ How Should We Address the Cybersecurity Threats Facing K-12 Schools? Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 2017. It isn’t even good direct instruction."

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

1 AV TECHNOLOGY FOR SOFT SKILLS AND DESIGN THINKING “The Role of Education in Building Soft Skills,” a Wainhouse Research K-12 report from 2015, revealed that problem-solving and collaborative skills are the primary soft skills on which schools should be focusing in the next decade. With the RP653 IFPs, guesswork is eliminated.

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Elementary Trends Case Study System 47

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2016

The Department of Health’s Division of Child Care Licensure has received an extra $1 million, a 50 percent increase in its budget, to enable licensing officials to inspect centers four times a year and allow them to spend more time helping each center to meet health and safety requirements.

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E-rate Report Meeting Training 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Via Education Week : “ E-Rate , Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. ” The New York Times on “ mastery based learning ” : “A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry.” million in revenue in 2015, and its executive compensation was $2.8 Post, Sources Say.”

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Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

Their second child, a boy, was born in November, 2015, and, because the school district provides no paid parental leave, they refinanced their house and took out a loan to buy time with their newborn. In Flagstaff, Mitch and Jennie spent whatever time they could making posters, texting co-workers and attending organizing meetings.

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E-rate Facebook Industry Groups 90

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Don’t miss the four modules, lessons and Check Tool in the Checkology Virtual Classroom. Check out the post That Chain E-Mail Your Friend Sent to You is (Likely) Bogus. Meet CORA (the Community of Online Research Assignments). NewseumED : Learning tools on media literacy. Media/news literacy resources too good to miss!

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Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Tell me one thing you remember about yesterday’s lesson on expansions and tax on Native Americans,” Tatro said, pacing the front of the classroom. Related: Most students go to a school that meets federal standards for internet speed. Related: In remote Alaskan villages, teachers struggle to make school meaningful.

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Broadband Report Accessibility Video 89

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. The Flipped Classroom". Online Grade Portals.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

Wheeler had been a “champion” of net neutrality and E-rate reform, according to Education Week at least, but his replacement, Trump appointee Ajit Pai, seems poised to lead the agency with a very different set of priorities – and those priorities will likely shape in turn what happens to ed-tech under Trump. .”

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E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

Martin had the lowest ratings possible for achievement and improvement on its state report card that year. Not only is the middle school new, but the high school graduation rate has soared from 57 percent to 91 percent in four years. Obama had seen Corridor and wanted to meet him and the people in the film from Dillon and elsewhere.

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E-rate Course Policies Advocacy 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

True, 2015 was a record-breaking year for ed-tech funding – over $4 billion by my calculations. Moreover, per this ideology, without the aid of algorithms and “personalization” technology, human educators and traditional institutions have historically failed to meet the needs of individuals as individuals.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via ProPublica : “Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government.” Via The Chicago Tribune : “ Chance the Rapper writes $1 million check to CPS as a ‘call to action’ ” “The History of the Future of E-rate ” by me.

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Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” “Behind Randi Weingarten ’s secret meeting with Steve Bannon ” by Mike Klonsky. ” The article is accompanied by a photo of a classroom full of Asian students – as if Asian is not American. “How can online learning help Canadian colleges meet the challenges ahead?” The George W.

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Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

A study released in 2015 found that colleges were increasingly turning to adjuncts to teach online classes, and those hiring patterns – that is, the hiring of part-time, contingent instructors rather than tenure-track professors – have likely continued in recent years as higher education has expanded its online offerings.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55