eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support.

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Report Broadband E-rate Advocacy 40

Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 8, 2019

While there absolutely are real, ongoing costs associated with hosting, maintaining, and securing online systems that hold student data, these costs are something like an order of magnitude lower than what publishers have traditionally charged. Do fees for access to online materials disqualify a program? Research at CMU.

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Khan Academy OER Case Study System 109

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

So unrelentingly are the cards stacked against them that only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016 , the last year for which the figure is available from the U.S. million, only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016.

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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

But even without knowing the funding data for the month of December, I can say a lot. The total dollars invested in 2016 are off by about $2 billion from this time last year; the number of deals are down by a third; and the number of acquisitions are off by about 20%. Or lack thereof – see “ The 2016 Ed-Tech Dead Pool.”).

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40