eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Libraries, connectivity, and more are big issues for IT professionals. Here are five key trends that CTOs will be watching and reacting to in 2016: The modernized E-rate program. Since it was established 18 years ago, the E-rate program has focused on connecting schools and libraries to the internet.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

We focus a lot on the K-12 system of the United States in our blog , and I thought it would be fun and interesting to explore how countries in the developing world are facing their specific educational challenges with blended learning models. The pilot generated positive results with the average successful pass rate being 86% across topics.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 31, 2023

A closet in the hallway has been transformed into a makeshift library. For young people receiving in-patient psychiatric care, hospital school programs like the one at UNC not only keep them on track academically, but can also be helpful to their recovery, said Marisa E.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

California Department of Education, which charges that schools in the state are violating the constitutional rights of children of color by not providing adequate distance education, called out state Departments of Education for failing to provide better WiFi options than visiting a local Taco Bell. Cases like 2020’s Cayla J.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

For example, one of the things that we learned was that the majority of Hispanic school districts are twice as likely not to have school libraries as the majority non-Hispanic districts. Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. This is a piece of hard data relating to equity.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

It’s now time to get down to brass tacks and figure out how the implementation of the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA) can best be leveraged by state and local officials to improve educational outcomes for children and youth. These also speak to implicit expectations for technology availability. Offering online learning?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

The next game changer, according to education experts, will be digital textbooks. Why lug around half a dozen heavy books in a backpack that too often is left behind on a sports field or at the library? Note: One 2016 study showed that 92% of students prefer print to digital.). Not so with digital.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2017

The San Francisco-based nonprofit’s most recent report, 2016 State of the States , is one part of that process. E-Rate , an FCC program that provides funding to help schools and libraries build fiber infrastructure and expand their wi-fi and broadband networks. And it has some big numbers to share, starting with 34.9

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Halle Award for outstanding middle level educator from NCTE as well as the Friends of Literacy Award from the Nassau Reading Council. In 2016, two books were published: The Reading Intervention Toolkit , by Shell Education and Read Talk Write: 35 Lessons That Teach Students to Analyze Fiction and Nonfiction , published by Corwin Literacy.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Are you still looking for reasons to create e-textbooks for students? Well, it’s 2019, and most of the schools and universities have already accepted digital textbooks as the future of education. Whitepaper: The State of Digital Content in Global K-12 Education. Create a Digital Library. Download Now! You May Also Like.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2020

NEW ORLEANS — School absences were rare for Lorenzo Elliott, the drum major of the George Washington Carver High School band and an honor roll student with a 96 percent attendance rate. Even with his impressive list of accomplishments, Elliott worried that his education would be derailed. “I Educators can change this,” she said.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

They turned to E-rate, the $3.9 Public schools can apply for annual funding through E-rate, which involves itemizing the services they currently pay for, what providers they are buying from and how much they are spending for their broadband. I didn’t have to convince too many people of that.”

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

. “Internet access is no longer an afterthought in education; instead high-speed broadband and wi-fi are now a vital component of K-12 school infrastructure, there is an increased emphasis on digital learning,” according to the report. The first year yielded $89 million in savings for schools that particiated.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Today's three guests are expert authors of the newly released The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. Dan is a respected authority in educational technology and artificial intelligence. Brad is a publisher of education and children's books as well as leads the strategic vision of the organization.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

While banning books is commonly recognized by librarians as detrimental to the student educational experience, restricted website access isn’t on everyone’s radar. CIPA does not enumerate a specific list of sites, and thus the decision-making authority is given to local agencies (school districts, libraries, etc.).

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

This post looks at a progression of student thinking (and questioning) about the value of Wikipedia as they move across educational stages. Our study examined the behaviors and choices of 175 student participants, across six educational stages, as they engaged in four tasks in response to a grade-appropriate science research prompt.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

It’s one of the cruelest ironies in education: today’s schools must build and maintain robust high-speed, fiber-optic internet connections. In 2014, the FCC modernized the E-rate program, raising the overall funding cap to about $4 billion, making more money available for schools and libraries.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Cayanne Korder, 18, studies in the Red Wing High library before heading to a local hospital for an internship. A foreign language teacher, Lisa Toivonen, has tried to fill in the gap by putting on events to encourage students to consider higher education, but Toivonen’s time and expertise are limited. RED WING, Minn.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 8, 2017

Our country spends billions on education and passes acts like No Child Left Behind and the Every Student Succeeds, yet they know that modern day success requires access to the internet. 2) The filtering divide Schools that service children living in poverty receive e-rate funding which requires schools to filter the internet.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Since 2007 Jane Hart , Founder of the Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4LPT) , has been creating the most wonderful lists of tools based on international survey input from educators, experts, instructional designers, consultants, developers and vendors. Check out her Movers & Shakers to explore the movement.).

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Students can take the assessment and then share their table of results with you -- an easy way to document your efforts in regards to E-rate funding. You’ve done all the work, so go get certified by Common Sense Education. The "Library" lessons are no longer part of our Scope & Sequence.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Perhaps the single most significant development in ensuring access was the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) modernization of the E-rate program. Over the past 15 years, the E-rate program has achieved the goal of connecting almost every U.S. school and library to the Internet.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Unfortunately, many schools and districts are still relying on individuals or looking for that magic program rather than developing educational systems that provide a high-quality, modern education for all students. Even before the pandemic and the shift to distance education, learning extended beyond the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

This story also appeared in The Nation The walls of the John Irwin House are more window than anything else, like another space at CSUF designed for formerly incarcerated students: the library’s “study and hangout place,” with its sparkling floor-to-ceiling panes, formally known as the Center for Hope and Redemption.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Under the fiscal 2017 budget, approved by lawmakers in April, allocations for the state’s public schools will still be about $172 million below what is considered full funding, according to figures from the state Department of Education. Related: “Education costs money,” says state superintendent in Mississippi.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

The jobs that once kept the city prosperous are being replaced by skilled jobs in service sectors such as health care, finance and information technology — positions that require more education than just a high-school diploma, thus squeezing out many of those blue-collar, traditionally middle-class workers. Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2017

AUSTIN – Educators, advocates, researchers and education technology vendors gathered last week at the SXSWedu conference here, an annual event that is now in its seventh year. As usual, the gathering brought a variety of announcements about innovation in education. Watch a video of his address here.

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

Education Politics. From the Department of Education’s press release : “U.S. Secretary of Education Announces Chief of Staff and Additional Staff Hires.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “DeVos Withdraws Obama-Era Memos Focused on Improving Loan Servicing.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

(National) Education Politics. And congrats on being first off the blocks to f**k up education in 2018! Well… Ask any of your British education colleagues. ” Via The Washington Post : “ Elizabeth Warren wants the Education Dept.’s ” (State and Local) Education Politics.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

There was a Presidential Debate this week, but – no surprise and perhaps even a bit of a relief – education wasn’t much of an issue. ” Education Politics. ” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. By Rebecca Koenig From Public School to the Prison System Lopez is now working toward a doctorate in developmental education, but as an undergrad, she majored in theater. The plan was to create personalized education plans for each inmate. WASHINGTON, D.C.

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NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

A recent Stanford Graduate School of Education report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Literacy assessed of the news literacy of students from middle school through college. 6) (Note: Most of these tasks could authentically be taught in our libraries during the natural course of any inquiry project.).

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

I’m publishing this week’s Hack Education Weekly News a little early this week. Education Politics. I’ve never seen an education story receive quite as much attention from non-educators on social media. She would not commit to refusing to privatize public education. It was a disaster.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Education Politics. Secretary of Education John B. Board of Education.” ” Via The Atlantic: “ The Challenge of Educational Inequality.” Education Department said this week it will make Pell Grants available to 10,000 high school students who are enrolled in courses at 44 colleges.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Good for you. But that’s not my job. And honestly, it’s probably not your job either.).

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Education Politics. ” Another Department of Education release : an update to the College Scorecard. ” Another Department of Education release : an update to the College Scorecard. “ California vs. Massachusetts education ballot question politics” by Sherman Dorn. Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

The FCC plays a particularly important role in regulating the telecommunications industry, and as such, it has provided oversight for the various technologies long touted as “revolutionizing” education – radio, television , the Internet. What can E-rate tell us about the relationship between politics and ed-tech?

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