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Edtech Reports Recap: Video Is Eating the World, Broadband Fails to Keep Up

Edsurge

The broadband gap isn’t only a problem for remote learning. That Broadband Gap Bar? schools had high-speed broadband connections. A different nonprofit, Connected Nation, has picked up EducationSuperHighway’s broadband baton. Early childhood” videos on YouTube nearly all have advertising. All in this Edtech Reports Recap.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 & 29 Editions)

Doug Levin

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition). " Tagged on: July 23, 2017 Education Division Strategic Plan | National Governors Association → NGA's Education Division has a new strategic plan (2017-2020), which includes a focus on personalized learning. I think the latter."

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A Tale of Two American Education Systems: An Edtech Investor’s Perspective

Edsurge

In 2017, 53 percent of the students in the K-12 public education system in the United States were Black, Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Indigenous or multiracial. Only 60 percent of these families had access to computers or broadband internet at home.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

According to a 2021 report from the think tank New America, 1 in 8 children from low-income families don’t have a computer at home, while 1 in 7 lack access to broadband internet. In 2017, he left teaching to work in education technology at Clever, a digital platform for schools. The homework gap isn’t new.

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How one Chicago high school turned the corner using full-time internships

The Hechinger Report

Blanton, a high school senior, was interning for the firm’s information technology group. The document also covers assessments for interpersonal skills and habits of mind. and so it makes no sense to evaluate it with assessment 1.0.” Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report.

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Mini-Conference for Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries - Wednesday, June 17th #library20

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She is currently the co-chair of the Gathering of Arizona Tribal Libraries and the Arizona Library Association’s Native American Library Interest Group. On the verge of closing its doors, Dianne led a group of dedicated volunteers who transformed it into the vibrant community institution it is today.

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June 17th - Library 2.0 Mini-Conference on "Small, Rural, and Independent Libraries" - Speaker Listing

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She is currently the co-chair of the Gathering of Arizona Tribal Libraries and the Arizona Library Association’s Native American Library Interest Group. On the verge of closing its doors, Dianne led a group of dedicated volunteers who transformed it into the vibrant community institution it is today.