2017 E-rate Libraries Survey 
NeverEndingSearch
JULY 21, 2021
We actually have been working since 2017, to try to get this data project funded. 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. Now we have documented evidence that that’s not exactly true.
Education Superhighway
MARCH 19, 2019
What were the biggest challenges back in 2017 when you began working on the Nevada Connect Kids Initiative? We closed that gap by contracting with a team of E-rate experts from E-rate Central and a network design engineer from Mighty River. These frontier areas have minimal infrastructure if any at all.
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Edsurge
AUGUST 7, 2018
For more than 20 years, the Federal Communications Commission has directed the multi-billion dollar E-rate program, which provides taxpayer-supported construction and service discounts that districts and libraries can use toward internet costs. The program isn't static, and changes big and small continue to shape its direction.
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. Follow them @BalefireLabs.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 12, 2018
Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. But a national survey indicates this optimism may be misplaced: Just 16 percent of college instructors rated incoming students as “well” or “very well” prepared for college-level work, according to the 2015 study by ACT, the creators of the standardized college entrance exam. I hate waking up early.
Iterating Toward Openness
JANUARY 13, 2017
As anyone who has tried to check out a popular book at the library knows, sharing books with others can be a frustrating experience. While causality was not claimed by any researcher, the use of OER was sometimes correlated with higher test scores, lower failure, or withdrawal rates. Reiser & J.
Hack Education
APRIL 14, 2017
.” Via The New York Times : “ New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ ” Via Buzzfeed : “ California Shows The Rest Of The Country How To Boost Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.” ” Sante Fe University of Art and Design will close at the end of the 2017–2018 school year.
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