Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

school districts—6,132, to be exact, representing about one-third of public K-12 students—do indeed meet the higher 1 Mbps standard. Connected Nation bases the analysis in its “Connect K-12 2020 Executive Summary” on FCC E-Rate application data for the 2020 federal fiscal year.

Broadband 170

Broadband Report Video EdTech 170

GoConqr

MARCH 10, 2017

At the end of February we reached another significant milestone at GoConqr – more than 3 million e-learning members have registered in our platform , actively participating in the creation of a social learning platform. We list the most important contributions e-learning members make every day and how everyone can benefit from them: 1.

E-rate 70

E-rate Learning Libraries Resources 70

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

OHDELA gets an F rating from the Ohio Department of Education, receiving failing marks on measures including students’ performance on state tests, academic growth and graduation rates. They also say they are taking steps to improve retention and graduation rates.

E-rate 123

E-rate Pearson Company Report 123

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

With the movement for no-tuition community college gaining momentum in more states and earning top billing in President Biden’s education agenda , experts in college access and affordability advise caution about using that potent four-letter word: f-r-e-e. There’s no free-and-reduced lunch at college.

E-rate 137

E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 137

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

According to 2017 data from the Federal Communications Commission: 2 million students and 2.6 In short, our research on 2017 school connectivity reveals that while exceptional progress has been made to close the gap, too many of our students are still using dial-up speeds of the past to learn the skills they’ll need tomorrow.

Report 40

Report E-rate Digital Divide Broadband 40

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

On July 13, 2017, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that the state had connected Glen Rose School District, the final Arkansas district awaiting high-speed Internet connectivity. In a July 2017 statement , FCC Chairman Ajit Pai designated August as Rural Broadband Month at the agency. You can find the proposed meeting agenda here.

Broadband 58

Broadband Accessibility Digital Learning E-rate 58

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

From 2017-2020, she held an Instructional Coaching Fellowship with Google for Education. And we have 14 states that have teacher-run nonprofits that run the e-sports organizations for their state. So teachers together and the students that we serve are literally the largest e-sports organization in the country.

E-rate 362

E-rate Education Meeting Industry 362

Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Unfortunately, high-speed Internet wasn’t available at Garrison School until 2017. Prior to the 2017-2018 school year, the school received a fixed amount of Internet access every month. Learn how solving a once insurmountable challenge created incredible learning opportunities for students. The challenge.

Khan Academy 59

Khan Academy E-rate Robotics Accessibility 59

Education Superhighway

JUNE 14, 2019

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted connectivity goals as part of its modernization of the E-rate program in 2014 with the intention of improving broadband access for K-12 learning and school operations. What are the FCC’s Bandwidth Goals? How fast will my Bandwidth Needs Grow?

Broadband 55

Broadband E-rate BYOD Digital Learning 55

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

According to the fact sheet that the White House recently released, here’s what we know: Adobe has delivered creativity and e-learning software to over 950,000 students and teachers at more than 1,450 schools and launched more than 20 district-wide Adobe & ConnectED programs. Did companies fully deliver on their ConnectED promises?

Adobe 60

Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

Education Superhighway

AUGUST 1, 2017

On July 13, 2017, Governor Asa Hutchinson announced that the state had connected Glen Rose School District, the final Arkansas district awaiting high-speed Internet connectivity. In a July 2017 statement , FCC Chairman Ajit Pai designated August as Rural Broadband Month at the agency. You can find the proposed meeting agenda here.

Broadband 40

Broadband Accessibility Digital Learning E-rate 40

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

As a Title 1 district with 98 percent minority enrollment and nationally known for an above-average graduation rate, UCSD leaders credit much of the district’s success to a mission for technology equity. Shmoop will offer feedback on everything: topic, coherence, organization, and even nitpicky things like sentence structure and grammar.

CMS 79

CMS SchoolDude E-rate Differentiated Instruction 79

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2021

They tend to have higher graduation rates, and their alumni networks provide powerful economic and political connections. W]e have progress to make,” University of Mississippi spokesman Rod Guajardo acknowledged in a statement. has one of the highest six-year graduation rates for Black students: 81 percent in 2019.

E-rate 145

E-rate Policies Data Report 145

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The CoSN Meeting the Needs of Students Without Home Internet Access webinar on September 19, 2018 reflects the growing concern and call to action for school districts, business communities and state and federal government to address what has been termed as the homework gap. 1 at the elementary level.

Accessibility 57

Accessibility Digital Citizenship E-rate Broadband 57

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

We actually have been working since 2017, to try to get this data project funded. Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. They say they meet the criteria, even though they have library aides and only library aides, in all of their district libraries. . 2021, July).

Study 99

Study Libraries E-rate Data 99

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. A quarter of respondents rated the system neither easy nor difficult in the 2017 survey.

E-rate 80

E-rate Broadband Survey Analysis 80

eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2016

The overall results of the inaugural survey reflect school leaders’ focus on meeting individual student needs and building teacher and leadership capacity within schools. Other challenges including identifying effective program models, implementing e-learning solutions, and providing transportation. Catapult Learning, Inc.

E-rate 40

E-rate Survey Policies Technology Support 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Some families who meet the income requirements qualify for Head Start, a federally-funded preschool program for children living in poverty, but letting children attend means sending them on a long bus ride that could last over an hour, something many parents are unwilling to do. The obesity rate for children ages 10 to 17 in Kentucky was 20.8

Kaplan 105

Kaplan E-rate Report Tablets 105

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

During the winter of 2017, after multiple meetings, including one with the renowned mindset researcher Chris Hulleman, a professor at the University of Virginia and the director of The Motivate Lab there, Gallin began to test a run of tweaks. The required passing rate for most students is 65. Hulleman and Kenn E.

E-rate 109

E-rate Strategy Report Common Core 109

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

CAST Tech, which opened in fall 2017 with 175 freshmen, is the first of three career-themed public high schools currently planned for San Antonio. The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. million donation from H-E-B in 2016.

E-rate 97

E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 97

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. Tuesday, October 10, 2017. It works really good for reminding parents about meetings that we have. Listen Now. Enhanced Transcript.

Google 290

Google Twitter Data Tools 290

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Stats on the First 800 Episodes 00;01;23;21 – 00;01;45;21 John Davis Well, Mom, since you and Dad started the 10 Minute teacher back in February of 2017, this show has reached over 6.5 We have to go back in and continually edit, check for accuracy, check for bias, make sure it's meeting and serving the needs of our students.

Classroom 425

Classroom Tools Data Twitter 425

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

With Angela Maiers and Eric Sheninger at BETT 2017 I've never been that keen on the term 'thought leaders'. I can name a few dozen people who I rate highly in that stratosphere. When she meets you, it won't be long before she asks you 'What is your genius?' BETT Show 2017 was a great experience for many. Unported License.

E-rate 28

E-rate Social Media Policies Technology 28

EdTechTeam

MAY 25, 2018

Clips meets you or your students where you are at in terms of skill level, and in moments you or your students can create sophisticated looking video projects. What makes this cool is that they appear at the same rate as your speech – pause and they will appear on a new line. This is useful for complicated or long shots. Live Titles.

iPhone 67

iPhone E-rate Libraries Video 67

Learning in Hand

APRIL 5, 2017

I’m spending the day at the 2017 Iowa 1:1 Institute in Des Moines. Big Idea #2 Technology is integrated well when instruction is modified to meet the needs of the digital age learner. Check out the conference website , session resources , and Twitter hashtag #i11i. Jonathan Wylie is a Digital Learning Consultant at Grand Wood AEA.

Technology 58

Technology E-rate Digital Citizenship Professional Learning 58

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Winners will be notified in early September and announced at OLC Accelerate 2017 , which takes place in Orlando, November 15–17.) Fulé and her colleague Don Carter, the university’s director of e-learning, launched the. NAU’s was one of 106 submissions; in total three institutional and five faculty-led teams each won a $100,000 prize.

Tools 86

Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 86

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. Wednesday, October 11, 2017. It also incorporates rubrics so teachers can provide meaningful, qualitative feedback to encourage the writing journey.

Google 175

Google Digital Badges Tools E-rate 175

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

Many times, the funding is not enough, and schools supplement from outside sources, including the E-Rate program. There are no cap limits, no throttle rates, and no chastising schools when they need extra bandwidth. They collaborate to make sure the technology and services are meeting their current and future needs.

Broadband 41

Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

In recent years, though, a variety of virtual counseling models have popped up, from College Possible’s Navigate program, which operates primarily via phone, text and e-mail, to a pilot from College Advising Corps, debuting this fall at two rural Texas high schools, which relies primarily on video conferencing. I’d never been to a college.”.

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Accessibility Secondary 111

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning (for training, e-learning, performance support and social collaboration). Ratings and reviews a based on standards-aligned, multifaceted rubric used by a team of expert reviewers and a select group of educators who field-test products for their value with learners.

iPad 40

iPad Android E-rate Facebook 40

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” The specific moonshot he recently set his sights on is to revolutionize the teaching of mathematics, specifically for college students who lack basic competencies to meet admission or graduation requirements.

Education 216

Education Learning Software Knewton 216

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 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?

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

In June 2017, Henry County School District in Georgia got $21,196 knocked off an Apple purchase of more than $3.2 To win the 2013 contract from the Maine Learning Technology Initiative, Apple had to meet a long list of needs relating to software as well as hardware. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. million bill to $3.15

iPad 80

iPad Broadband Software Company 80

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. billion under the 2017 budget. “We We’re just trying to make ends meet with what we’ve got.”.

Elementary 53

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 53

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Funds are available through the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), E-rate program, and federal COVID relief funds like the CARES Act. However, schools are limited in how they can spend this money and often have to make tough decisions about priorities.

Technology 169

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 169

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.

E-rate 40

E-rate Report Meeting Training 40

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition). Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5 Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170