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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

EdTech Magazine

Kajeet ’s ConnectEdNow campaign , announced in June, aims to make broadband access more affordable by providing students with portable Wi-Fi hotspot devices, a $200 mobile device subsidy and discounted data plans from Verizon , T-Mobile and other LTE providers. Seventy percent of U.S.

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It’s 2020: Have Digital Learning Innovations Trends Changed?

Edsurge

In early 2017, organizations that have focused on digital learning came together to better leverage their strengths and capacities for a common goal: improving student success.

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Bigger Deals, Bigger Bets: EdTech Venture Funding Trends Continue in 2018

EdNews Daily

Zuoyebang, a web and mobile platform to assist K-12 students on homework assignments, received $500M investments over 2 rounds of funding in August 2017 and July 2018; an additional $500M of developmental capital from Softbank is said to be upcoming. in 2017 (PWC Money Tree Report, January 2019). compared to $76.4B

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A Gullible Population Is a National Security Issue

The CoolCatTeacher

In another example, who has taken the time to consider that much controversy over immigration may have been stoked by the perhaps hundreds of thousands of dollars poured into mobilizing and angering supporters and opponents of U.S. Digital Citizenship with Social Media: Participatory Practices of Teaching and Learning in Secondary Education.

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Before assigning homework, ensure that students have a home

The Hechinger Report

One out of every ten New York City public school students lived in temporary housing in 2017, according to a sobering October 15 article by The New York Times. percent or higher in suburban, town, and rural districts,” according to a 2017 report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). in 2017. . in 2017. .

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Top Hat Buys Canadian Textbook Business to Compete With Publishers in Digital Courseware

Edsurge

Top Hat got its start in the “clicker” business, offering a web-based and mobile classroom response tool that lets instructors gauge whether students understood the lesson (or paid attention). For Nelson, this sale marks its first step in its “strategic decision to withdraw from the post-secondary market,” it said in an announcement.

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Untapped Promise in Charter School Policy

ExcelinEd

A report to the 85th Texas Legislative Session in 2017 recommended doubling the size of the program after strong indicators of success. Illinois passed HB2527 to remove the age cap to allow students older than 17 to access free secondary education. It just needed to be applied in a new way.