EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Fri, 09/28/2018 - 10:10. Computer science has taken a priority slot for K–12 teachers , as experts forecast a majority of jobs will incorporate some kind of coding skills or computational thinking by as early as 2020. . Makerspaces in Schools Make Coding Accessible to Students. To me, it’s the ultimate equitable-access space.”.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A 2020 report for the U.S. But critics allege that this argument is self-serving, and the 2020 Senate report listed Monarch School as having a higher than average chronic absentee rate , at 58.8 percent for the 2018-2019 school year (compared to a 25 percent chronically absent rate for California homeless students in general).

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2020

Ultimately, by offering the poorest families insufficient financial assistance to access excellent child care and by denying help to millions more low-income families who can’t afford such care, the federal government is effectively lowering the quality of child care available to a huge segment of the American public. “If All told, 1.3

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

She has had heart palpitations and difficulty sleeping since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. percent) during the 2018-19 school year to 846 out of 1,637 students (51.7 In 2018, scores were higher still, with 24 percent of students meeting ELA standards and 15 percent meeting math standards. In 2020, at 16.2

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Heartbeat works by regularly asking students to react to accessible prompts (e.g., “I Schools and educators are looking for comprehensive solutions that simplify the ability to create 1:1 learning environments …Heartbeat will do exactly that.” – Andy Rahden, CEO at Shmoop. References : Berman, S., Digital Promise: Washington, D.C.

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Hapara

OCTOBER 5, 2022

“One of the tools that supported Wolf Creek staff and students during the 2020-21 school year while they participated in hybrid learning both online and face to face was H?para para Workspace is evident, with teachers interacting with the tool 156,624 times during the 2020-21 school year, or 846 interactions per school day.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 31, 2018

Wed, 10/31/2018 - 12:13. 2020 is just around the corner. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how K–12 districts are trying to bolster access to broadband in schools! Is K–12 Education Ready for 5G? eli.zimmerman_9856. That’s when experts predict that 5G wireless will be broadly available. . How Does 5G Differ from 4G?

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Media literacy’s simplest definition is “the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms.”[3] The good news is that information is easier to come by than ever before—many students, even at an elementary age, have access to smartphones, the Internet, and a pervasive, never-ending flow of social media.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

Every two or three years, state and federal laws regarding accessibility in education change. However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. Highlights.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The books are written to be accessible to K–2 students and feature relatable topics for young readers. Reading Research Quarterly, September 2020, 55(1), pp. Reading Research Quarterly, September 2020, 55(1), pp. Rapaport, A. Closing the Vocabulary Gap. Language Magazine. and Nation, K. Kilpatrick, D.A. September 2015.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 1, 2018

Fri, 06/01/2018 - 11:52. An IDC white paper, “ Prepare for Billions: The IoT 2020 IT Readiness Indicator ,” measures organizations’ IoT strategy and infrastructure planning based on cloud-first delivery; data flow and action control; governance, risk management and compliance; and advanced analytics and insight. jena.passut_7651.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 13, 2018

Wed, 06/13/2018 - 14:32. In January 2018, a Forrester report predicted “that the SaaS market will grow to $157 billion in 2020; some providers have more than $1 billion in revenue and are growing strongly.”. Schools are even more limited in what they will allow their students to access. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Honoring the work of several institutions that successfully pivoted to the online space, in fall 2020, NASPA contacted researchers, edtech experts and higher education professionals, including myself, to advise them on what became the Virtual Innovation Awards: Excellence in Delivering Virtual Student Services. colleges and universities.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

E-rate is the federal government program that provides discounts of up to 90 percent for schools and libraries to bring high-speed internet into their building(s) and create internal networks for online access. In 2018, there was a $1.5 But funding requests for Category Two services have soared in the same time period.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The number of open badges awarded nearly doubled from 24 million in 2018 to 43 million in 2020. College enrollment has been on the decline, dropping 7 percent between 2010 and 2018. And major companies and industry groups are increasingly getting into the credentialing game, exemplified by firms such as IBM and Google.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 29, 2019

This year’s Marginal Syllabus, titled Literacy, Equity + Remarkable Notes = LEARN: Marginal Syllabus 2019-2020 is kicking off November 4, 2019. This year’s LEARN: Marginal Syllabus will start the first week of November 2019 and will run through June 2020. — Michelle King, Love Activist.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Wed, 09/26/2018 - 13:49. Forecasters expect 5G access to increase more dramatically through 2019 , with the number of 5G devices becoming more ubiquitous in 2020. What Is 5G and What Will It Mean for EdTech? eli.zimmerman_9856. And with the race to 5G in full swing, educators are wondering what this network will mean for them.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 19, 2021

Launched in September 2020, SLIDE is funded by a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian/Research in Service to Practice grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services and conducted under the auspices of Antioch University Seattle. In 2018-19, there were more than 42,000 school librarians in the U.S—almost and Keith Curry Lance.

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Waterford

JULY 7, 2022

October 5, 2018. November 5, 2020. “On the 30th Anniversary of Emily Style’s “Curriculum as Window and Mirror.” ” Wellesley Centers for Women. Waterford.org. Windows and Mirrors: Curriculum that Honors All Learners.” The Importance of Windows and Mirrors in Stories.” GLSEN Staff.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2023

Over time, American K-12 education evolved from home schooling to one-room school houses to organized school systems, including high schools (Kober & Renter Stark, 2020). During the 2017-2018 academic year, for example, the average per pupil expenditure in the United States was $15,946 (Bouchrika, 2022).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Prices for undergraduate tuition, fees, and room and board at public institutions rose 31 percent between 2007-2008 and 2017–2018, while prices at private nonprofit institutions rose 23 percent, after adjustment for inflation, according to the U.S. set a new record high for student debt in 2020, surpassing $1.7 Department of Education.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 19, 2020

We’ve facilitated public discussion that has engaged hundreds of educators, we’ve partnered with dozens of authors, and we’ve relied upon the strengths of organizational partners to make consequential conversations accessible and meaningful. Access all Marginal Syllabus conversations here. Schedule and Details. Date and Time.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

One of its most notable dangers is increased wildfires, which caused more than 100 school districts to evacuate when they swept the state in 2020. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed students’ performance following Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, which hit the state in 2016 and 2018 respectively.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Dora Bray Magilke had been unemployed for over a month when someone from her local career center in Branson, Missouri, reached out in the summer of 2020 with an offer. Since 2018, just 54 percent of people who attended WIOA-approved programs became employed at all after completing their program.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

In 2020, there were 39 million or one out of every five American adults under 65 who had dropped out of college and never finished their degrees, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Floyd, who is Black, was one of these statistics until he finally earned his bachelor’s degree in August 2020.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

States like my home state of North Carolina are addressing broadband access, because technology is now a basic need for students in the same way up-to-date textbooks once were. Data also shows a clear need for equity in all aspects of our education system, which includes bringing leaders of color into the rooms where policy is being made.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Between 2018 and 2020, Khan worked as a copy editor at the Business Standard and then as a data correspondent for CNN-News18, both in New Delhi. In 2020, Khan was accepted to Columbia’s journalism school. And he always managed to infuse humor into work on serious topics, she said. “He

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

Teachers should remember that not every family may be able to afford Internet access, so old-fashioned printed notes and bulletins still have a place in the student’s backpack. September 2018. March 2020. Sources: “Teaching Digital Natives.” ASCD InService. We Need to Rethink Education for Digital Natives.” Adobe Blog.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

I wrote this mantra on a sticky note and placed it on my desk as a daily reminder that my students’ right to access joy is just as important as academic rigor. The combination of our classroom culture and reading growth achievement earned our class the 2018 Southwest Ohio Teach For America Classroom of the Year Award.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The average cost of tuition and fees at a four-year, nonprofit, private institution was $36,900 in 2019-2020 for a full-time student. Ed Trust wanted to find out which programs were broad and accessible, she said. GPA, and were launched by July 2020. For an in-state student at a public institution, it was $10,400.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

April 25, 2018) – The Modernization Order that expanded federal E-rate funding to include broadband and internet services will expire in 2020. To inform the Federal Communications Commission in evaluating and refreshing the vitality of the $4 billion program, Funds For Learning announces its eighth annual E-rate Applicant Survey.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The first PBL School Leader Networks will convene in Los Angeles in February 2020, and in Boston in March 2020. PBLWorks created the PBL School Leadership Networks after achieving great success with a similar initiative, the Hawaii Innovative Leaders Network (HILN), implemented in Hawaii in 2018.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Novato, California (September 12, 2018) – The Buck Institute for Education is accepting applications from colleges and universities through November 30, 2018, for the Out of the Gate project, a grant-funded project to prepare preservice educators to teach using Project Based Learning (PBL).

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The Principal of Change

JUNE 22, 2020

In the post “5 Points To Get Across in a Teaching Interview” from 2018 , I wanted to share some ideas for people going through the education interview process. You have access to knowledge outside of yourself. George Couros (@gcouros) April 15, 2018. Would love to know your thoughts.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

NEW ORLEANS—Before the 2020-21 school year, Christa Talbott, a 20-year veteran of New Orleans schools, had never considered leaving the profession she loved this early. By the end of 2020, the 44-year-old was agonizing over whether the school year might be her last teaching there. This story also appeared in Time. Into a burning house.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

According to the most recent federal data from the 2018-19 school year, there are now almost 118,000 school counselors in U.S. It’s unclear from this data whether lower income students are getting more access to counseling than in years past because there are no breakdowns by zip code or school district.

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The Principal of Change

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I wrote the post below in August of 2018 , which seems like a VERY long time ago and a different world. Still, the three things I reference in the post are as relevant today in a post-2020 world as they were when I originally wrote the post. . The “basic” is the same, but our access has changed. Thanks for reading!

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