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On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. They are essentially media comparison studies or, to be more precise, license comparison studies. It should surprise no one that media comparison studies find no significant difference in student learning.

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More Colleges Are Offering Income-Share Agreements. Are Students Buying In?

Edsurge

Since 2018 it has awarded ISAs to roughly 30 students, three of whom graduated this past June. Such claims have caught the attention of consumer-protection advocacy groups like the Student Borrower Protection Center, which has found marketing language that it contends is deceptive and predatory. Is it a loan? Something else?

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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

NeverEndingSearch

Deb : Using the NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) data from 2015/2016 school year to the 2018/2019. Is that academic leadership and advocacy being spread those through universities to their school librarian alumni? Pennsylvania district comparisons [link] Advanced Search Tool data options. District Profiles.

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Education Technology and 'Fake News'

Hack Education

By comparison, just 19% of Democrats believe that colleges’ and universities’ effect is negative.). Flying cars are coming, and you’ll be able to get a nanodegree from Udacity in the subject by 2018. Facebook said it would work with the ed-tech advocacy group Digital Promise to teach digital skills.

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New data: Even within the same district some wealthy schools get millions more than poor ones

The Hechinger Report

Most districts didn’t budget in a way that allowed comparisons of school-level spending. The data was from the 2018-19 academic year, with the exception of Nevada, which has released only the data from 2017-18. Longtime advocates of this federal transparency mandate hope the new data will spur more widespread advocacy.

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Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids?

The Hechinger Report

The school’s PTSA had zero assets or income as of 2018, according to a local public radio report. “I A key priority at the meeting: Ensuring all children had access to a good education and skilled teachers. Classroom access should be considered the bare minimum, she said. Credit: Dawn Larson.