Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

Cases like 2020’s Cayla J. Then, there are states that lacked laws prior to 2020, but began responding to the at-home learning requirement with new legislation for future needs. Finally, there are states that had some version of a law prior to 2020 and proceeded to add provisions to better address the needs of distance learning.

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Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 138

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Children in kindergarten when the pandemic broke out in the spring of 2020 are now roughly eight years old and in third grade this 2022-23 school year. These estimates were calculated by dividing the fall 2022 achievement gap by the cumulative rate of change between a cohort’s widest gap and the fall 2022 gap.

Elementary 145

Elementary Analysis Report E-rate 145

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Today, we released our third annual report on the state of connectivity in America’s public schools. 88% of our schools have robust Wi-Fi in their classrooms, leaving 10,000 schools still in need of upgrades. billion-per-year E-rate program resources to fulfill this promise. But there are still 6.5

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 31, 2023

They leave their locked unit and head down to UNC’s Hospital School on the second floor, where three classrooms are furnished with desks, smart boards and white boards. Her results don’t establish causation, meaning that kids who feel better might report feeling more connected. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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E-rate Report Libraries Accessibility 102

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

But EducationSuperHighway did it this week, announcing that the classroom internet connectivity gap is effectively closed – one year ahead of schedule, no less. EducationSuperHighway wanted 99 percent of students to have that level of bandwidth by 2020. Mississippi Learning. I said ‘OK, this actually could happen.’”.

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E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 48

Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Now, we know that edtech has been proven to improve test scores and overall classroom engagement. “There will be more momentum for mobile devices in classrooms with an eye toward affordable alternatives to traditional 1:1 rollouts.” Globally, edtech spending is predicted to reach $252 Billion by 2020. Indeed, $2.3

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EdTech Common Core Chromebook iPad 176

Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 14, 2017

One of the most important features of E-rate is that it allots $3.9 billion annually to help schools upgrade their internal networks and implement Wi-Fi in every classroom. To date, only 50% of that available E-rate funding has been utilized. That amounts to $150 in Category 2 funding per student.

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E-rate Digital Learning Policies Tools 72

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A seminal 2016 study sorted through almost 200 well-designed experiments on improving education, from expanding preschool to reducing class size, and found that frequent one-to-one tutoring was especially effective in increasing learning rates for low-performing students. But there were many reports of tutoring fraud and fiascos.

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Study Elementary Training Strategy 144

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The combined impact of demographic changes, accountability measures, and special education requirements have created numerous challenges for educators and administrators in recent years, which were further complicated by the pandemic and societal issues during 2020. Moderated by Dr. Flavia E. Dr. Flavia E. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

E-rate 57

E-rate Trends Accessibility Professional Learning 57

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

Rates of anxiety and depression among youth and adolescents have reached record highs across the country, with the surgeon general calling kids’ declining mental health the “ defining public health crisis of our time.” appeared first on The Hechinger Report. I’m open to seeing where the wind takes me,” he said. Bennett asks.

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Training Meeting E-rate Groups 94

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. I think the latter."

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. As an integral part of learning today, educators and students deserve new and improved ways to display and interact with classroom content, but to be successful, these tools need to be flexible and user-friendly. Today, over 2.9

Trends 143

Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The ninth annual E-Rate Trends Report from Funds For Learning shows that the federal E-rate program is still critical in establishing broadband connectivity for schools and libraries. Related content: 5 school and library applicants weigh in on E-rate.

E-rate 59

E-rate Mobile Learning Mobility Broadband 59

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2022

With e-commerce leading Americans to expect quick delivery, trucking companies face pressure to haul more and do it faster. The Hechinger Report interviewed more than 30 current and former truckers with knowledge of company training programs, including 15 who had gone through them. Tell the applicant we have a ‘few’ spots open.

Training 27

Training Company E-rate Industry 27

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. Credit: Sonya Abrams for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Sonya Abrams for The Hechinger Report.

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E-rate Elementary Education Report 114

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. As an integral part of learning today, educators and students deserve new and improved ways to display and interact with classroom content, but to be successful, these tools need to be flexible and user-friendly. Today, over 2.9

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

But that decades-long ban will end this summer, thanks to legislation passed in 2020. Credit: James Bernal for The Hechinger Report A significant percentage of these new students will face such substantial barriers that they won’t return for a second semester. I was like, ‘Yeah, I gotta get more of these; I gotta get into college.’

E-rate 113

E-rate Study Report Accessibility 113

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Neo LMS

JUNE 12, 2018

I won’t rehash what I have written previously — but in terms of future-proof work, I found another great resource by McKinsey , that is a well-thought through, rational analysis of the future of work, and well worth a read for anyone interested in the rapid rate of change in the labor economy. Exploring the T-Level Action Plan.

E-rate 213

E-rate Robotics Comparison Industry 213

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

First during the Big Pivot to online instruction in 2020 and continuing today with the rise of generative AI like ChatGPT, the opportunities to cheat have never been so readily available. Some reports note that while only 20% of students admitted to cheating in the 1940s, today the percentage may be as high as 80% 1. Can I do this?

Course 111

Course E-rate Examples Assessment 111

Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. school districts’ reports on their readiness for online testing. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

EdTech 150

EdTech Company Data Blended Learning 150

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

classrooms, the nonprofit is preparing to shut down. In 2017, EducationSuperHighway’s annual “State of the States” report declared 94 percent of U.S. District technology leaders, she adds, couldn’t fathom that internet service providers would come out and deliver fiber to their schools, much less at affordable rates. in 2018.

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Broadband E-rate Advocacy Industry 108

Evelyn Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

Reasons for Hike in Education Expenses According to the 2017 research report of College Board, tuition fee in colleges at four-year private and public colleges have increased by 36%. They also revealed that in October 2020, 62% of adults supported the public education system, and now, as of May 2023, the numbers have decreased to 52.5%.

How To 40

How To Secondary Education E-rate 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Photo by Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: This story is part of Map to the Middle Class , a Hechinger Report series exploring how schools can prepare young people for the good middle-class jobs of the future. Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. Photo by Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. I hate homework.”.

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E-rate Industry Report Survey 97

MindShift

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Read their stories, check out our special report on 19 women facing the coronavirus crisis — then find out how to nominate a woman to be profiled at the bottom of the story. Nienke Pastoor (40), surrounded by some of her cows, on the 336 acre dairy farm she runs with her husband, Jaap, outside the village of Middelstum, The Netherlands, 2020.

E-rate 36

E-rate Laptops Study iPad 36

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Well, it did–but it also didn’t. billion by 2022.

EdTech 111

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 111

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Well, it did–but it also didn’t. billion by 2022.

EdTech 145

EdTech Learning Data Classroom 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

Editor’s note: This story is part of Map to the Middle Class , a Hechinger Report series exploring the middle-class jobs of the future and how to prepare young people for them. . Photo by E. Per-student spending has fallen fourteen per cent in the past decade, and some two thousand classrooms have no permanent instructors.

E-rate 88

E-rate Facebook Industry Groups 88

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

million students in under-connected schools, according to a new report by the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway , which analyzes data from E-rate applications. E-rate incentives have also encouraged states to put up $200 million in matching funds for fiber in 18 states, mostly under Republican governors and state legislators.

E-rate 68

E-rate Report Broadband Digital Divide 68

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. And yet the immigrant experience is still an unusual one in Iowa — a state that holds enormous sway over the 2020 election but looks quite unlike the rest of the U.S. Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. “I Back home, the teachers rotated classrooms and the kids stayed put.

E-rate 96

E-rate Elementary Report Study 96

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The Flipped Classroom". with Pigeons.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” The Hechinger Report asks , “What can Betsy DeVos really do?” Via The Chicago Tribune : “ Chance the Rapper writes $1 million check to CPS as a ‘call to action’ ” “The History of the Future of E-rate ” by me. ” Saved you a click.). That’s UC Berkeley.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2016

During the Republican and Democratic conventions, The Hechinger Report will publish a new story each day, examining what the party proposals might mean for the future of education. Our staff reporters will provide education coverage from Cleveland and Philadelphia. Convention coverage.

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How To E-rate Report Groups 40