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?Expanding Access to Edtech Isn’t Enough. We Need to Make Sure It Works, Too

Edsurge

These decision-makers spend billions of dollars on equipment and resources to implement their decisions. Five factors currently drive this demand for improving the quality and scalability of education technology: Higher academic standards nationwide. A focus on college and career-training readiness. Static state budgets.

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1EdTech and Common Good Learning Tools Launch Major Upgrade to Database of State Learning Standards

eSchool News

The ultimate objective of CASE (1EdTech’s Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange ® specification) is to make it easier, more accurate, and less expensive for edtech suppliers to align resources and tools with state and district academic standards, therefore allowing educators to find resources that better support their needs.

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On the importance of making a (reopening) plan

NeverEndingSearch

After seeing Cathi’s message on the Future Ready Librarians’ Facebook Group , librarian Kim Borden, from the Penn Argyl (PA) School District, responded to the call. Librarians are masters of curating and organizing resources. Plans should be flexible and change fluidly as new data is provided.

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