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Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

edWeb.net

During a recent edWebinar , edtech experts provided an overview of the E-Rate program, state matching funds, and ways to obtain grants for technological development. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds. She is a past board member and chair of CoSN and is Vice President of Advocacy and Programs for LACUE.

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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

OHDELA gets an F rating from the Ohio Department of Education, receiving failing marks on measures including students’ performance on state tests, academic growth and graduation rates. They also say they are taking steps to improve retention and graduation rates. Stride spent about $1.8 Connections Education spent $1.2

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Worldwide, Online, and Free - The Library 2.013 Conference Starts Friday

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses. inek vizsgálata - Szöll?si

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The story contains some machinations at the Department of Education in which the White Hous e tried to fire a Jeb Bush-supporting staffer. Analysis from Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein : “‘Alternative Pathways:’ How to Rethink Vocational Education.” ” asks Chester E.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Chalkbeat : “For Betsy DeVos and her former advocacy group, the future of education means ‘ personalization ,’ including virtual schools.” Via The Next Web : “ Facebook is letting Groups create online learning courses – what could possibly go wrong?” million total.

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The Politics of Education Technology

Hack Education

One of the challenges of writing this series – and trust me, there are many – is separating my analysis out into ten articles that name ten distinct “trends.” “They’re aimed at three groups Clinton needs to win overwhelmingly: idealistic white liberals, young women, and African Americans.”