eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2016

Broadband and network capacity is school technology leaders’ top priority, according to the results of an annual IT leadership survey from CoSN. Report: 41 percent of schools are under-connected. In this week’s news: The top 10 school IT leader concerns. All the ways iOS 9.3 will impact school iPad rollouts.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Common Sense Kids Action, the advocacy arm of Common Sense Media, and SETDA will work together this year and in 2016 and 2017 to encourage digital leaders to file applications for E-rate program funding. Material from a press release was used in this report. Steyer, CEO and Founder of Common Sense. “I

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

When we started all of this, it wasn’t because we wanted to get broadband in every classroom,” Marwell said. “We There is still a digital divide in classrooms based on what technology is being used and how. EducationSuperHighway’s advocacy supported the district’s efforts perfectly. But it’s an important starting point.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

How Schools Are preparing – and Not Preparing – Children for Climate Change,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Rebecca Klein contributed reporting to this story. Are We Ready?

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

There are also Education Stabilization Fund – Rethink Education Models (ESF-REM) grants, and they also can be used to provide broadband access as part of a new education model. Gentz reports that there has been confusion about deadlines, many of which are federal but some of which are state imposed. About the Presenters.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. She swiped through 360-degree views of her school, inside and out.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Many broadband providers are also adding capacity, lifting caps on data and offering extended free trial periods. When it comes to technology, the best options for teachers during this crisis are usually the simplest. of the Aurora Institute, formerly known as iNACOL, an advocacy organization promoting competency-based education. “For

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edWeb.net

MAY 9, 2023

Sponsored by ClassLink Through the Driving K-12 Innovation series, CoSN continues to share high-quality trend reports supporting emerging technology in K-12 education to transform learning. Educators must consider how social-emotional needs are enhanced or diminished with varying technology uses and reimaging norms.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

According to a CoSN report , more than half of school districts and about one-third of public schools in the United States are in rural areas. These rural districts face the four significant challenges: broadband access, funding, people, and understanding the “why.” Challenges.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

Instead, EducationSuperHighway is sunsetting because, well, that’s what Marwell always intended it to do—once the organization reached its expressed goal of connecting 99 percent of K-12 students to high-speed broadband. In 2017, EducationSuperHighway’s annual “State of the States” report declared 94 percent of U.S.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. As defined by the CoSN report, accelerators are megatrends that drive change.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, 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. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, 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. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., And she hopes educators and families all across the country will try it and see that for themselves.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Teachers are trying to manage the education of hundreds of children, within a setup that lacks internet access and technology access,” said Honani, a member of the school’s parent advisory committee. “If Some students and staff at Rocky Ridge later reported symptoms consistent with Covid-19, according to ProPublica.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

.” And in Delaware , “Authorities have arrested two Smyrna high school students in connection with threats involving clowns and bombs ,” the AP reports. ” “ Clown College Calls National Rash of Rumored Clown Scares ‘Troubling’,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

million into schoolwide technology upgrades. One in five Greeley residents lives below the poverty level, and the school district is trying to upgrade its technology to give students an economic boost. We literally dumpster-dive for technology.”. The measure failed. Photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Via Education Week : “ FCC Delays, Denials Foil Rural Schools’ Broadband Plans.” ” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. ” Via Campus Technology : “ Unizin Partners with edX , Cengage.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). I maintain a dataset of all education technology investments and all education technology investors. Jen Medbery stepped down as CEO of Kickboard.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

.” I mean, yes, I’m totally making up the framing of the “trends” angle here (in the hopes, I confess, to defanging all those ridiculous clickbait articles that just list a bunch of shiny new consumer technology products and predict that they’re poised to “revolutionize school”).

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” “ Education Technology Under Trump : A Syllabus.” ” “How will the presidential election results influence education technology in schools?” ” asks The Hechinger Report. Deregulation of for-profits is “likely,” Inside Higher Ed reports. And now this. Lee Partners.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

But the struggling sector’s political giving is down since peaking in 2012,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Testing, Testing… Via the Hechinger Report : “On a classroom-based test for new teachers , black teachers score lower.” Apple , as always, helps us see how criticism-free technology journalism can be.

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