The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

Extra money has allowed these wealthier districts to invest heavily in Chromebooks and iPads, state-of-the-art robotics programs, computerized blackboards, and high-end 3-D printers. It’s perhaps not surprising. Many now have a laptop for every student. Research about the effect of technology on children’s lives is, in fact, mixed.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

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. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. Chatterbug is a language learning startup.

MOOC 47

MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Via The Texas Tribune : “ Texas State Board of Education rejects Mexican-American studies textbook.” Via abc.net.au : “ Queensland children as young as four will learn coding and robotics as a compulsory part of their education from next year.” ” The book was racist. is disappointed in Common Core.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

” Via the Education Law Center : “Several New Jersey civil rights and parent advocacy organizations have filed a legal challenge to new high school graduation regulations recently adopted by the State Board of Education. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “When the Teaching Assistant Is a Robot.”

Education 40

Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40