edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Telecom companies often forget about rural areas because they don’t have high population density. He has previously taught at both the middle and high school levels and has served as an elementary and secondary administrator. But in order to take advantage of edtech, they first need broadband access. About the Host.

Broadband 54

Broadband Accessibility Advocacy Elementary 54

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

Those entrepreneurs have created a platform, and company, called Siembra — a Spanish word for sowing seeds — that reaches out to low-income, first-generation and racial and ethnic minority high school students on their ever-present smartphones, nagging them to stay on track the same way college-educated parents of wealthier kids do.

Report 86

Report Company Study Advocacy 86

MindShift

MARCH 29, 2018

Those entrepreneurs have created a platform, and company, called Siembra — a Spanish word for sowing seeds — that reaches out to low-income, first-generation and racial and ethnic minority high school students on their ever-present smartphones, nagging them to stay on track the same way college-educated parents of wealthier kids do.

Company 31

Company Report Study Advocacy 31

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Nellie Mae passed on the money to the Portland-based Great Schools Partnership, which used it to coordinate The New England Secondary School Consortium, a coalition advocating for proficiency-based diplomas, among other things. (Nellie Mae is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.) So far, none of the academies are in Maine.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 She is responsible for establishing the district’s partnership with Hazel Health, a telehealth company that provides mental health services to students at no cost to families. Principal Rod Ruth was named South Carolina’s 2023 Secondary Principal of the Year.

Edmentum 100

Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 100

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

She is an Ashoka Fellow, was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 Under 40 Progressive American Leaders, and was winner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in public advocacy in 2014. Gray is an educational innovation consultant working with schools, organizations, and corporations. Department of Education.

Conference 31

Conference Secondary Study Digital Badges 31

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I made what was probably the clearest statement of my vision for the future of learning materials in my Shuttleworth Fellowship application several years ago: My long-term goal is to create a world where OER are used pervasively throughout primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools. There’s really not one.

OER 73

OER Course Company Smartphone 73

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

So the college chose to work with a company called RedShelf, which helps colleges manage inclusive access arrangements with a variety of publishers. Each professor can choose to adopt digital materials from a range of publishers, and then the company helps manage the logistics of buying bulk licenses from each of the publishers.

Pearson 120

Pearson OER Course Accessibility 120

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

Partnering with local cable companies, internet providers, and community organizations, they expanded broadband to the school parking lots and community centers. He has served as Principal at the secondary level as well as Assistant Superintendent. He received his M.Ed. from The University of Mississippi in educational leadership.

Broadband 98

Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 98

edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

It’s also looking at the potential changes, said Dr. Gabe Soumakian, CEO and Founder, Sup Du Jour Consulting Group, like what happens when a software or hardware company goes out of business. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

EdTech 52

EdTech Digital Badges Software Outcomes 52

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Indeed, last week saw the launch of “ Ban Facial Recognition on Campus ,” a nationwide campaign from the nonprofit advocacy organizations Fight for the Future and Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Claims that some surveillance companies make to market their products have been disputed by independent research.

Advocacy 120

Advocacy Policies Software Company 120

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

Private companies and donors would contribute to the fund and receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit in return. This represents change only for those people who want to make a change,” she said, adding that schools can choose between using that money to fund elementary, secondary or pre-K programs (though that last one is up for debate ).

Guidelines 65

Guidelines Advocacy Secondary Policies 65

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Could we take the billions of dollars that are going to testing companies and put it into rich, developmental pre-K? Issues we used to consider secondary or tertiary (religion, language, ethnicity) have become primary. African refugees are pouring into our state – usually they are secondary migrants (first stop was another U.S.

Education 100

Education Secondary STEM Policies 100

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

CCSSO is a nonpartisan, nationwide, nonprofit organization of public officials who head departments of elementary and secondary education in the states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Education Activity, the Bureau of Indian Education and the five U.S. Messiah College | Chesla Ann Lenkaitis, Ph.D.,

Conference 72

Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all. .”

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

the Virginia company at the heart of the operation.” Here’s the EdWeek headline: “ Company Exec. for Ed-Tech Company Testifies in Ala. ” Gee, good thing no one else in ed-tech is in the business of selling these sorts of connections between companies and politicians and schools! ” Ugh.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Highly educated young workers at tech companies like Google and Facebook have been part of the driving force behind the increasingly generous parental leave packages that have come to be the norm at big, corporate firms competing for top talent. We currently spend $634 billion total on elementary and secondary public education. (Of

Report 87

Report Policies Data Trends 87

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

For its part, ALEC’s legislative advocacy focuses on three “free speech” areas : campus speech, the privacy of donors to campaigns and 501(c)(3)s, and commercial speech.) It was a decision I could make because I’m the CEO of a major Internet infrastructure company. Gee, that last name seems familiar.).

Technology 58

Technology Education Social Media Groups 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. Code.org is backed by a long list of technology companies – from AT&T to Amazon to Facebook to Google to Verizon. (I’ll Bootcamp or Bust.

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59