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After Net Neutrality, Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate

Edsurge

But the tea leaves for E-Rate are pretty positive actually. Rather, it's centered in the popular E-Rate program, which has provided billions of dollars in broadband discounts and infrastructure upgrades to schools and libraries. Early in his tenure, Pai revoked an Obama-era progress report praising E-Rate modernization.

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Research-based Benefits of Being Bilingual

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

This topic, rich in history and analysis, spans centuries and countless volumes. Bialystok, E. Bialystok, E. Bialystok, E., ” This meta-analysis examines the role of bilingualism in protecting against cognitive decline and dementia. References Anderson, J.A.E., A meta-analysis. Craik, F.I.M.,

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Attitudes About Homeschooling May Get Unexpected Boost From a Year of Remote Learning

Edsurge

Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey finds homeschooling rates have more than doubled during the pandemic. For more evidence of increased pandemic appeal, the Census Bureau notes that while national homeschooling rates grew rapidly from 1999 to 2012, since then they’d held steady at about 3.3 Cue the STEAM reference.

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Can Video Games Help Early Learners Grow?

Edsurge

When young children enter a virtual world of play, they’re most likely using apps on phones or tablets, according to a recent Common Sense Media analysis. The rating system includes markers for content appropriateness on games. That status quo may shift if CoComelon: Play with JJ is successful. “I

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PROOF POINTS: Third graders struggling the most to recover in reading after the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

A separate December 2022 analysis calculated that if recent academic losses from the pandemic were to become permanent, it would add up to $900 billion in lower lifetime earnings for the 48 million students in public schools. Grade refers to the grade students are in during the 2022–23 school year. Source: NWEA).

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Another way to quantify inequality inside colleges

The Hechinger Report

The Urban Institute researchers calculated graduation rates by race and ethnicity in Virginia and Connecticut and found that white and Asian students graduate at higher rates than black and Latino students at most colleges. This is where the Urban Institute analysis gets really interesting.

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‘It was the most unfair thing’: Disobedience, discipline and racial disparity

The Hechinger Report

Black students in Ohio are, on average, kicked out of classes for these offenses at four and half times the rate of white students. A Hechinger Report analysis across 20 states found that these types of categories are cited as justification in nearly a third of all suspension and expulsion records.

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