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Predictions of Print Textbooks’ Death Remain Greatly Exaggerated

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billion, according to the Software & Industry Information Association. The industry has been proven wrong so many times. Yulia Grigoryeva / Shutterstock Holding Out The industry has long been convinced that a generation of students who grew up with the internet and portable computers would en masse adopt digital textbooks.

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How technology can amplify the effects of good teaching

Education Superhighway

As the Director of Digital Learning at the Massachusetts Elementary and Secondary Education office, Ken Klau is focused on the strategy for rethinking the structure and delivery of learning, building a more student-centered system of public education, and creating the next generation of K–12 learning environments.

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A New Definition For Equity In Education

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The ratio of girls enrolled in primary school rose from 85 to 93 per 100 boys between 1999 and 2010, whereas it fell from 83 to 82 and from 67 to 63 at the secondary and tertiary levels. For an industry that struggles to get every student reading on grade level, this may be a bit much. ” This is both abstract and practical.

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Librarians at the Forefront of “Future Ready”

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The Future Ready movement grew out of the Connect Ed initiative launched by President Obama in 2013 with several goals: to connect 99% of students in schools to broadband, and to address the need for more professional learning and leadership to ensure the effective use of technology. About edWeb.net. About Mackin Educational Resources.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Politics and Policies FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete , a new non-profit initiative that brings private industry and the non-profit sector together to help expand broadband adoption and promote digital literacy. The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

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Educators can use the assessment data to identify students’ SEL strengths and areas in which they may need additional support. Spectrum Industries Inc. The company connected more than two million people in the last year alone, which is the largest annual increase in the program’s history.

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How did edtech impact learning in 2023?

eSchool News

Moving beyond the tradition of looking for employees at university graduation days may provide a glimpse into how we can simplify job transfers between private industry and public education and provide more opportunities for non-traditional paths into education careers. Speak to those who have spent a lifetime in and out of education.

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