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Laying the Foundation for Distance Learning Success

Digital Promise

But even more than having familiarity with the technology, educators in these schools overwhelmingly agreed that the professional learning opportunities provided by the initiative helped prepare them for their new learning environment. “The students already were used to using those platforms in the classroom.”.

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Good News from Our Nation’s Capital

EdNews Daily

Without home access to broadband Internet, students don’t have a chance at an equitable education and have virtually no chance to compete for the best jobs and an opportunity to break the cycle of poverty that is pervasive in the Washington inner city. We also understood there needs to be more focus on professional development,” said McClary.

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Early Literacy in the U.S.: Building a Pathway to Opportunity for All

Graphite Blog

Working together with members of Congress as well as technology and publishing firms, the Obama administration has launched ConnectED , a multi-billion dollar initiative aimed at wiring every classroom, modernizing school libraries, increasing professional development, and activating technology-infused professional learning communities.

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Early Literacy in the U.S.: Building a Pathway to Opportunity for All

Graphite Blog

Working together with members of Congress as well as technology and publishing firms, the Obama administration has launched ConnectED , a multi-billion dollar initiative aimed at wiring every classroom, modernizing school libraries, increasing professional development, and activating technology-infused professional learning communities.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. . – Kylie Mollicone, third grade teacher. They showed some trepidation. A Sustainable Path Toward Equity.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

About 30 percent of households don’t have high-speed broadband, with a higher concentration of those households in minority and low-income communities, according to a brief by the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education. .” - Kylie Mollicone, third grade teacher. They showed some trepidation.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Creators of Blended Learning Universe (www.blendedlearning.org), the organization provides a directory of innovative schools and a myriad of models and case studies to support district transformation. Such opportunity requires high-speed broadband in every school and Education SuperHighway is working to make that opportunity a reality.