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Interesting: Rural schools are outpacing others on in-school tech access

eSchool News

Although schools in rural areas traditionally hit roadblocks when it comes to securing technology tools and high-speed internet access in classrooms and student homes, a new study suggests students in those schools actually outperform their urban and suburban peers in access at school. schools.

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65 ways equity, edtech, and innovation shone in 2022

eSchool News

As we wrapped up 2020, we thought for sure that 2021 might bring us a reprieve from pandemic learning. Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Well, it did–but it also didn’t.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition)

Doug Levin

million Idaho Education Network settlement | Idaho EdNews → After eight years - and with state-issued checks totaling $3.4M - the state has closed the costly and convoluted case of the Idaho Education Network broadband project. " Hopefully, not shades of future conversations about learning analytics.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Testing, Testing… Via the Hechinger Report : “On a classroom-based test for new teachers , black teachers score lower.” Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.” Via New America : “The Promise and Peril of Predictive Analytics in Higher Education.”