eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? There is also a growing need for quality SEL data to ensure that educators are serving students’ SEL needs.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

times the rate of white students, according to an analysis of federal data by the New York Civil Liberties Union. In Utah, the Murray City School District had been slowly developing a broadband network for students for two years when funding from the CARES Act helped the district speed up the rollout.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 7, 2020

What’s the best role for synchronous teaching and learning during a pandemic? Over the past few weeks the switch to wholly online learning has been represented by live video meetings. There is a student down the street who goes to Cornell and is now doing online classes. Not everyone has the right hardware.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Elsewhere, teachers hold daily virtual office hours to check on the academic and emotional well-being of students they can no longer meet face to face. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Some also record those lessons for students who can’t meet at the appointed hour. The Richmond (Va.)

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MindShift

MAY 4, 2020

She speaks regularly at SLA’s EduCon conference about how to change schools to meet students’ needs. Educators have also helped families sign up for the internet at home, but there are still significant obstacles to making sure students have the connection they need to learn. Know when to pause. .

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Her high school had recently closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic and shifted to distance learning. Her cellphone’s data plan — the only way she could access the internet at home — wasn’t up to the task. She was making ends meet by working as a cashier at a local gas station, until an injury took her off the job.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Eduverse.com is a revolutionary online learning environment providing a safe and secure ‘metaverse’ for K-12 schools. Leo , Tutor.com’s soon-to-come new academic support platform, is purpose-built from the ground up by learning experts, teachers, and web developers in collaboration with K-12 and higher-ed leaders.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

I’m heartbroken for the impossible situation families have been put in, especially families with no resources, going to schools that don’t have the luxury of fancy online learning or giant schoolyards or under-crowded classrooms,” Latané says. The 10th through 12th graders are fully remote as well, save for a weekly advisory meeting.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2021

This year, data shows, that gulf has widened. Common App data through Feb. The FAFSA drop represents “a gobsmacking number,” said Bill DeBaun, director of data and evaluation for the National College Attainment Network. Related: As admissions season descends, wealthier applicants once again have the advantage.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

During “ Learning with Google ,” a free online learning event for educators, Google shared a lot of updates to our favorite Google products. We have updates to Google Classroom, Google Meet, Chromebooks, and even Google Forms! Learn more: GetGoogleCertified.com. Quick Tip (Mute ALL in Google Meet).

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. Dr. Wright serves on the CoSN Superintendent Advisory Panel.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Eastwood often fondly recalls when Middletown High School’s newly renovated stadium hosted a regional track meet. Overall, there is a risk that a “ digital learning gap ” is forming on top of the achievement gap that already exists. It helps the teachers differentiate the instruction to meet the child’s needs.”.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Eastwood often fondly recalls when Middletown High School’s newly renovated stadium hosted a regional track meet. Overall, there is a risk that a “ digital learning gap ” is forming on top of the achievement gap that already exists. It helps the teachers differentiate the instruction to meet the child’s needs.”

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

And in an age in which medicines can be personalized to one’s genetic code, technology can help teachers meet the unique needs of every child. Various technologies make it possible to tailor lessons to each student in ways that a single teacher in a class of 25 could never do.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The number has fluctuated as cases rise across the country, but throughout this fall pandemic semester, between 40% and 60% of students have been enrolled in districts that offer only remote learning, according to a tracker maintained by the company Burbio. In short, online learning is the reality for a majority of students this fall.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

Emergency online teaching. Or just plain online learning. There’s just one problem: millions of students in the country don’t have a reliable way to get online. According to the most recent federal data, about 14 percent of households with school-age children do not have internet access.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The New York Times notes it’s not just rural students who struggle with broadband access : “Why San Jose Kids Do Homework in Parking Lots.” There’s more data about online education down in the “research” section at the bottom. .” “ Rural Kids Face an Internet ‘Homework Gap.’

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. 5G promises reliability, lightning-fast speeds, and much higher data capacities.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

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. This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

With this latest—and largest—surge of coronavirus infections in the United States, K-12 schools that hadn’t yet reopened for in-person learning now see few paths to do so in the near term, and many of the schools that were offering some face-to-face instruction are now pulling back into full-time remote learning.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available (Preserving Data in Government Act).” Jeff Fernandez, the co-founder of the online learning company Grovo , has resigned.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

. “Faculty,” as this year’s ECAR study put it , “have a love-hate relationship with online teaching and learning. Most faculty agree that online learning makes higher education available to more students, but few agree that online learning helps students learn more effectively.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” Palantir is the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel and funded in part by the CIA. Via KPCC : “ LAUSD board: If Trump administration asks for student data , district will resist.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Data-mining a Facebook group.

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