Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Could personalized learning and the use of technology fundamentally change rural student outcomes? For example, national data from the past 15 years shows that rural schools are more likely to have STEM teacher vacancies than urban or suburban schools. Perhaps—but there’s a problem. . Perhaps, but there’s a problem.

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Personalized Learning E-rate Outcomes Learning 60

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

“We spent a lot of time planning,” recalls Verna Lalbeharie, director of digital teaching and learning in North Carolina’s Department of Public Instruction. Yet state leaders soon realized they had to lay the literal groundwork first by ensuring that schools had enough connectivity to support digital learning. Led by Gov.

Digital Learning 87

Digital Learning Learning Broadband STEM 87

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

The budget did not mention any details about the Office of Education Technology, or how the staggering cuts could affect edtech initiatives like the department’s #GoOpen campaign or its commitment to connect 99 percent of American students to broadband by 2018. Title IV-A received $1.65 billion in fiscal year 2017. “No

EdTech 104

EdTech Policies Broadband Blended Learning 104

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Decision-makers rose to the challenge in the initial waves of the pandemic, enacting temporary policies to permit and reimburse for online education services. Though these policies made a big impact, many have expired in favor of returning to the status quo.

EdTech 70

EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

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. –Amy Gulley, M.Ed

EdTech 112

EdTech Data Classroom Accessibility 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected immigrant students and, more generally, English learners, who have struggled with hurdles such as language barriers, subpar broadband and limited at-home learning support, according to the Migration Policy Institute. Sarah Pierce, policy analyst at MPI.

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Policies Elementary Report System 106

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Congratulations, STEM folks and learn-to-code evangelists, for being featured in President Trump’s list of his 2017 accomplishments. Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” Subscription boxes for teachers are somehow “ personalized learning.”

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