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The Pandemic Has Revealed What Really Matters in Education. (Spoiler: It’s Not Tests.)

Edsurge

A few weeks ago, I participated in a webinar with K-12 students, parents and teachers about how online learning is going. At a time when we are trying to do the best we can with limited resources, the things that aren’t critical have fallen away out of necessity. Millions lack broadband.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

“Nobody knows the right path forward,” said Robin Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education , a nonpartisan education research center in Seattle that has compiled an online database of coronavirus response plans provided by scores of districts across the country as a resource for other educators. Inequity looms large.

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Another Cause of Inequality: Slow Internet in Schools

Educator Innovator

Teachers attend training sessions via webinar. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of teachers surveyed by Pew reported using mobile phones in the classroom or to complete assignments, while almost half (45%) reported using e-readers and tablet computers. In rural areas where there is no broadband access, that isn’t the case.”.

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

Graphite Blog

You can join us for a conversation with Lisa and Michael in our next edWeb webinar on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 1-2 p.m. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will soon consider adopting a new version of its Lifeline program to increase broadband access for the millions of low-income Americans who do not have consistent service.

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

Graphite Blog

You can join us for a conversation with Lisa and Michael in our next edWeb webinar on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 1-2 p.m. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will soon consider adopting a new version of its Lifeline program to increase broadband access for the millions of low-income Americans who do not have consistent service.

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Learning Revolution - Week's Free Events - SLS14 Expanded! - Open Natural Math Class - Educate to Liberate or Control?

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In this webinar, we’ll cover all the valuable resources it offers to support game-based learning. Curating the Best Content for Learning , Spending on education technology is now in the tens of billions dollars as schools push for broadband, computer labs, and 1-to-1 tablets. Details to join the webinar at [link].

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

This new weekly blog post / email is replacing the regular email I have sent out for the last couple of years for the now-defunct Host-Your-Own-Webinar program (I still have hopes of resurrecting that near-to-my-heart program, and when that happens we''ll wrap it into this weekly missive). Not a reader.

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