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3 Ways to Achieve a Successful School Improvement Initiative

EdTech Magazine

Using that information, administrators chose to integrate DreamBox , a software solution designed to help math teachers teach and assess students. After one year, students who participated in the program scored on average 97 percent higher on the STAR assessment than those who did not, according to a case study.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. Effectiveness of Reading and Mathematics Software Products: Findings from the First Student Cohort (Mathematica Policy Research, 2007). The post U.S.

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OER and you. The curation mandate

NeverEndingSearch

Here’s the good news: Our government edtech officials are convinced that librarians should play a role in curating the burgeoning number of open educational resources (they gave us several shout-outs and ensured we were there). and Mary Reiman (NE). and Mary Reiman (NE). We made an impact.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Edtech CEOs Seek to Change the ‘ Adversarial Narrative ’ With Public School Teachers,” says Edsurge. The literacy software company has raised $14.8 ” Via Times Higher Education : “ Online courses ‘more time-consuming’ to prepare for , study says.” ThinkCERCA has raised $10.1

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

officials approve new rating system.” ” “How to Con Black Law Students: A Case Study” – Elie Mystal in The New York Times on a partnership between the HBCU Bethune-Cookman and the for-profit Arizona Summit Law School. ” Via The Washington Post : “ Is your school worth one star or five?