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

Doug Levin

Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: The First-Year Implementation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in Five States (American Institutes for Research, 2000). ” How would the program operate? 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies). Student Support and Academic Enrichment Grants.

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Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding

The Hechinger Report

Students on the project-based learning teams miss school less frequently, aren’t tardy as often and don’t make as many trips to the nurse’s office for vague symptoms like a headache or a stomachache , according to a program evaluation conducted by a master’s student at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education.