The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 10, 2022

Readlee is an amazing literacy tool that enables teachers to go from collecting reading data a couple times a year to getting data each week (or day!) But from my point of view, being an elementary teacher, reading progress is amazing if you've never heard of it. That’s R-e-a-d-l-e-e – get started with Readlee today!

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

In addition, I’ve begun to do some cursory analyses of the data set underlying the map in an attempt to identify patterns that may be useful in responding via policy and practice. The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. Oh, and unroll.me

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

From collecting data to parent communications to taking care of yourself, Melissa has something for every classroom (as well as a pretty cool pep talk!). This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

He first carried out this vision as an elementary and middle school teacher before later becoming the principal of a high school on the east side of Indianapolis. You know, there's a lot more to that when it comes to the biases of the data and important things like that. So the lack of data transparency really concerns me.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Do you know that feeling when you are told your questions about student privacy are unfounded by a representative of a company that earns 86% of its total revenue from advertising? “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. The thread on this tweet has the details.

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Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Tips for using data to secure more funding and support for mental health and safety programs. And we want to know what are the response rates that you’re getting on your parent surveys. 4:02 So, 80% of our audience today said they have less than 50% response rates on their surveys. Is the data accurate? 3:48 Great.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2019

In this file photo, kindergarteners listen as teacher Amy Holland reads on the first day of school at Nancy Ryles Elementary School in Beaverton, Oregon. On the flip side, research by the Annie E. Like most new school chiefs, I immediately dug into the data to find out what was happening. AP Photo/Matt Rourke.

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Lightspeed Systems

JUNE 15, 2023

And we want to know what are the response rates that you’re getting on your parent surveys. 4:02 So, 80% of our audience today said they have less than 50% response rates on their surveys. But it also created some data challenges. As proxy data, and the challenges it created for your district? Is the data accurate?

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Survey Data Report E-rate 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. On the down side, as the technology evolves it will also enable hackers to be more adept at infiltrating systems that store sensitive student data. Today, over 2.9 This trend follows the pattern of other public interest phenomena.

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Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 7, 2023

Make sure your tech stack is set up to support fundamentals such as student data privacy, emerging challenges like AI policy-making, and ongoing critical mental health and safety concerns. And we want to know what are the response rates that you’re getting on your parent surveys. But it also created some data challenges.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This includes navigating the often politicized issues related to immunizations, the high student absence rate due to quarantines or parents wanting to keep their children home, and the negative impact the pandemic had on student and staff mental health. 5G promises reliability, lightning-fast speeds, and much higher data capacities.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

This includes navigating the often politicized issues related to immunizations, the high student absence rate due to quarantines or parents wanting to keep their children home, and the negative impact the pandemic had on student and staff mental health. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. billion by 2022.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines. After lesson guides for the elementary, middle, and high schools were created, Theresa presented the information to all the principals for input and adjustments. First, they identified their desired goals.

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Lightspeed Systems

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Tips for using data to secure more funding and support for mental health and safety programs. And we want to know what are the response rates that you’re getting on your parent surveys. 4:02 So, 80% of our audience today said they have less than 50% response rates on their surveys. Is the data accurate? 3:48 Great.

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Survey Data Report E-rate 52

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

Partnering with local cable companies, internet providers, and community organizations, they expanded broadband to the school parking lots and community centers. Leveraging new funding opportunities such as E-Rate or ESSER, the superintendents faced with unique challenges used the funding sources thoughtfully.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. As an elementary teacher, Lee Ann has a passion for teaching kids not only about content, but life lessons as well. Listen Now. Very remarkable!

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Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

.” Via The New York Times : “ New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ ” Via Buzzfeed : “ California Shows The Rest Of The Country How To Boost Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “How Open E-Credentials Will Transform Higher Education.”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 94

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

When administrators in Ohio’s Mentor Public Schools were buying MacBooks during the 2015-16 school year, the local Best Buy was offering a lower price than Apple, even after the company’s standard discount for school districts. When buying specific software, administrators may have to purchase directly from one company.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available (Preserving Data in Government Act).” “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” (Wow.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” ” More on the bill via Inside Higher Ed. .”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. ” These colleges no longer offer federal loans because of students’ high default rates. DESTROYED. .

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. On the down side, as the technology evolves it will also enable hackers to be more adept at infiltrating systems that store sensitive student data. Today, over 2.9 This trend follows the pattern of other public interest phenomena.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

’s use of earnings data investigated.” Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” There’s data about distance education enrollments in the US in the research section below. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. million total.

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Hack Education

MARCH 24, 2017

officials approve new rating system.” ” More on how the IER, the Department of Education’s research arm, fails to protect student data in the infosec section below. Via The New York Times : “ CUNY to Revamp Remedial Programs, Hoping to Lift Graduation Rates.” The robotics company has raised $36.03

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Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” Via CNBC : “ Google , Apple and 13 other companies that no longer require employees to have a college degree.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

million in charges from a Minnesota company over a software system that repeatedly failed during mandatory statewide elementary school testing.” ” “Should children get to have cellphones in elementary school?” ” Pay attention to student loan companies ! The company has raised $38.5

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.” they do boost graduation rates.). Via Buzzfeed’s Molly Hensley-Clancy : “These Colleges Have The Worst Student Loan Default Rates In The Country.” ” Via WYFF4.com

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Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Elementary school: hated it,” Amber says. Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. Twenty-one percent of Lowell residents live in poverty; the average rate in small metro areas nationwide is 17 percent. While the average poverty rate in small metro areas nationwide is 17 percent , some 21.5 School just isn’t for me.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

” Via The Detroit Free Press : “ Betsy DeVos ’ trouble with data.” Wheeler supported e-Rate reform and “ net neutrality.” This week marked the fourth anniversary of the shootings at the Newton elementary school. million fine.” ” Via Education Week : “Who Is Part of Ed.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Photo: Meghan E. The shift has coincided with improved test scores and graduation rates. “I I am overwhelmed with joy for my students because I know now they each stand a better chance of being a successful student,” said Regina Trout, who teaches the second-year kindergarteners at Maple Hill Elementary School in Middletown.

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Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

But even without knowing the funding data for the month of December, I can say a lot. ” Phrases like these were repeated again and again and again this year, as many ed-tech companies have, for years now, relied on venture capital as their primary source of revenue – a source that’s no longer readily available.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Data-Protection Law Looms.” Shernaz Daver , Udacity ’s chief marketing officer, is leaving the company. Via Edsurge : “​How Apple , Salesforce and Other ‘ Platform ’ Companies Can Help Close the Skills Gap.” “ Are Big Tech Companies Doing Right by America’s Students? .”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Audrey is a writer for the NPR education technology blog MindShift , for the data section of O’Reilly Radar , and for the Edutopia blog. It does allude to student excitement and creativity, but does not take these qualities seriously because they can’t be placed in a data stream.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

This wasn’t surprising given that around 30 percent of elementary and middle school students now experience adjustment problems severe enough to require regular counseling. And over the last two decades, there has been a 28-percent increase in our suicide rate. Courtesy The Yale Center For Emotional Intelligence).

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