Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

As EdSurge reported, to be part of the initiative, companies “had to commit to providing goods or services worth at least $100 million.” But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services.

Adobe 60

Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the past year, colleges have seen a rise in students skipping lectures , and some reports indicate that students are more prone to staring at TikTok or other distractions on their smartphones and laptops during lecture class. The textbook [company] made the slides and she literally read off of the slides for the entire semester.

Laptops 202

Laptops Smartphone Course E-rate 202

Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Been quoted in an article on ransomware in K-12 education. I think the latter."

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Software Data 150

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2017

Most recently, one of the most widely-used education technology companies, Edmodo, had records for. Some districts also make schools report to credit agencies and offer reparations in the form of a credit monitoring service. After the Edmodo breach, which she heard about first from news reports, she felt at a loss.

EdTech 82

EdTech Data Edmodo Company 82

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. Photo: Jessica Huseman for The Hechinger Report. Apple backed down.

iPad 85

iPad Broadband Software Company 85

eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2016

New survey reveals how school leaders feel about policy, tech-supported learning. Survey questions ranged across the education spectrum and included the impact of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), technology-supported learning, increasing graduation rates, and serving special needs students. Catapult Learning, Inc.

E-rate 40

E-rate Survey Policies Technology Support 40

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

In a recent edWebinar , Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director of SETDA, offered highlights from the report, and Ryan Kocsondy, Director of Connecticut Education Network (CEN), gave an inside look at why Connecticut schools don’t worry about running out of bandwidth. The key is the state leadership to make broadband accessible to all.

Broadband 41

Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading. Freepik Cities and states will utilize dynamic policy making as they reach data maturity. Today, over 2.9

Trends 143

Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Alanda Povroznik, at head of table, works for a company that, as a benefit, will soon be helping her repay her college loans. An executive vice president at the investment company Natixis Global Asset Management, Farrington was surprised to find his audience of millennials unmoved. Photo: Powertex.

Chegg 40

Chegg Company E-rate Report 40

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. 5:33 Due to the stigma around self reporting.

EdTech 52

EdTech Survey Learning Data 52

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

For more than 20 years, the Federal Communications Commission has directed the multi-billion dollar E-rate program, which provides taxpayer-supported construction and service discounts that districts and libraries can use toward internet costs. A quarter of respondents rated the system neither easy nor difficult in the 2017 survey.

E-rate 78

E-rate Broadband Survey Analysis 78

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.

Broadband 95

Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 95

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

The 29-year-old lives in Beijing, where she leads a team at an education company that develops English curriculum for kindergartens and schools across China. For some people, the policy shift had immediate consequences, as fortunes fell when stock prices for China’s giant edtech companies crashed. I found my husband there.”

EdTech 149

EdTech Company Industry E-rate 149

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading. Freepik Cities and states will utilize dynamic policy making as they reach data maturity. Today, over 2.9

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, public school enrollment in the United States had been trending downward , thanks to birth-rate declines and more restrictive immigration policies, but the decreases rarely exceeded half a percentage point. Credit: Sonya Abrams for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Sonya Abrams for The Hechinger Report.

E-rate 123

E-rate Elementary Education Report 123

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

have received billions of dollars in combined donations and gifts from private companies and individuals. Funds are available through the Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), E-rate program, and federal COVID relief funds like the CARES Act.

Technology 166

Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 166

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. 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. Oh, and unroll.me

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. 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. Oh, and unroll.me

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. school districts’ reports on their readiness for online testing. No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes.

EdTech 150

EdTech Company Data Blended Learning 150

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? The thread on this tweet has the details. “I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link].

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Pearson CEO John Fallon recently met with a group of reporters at Education Week’ s offices and spoke about his company’s business strategies and record, and offered a defense against some of its detractors’ claims. Those resources are increasingly delivered in digital form.

Common Core 76

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Evelyn Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

Reasons for Hike in Education Expenses According to the 2017 research report of College Board, tuition fee in colleges at four-year private and public colleges have increased by 36%. Bill Gates dropped out of college at the age of 20 and made a revolutionizing company, “Microsoft”. Now, the time has changed.

How To 40

How To Secondary Education E-rate 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Photo by Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: This story is part of Map to the Middle Class , a Hechinger Report series exploring how schools can prepare young people for the good middle-class jobs of the future. Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. Photo by Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. I hate homework.”.

E-rate 99

E-rate Industry Report Survey 99

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Credit: Katie Cotterill for The Hechinger Report. Now, a year after enrolling in the program and on track to graduate, Andrade, 29, is living in Seattle with his partner and son, having recently accepted a full-time job as a contractor at a large technology company. Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. percent to 11.9

How To 100

How To E-rate Report Policies 100

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

The unfettered sharing enabled by digital resources presents humanity’s best hope for achieving education for all, yet all major education companies work proactively to undermine this capability. In no instance did a majority of students or teachers report that the OER were of inferior quality.

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

On twitter, I also ponder the trend of tech-savvy teachers increasingly resembling NASCAR drivers, proudly wearing digital uniforms on social media full of sponsored messages as proof of expertise: Why do some in K-12 define #edtech expertise by # of tech company certifications acquired? What does it mean to be an XYZ-certifed educator?

EdTech 191

EdTech E-rate Data Android 191

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

On twitter, I also ponder the trend of tech-savvy teachers increasingly resembling NASCAR drivers, proudly wearing digital uniforms on social media full of sponsored messages as proof of expertise: Why do some in K-12 define #edtech expertise by # of tech company certifications acquired? What does it mean to be an XYZ-certifed educator?

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Data Android 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. The program, called UPSTART, was developed by a nonprofit company and advertises itself as a kindergarten-readiness program. But most kindergarten-readiness and online preschool software is offered by for-profit companies. JACKSON, Miss. Waterford’s UPSTART is free. For example, K12 Inc.

Laptops 159

Laptops Accessibility Online Learning Company 159

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2017

That’s how much Nome Public Schools in Alaska is charged for its 700 students, according E-rate data gathered by nonprofit EducationSuperHighway. Before e-rates, schools in the region are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars a month for state-mandated broadband internet access,” the Alaska Democrat wrote. Zach Fansler.

Accessibility 72

Accessibility E-rate Broadband Report 72

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 14, 2017

In a nutshell: Right now schools use a variety of digital programs that collect data that could be of use to teachers, but programs made by different companies don’t play well together – and some programs won’t even allow teachers to export data out of the system to use it themselves. Yeah, it’s a mouthful. Read more about Blended Learning.

E-rate 42

E-rate Education Data Libraries 42

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

” More on the policy change via IHE. “Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. The adaptive learning company has raised $16 million total.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” " Via The New York Times : “ Met Changes 50-Year Admissions Policy: Non-New Yorkers Must Pay.” “A TurboTax for student loan applications” according to Techcrunch, the company has raised $15.5

Education 44

Education Kaplan E-rate Data 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

“The Trump Administration Has Revoked A Federal Directive On Campus Rape ,” Buzzfeed reports. Via The Washington Post : “ Student loan companies reach $21.6 Via The New York Times : “ Harvard Endowment Reports ‘Disappointing’ 8.1 (National) Education Politics. Percent Return.”

Education 48

Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

Via Education Week : “ E-Rate , Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. Not really ed-tech-related, except for all those companies saying they’re “Uber for education.” “ Purdue-Kaplan online university one step closer to reality,” the Journal & Courier reports.

Education 45

Education Coursera Khan Academy MOOC 45