eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It’s a common story: the energetic principal who comes into a school, revamps the curriculum, creates innovative learning practices, and then leaves with no sustainability plan. First, districts need to address the digital divide/homework gap in meaningful ways. Another aspect of the digital divide includes teachers.

System 55

System Digital Divide E-rate Education 55

eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

As many experts will point out, DEI initiatives are prone to fail when they aren’t getting at the crux of the issue—existing systemic processes and challenges that prevent promising solutions and DEI-focused policies from being successful. Ethnicity, diversity–all students need to learn how each culture is different.

Chromebook 118

Chromebook Robotics Elementary Training 118

Evelyn Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

Universities and colleges are no longer just institutions of learning and teaching. Online learning is now the primary focus, with learning resources readily accessible on the internet, surpassing the significance of traditional learning methods. A classroom has become an e-classroom, with tablets on each and every desk.

How To 40

How To Secondary Education E-rate 40

edWeb.net

JUNE 2, 2021

billion went to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). States must document that they’re using the money to address learning loss. Districts must use the money on evidence-based programs that help stem learning loss, close the digital divide, and address social and emotional learning needs.

Education 98

Education Industry STEM Digital Divide 98

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. The partnership aims to bridge the digital divide in Pittsburg by offering parents refurbished computers free of charge.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. We headed into a fourth year of learning in the pandemic’s shadow. This year’s 5th most-read story focuses on expert predictions for edtech.

EdTech 69

EdTech Learning Industry Data 69

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. And, for those getting hyped by blockchain in education, my take on some of the magical thinking underlying the promise of blockchain for education. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 170

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. And, for those getting hyped by blockchain in education, my take on some of the magical thinking underlying the promise of blockchain for education. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2020

A century ago, counselors didn’t spend much of their time on the mental health of students, or what’s known in schools as social-emotional learning. The digital divide raised similar concerns: If no phone numbers work for a family, if emails remain unanswered, how can counselors gauge the welfare of a child? It’s tough.

Survey 145

Survey Report Elementary Exercises 145

Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

A focus on tackling the digital divide and resource inequities laid bare by the pandemic. Their stances on education policy differ, but they all have at least one thing in common: classroom experience, which Biden has promised would be a prerequisite. Teaching experience. In an op-ed published Dec.

Education 217

Education Digital Divide Policies Common Core 217

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145