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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

Entrepreneurs are building on this knowledge to build breakthrough innovations that improve learning. Still, huge gaps exist in educational outcomes, high school graduation rates, college readiness and workforce advancements based on race, class, and geography. school and library to the internet. Access Resources.

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E-rate funding toolkit aims to make applying easier

eSchool News

Common Sense, SETDA unveil toolkit to help states, schools apply for billions in federal aid under the E-rate program modernization. A new E-rate funding toolkit from Common Sense and SETDA explains the changes to the federal program, available funding, and best ways to apply for it.

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How to develop K-12 open educational resources

Hapara

In general, OER was rated ‘considerably better on multiple specific aspects of teaching and learning, such as extending the core knowledge to novel tasks and situations and collaborating with others.’” . Here are some tools you can find online to create documents, multimedia and more. upload your resource onto a platform.

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Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds

Marketplace K-12

Future revenue in the $33 billion e-learning market is expected to fall precipitously in the United States and internationally, but sales of other types of digital learning products are predicted to rise, according to a market research report released recently. Unstable Economies Impact E-Learning Market.

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Network Essentials: Securing Buy-In For Your Network Upgrade

Education Superhighway

A shared vision for digital learning. With personalized student learning at the center, the Future Ready Framework provides a roadmap to support school leaders in building a digital plan that prepares students for success in college, career, and citizenship. While ensuring decision-makers are aware of the $3.9B

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7 beginner’s steps in digital citizenship for any district

eSchool News

Then, they figured out what they needed to satisfy for required federal E-rate guidelines. Also, teachers may need extra support when it comes to things like keeping track of and submitting documentation. For the 2017-2018 school year, Ellington trained all the teachers on the basics of digital citizenship.

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A community broadband approach to closing the connectivity gap

Education Superhighway

Utilizing the combined power of several anchor institutions, the Nevada Connect Kids Initiative has been instrumental in upgrading K-12 schools so that students can take advantage of digital learning in the classroom. Through the federal funding mechanism called E-rate we are closing the connectivity gap.