Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Also, this week, thanks to my invited participation in the National Governors Association regional summit, Meet the Threat: States Confront the Cyber Challenge , I published a new post “ How Should We Address the Cybersecurity Threats Facing K-12 Schools? Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 2017. It isn’t even good direct instruction."

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

The school has two full-time school counselors, but in 2012 laid off a staffer whose sole focus was guiding students to college or other post-secondary options. The shelves were once full of materials about colleges and scholarships as well as other post-secondary options, but the school laid off the center’s staffer amid budget cuts in 2012.

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Accessibility Secondary 111

Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

Via Edsurge : “Why the FCC ’s E-rate Makes Funding High-Speed Internet a Slow Crawl.” “The Saga of Ohio ’s Embattled E-School Is Coming to an End,” writes Education Week’s Ben Herold. Times published teachers’ ratings. Didn’t Happen, Agency Now Says.”

E-rate 44

E-rate Education Robotics Elsevier 44

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. This past year presented numerous challenges for educators, leaving many of us scrambling to do our best to meet the rising needs with limited time and resources – which isn’t sustainable. Today, over 2.9

Trends 144

Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2016

There have been some improvements, such as new schools and higher graduation rates, but there is still a long way to go. Students’ growth scores, which show how much a student has progressed from year to year, on state tests were rated a C in 2014-2015 , after two years of being an F.

How To 40

How To E-rate Report Groups 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. This past year presented numerous challenges for educators, leaving many of us scrambling to do our best to meet the rising needs with limited time and resources – which isn’t sustainable. Today, over 2.9

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

billion on elementary and secondary education. If E-rate didn’t fund our technology, we didn’t get it,” he said, referring to a federal program that makes telecommunications and Internet access more affordable for schools and libraries. We’re just trying to make ends meet with what we’ve got.”.

Elementary 54

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 54

Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

Five people presented. Course might meet once a week for three hours, might meet once a week for an hour, maybe it meets every other week. Those three components come together for a student, and we present them with a palette of a way to move through their educational process. I served as moderator.

E-rate 28

E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40