Tom Murray

JUNE 3, 2016

With support from ED, state leaders, and new platforms for curation and discovery, there has never been a more exciting time to rethink traditional, static instructional materials. As with any instructional materials, quality is key. Determining policies, processes, and timelines for adoption.

OER 100

OER Future Ready Edmodo Education 100

Digital Promise

MARCH 23, 2016

As publishers continue their work to improve the instructional materials being used in classrooms, elected officials and policymakers at every level nationwide must increase their efforts to get high-quality digital content and educational technologies into the hands of teachers and students.

Blackboard 168

Blackboard Instructional Materials Professional Learning Digital Learning 168

eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2018

In reality, this drive for PD is more nuanced, requiring competency not only in teachers, but also the classroom environment and culturally responsive instructional materials. The first dimension, institutional cultural competency, includes the policies and values of the district and school administration.

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Policies Instructional Materials Training Assessment 85

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

On the broadband front, Marc serves on the Blandin Foundation Broadband Strategy Board and is an appointed member of the Minnesota Governor’s Task Force on Broadband. The SETDA mission is to build and increase the capacity of state and national leaders to improve education through technology policy and practice.

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Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

Note: The original version of this piece was published on July 7, 2016 by New America as part of an EdCentral series on the next social contract for education: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/next-social-contract-public-education-needs-new-terms-service/.

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Instructional Materials Education Academic Standards Software 150

eSchool News

MAY 3, 2022

They empower educators to measure student learning, identify where students are on their path to grade level expectations and provide data to drive instructional strategy. It integrates curriculum management, instruction, assessment, and communication tools into one solution, saving schools valuable time, resources and money.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 23, 2016

As publishers continue their work to improve the instructional materials being used in classrooms, elected officials and policymakers at every level nationwide must increase their efforts to get high-quality digital content and educational technologies into the hands of teachers and students.

Blackboard 125

Blackboard Instructional Materials Professional Learning Digital Learning 125

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

“Our kids are more engaged than they’ve ever been with phonics instruction and with reading, and they’re applying what they’re learning,” said one second grade teacher who was part of the research study. Lincolnshire, Ill. –

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

It’s that most conversations about a school’s expenses don’t sync up to what’s happening in the classroom—the instruction, materials, and tools that shape the educational experience for teachers and students. This will demand a careful communication strategy. The problem is not that these conversations are dry.

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Data Program Evaluation Report Instructional Materials 107

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 1, 2016

Strategy: Reviewing Records. Use something like my Summary Slides strategy – so students are teaching students). Strategy: Organizing and Transforming. Definition: Overt or covert rearrangement of instructional materials to improve learning. New Strategy: Revise and Remix. Effect Size: 0.49.

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Wiki Instructional Materials Examples Strategy 60

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2022

billion of their federal pandemic recovery funds on after-school programs, according to FutureEd, an independent think tank at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. Based on the spending patterns of more than 3,000 school districts , U.S. schools are on track to spend more than $1.5

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trends 144

Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2019

Similarly, 28 states have policies and guidelines for external connections; 23 have them for internal wireless connections. While states are mainly providing strategies and not funding, there is a growing movement to create innovative solutions like wi-fi on buses and community partnerships to provide wi-fi access at home.

Broadband 41

Broadband Accessibility E-rate Mobility 41

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2018

Schools were unhappy with both the cost and the quality of the instructional materials available. Develop a value creation plan It is vital to put educational strategy and outcomes first—strong outcomes which create a fundamental value for customers drive strong results, both financially and in terms of social impact.

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Outcomes Education Company Broadband 71

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

“Next year, many traditional education strategies will fade away as educators help students recover from the pandemic’s impact, especially with harder-hit groups like students who learn and think differently. The policies and infrastructures are in place to deliver. Jeff Rubenstein, VP Product Strategy, Kaltura.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Schools have relied on those funds for the creation or expansion of summer programs and tutoring services, the purchase of high-quality curriculum and instructional materials, and a plethora of other efforts to address learning gaps students experienced through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2018

As recent investigations have shown, too many public schools lack clear conflict-of-interest policies to ensure that decisions about whether and when to use specific technology products or services are being made in the best interests of students. The post OPINION: What’s the high-tech tradeoff for students and teachers?

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Software Student Data Privacy OER Data 48

techlearning

JULY 17, 2018

The state is reviewing new science instructional materials for the first time in 12 years to help science teachers succeed in teaching students the latest standards. With the review process for science instructional materials to help teachers finally under way, implementation is another step closer.

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Company Instructional Materials Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance. It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance,” said Aponte, who also served as U.S. Department of Education.

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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

If you bucket all instructional materials—core plus a broad view of “supplemental”—you have an estimated $6 billion instructional materials market. Tackling the $6 billion instructional materials market almost always requires displacing a product, program or service already in use. billion or so.

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Industry Edmodo Pearson Instructional Materials 80

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

From California to Connecticut , legislation is being written and revised to specifically tie attendance to learners’ documented interaction with instructional material. Across the country, districts are utilizing different strategies , tracking ‘meaningful interactions’ with students,” explains Altman.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Only 21 states have any kind of dedicated state funding for technology, and this can range from just digital instructional materials (e.g. State Funding States vary drastically in the funds they make available for K-12 technology. software and electronic textbooks, as is the case in New Mexico ) to physical devices (e.g.

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Technology E-rate Laptops Digital Divide 169

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The combination of Core5 and Schoolwork will streamline the classroom workflow, make it easier to distribute and collect instructional materials, and provide educators with useful and timely insight into each student’s progress to ensure learning is taking place.

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Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 54

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

This works well out particularly well for publishers over the long term, because an entire generation of faculty without these critical skills becomes wholly dependent on instructional materials created, reviewed, selected, and assembled by publishers. Should institutions have policies regarding these issues in the future?

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

If the proposed policies become law, the state will join California and New Jersey in mandating that climate topics be introduced across grade levels and subjects, not just confined to science class. Teachers want and need straightforward starting points in terms of instructional materials,” she said.

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Instructional Materials Report Elementary Data 106

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2017

“Everyone is reassessing funding sources and the stability of those sources going forward,” explains David DeSchryver, Senior Vice President and Co-Director of Research at Whiteboard Advisors, a consulting firm that specializes in education policy. They have to train new staff, and that’s a great target for edtech companies,” she explains.

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EdTech Education Company STEM 83

Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

Via NPR : “ Wyoming School District Stalls On Transgender Student Policy.” Via Campus Technology : “ Udacity has announced a partnership with a ride-sharing service in China to host a $100,000 prize competition to find the best machine learning strategy to improve customer experience.” million total.

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