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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: The First-Year Implementation of the Technology Literacy Challenge Fund in Five States (American Institutes for Research, 2000). Federal Program Evaluations and Program-Related Reports: National Educational Technology Trends Study (NETTS).

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A summer program uses the arts to combat the achievement gap

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Baltimore is combating that trend. Subscribe today! And students seem to love it.

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What Makes a Good Assessment?

The CoolCatTeacher

His research focuses on on professional development and teacher change, program evaluation, assessment of student learning, grading and reporting, instructional effectiveness, and educational reform. Thomas Guskey is Professor of Educational Psychology in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.

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Online program expands to combat early learning disruptions caused by coronavirus closures

The Hechinger Report

But Adrian Hammitte, a superintendent in one of the Magnolia State’s high-needs school districts, said results from the first few years of the program have been promising, showing gains in students’ kindergarten readiness. It takes a big burden off the district,” he said. Subscribe today!

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Project-based learning boosts student engagement, understanding

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Subscribe today! WESTFORD, Mass. – They seem to want to be in class.