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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). By 2002, a new education law had replaced the program and a new presidential administration was in place. FY 2001: $450,000,000.

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Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

In 2002, federal education law began requiring schools to spend federal dollars on research-based products only. And, perhaps most importantly, they often don’t have the time or resources to conduct follow-up studies in their own classrooms to assess whether the products paid for with public dollars actually worked.

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The dark side of education research: widespread bias

The Hechinger Report

And that may be leaving teachers and school administrators in the dark about the full story of classroom programs and interventions they are considering buying. Department of Education launched in 2002 to help educators decide which educational products to buy. Sign up for Jill Barshay's Proof Points newsletter. Weekly Update.

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