Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., 2012 and 2012 (ARRA case studies).

Policies 150

Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

With about one-third of all public elementary and secondary schools in rural communities, there is a need to understand and support the needs of rural schools. Understandable, but not equitable when data shows that rural areas have slightly higher poverty rates than urban areas. The 2014 U.S.

E-rate 60

E-rate Education Outcomes Accessibility 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

With about one-third of all public elementary and secondary schools in rural communities, there is a need to understand and support the needs of rural schools. Understandable, but not equitable when data shows that rural areas have slightly higher poverty rates than urban areas. The 2014 U.S.

E-rate 60

E-rate Education Outcomes Accessibility 60

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Researching Students’ Information Choices (RSIC), our IMLS-funded study, uses simulated Google result lists to examine what happens when student researchers make real-time search engine result page decisions. Student simulation tasks (RSIC study). Wikipedia: Helpfulness vs. citability across the grade-level cohorts (RSIC Study).

E-rate 111

E-rate Wiki Elementary Study 111

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

In their July 14, 2019 article “ Why Teachers Quit ,” We Are Teachers summarizes, “A recent study by the Learning Policy Institute shows that if a teacher receives mentoring, collaboration, and extra resources, and is part of a strong teacher network, first-year turnover is cut by more than half. K., & Bruegmann, E. 24) Jackson, C.

Policies 236

Policies Groups Elementary Study 236

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Cayanne Korder, 18, studies in the Red Wing High library before heading to a local hospital for an internship. 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. Steve Friess for The Hechinger Report. RED WING, Minn.

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Accessibility Secondary 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. A monitor she is wearing as part of a PE project is going off, informing her she has reached her resting heart rate, and cueing her to make a note of her current activity.

E-rate 95

E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 95

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

along with study guides and a discount on a separate tutoring service for premium subscribers. per semester for what it calls Cengage Unlimited, its full e-library, and another $50 for access to a related homework system that professors often assign with the textbook. We want to help them study better. higher education product.

Accessibility 206

Accessibility Pearson Secondary E-rate 206

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2016

“Students who share racial and/or gender characteristics with their teachers tend to report higher levels of personal effort, happiness in class, feeling cared for, student-teacher communication, post-secondary motivation, and academic engagement.”. In a 2004 study of Tennessee third-graders, Thomas S. Hispanics account for 21.5

Secondary 40

Secondary E-rate Report Comparison 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. We are on track to see an increase in individualized homeschooling and e-learning, accompanied by the rising tide of gamification in education, promising a more engaging and dynamic learning experience. Today, over 2.9

Trends 144

Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

Neo LMS

JUNE 12, 2018

Streaming in schools is a contentious subject, and there are studies to show that streaming prior to upper secondary school can have a negative effect on both social and academic outcomes, particularly for underprivileged students. Streaming should really only be considered in a high school setting. What role will ed-tech play?

E-rate 213

E-rate Robotics Comparison Industry 213

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 Brown plans to study elementary education with a focus on middle schools.

Elementary 53

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 53

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The district’s class of 2010 had a 73 percent graduation rate for students in special education and a 13 percent dropout rate — double the dropout rate for the student body overall. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem. Covina-Valley has seen its efforts pay off.

Dropout 93

Dropout E-rate Education Secondary 93

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network. While Kno has fixed its issues, it appears as though Stanza, a popular e-reader app, will remain in the app graveyard.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. We are on track to see an increase in individualized homeschooling and e-learning, accompanied by the rising tide of gamification in education, promising a more engaging and dynamic learning experience. Today, over 2.9

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Three years ago a student who wasn’t completing his work dared Barile to watch the zombie show, saying he’d study if she did. She watched the series and then built an entire curriculum around it (content rated TV-MA means the course is only open to juniors and seniors). “The ethos to her teaching. We watch the show and dissect it.”.

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Assessment Study 111

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Pringle said that the NEA is currently working with the FCC on how to get increased investment in the E-rate program because, through that program, dollars can be distributed in an equitable manner. Amanda Karhuse has served as the director of advocacy for the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) since 2006.

System 53

System Digital Divide E-rate Education 53

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

The Wisconsin Hope Lab , a higher education research group, found in a 2017 study that two in three community college students are food insecure, a term that means “the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods.”. It seems to cost as much to have textbooks as to have a roof over one’s head.

E-rate 62

E-rate Guidelines Report Secondary 62

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

Recent studies, including one by Stanford’s CREDO project , have shown virtual schools producing poor results. “We publish studies that show the value that these programs do add. Secondary, they will enable what most people in the education world want to see happen.”. I think on the whole, the results are pretty good….But

Common Core 76

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 18, 2017 Doubts about whether internet filters protect teenagers online | University of Oxford → A new study casts doubt on whether such technologies shield young teenagers after finding no link between homes with internet filters and the likelihood of the teenagers in those households being better protected.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Associate Professor of Biology A Case Study in Science and Engineering Job Shadowing in High School - Ann Gaudino, Ed.D. Carmona, Lead Contract English Instructor Student-Generated Apps for Mobile Devices – can they enhance higher levels of understanding? Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

But other experiences and co-curricular things occur outside that framework like labs, like service learning, like research, like case studies. So why not think of a better way to do it where if I’m doing case studies, I meet once a week for two hours? So this 8-percent e-textbook adoption rate is very alarming.

E-rate 28

E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 17, 2023

The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project promotes a workshop model for reading and writing and has numerous units of study as a curriculum and many resources available for teachers. Use text bands to broaden a student’s reading “level” I first heard about text bands at a TCRWP Reunion in New York.

Secondary 72

Secondary Libraries Groups E-rate 72

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. Why Some Studies Show Otherwise.”

E-rate 44

E-rate Education Robotics Elsevier 44

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

“5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” For what it’s worth, according to the latest data from the NCES , the number of post-secondary institutions in the US has increased since 2011.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The Intel Education Study App has now too been discontinued. And on and on and on.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

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

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” “A Kayak for Credentials” – Inside Higher Ed on Credential Engine ’s plans for a big database on post-secondary credentials. New study finds big declines, then progress.” ” More via Buzzfeed.

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

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. In English, they studied rhyme schemes.

How To 40

How To E-rate Report Groups 40