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Silicon Valley aims its tech at helping low-income kids get beyond high school

The Hechinger Report

“Last year I thought about it a lot because as a junior you start to realize how fast things are going,” she said in the library, otherwise empty but for students playing cards. No one in her family has ever gotten a degree. She never took the ACT or SAT. “I didn’t know better, and it was too late.

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Can the Right Nudge Help Low-income Kids Go Beyond High School?

MindShift

“Last year I thought about it a lot because as a junior you start to realize how fast things are going,” she said in the library, otherwise empty but for students playing cards. No one in her family has ever gotten a degree. She never took the ACT or SAT. “I didn’t know better, and it was too late.

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From here to there: Musings about the path to having good OER for every course on campus

Iterating Toward Openness

I made what was probably the clearest statement of my vision for the future of learning materials in my Shuttleworth Fellowship application several years ago: My long-term goal is to create a world where OER are used pervasively throughout primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools. had 62 percent of the embedded market share.

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Digital Transformation and Innovation in Rural School Districts

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He has served as Principal at the secondary level as well as Assistant Superintendent. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation. He received his M.Ed. from The University of Mississippi in educational leadership.

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Leading the Digital Transformation in Rural Districts During Crisis and Beyond

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Normally, many rural districts work with local libraries and businesses to provide students with WiFi hotspots. ClassLink® OneClick® includes a library of over 5,000 single sign-on apps and instant links to file folders at school and on Google, Office 365, and Dropbox cloud drives. Ann earned her bachelors, masters, and Ed.S.

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Getting Stakeholders to Back the Edtech Budget

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Dr. Levett began her career in Savannah as a speech and language pathologist and moved to positions in leadership including Secondary Principal, Chief Academic Officer, Deputy Superintendent, and interim Superintendent. Ann Levett was appointed Superintendent of Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools in Georgia effective June 2017.

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Creating and Leading Equitable, Effective Learning Systems

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Dr. Polyak’s undergraduate work was at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and secondary education. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation. By Eileen Belastock.

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