Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The State Educational Technology Directors Association profiles four states' policies for acquiring digital instructional materials. The post As Demand for Digital Materials Rises, States Adjust Policies appeared first on Market Brief.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

All four are profiled in case studies that detail their policies, funding allotments, adoption processes and notable challenges. In states that mix adoption and local control, like Utah, a commission reviews, vets and ultimately recommends instructional materials, although districts have final say.

EdTech 268

EdTech Case Study Instructional Materials Policies 268

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2024

The students ask about many topics, including tardy policies, access to athletics and clubs, and even treatment by deans and security. Here are a few ways we can do this: Improve instructional materials. She is a 2023-24 Teach Plus Colorado Policy Fellow.

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Classroom Instructional Materials Secondary Policies 123

Doug Levin

MAY 12, 2015

I also tend to think that educators make rational responses in selecting instructional materials and tools (including using social media) – and certainly in the U.S. K-12 context, individual teacher’s choices about instructional materials are constrained by district and state policy anyway.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2023

Helping one of the world’s largest book publishers create inclusive learning and teaching materials is one way we can do this.” It also includes instructional materials and digital resources to help teachers build literacy skills and social-emotional awareness.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 27, 2016

And while the materials he uses match his students’ level of English proficiency, Brock said he sometimes feels like he’s insulting their intelligence. A nationwide survey of ELL educators by McKinsey & Company during the 2012-13 school year revealed 70 percent created their own materials. He isn’t alone.

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Instructional Materials Survey Dropout Common Core 28

The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2023

It is time to take a hard look at the policies that keep our diverse students from learning from teachers who look like them. My district’s seniority-based layoff policy resulted in my being given a termination notice two years into my teaching career. Districts not making layoffs need to do more to recruit and hire teachers of color.

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Policies Instructional Materials Elementary Report 133

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 21, 2023

For example, politicians understand costs much better than they understand learning, which makes policy work and other political advocacy around eliminating textbook costs far easier than advocating for ways that “open” (whatever that word means) might be leveraged to improve student outcomes.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

While there are individuals at the federal level eager to know more and ready to act, there hasn’t been a lot of policy movement at that level yet. I’m hopeful that their knowledge, experience, and expertise will be leveraged to shape and influence policy, whether it be at the state or national level.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The Learning Policy Institute calculates the cost of distance learning at about $500 per student for a total of $3.7 Here are five existing policies that policymakers and local officials are likely to lean on to ensure that funds are used effectively, with regard to investments in remote learning programs and services.

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Policies EdTech Program Evaluation Outcomes 126

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But there’s also been a debate over whether the state’s policy to hold weak readers back in third grade has been a bigger driver of the test score gains than the instructional changes. How to drive research to inform practice within schools and within classrooms is the central problem we face in education policy,” said Dee.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Alabama passed a comprehensive early literacy policy in 2019. Kymyona Burk is the policy director for early education at ExcelinEd and a board member of The Reading League. At the end of the day, all children deserve a chance to learn to read, and all teachers can learn to teach them.

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Policies Assessment Outcomes Instructional Materials 145

Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 7, 2024

Today, the shift towards digital content as the primary instructional material is undeniable. Teachers are now creating interactive academic course material with the help of learning management systems such as Moodle and distributing it to students at large.

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Moodle eBook LMS Guidelines 52

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2019

In fall 2007, Larry Berger, CEO of Wireless Generation (now Amplify) was invited to submit a paper to an “Entrepreneurship in Education” working group led by Rick Hess, the director of Education Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute. I’d recently moved to Washington, D.C. and he asked me to co-author the piece.

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Instructional Materials Case Study Assessment Company 141

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Create high-quality curriculum and assessments for English learners in STEM Curriculum developers, teachers and researchers should work together to develop instructional materials and resources that take into account the range of English learners’ needs.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 1, 2019

My post doesn’t just refer to just sites like Teachers Pay Teachers, but also a wide range of materials from a variety of sources. To assist with the vetting process, I suggest you take a look at the Digital Instructional Materials: Acquisitions Policies for States site from SETDA.

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Marketplace K-12

OCTOBER 15, 2015

The State Educational Technology Directors Association has launched an online tool to help ed-tech companies, states, and districts learn about digital instructional material procurement.

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Policies Digital Learning Instructional Materials Learning 40

edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2018

Questioning the quality of instructional materials isn’t new to the digital education era. Thus, there is the potential for more disparity in the quality of materials from school to school. State leaders need to make sure they are giving educators the tools they need to select the best materials for the classroom.

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Instructional Materials Resources OER Policies 40

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Currently, 48 states and the District of Columbia have adopted state-level, dual-enrollment policies, including 28 states that have established multiple dual-enrollment programs, according to the Education Commission of the States.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 19, 2019

During a tour of updates to SETDA’s Digital Instructional Materials Acquisition Policies for States (DMAPS) , which showcases state policies in support of digital materials, Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director for SETDA, discussed new features like professional development information.

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OER Instructional Materials Policies Broadband 41

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

I’ve established that I am a fan of open educational resources (OER) and think that K-12 educators and policymakers would benefit from thinking more deeply about the ownership of instructional materials. ’ I do not think it means what you think it means” ).

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OER Education Instructional Materials EdTech 278

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Buoyed by examples of new and significant commitments to OER by companies large and small, governments of all levels, and schools, it is easy to see that the future of instructional materials over the next decade will look very different than it has over the last decade. This is good news and cause for celebration.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Blended classes greatly benefit from BYOD scenarios because most of the class instructional materials are on the cloud and all students need to do is to sync them on their devices. But now, schools must enforce policies on social media use during and beyond class hours. Sounds easy.

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BYOD Classroom Khan Academy Policies 150

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Refocusing classrooms around up-and-coming digital materials requires more than just adding a new tech-based product or two as many processes for reviewing and purchasing instructional materials are still built around print textbooks. “We saw that our code was only looking at the adoption of textbooks,” said DeLeón.

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Instructional Materials Case Study Policies OER 40

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 5, 2019

Teachers spend seven or more hours per week, or 250 hours per year , creating or finding instructional materials for the general classroom, said Clark. This amount of time grows exponentially for teachers in underserved schools with students who may need more support. “If Create a Digital Framework to Improve Outcomes and Equity.

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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 108

SETDA Says

DECEMBER 19, 2019

2019 was an action packed year for SETDA. Always working to engage state leaders, affiliates members, private sector partners, and partner organizations-SETDA developed tools and resources to support national, state, district and school leaders in the implementation of the digital teaching and learning.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2022

Our partnership with OpenSciEd gives middle school teachers access to free, standards-aligned, technology-integrated instructional materials to support this work. The Vernier business culture is grounded in Earth-friendly policies and practices, and the company provides a family-friendly workplace.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Now, a new resource from SETDA offers a look at different state-level procurement models to demonstrate how various states have implemented policies and procedures to procure digital resources, instructional materials and devices. Next page: Procedures from 4 states highlighted in the report).

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Resources Case Study Instructional Materials Policies 51

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Idaho started a $50 million program so that eligible families can buy education-related items, from online instructional materials to tutoring services. While that is one way to address the bus driver shortage, removing policy barriers is another. Indiana is offering families grants of up $1,000 to support after-school tutoring.

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Education Instructional Materials System Policies 104

eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2022

This dyslexia screening process is part of Arizona’s Move on When Reading policy, which is designed to provide students with evidence-based, effective reading instruction in order to position them for success as they progress through school, college, and career. To learn more about i-Ready , visit CurriculumAssociates.com/i-Ready.

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Assessment Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials Education 92

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Essential Elements for Digital Content is a free professional learning community on edWeb.net that provides policy makers, school administrators and educator leaders a better understanding of policies and practices related to digital instructional materials.

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Broadband Accessibility Instructional Materials Education 61

Doug Levin

APRIL 27, 2017

A day late perhaps, but here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. That we go through elaborate theater to suggest that this is NOT true of online testing says more about education policy than technology.

EdTech 150

EdTech Chromebook Policies Student Data Privacy 150

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

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

Often, these pitches entail free or discounted software for products ranging from instructional materials to virtual conferencing tools. Among them are companies directly reaching out to teachers and administrators, offering to help ease that transition. Amen to that.”

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Company Software Instructional Materials Assessment 208

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 175

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.

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Blackboard Instructional Materials Professional Learning Digital Learning 168