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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

Edsurge

In July of 2015, the district paid more than $400,000 for alignment, strategy and professional services from Education Elements, a for-profit personalized learning consultant, according to receipts obtained by EdSurge from the district. million to the firm for personalized-learning consulting services.

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Online Education Isn’t the Sideshow. It’s the Main Event.

Edsurge

And I know two things for certain: first, many students will go back to in-person learning, but the demand for high-quality online education and shorter, non-degree learning pathways—like boot camps and short courses—will continue to grow as people upskill, reskill and look for greater flexibility in education.

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

Doug Levin

Note that the last category is the most subjective and one might reasonably argue some reports (including those conducted under contract with the U.S. 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).

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Pandemic May (Finally) Push Online Education Into Teacher Prep Programs

Edsurge

and Pearson, reports the Snapshot 2020 annual report from the Digital Learning Collaborative. Additionally, the 2019 version of the report noted that about 420,000 students in more than 20 states participate in state “virtual schools,” which primarily provide courses but don’t usually award credentials.

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Broadband Provides More Equitable Access to Education and Workforce Preparation

edWeb.net

Digital learning not only plays a crucial role in preparing today’s students for the jobs of tomorrow, it also has an important role in providing equity and access to education, especially in smaller and remote school districts. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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How a University Took on the Textbook Industry

Edsurge

As demand for low-cost, high-quality materials increased during the Great Recession, the nonprofit project shifted from curation to creation, publishing its first five free textbooks in 2012. So in 2012, OpenStax raised $5 million in grant support to produce five titles for large introductory classes. colleges use at least one.

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Did That Edtech Tool Really Cause That Growth? How to Watch Out For Faulty Efficacy Studies

Edsurge

Digital Promise invites edtech developers to share their studies for review. But oftentimes, that research draws incorrect conclusions or is “complicated and messy,” as Alpha Public Schools ’ Personalized Learning Manager Jin-Soo Huh describes it. Is this study even actually relevant to my school, grade, or subject area?

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