The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

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Google Digital Badges Tools E-rate 255

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Finally, somewhat for the sake of brevity, I have excluded consideration of the role of the E-rate (which is overseen by the Federal Communications Commission and not the U.S. Appropriations: FY 2017: (in process) (President Obama request: $500,000,000). Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

OHDELA gets an F rating from the Ohio Department of Education, receiving failing marks on measures including students’ performance on state tests, academic growth and graduation rates. They also say they are taking steps to improve retention and graduation rates.

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E-rate Pearson Company Report 140

Shake Up Learning

JULY 18, 2017

Common Sense Media Rating and Reviews. Best Apps for Teaching and Learning 2017 (AASL). Assessment. 55 Digital Tools for Formative Assessment. 18 Tools for Formative Assessment. I have the e-course you have been waiting for! .” – Felix Jacomino. General Websites, Lists, and Databases.

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How To E-rate Classroom iPad 78

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Of the more than 35,000 Mississippi kindergarten students who took the state’s skills assessment last fall, about 64 percent scored below the state’s readiness benchmark. Most will likely fail, if past trends hold. Since then, the state has made few strides in expanding efforts to help more of its youngest children prepare for school.

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E-rate Report Laptops Assessment 104

techlearning

MARCH 19, 2018

During the 2016-2017 school year, five public school districts in Rhode Island used STEMscopes NGSS in their elementary schools. The 2017 NECAP results show that the districts that used STEMscopes outperformed the rest of the state on their fourth grade proficiency rates in science.

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Assessment E-rate Elementary Student Engagement 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2022

With e-commerce leading Americans to expect quick delivery, trucking companies face pressure to haul more and do it faster. TJ England said the company gave high-quality training to its students that includes time in the classroom, on the driving range and on the road, as well as skill assessments throughout.

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Company Training E-rate Industry 28

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

As a Title 1 district with 98 percent minority enrollment and nationally known for an above-average graduation rate, UCSD leaders credit much of the district’s success to a mission for technology equity. Shmoop will offer feedback on everything: topic, coherence, organization, and even nitpicky things like sentence structure and grammar.

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CMS SchoolDude E-rate Differentiated Instruction 69

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

as if offended by her cruel self-assessment. During the winter of 2017, after multiple meetings, including one with the renowned mindset researcher Chris Hulleman, a professor at the University of Virginia and the director of The Motivate Lab there, Gallin began to test a run of tweaks. Hulleman and Kenn E.

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E-rate Strategy Report Common Core 110

Education Superhighway

JUNE 21, 2017

Last May, EducationSuperHighway partnered with Darby School District to connect all students to high-speed broadband so they can take advantage of digital learning in school year 2017. Leveraged E-rate modernization, which allowed them to pay for the non-recurring costs of the upgrade over a four-year period.

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Broadband E-rate Analysis Facebook 53

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

About 6 percent of today’s immigrants are children and 26 percent of all children in the country in 2017 had at least one immigrant parent , according to the Migration Policy Institute, a think tank dedicated to studying migration and immigration trends. percent in 2017 , according to the Migration Policy Institute. She thinks so.

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E-rate Elementary Report Study 108

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Learning.comoffers a complete online safety curriculum that provides lesson plans and activities, reporting on district E-rate compliance, and seamless integration with Google Classroom and other widely used learning platforms. Founded in 1999, Learning.com currently partners with one in six U.S.

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E-rate Online Assessments Industry Report 46

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

These kinds of questions that address the relationship of course design and structure and the likelihood of academic dishonesty, are the subject of this brief and useful paper, which we'll unpack today: Anderman, E. M., & Koenka, A. The Relation Between Academic Motivation and Cheating. Theory Into Practice, 56(2), 95–102.

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Course E-rate Examples Assessment 111

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

These elements are: differentiation, adaptivity, student engagement, direct instruction, practice, formative assessment with immediate feedback and student explanation of learning. Though the students are continually assessed throughout the program to adjust to their skills, this initial reading sets them on a path tailored to their needs.

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Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

Education Superhighway

JUNE 21, 2017

Last May, EducationSuperHighway partnered with Darby School District to connect all students to high-speed broadband so they can take advantage of digital learning in school year 2017. Leveraged E-rate modernization. We are happy to share that Darby students are now connected to digitally-rich classrooms.

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Broadband E-rate Analysis Facebook 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

In recent years, though, a variety of virtual counseling models have popped up, from College Possible’s Navigate program, which operates primarily via phone, text and e-mail, to a pilot from College Advising Corps, debuting this fall at two rural Texas high schools, which relies primarily on video conferencing. I’d never been to a college.”.

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E-rate Report Accessibility Secondary 111

Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

(Similar forces are said to contribute to a tightening in the global, self-paced e-learning market.). market from 6 percent of the total shipments of non-desktop PC devices in 2015 to 18 percent in 2017. Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds. In the United States, the outlook is somewhat rosier.

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E-rate Chromebook Microsoft Tablets 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

In addition, kindergarteners who took advantage of state-funded pre-K in Quitman ranked among the top five performers on an assessment of school readiness skills, state data released in November show. Almost half of Mississippi’s 4-year-olds are not attending any preschool at all, according to the Annie E. million in 2017.

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Elementary Data Training Report 81

ExcelinEd

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

A s demonstrated by scores on the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) , only 37 percent of fourth graders in our country are proficient readers. A more recent study conducted on Florida’s early literacy policy analyzed graduation rates of all retained students compared to those promoted.

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Policies E-rate Study Training 28

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Starting in 2017, Mississippi will give out additional government funds to child care centers that agree to meet new, more challenging state requirements. The state routinely received an F on the biannual rating of state child care program requirements and oversight policies performed by the nonprofit Child Care Aware.

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E-rate Report Meeting Training 40

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning (for training, e-learning, performance support and social collaboration). Ratings and reviews a based on standards-aligned, multifaceted rubric used by a team of expert reviewers and a select group of educators who field-test products for their value with learners. Check out their Top App Lists.

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iPad Android E-rate Facebook 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

Martin had the lowest ratings possible for achievement and improvement on its state report card that year. Not only is the middle school new, but the high school graduation rate has soared from 57 percent to 91 percent in four years. The growth in the graduation rate at Dillon High School over four years.

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E-rate Course Policies Conference 40

Brainscape

MARCH 20, 2025

Similarly, the benefits of breaking concepts into more digestible "cues & explanations" could be leveraged by a flashcard-like Q&A software that engages users' active recall and  metacognitive self-assessment faculties , thereby  deepening the cognitive processing  involved with each exposure. See Figure 7.

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E-rate Study Software Assessment 52

Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

Anxiety about grades and assessments is one of the major causes (outside of ACEs) of student stress.[12] Academic Pediatrics, 2017, 17(8), pp. Effects of a brief mindfulness meditation intervention on student stress and heart rate variability. Inability to control their emotions. Lack of participation in school. Stempel, H.,

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Classroom E-rate Advocacy Report 239

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

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). Revere High School’s adjusted four-year graduation rate rose from 71.5 percent in 2017. The school’s four-year adjusted graduation rate rose from 71.5 percent in 2017.

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E-rate Report Assessment Study 111

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” The system sends students a text or e-mail 24 to 48 hours after a class, with one multiple-choice question about the material. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

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Education Learning Software Knewton 218

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. We’re preparing kids for these jobs of tomorrow, but we really don’t even know what they are,” said Amy McLeod, the school’s director of curriculum, instruction and assessment. Twenty-one percent of Lowell residents live in poverty; the average rate in small metro areas nationwide is 17 percent.

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E-rate Industry Report Survey 105

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

The importance of Retain becomes particularly clear in the context of the emergence of services like Spotify and Netflix at home, and library subscriptions to e-book collections, databases, and journals on campus. If you’re interested, the full citation is: Wiley, D. Reiser & J. References.

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OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. In 2017, the petite Texan arrived at the jail with an armada of plans and the energy to launch them. An APDS tablet, which students use to study, read e-books and watch TED Talks. / WASHINGTON, D.C. Jerard Briscoe is away at school. It’s a plausible story.

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Tablets E-rate Khan Academy Study 166

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Student-Loan Borrowers , by Age Group, Amount Owed, and Repayment Status, 2017.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” Writing assessment company Writable has raised $3.2 The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. .” Sounds legit.

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Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

” Just as we’ve seen in recent years, there was some faculty pushback to online education in 2017 at various institutions , notably at George Washington University, which was sued last year by a handful graduates who claimed that their online education was inferior to what was offered on campus. broadband privacy rules.”

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 56

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Testing, Testing… Via Inside Higher Ed : “Large-Scale Assessment Without Standardized Tests.” Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.” E-Sports Make A Play For The Big Ten.” ” More research on virtual schools in the research below. .”

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Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 47

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

North Smithfield Manor has long been zoned for Gardendale schools as part of the district’s integration efforts, and Williams had planned her life around sending her children to Gardendale High, where more than seven out of 10 graduates enroll in college—one of the highest rates in the district. You are trying to take that from them.

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Education Report Data E-rate 111

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

Boston Bridge would be available for 2017 high school graduates who live in the city.” 1, 2017, on the online 2018–19 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form.” The e-book subscription service has raised $21.45 ” The New York Times (op-ed page) on the “ 2017 College Access Index.”

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Education MOOC Report Company 49

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 10 Edition). Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5 Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Nice artwork pic.twitter.com/ghFh8flSw1 — Kumars Salehi (@KumarsSalehi) September 21, 2017. From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.” Via Campus Technology : “ Education Data Breaches Double in First Half of 2017.” “Who is blocking campus speakers now?”

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Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 49

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Via NPR : “ Betsy DeVos ’ Graduation Rate Mistake.” ” Via The Consumerist : “New Chairman Orders FCC To Abandon Court Defense Of Rule Limiting Prison Phone Rates.” Also via Education Week : “Under New Leadership, FCC Quashes Report on E-rate Program ’s Success.”

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Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40