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Three lessons from rigorous research on education technology

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The researchers at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab ( J-PAL ), an organization inside the economics department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, scoured academic journals, the internet and evaluation databases and found only 113 studies on using technology in schools that were scientifically rigorous.

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What the Data Tells Us About How ESSER Spending Did and Didn’t Help Schools Recover

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Analysts said the difference likely came down to leadership in some states being “simply more effective at steering districts to focus on student learning” in the face of vague spending guidelines from the federal government.

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Federal Government Launches First-of-Its-Kind Center for Early Childhood Workforce

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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been following the situation — with eyes, especially, on the early care and education workforce, says Katie Hamm, deputy assistant secretary for early childhood development at the department’s Administration for Children and Families (ACF). government.

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What If Finding Child Care Online Were as Easy as Making a Dinner Reservation?

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These systems could also, Smigielski points out, help state leaders make an argument to the federal government that they need more funding. And they could help states distribute the funds they get every year from the federal government in a more intentional way, making sure that dollars are flowing in the direction of need.

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Government Funds Shielded Colleges From Extinction. In 2022, the Stakes Will Change.

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At the start of what would soon be known around the world as the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders in the higher education industry began to fear the worst. Within days, colleges and universities around the nation announced their respective continuity-of-service plans to provide instruction and student support remotely.

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Laws Against Black Literacy in Pre-Civil War South Still Haunt Education, Expert Says

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What you see in the aftermath of the Civil War is wonderful people wanting to participate [in education] for good religious reasons, but they needed an infrastructure, they needed a support, they needed a system. Government doesnt rely upon the good intentions of individuals. Religion cant do that. It has never tried to do that.

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College ‘Deserts’ Disproportionately Deter Black and Hispanic Students from Higher Ed

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Hillman says that he began looking at geography out of frustration with an emphasis during the Obama administration on providing consumer information about higher education as a solution to college access. The dominant narrative was, ‘If students just have better info about where to go to college, more would go,’” he says. “I

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