SETDA Says

DECEMBER 18, 2014

ConnectED Digital Content E-Rate Equity of Access FCC In the News OER Policy Professional Learning' As the calendar year draws to a close and we take time to celebrate family and the holiday season, all of us at SETDA.

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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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Doug Levin

MAY 19, 2018

Among the places where our ‘rules of the road’ seem lacking, I’d count the following: Access and use , which I define to include the myriad issues of equity of access, but also of our orientation toward student use of devices (i.e.,

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SETDA Says

JANUARY 28, 2015

Best Practices Digital Content E-Rate Equity of Access OER Policy Professional Learning' Successful digital learning implementation can meet a broad range of goals, including supporting the academic needs of students to ensure that they are college.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2017

Unfortunately, teachers and students are often unable to be sure there will be dependable, robust access outside of school depending on family and community circumstances. Communicate with Families. She is also a visiting professor at Clemson University in the School of Educational Leadership. She earned a B.S. Join the Community.

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SETDA Says

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

Best Practices Digital Content E-Rate ED Equity of Access In the News Interoperability OER Personalized Learning Policy' January 2015 brought lots of renewed energy and excitement to SETDA. At the beginning of the month, the Board of Director’s announced a new.

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Doug Levin

MAY 12, 2015

K-12 context, individual teacher’s choices about instructional materials are constrained by district and state policy anyway. Both of which are now things – Open Policy and Open Pedagogy – that if we hold too tightly to may actually get in the way of us working through the hard issues of implementation. K-12 context.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 10, 2019

All their suppliers must comply with this linguistic policy because even in high-tech areas, linguistics count, and many highly paid language analysts are employed. . Most of the major public school systems are finding themselves wading into the deep end of diversity and equity issues. .

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Quite often, these teams collaborated to create policies around technology and to problem-solve whatever challenges would arise. Everyone is saying ‘we are in a digital world,’ so how do we support every student, especially those that might not have WiFi access at home?”.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

“Transforming teaching and learning and providing access to digital instructional materials, both on and off campus is critical for all students,” said Lan Neugent, Interim Executive Director, SETDA. When acquiring digital instructional materials, the cost associated with access to broadband and devices is a pivotal factor.

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 30, 2019

And, you see, like Taylor, I have a policy about honesty, especially when it has to do with equity for kids. Let me start by reframing the words of a former, well-known political advisor, It’s equity, stupid. It’s equity of access. And it’s equity of experience. They ask me to be honest.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The National Education Technology Plan is the flagship educational technology policy document for the U.S. The national plan. In order to create more money for this, the plan suggests a move away from traditional textbooks towards high quality open license education materials that will stay consistently up to date.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

The National Education Technology Plan is the flagship educational technology policy document for the U.S. The national plan. In order to create more money for this, the plan suggests a move away from traditional textbooks towards high quality open license education materials that will stay consistently up to date.

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

SETDA’s latest research, Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities , highlights how state policies are supporting the transformation to digital learning. The SETDA mission is to build and increase the capacity of state and national leaders to improve education through technology policy and practice.

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SETDA Says

JUNE 13, 2019

Why do we spend the time to research and report on policies and practices? Often when coordinating a focus group or presenting a new SETDA resources via a webinar, I mention the Why. Why do leaders gather to collaborate on topics of interest? The Why always relays back to the students. State department of education […].

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

In her early career Maureen worked at a number of national and international organizations including Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, Greenhill Centre for Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland, Project Vote, the American Youth Policy Forum, Every Child Matters, and Mentoring International. Maureen graduated from American University with a B.A.

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SETDA Says

APRIL 14, 2016

During last week’s Washington Policy Summit, co-hosted by SETDA and CoSN, educators visited policymakers focused on advocating for equity in education as related to. read more.

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SETDA Says

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

SETDA and CoSN commend the Wireline Bureau for opening an emergency E-rate filing window to help schools address their higher than expected on campus bandwidth demands.

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SETDA Says

MAY 1, 2020

This guest blog post was written by SETDA partner, Brendan Desetti, Director of Government & Stakeholder Relations for D2L. As the school year comes to an end in many places around the country, the uncertainty of COVID-19 looms in the future. What is certain, is that while we once hoped for summer respite, the needs […].

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SETDA Says

MAY 26, 2020

In support of state leadership, SETDA recently published the State Education Agency Considerations for CARES Act Funding as Related to Digital Learning.

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SETDA Says

JUNE 12, 2019

SETDA opposes the FCC’s proposal to sweep the E-rate and other Universal Service Fund programs under a single budgetary cap and “prioritize” them. The USF is a vital tool for state leaders working to connect students to high capacity broadband at school and at home and this proposal threatens the system’s success.

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SETDA Says

JUNE 19, 2019

SETDA strongly opposes Chairman Pai’s draft Educational Broadband Service Report & Order, which proposes to further marginalize rural students that lack access to high capacity broadband.

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SETDA Says

MAY 16, 2018

The Senate voted (52-47) today to reject the Federal Communications Commission’s decision to eliminate the agency’s Net Neutrality protections. All Senate Democrats and three Republicans – Senator Collins (ME), Sen. Murkowski (AK), and Sen. Kennedy (LA) – supported S.J.Res.52, 52, which was introduced by Sen.

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SETDA Says

MARCH 10, 2016

On March 9, 2016, President Obama unveiled the ConnectALL Initiative, which aims to ensure that all Americans, including low-income families, have broadband access to the. read more.

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SETDA Says

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Through the continued leadership of the Board of Directors and the dedication of our members and staff, during 2016 SETDA celebrated 15 years of. read more.

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SETDA Says

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Last week, Senator Hatch (UT) and Senator Bennet (UT) introduced the Innovation for Tomorrow’s Workforce Act of 2016 which would amend current law to. read more.

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SETDA Says

DECEMBER 22, 2015

As the year winds down, we reflect on our accomplishments from 2015. Needless to say, SETDA had a busy year! Through the continued leadership. read more.

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SETDA Says

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

ConnectED’s focus of fostering a robust ecosystem for digital learning and empowering teachers and their students with enhanced personalized learning experiences is a goal long. read more.

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