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Application window now open for Title IV A Student Support and Academic Enrichment grants for personalized learning and competency based education!

Posted on February 20, 2018 by Stan Freeda

These grants can be used for a wide variety of purposes, but must fall into one or more of the following categories: Effective Use of Technology, supporting the effective use of technology (e.g. professional development, blended learning, and technology devices). … Continue reading →

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Education News Updates: August 2016

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Stan Freeda

Every Dollar Counts: In Defense of the Education Department’s ‘Supplement Not Supplant’ Proposal    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2811950 A new paper from two Columbia Law School scholars defends the Education Department’s proposed regulatory language implementing ESSA, Title I’s supplement, not supplant provisions. Evidence compellingly … Continue reading →

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Every Student Succeeds Act Accountability and State Plans Open for Public Comment

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Stan Freeda

The United States Department of Education (USDOE) has recently proposed regulations on accountability, consolidated state plans, and data reporting under the Every Student Succeeds Act. The proposed regulations were published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, May 31, and are available … Continue reading →

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Competency Education: Time to Tackle the Elephant

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Stan Freeda

In this blog that first appeared on CompetencyWorks.org on December 16, 2015, Chris Sturgis (@sturgis_chris) shares the challenges teachers face when required to teach grade-level standards—when students’ knowledge is two to three (or more) academic levels lower or higher. She … Continue reading →

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2015 Education Highlights in Policy and Practice

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Stan Freeda

2015 has been an exciting year for competency-based, blended, and online learning. We’ve witnessed breakthrough policies signed into law, hundreds of districts and schools shifting toward anew era of personalized learning, and an unwavering focus on doing what is best … Continue reading →

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President Obama Delivers Remarks and Signs the Every Student Succeeds Act

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Stan Freeda

“Let me sign this bill.” – President Obama  #ESEA  #ESSA  #NCLB https://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-signs-every-student-succeeds-act  

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Update on ESEA Reauthorization: Every Child Achieves Act

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Stan Freeda

On July 16, the Senate approved the Every Child Achieves Act with a vote of 81-17. The Senate sent a strong signal today that teachers and students should have access to the the technology, including digital content and open educational … Continue reading →

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Digital Learning Equity Act of 2015 Introduced in the US Senate

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Stan Freeda

On Friday, June 19, U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.) introduced the Digital Learning Equity Act of 2015, major legislation that would support innovative ways to improve student access to the Internet and other digital learning … Continue reading →

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Ask to Include Librarians in the NEA Quality Dashboard Proposal

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Stan Freeda

At the Network for Public Education conference, Lily Eskelsen Garcia, president of National Education Association, spoke about the “Opportunity Dashboard” that NEA is promoting as critical to the reauthorization of ESEA. Notably absent on this dashboard are school libraries and … Continue reading →

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4 Things You Should Know About The Senate’s Overhaul Of No Child Left Behind

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Stan Freeda

A Senate committee pushed an overhaul of the No Child Left Behind Act a step closer Thursday, passing a rewritten version called the Every Child Achieves Act of 2015. The vote by the Committee on on Health, Education, Labor and … Continue reading →

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