An article in JD Supra highlights the myriad ways in which states are leveraging technology to transform the classroom experience. Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, “states are implementing various programs that use education technology to boost traditional classroom learning.” This includes blended learning—something “ESSA...
EdWeek Market Brief’s Michele Molnar writes that “research guidelines for ed-tech companies, produced in conjunction with an industry association, have been revised to provide more information about different levels of research” under ESSA and to “get faster answers about ‘what works’ in the K-12 marketplace.”
According to EdScoop’s Patience Wait, another financial winner in the recently passed budget bill is ESSA’s Education Innovation and Research grant program, which “will receive $120 million this year, up from $100 million last year, but lower than the $180 million it once received annually...
Doug Mesecar, vice president of strategic partnerships for IO Education, authored an opinion piece in EdScoop on the positive outcomes of ESSA and the use of education technology. Mesecar argued that education technology can be used to alter the “stubborn, teach-to-the-middle, manufacturing-based approach to modern schooling.” He outlined five areas where technology can help...
The Foundation for Excellence in Education released an ESSA Innovation Playbook designed to “help state policymakers navigate and identify provisions within ESSA” to “advance state priorities including school choice, digital learning, course access and competency-based education.” The playbook outlines six provisions to support local innovation...
Education Week highlighted the International Association for K-12 Online Learning’s (iNACOL) recent report on six policy recommendations for states to take advantage of opportunities under ESSA to “redefine student success:” Rethink accountability for continuous improvement; Redesign systems of assessments to align with student-centered learning; Transform systems...
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) visited a local high school to get a “firsthand look” at a community-supported computer science program that is receiving support under ESSA. Murray said she was “pleased to see so many young women in the class.”
The Dept. of Education released a new set of guidelines for grant programs designed to provide student support under ESSA. Options for program funding included “well rounded education opportunities, safe and healthy student programs, and effective uses of technology.” The guidelines also provided “innovated strategies”...
At the recent Future of Education Finance Summit, representatives from the “edfintech” industry – an “intersection of education, finance and technology” – spoke with education funding experts and nonprofit representatives about how their products could help their schools comply with ESSA’s financial reporting requirements, according...
According to the nonprofit Computer Using Educators (CUE), in order for districts to utilize ESSA funding for technology, both the state and district plans must include specific line items to use the funds for education technology. Read more here.
