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Birgit Pepin, Editor; Ghislaine Gueudet, Editor; Jeffrey Choppin, Editor – Springer, 2024
This handbook presents the state-of-the art scholarship on theoretical frames, mathematical content, learning environments, pedagogic practices, teacher professional learning, and policy issues related to the development and use of digital resources in mathematics education. With the advent of more and more open access digital resources, teachers…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Burns, Mary – Education Development Center, Inc., 2023
This publication is the new edition of EDC's popular 2011 guide by the same name, completely revised to include lessons learned over the last decade, including the massive move to online learning during the COVID-19 global pandemic. Drawing on data from 188 countries and nearly 700 publications, this comprehensive guide explores distance education…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Teacher Education, Models, Online Courses
Breauna C. Wall – Solution Tree, 2025
Supporting and empowering special education teachers is essential for student success, as author Breauna C. Wall emphasizes with this guide. She advocates for reform in special education programs, including robust systems of support, mentoring, and ongoing professional learning for special education teachers. These efforts promote effective…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Faculty Development, Leadership Responsibility
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2020
As part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), the U.S. Department of Education made available almost $3 billion for the Governor's Emergency Education Relief Fund (GEER). Governors across the nation must be strategic with their use of GEER funds to support education in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. This brief…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, COVID-19, Pandemics
Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2021
In spring 2020, the Office of Educational Technology (OET) hosted a series of listening sessions with state leaders--from state educational agencies (SEAs), state broadband offices, state libraries, and state economic development agencies--to identify what digital equity issues were magnified as a result of school closings, what immediate actions…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, School Closing, Educational Technology, COVID-19
Council of the Great City Schools, 2016
The overarching purpose of this document is to define a new vision for mathematics instruction that explicitly attends to the needs of English Language Learners (ELLs), addressing the interdependence of language and mathematics. The sections in this report are devoted to (1) making clear that the grade-level college- and career-readiness…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, English Language Learners, Student Needs, Teaching Methods
Thomas, Susan, Ed. – Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2017
Across the country, districts are choosing to #GoOpen and transitioning to the use of openly licensed educational resources to improve student learning in their schools. Openly licensed educational resources enable districts to reallocate significant funds currently spent on inflexible, static learning materials to resources and activities that…
Descriptors: Open Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Resource Allocation, School Districts
Kansas State Department of Education, 2020
The Continuous Learning Task Force's primary goal was to develop guidance for Kansas educators to meet the immediate need of supporting learning outside of the normal practices. The team intentionally adopted the word "Continuous" as a means to bring clarity and focus to the experience of teachers, students and families as the 2019-2020…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Distance Education, COVID-19
Uro, Gabriela; Lai, David; Alsace, Tamara – Council of the Great City Schools, 2020
As the nation grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, the families of English learners (ELs) have experienced disproportionate distress with the shuttering of schools and the economic crisis. The reality of what many EL and immigrant families have faced during the pandemic must be incorporated at the outset into any planning for the reopening of…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, COVID-19, Pandemics, English (Second Language)
Miller, Michaela W.; Wallace, Becky; Rockholt, Cindy; Came, Deb; Pauley, Gayle; Gallo, Glenna; Taylor, Kathe; Mueller, Martin; Jeffries-Simmons, Tennille – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2020
To slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Washington state, Governor Jay Inslee announced on March 13 that all public and private K-12 school facilities in the state were to close through April 24. On April 6, he extended the directive through the remainder of the school year. Although school facilities are closed to traditional…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Disease Control, School Closing, Elementary Secondary Education
Bienkowski, Marie; Gerard, Sarah Nixon; Rubin, Shawn; Sanford, Cathy; Borrelli-Murray, Dana; Driscoll, Tom; Arora, Jessie; Hruska, Mike; Beck, Katie; Murray, Thomas; Hoekstra, Jason; Gannes, Stuart; Metz, Edward; Midgley, Steve; Castilla, Stephanie; Tomassini, Jason; Madda, Mary Jo; Chase, Zac; Martin, Erik; Noel, Marcus; Styles, Kathleen – Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2015
Opportunities abound for software designers and developers to create impactful tools for teachers, school leaders, students, and their families. This guide for developers, startups, and entrepreneurs addresses key questions about the education ecosystem and highlights critical needs and opportunities to develop digital tools and apps for learning.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Design, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Gaible, Edmond; Burns, Mary – Online Submission, 2005
This handbook is intended to help decision makers in developing-country governments and donor agencies in their efforts to utilize information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve and expand teacher professional development (TPD) activities. To the extent possible in a brief work, the handbook combines a global perspective--including…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Faculty Development
US Department of Education, 2004
The Guide to U.S. Department of Education Programs and Resources, commonly referred to as the Guide to ED Programs, provides an overview of all Department of Education programs authorized and funded under federal law. It also includes information on competitions administered under these programs as well as on the laboratories, centers, and other…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Federal Aid, Academic Achievement, Educational Technology
US Department of Education, 2007
This reference guide provides an overview of Department of Education programs authorized and funded under federal law for fiscal year 2007. It includes information as well on the laboratories, centers, and other facilities funded by the Department that provide important programs and resources for education. Information for students, teachers,…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, School Districts, Reference Materials, Nonprofit Organizations