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Anne Wujcik
Language in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 and the more recent Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 (IDEA 04) have given rise to widespread interest in Response to Intervention (RtI) in states and school districts across the country. In essence, RtI is a teaching process designed to bring better instruction to all students, using research-based curricula proven to result in successful outcomes. Read more.
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Quality Education Data (QED)
For 19 years, EdNET has attracted company presidents, vice-presidents, marketing directors, product managers, sales executives, and top educators from around the country. Attending organizations have the opportunity to sponsor EdNET giving them greater visibility with attendees and a chance to highlight themselves as leaders in the industry. Texas Instruments has been a long-time sponsor of the annual EdNET Industry Awards program for six years. Read more.
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Quality Education Data (QED)
On March 19, 2007 the Governors of the United States Postal Service approved most recommendations made by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) with most new rates going into effect May 14, 2007. Overall, the rates were approved at a slightly lower rate than the Postal Service had requested. The impact of the rate increases is uneven with the letter-shaped mail rate approved at a lower rate than requested, but the flat-shaped mail rate approved at a rate that was higher, and in some cases significantly higher than requested.
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Quality Education Data (QED)
QED’s white paper on Microsoft Settlement Funds somehow landed on a desk in the technology office of Gallup-McKinley County Schools in Gallup New Mexico this spring. The paper, which states that $15.4 million in vouchers had been mailed to New Mexico schools last fall raised eyebrows. Gallup hadn’t received its vouchers. So Lindy Swain, the district’s Technology Support Teacher called QED. We gave her the settlement administrator’s phone number. Not long after, Swain called back with good news. Read more.
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Quality Education Data (QED)
Federal technology grants to states peaked at $700.5 million in 2002. Since then it’s been a downward slide for the popular program. By 2006, funds for ed tech grants had dropped to $272 million, and the President’s ’07 budget recommends zero funding. With a new Congress that could change. Nevertheless, the Microsoft settlement money some states are reaping is particularly sweet in a time when not much else is on the table. Read more.
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