The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), enacted in 2016 by a bipartisan congress, has represented a substantial change in how American schools allocate resources, assess student learning, and improving learning standards across the Pre-K and K-12 environments. In addition, it has already begun drastically reshaping the ways that schools adopt new technologies and educational resources in their states and districts. What does research tell us about how particular demographic traits (such as region, income, ethnicity, and more) affect technological adoption? What can we learn from recent political shifts in the United States? Let's dig into the specs to find out. SECTION #3 - DemographyPurpose: To discover trends in educational technological adoption based on the demographic traits of schools. Scope: American Pre-K thru 12th Grade Schools Research Questions:
Advantages: Factors Improving EduTech Adoption In SchoolsAccording to Simba Information's 2015-2017 Surveys in Ed Tech, Tablet Deployment, and Resource Acquisition, we can observe the following: Rural/Suburban Schools and Small Districts Provide More Devices for Students.
Schools most likely to make swift changes to increase EduTech spending are suburban High Schools in mid-sized ditricts.
Regions: Which Areas Fare The Best For EduTechThe Midwest is much more heavily invested in EduTech than other regions, and the Southwest is the significantly less invested.
Some States are Mandating Digital Resources and Online Testing, which is Boosting their Investments.
Learn MoreSimba Information's report on these trends can be accessed here by students of participating institutions, or for a fee.
Have any questions? Feel free to leave them below and I'll keep digging to find truths in EduTech and the future of learning! Next Topic: Curricula: Trends in EduTech Spending by Subject Matter and Pedagogy
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Julie Frankiewicz
12/3/2017 11:13:47 am
I find it interesting that New York is not on the mandated digital resources. In most of the schools I have been in have some sort of technology aspect to the learning. Further, watching and experiencing all of the changes with ridding of Regents and adding the Common Core tests, I can not believe that NYS does not have any requirement about online learning. The other piece of information that shocked me was that the rural schools had better ratio for student computing than suburban schools. I would have thought that the suburban schools would have the lowest ratio not the rural schools!
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Nathan Elequin
12/6/2017 07:47:55 pm
To be honest, I need to re-evaluate the statements in the survey to ensure that my paraphrasings were not misleading. This was based on administrative reflections, so perhaps future data will teach us otherwise.
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