The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2016

See if you can keep your grades up, stay happy and still get into that elite college! “There’s an increase in wealth in the newly minted middle class, and a lot of parents want [their children] to have the U.S. They may be good students in China, but not competitive enough in the education system.”

Secondary 106

Secondary System Groups Social Media 106

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

Texas A&M University at Texarkana has one of the lowest retention rates of public higher-education institutions; 55 percent who started in 2012 were gone by 2016. Department of Education data analyzed by The Hechinger Report. The line between Texas and Arkansas in front of the bi-state federal building, which straddles both.

Dropout 97

Dropout Report Policies Data 97

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

I’ll respond to Jim’s post first, as it provides an opportunity for some necessary clarification on my part. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education.

Accessibility 63

Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 63

edWeb.net

MARCH 1, 2020

Whether schools are 1:1 or still relying on computer carts, the move to online assessments creates new needs from devices to professional development to data privacy policies. Educators must first have a deep and cohesive understanding of what they’re trying to accomplish in the classroom and how they’re trying to do it.

Online Assessments 52

Online Assessments Assessment Student Data Privacy BYOD 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

Mostly, it’s because few grown-ups feel ready to talk about sex with kids younger than 10, said longtime sexual health educator Deborah Roffman. “As Yet, like everything about raising and educating children, it’s one thing to know how you intend to handle a situation and another to actually handle it. In a still from an “Amaze, Jr.”

Elementary 83

Elementary Video Training Report 83

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Via the Washington Post : “ Trump pitches $20 billion education plan at Ohio charter school that received poor marks from state.” More on Bill Clinton and Laureate Education in the for-profit higher ed section below. Elsewhere in Education Politics. ” Education in the Courts. I love education research.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Education LMS Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

This is part six of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. One of education technologies’s greatest luminaries passed away this year. Seymour, as my friend Gary Stager has described him , was the “inventor of everything (good) in education.” Read Mindstorms. ” ).

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85