Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2017

That was a major question we explored at the EdTech Efficacy Academic Research Symposium in Washington D.C. This article is based on the study “Edtech Decision-making in Higher Education” conducted by members of Working Group B for the EdTech Efficacy Academic Research Symposium held in Washington D.C. last month. in May 2017.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Prior to that, he served as the 2020-2021 President of the American Library Association (ALA) having previously been on a number of critical ALA committees, including the Finance and Audit Committee, the Budget Analysis and Review Committee and the Intellectual Freedom Committee, serving as the 2010-11 Chair.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Prior to that, he served as the 2020-2021 President of the American Library Association (ALA) having previously been on a number of critical ALA committees, including the Finance and Audit Committee, the Budget Analysis and Review Committee and the Intellectual Freedom Committee, serving as the 2010-11 Chair.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Especially in affluent communities, parents are hyper-involved in their children’s academic and social lives, so it’s unusual for teenagers to study, arrange a meeting about a bad grade, or even resolve a disagreement with a friend without parental help. Anxiety isn’t an individual student issue. Coping with Anxiety.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

While not every piece speaks directly to K-12 education issues at present, they all speak to the wider milieu from which our conceptions of public education and consumer technology are derived. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition). after its repeated mistakes with issuing TLS certificates.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

While not every piece speaks directly to K-12 education issues at present, they all speak to the wider milieu from which our conceptions of public education and consumer technology are derived. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition). after its repeated mistakes with issuing TLS certificates.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2017

Between the election and the beginning of May, the Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit that monitors hate groups, recorded more than 150 new reports of white nationalist fliers and recruitment materials on college campuses. For many faculty members and administrators, xenophobes are just one kind of shopper in the marketplace of ideas.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

After about 20 minutes, school administrators announced that the talk would be moved to an undisclosed location where a discussion between Murray and a faculty member, Allison Stanger, would be live-streamed. A proposed bill in Florida that would ban any student or faculty member from disrupting a campus event.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Faculty and administrators know that, in principle, if you are never asked to examine, let alone defend, your beliefs, your education will be deficient. As I talked about these issues with people outside the academy, however, I had to confront the fact that I was taking for granted many ideas or values that needed discussion and argument.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 4, 2017

And in many middle- and upper-middle class communities, according to psychologist Richard Weissbourd , today’s most “potent ingredient” is “ achievement pressure ” — the pressure to excel across academic subjects and a wide range of extracurriculars, culminating in the stress of putting together an impeccable college admissions package.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 17, 2015

A recent story on The Onion , the Internet’s beloved satire site renowned for its ability to pinpoint painful truths in its “fake news” stories, last week underscored one of the saddest dynamics of modern education. Mentor new teachers. Mentors also provide feedback about student-faculty and student-student interactions.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” Shares in for-profit higher education companies were up on news of Trump’s election. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ AAUP Warns of Historic Threat to Academic Freedom Posed by Trump.” Via News on 6 : “ Oklahomans Deny Sales Tax To Fund Education.” Looking at you.)

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

I’ll turn to this issue of equity – what are the demographics of the computer science industry, who benefits from how we frame the “skills gap” – in the next section in this article. For several years some academics have pushed back against concern the U.S. “Everyone should learn to code.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 24, 2016

He has put in place a six-member interim board to oversee the institution, with three new appointees and the current faculty, staff, and student representatives.” ” Will for-profit higher ed be an election issue? In other Coursera news : “ Atlassian sponsors computer science learners on Coursera.”

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Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Later in the week… Via the AP : “ Texas and four other Republican-led states filed another lawsuit Tuesday seeking to roll back the Obama administration’s efforts to strengthen transgender rights , saying new federal nondiscrimination health rules could force doctors to act contrary to their medical judgment or religious beliefs.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

To data about students’ intellectual, academic, and political preferences? ESSA’s accountability processes also require new types of data collection and disaggregation, including of non-academic indicators of school quality. Implied: students are lazy; students are conniving; students are academically unprepared.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2022

Now, not long after they were recognized for helping keep their colleges running during the pandemic, faculty are coming under new pressure to prove their value while dealing with attacks on job security, demands for greater productivity and criticism over what and how they teach. They’re also quietly squaring off to fight back.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

When the news first broke that two neighboring school districts in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi had to consolidate, parents, teachers, and students on both sides of the district lines buzzed with anxiety. Administrators say promoting the academic success of students like Dean, who is African-American, is one their primary goals.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

In other political campaigning news: “Campaign contributions from for-profit colleges continue to tilt heavily to Republicans. The case marks the first time the Supreme Court has directly addressed trans issues head-on. ” There’s more testing news in the courts section above. ” Education Politics.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

.” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Professors at Illinois colleges and universities spoke out this week in interviews with The News-Gazette against Gov. Rauner’s nominee to the faculty seat on the Illinois Board of Higher Education.” ” (That nominee is not a faculty member, for starters.).

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Via The NY Daily News : “ N.Y. ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Trump administration’s entry ban triggered wide condemnation from colleges, associations, faculty groups and others in higher education.” ” “ Jerry Falwell Jr.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

If you’re going to decry “ fake news ,” then you best not be sharing it. Anyway, as Matt Barnum writes , “ No, there’s no reason to think DeVos is planning to resign, contrary to viral news stories.” And there’s some human resources news in the HR section below too. ” asks Tony Bates.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

. “One of India ’s largest colleges, Amity University , is expanding into the US with the purchase of one campus in New York and a proposal to buy two more, drawing opposition from state officials in Massachusetts about the quality of the education it will offer,” the AP reports. More from Quartz. ” He was 7.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2016

” When Donald met Kanye : These issues included bullying, supporting teachers, modernizing curriculums, and violence in Chicago. A news release from the commission says the settlement ‘secures significant financial redress for tens of thousands of students harmed by DeVry’s conduct.’” Education Politics.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

“15 Ways Taylor Swift ’s Lyrics Solve Education Policy ’s Most Pressing Issues” is, no doubt, the most godawful white lady thing I’ve seen this week in education news. “The House Just Voted to Bankrupt Graduate Students ,” says Erin Rousseau in The New York Times.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

“Anti- Common Core Groups Unhappy About Trump Ed Secretary Pick Betsy DeVos ,” says the Sunshine State News. “Colleges’ Realities May Curtail DeVos ’s Agenda,” says New America Foundation’s Kevin Carey. “What’s the worst that could happen under New Ed Secretary Betsy DeVos ?

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Hack Education

JUNE 3, 2016

“ New Education Law: Bipartisan No More.” ” Republicans are made because the Department of Education issued guidelines about how ESSA should be implemented. Via The Atlantic : “Why the Education Department’s New Equity Rule Might Not Be So Equal.” Education Politics. ” (Psst.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

He has previously held positions at the American Theological Library Association; the American Library Association's Office for Diversity and Office for Literacy and Outreach Services; New York University’s Ehrman Medical Library; and Neal-Schuman Publishers. She was a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation Board from 2009-2011.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

He has previously held positions at the American Theological Library Association; the American Library Association's Office for Diversity and Office for Literacy and Outreach Services; New York University’s Ehrman Medical Library; and Neal-Schuman Publishers. She was a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation Board from 2009-2011.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 26, 2017

.” Via Politico : “ Stanley Buchesky , formerly a managing partner at the venture capital firm The EdTech Fund , will work [at the Department of Education] on budget and finance issues.” ” More on accreditation and legal issues in the courts section below. ” asks eSchool News.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

He joined the faculty at MSU in 1996 after working as the Language Center Coordinator at Willamette University and a language specialist at Hamilton College. Among other things, this means ensuring educators and students have a voice in conversations, issues, and policies that affect them. airing on Discovery in 2020.)

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

It was 2015 and Jack Silva, the chief academic officer for the public schools in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, had a problem: Only 56 percent of third-graders in his district had scored proficient on the state reading test. ” Jack Silva, chief academic officer for the public schools in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 9, 2017

Adds Friedlaender: “People in charge think more about the developmental needs of children at the elementary level so they make space for multiage classrooms there, but with older children they think more about academics.”. Multiage education, say its proponents, puts learners at the center, socially and academically.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The conference invited academics, politicians, and journalists across the ideological spectrum. Dozens of faculty members had already cancelled class to boycott. As much as colleges should provide a safe space for students, we cannot be afraid of talking about controversial issues or hearing different opinions.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

If, after class, you read tweets by the same professor saying that black students are “generally inferior academically to white students” and that members of the LBGTQ community only want marriage rights “to get spousal fringe benefits from the government,” you might find fault with your professor’s boss for not firing the prejudiced chauvinist.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Congressmembers, faculty, alumni and donors have all weighed in. Since then, Gay and Magill have issued apologies and Magill has resigned. Many students see this as a free speech issue, raising the question of whether calling for a genocide is free speech or hate speech. Did the university leaders speak out strongly enough?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

This is how one professor responded to the question, “What has it been like to be a black faculty or staff member on a predominately white campus in the era of Black Lives Matter?”. Particularly around issues of tenure and promotion, political battles in faculty and department meetings and other campus venues can take their toll.

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