The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Aggregated over the past 13 years — the length of a child’s elementary and secondary school career — Congress has failed to appropriate $347 billion towards the education of low income students, primarily Black and Brown. Meanwhile, ordinary people are left to fill the gaps.

Secondary 72

Secondary Report System Advocacy 72

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

A perfect example of the device-before-pedagogy practice is the now-infamous 2011 Los Angeles Unified School District edtech initiative, which involved the purchase of more than 100,000 iPads for its classrooms to the tune of $500 million without any return on investment in terms of student outcomes. So, what can be done?

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Indiana’s foster care intake has more than doubled since 2001 , the sharpest increase in the nation. That’s the thing that shocked me more than anything,” said O’Brien, who is now retired after decades working at Eli Lilly and Company, the pharmaceutical company. In Indiana, where Tessa lives, the situation is especially dire.

Report 111

Report System Survey Meeting 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

After World War II broke out, Lawrence Holt, the father of one of Hahn’s students and a partner in a shipping company, noticed that many young sailors were dying after their ships were torpedoed, while older seamen were able to hang on. In 1933, Hahn fled Nazi Germany and opened a boarding school in an old estate near the Scottish coast.

Common Core 40

Common Core Elementary Meeting Course 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

A lack of appropriate oversight can be found in Betsy DeVos’s backyard, Michigan, where legislators repealed a cap on charter schools in 2011. Department of Education released an audit of both education management organizations (EMOs) and charter management organizations (CMOs), covering the period of July 2011 through March 2013.

Policies 40

Policies Exercises Report Outcomes 40

Hack Education

MARCH 30, 2017

But as it turned out, the zeppelin company had gone out of business – I imagine that many people, like myself, could only think about Christopher Walken and Grace Jones’ characters and opted not to go. In the meantime, these companies continue to collect a lot of “driving” data. Google versus Uber.

Education 40

Education Robotics MOOC Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

As Kristina Rizga wrote in Mother Jones this year , In 2011, all federal funding for civics and social studies was eliminated. And to be clear, this isn’t simply about the relationship of these companies to “the news” – although my god, they’re so terrible at handling that. Small world, I guess.).

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71