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Shocking data reveals Millennials lacking skills across board

eSchool News

International data sets show U.S. In 2013, the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies ( PIAAC ) released the first-ever global data on how the U.S. are attaining higher levels of education since 2003, the numeracy scores of U.S. Since 2003, the percentages of U.S.

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New Markets Venture Partners Adds $30 Million, Former Gates Foundation Executive to Edtech Fund

Edsurge

The four focus areas include career credentialing, digital and adaptive learning platforms, STEM and computer science instructional tools and data analytic services for schools. New Markets has supported 43 companies since its launch in 2003; edtech startups make more than 90 percent of its deals in the past five years, Palmer adds.

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To Build Voice Recognition for Early Literacy, Soapbox Labs Gives Kids a Voice

Edsurge

In 2003, a team of Harvard University researchers concluded a survey and mapped out the idiosyncrasies in the pronunciation of common English words across the globe. She noticed another problem: Many of the apps used speech recognition technologies that were trained with adult data samples. Let's call the whole thing off!

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A New Social Science? Statistics Outgrowing Other STEM Fields

TeachThought - Learn better.

Statistics Outgrows All Other STEM Fields From 2010-2013. The ASA analyzed data compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on 160 STEM bachelor’s degree categories granted by U.S. Degree categories with a minimum of 200 completions in 2013 were included in the analysis. Increase # of 2013.

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U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

FY 2003 $700,500,000. FY 2013 $0. National Educational Technology Trends Study: Local-Level Data Summary (SRI International, 2008). The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: Issues and Recommendations for the National Study (Mathematica Policy Research, 2003). FY 2006 $272,300,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

The Hechinger Report

The New York Times found that the proportion of households earning between $35,000 and $100,000 fell from 53 percent in 1967 to 43 percent in 2013. trillion, according to the Federal Reserve, compared with less than $250 billion in 2003. No matter how it’s defined, we know the U.S. Outstanding student loan debt now tops $1.5

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An upscale Florida auction yields millions for local preschool programs

The Hechinger Report

By 2013, the last year for which data is available, the gap between the two groups had shrunk to just 10 percent. million from the foundation since 2003. million since 2003, $9 million of which has gone toward early learning programs, said Montecalvo. million from the foundation since 2003. “If