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EduCon 2023

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

SLA opened around 2006, with EduCon starting a few years later. For example, he recommended having all stakeholders (educators and community members) meet for a "Salon Dinner." To take one group example, black male educational leaders now have meetings and a safe space to share and speak about their unique experiences.

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DEBT WITHOUT DEGREE: Gaps in financial aid, funding contribute to growing number of Georgians with college loans and no college degree

The Hechinger Report

They say that by 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require such credentials, and today only 45 percent of the state’s young adults have them. A December state audit found the annual average total cost of attendance grew 77 percent between 2006 and 2015, from $8,361 to $14,791, including mandatory fees and room and board.

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

In meetings with his academic adviser during the second semester of his freshman year, Robinson said he learned that though his GPA was solid, the school’s computer algorithm saw trouble. By 2006, the school was majority minority. As a result, the college-age population is expected to decline by 15 percent after the year 2025.

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A year in the life of a small-town superintendent shows the federal bailout won’t be enough

The Hechinger Report

A 2019 study from the nonpartisan Albert Shanker Institute found only five states spend enough money to help students in high-poverty school districts achieve test scores that meet the national average; Washington ranked among the lowest spenders on that list. Well,” Dulin replied, “it’s complicated.”. percent in 2009. That’s an enemy.”.

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Alabama aims for huge pre-K enrollment boost by 2025, despite pandemic setback

The Hechinger Report

And though the pandemic has slowed down its plans a bit, the state has kept its commitment to invest enough money in the program to make it available to 70 percent of the state’s 4-year-olds by 2025. The state will need to add significant capacity to meets its target of 70 percent. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Revamped and rigorous, career and technical education is ready to be taken seriously

The Hechinger Report

“It is a difficult thing to meet all that is required federally while also trying to provide what is needed for students locally.” Statewide, kindergarten through 12th-grade enrollment is projected to drop nearly 22 percent from 2006 levels by 2025. Those numbers directly affect the bottom line at Manchester Tech.