eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education , a global edtech company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. Through our acquisition of Pivot Interactives, Discovery Education is now better positioned to broaden our impact by providing our partner school systems access to phenomena-based, active learning tools.”.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

. — September 15, 2021 — DreamBox Learning, the leading education technology provider that in 2006 pioneered intelligent adaptive learning, today announced new expansions and partnerships with school district customers, including Prince George’s County Public Schools and East Baton Rouge Parish School System. About DreamBox Learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

The first online class we launched in 1998 was little more than flat text on webpages, and we closely followed the birth of learning management systems, meeting with both Blackboard and WebCT before they achieved their first $1 million in revenue. The web was increasing its use of graphics, but had barely adopted video.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2019

And as they do their homework on how to set up and run their online programs, some colleges are even looking to other sectors, like the corporate trainings that big companies run for their employees online. Berkshire Hathaway is not a bad company to be in league with. But Gary Keller, [the company’s founder,] was writing books.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 21, 2018

Our classroom should become a complex adaptive system (CAS) with no set leader. Students react and adapt to changes without asking for permission by forming systems with immediate Action-Feedback-Change (AFC) Loops. Systems Thinking Version 2.0. Tests and Measurements systems diagram via Plectica.com.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. 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. And I want to do it worldwide.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Kinney’s distinguished 25-year career in education began in Pennsylvania’s public school system at the Sharpsville Area School District , where he served as the district’s Instructional Technology Coordinator. I am incredibly honored to be selected as the next CEO of this great company,” said Kinney. “For

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TeacherCast

JULY 16, 2015

Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer web browser. It is also one of the world’s most valuable companies. Jennifer began her instructional career in 2006. It is the world’s largest software maker measured by revenues.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

For example, since I started teaching moviemaking with my students in 2006, I have used a Storyboard Dictionary of shots that I originally adapted from the American Film Institute. To access these features, just toggle from Auto to Pro. Often, I start teaching film by having students create a living shot dictionary.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Startups and established tech companies are providing a crash course in entrepreneurship, sending engineers and designers into public schools to mentor students. Working in the gig economy as a contractor with a ride-share company precludes the kinds of deep relationships that lead to professional advancement.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

And also, you can take failure out of the system, because nobody ever fails anything that they haven’t finished yet. You know, we’re not giving the kids the tools in school along with opportunities to collaborate, that they need on the job, that the companies are asking for. And if I’m slower at one thing, give me more time.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

higher education system is fair had evaporated. In 2006, journalist Daniel Golden exposed how President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, found his way into Harvard despite lackluster grades with the help of his dad’s $2.5 I think it will force building bridges in the public high school-to-college system,” Carnevale said.

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Edsurge

JULY 24, 2018

Your credit card might get declined when you’re on vacation because a system decides the behavior seems suspicious. As we create this data layer around us, there’s more and more chance for systems to misfire, or to be set up in a way that consistently disadvantages one group over another. They can speed results.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

I came to the Cobb County School District in 2006. I’ve created something important but it still points out flaws in the system that won’t be fixed unless things change across society, not just education. The curriculum they were exposed to had already proven itself ineffective—but I didn’t have access to anything better.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

His efforts paid off: he boosted his SAT score by more than 350 points and landed a spot in Yale’s class of 2006. There are hundreds of different skills and assessment criteria that are assessed by the system.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

His efforts paid off: he boosted his SAT score by more than 350 points and landed a spot in Yale’s class of 2006. There are hundreds of different skills and assessment criteria that are assessed by the system.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

It’s no great overstatement to say that the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to rollback net neutrality protections has shaken the education community’s faith in open and equitable internet access for all students. Since it began in the 1990s, E-Rate has helped bring high-speed internet access to 97 percent of U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2020

To watch the live show at 4:00 pm US-EDT, or to access the recordings afterward, please go to [link] (or [link] ). with the publication of the death and life of the great American school system: how testing and choice are undermining education, she became one of the most outspoken critics of ideas she once championed.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

The atrium of Whitmore Lake High School, part of a nearly $48 million capital campaign approved by voters in 2006. Nationally, school district debt has grown substantially, from nearly $323 billion in 2006 to $443 billion in 2016, according to U.S. The district has struggled since then to pay off its construction debt. Census data.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

KnowledgeWorks, an education-focused nonprofit, has a team of people dedicated to thinking about the future of education, and every three years since 2006 they have released a comprehensive forecast about what to expect 10 years out. Already, Prince said, some companies expect employees to take drugs like Adderall to be sharper on the job.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, called in 2006 for learning to be measured and reported publicly. In response, the two principal associations of public universities launched the Voluntary System of Accountability, or VSA, which invited colleges to administer standardized tests of student knowledge and publish the results.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

While state higher education funding in Texas doesn’t consider institutions’ retention rates, the TAMU System makes them glaringly public in an online dashboard. or a solid B, according to the education consulting company Civitas Learning. That’s up 4 percentage points since 2006.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2020

Since it’s now 2020, I thought it would be fun to revisit Karl Fisch’s video from 2006, titled 2020 Vision. Google buys Logitech and a whole host of media companies and university lectures. The GCars also are WiFi access points, creating massive nationwide mesh networks.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 30, 2018

It’s a typical day at GSoft, a technology company whose meteoric rise from its founding in 2006 has required a constant supply of workers — and the over-the-top amenities increasingly needed to recruit and keep them. places that are also suddenly rediscovering brain drain and scrambling to confront it. With a record 7.1

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 8, 2016

Learning has been transformed globally by new ways of using technology outside classrooms—but schools and education systems mostly have remained stagnant in how they use digital applications for teaching and learning, Anthony Salcito, Microsoft’s vice president for worldwide education, told publishing executives gathered here Tuesday. .”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2017

That can be funding the institutions themselves; it also can be investing in financial aid,” said Debbie Cochrane, vice president of The Institute for College Access and Success, a national nonprofit. But the primary reason for the spikes in tuition and fees, she said, is declining per-student funding to the university system.

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MindShift

APRIL 25, 2019

Lab activities can be one of the most effective ways to show children how global warming works on an accessible scale. The 2006 film An Inconvenient Truth and its 2017 sequel, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power have curricular materials created in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

In October of 2006 , Gartner said that Apple’s “best bet for long-term success is to quit the hardware business and license the Mac to Dell.” The very next day, Apple shares hit $97.80, an all-time high for the company. John Logie Baird demonstrated a working television system in 1926.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

Existing research on bilingual higher ed often focuses on college systems outside the States. Back in 2006, it started with 50 students. They come in with no knowledge of the American system of education.” You have a lot of companies from South America, Mexico, doing business in the U.S. labor market is growing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

This work has focused on policy and innovations to foster universal broadband access and adoption, digital and media literacy, local journalism and information hubs, public service media, civic engagement, and government transparency. Nigel also serves as Mayor Menino’s advisor on emerging technologies.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

This work has focused on policy and innovations to foster universal broadband access and adoption, digital and media literacy, local journalism and information hubs, public service media, civic engagement, and government transparency. Nigel also serves as Mayor Menino’s advisor on emerging technologies.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Fewer than one in five families understand that the “sticker price” colleges put on their websites and in their catalogs is almost certainly more than they will ultimately face, and six in 10 say it’s made them walk away without even bothering to apply, a survey by the college loan company Sallie Mae found. It’s crazy.”.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Manheim Central School District (PA) Superintendent Dr. Peter Aiken said they partnered with a company to educate their staff about email threats. The company periodically sends phishing tests to staff; those that get caught clicking on the emails are given remedial lessons. Schools should also classify data (e.g.,

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MindShift

JULY 8, 2019

Now, thanks to the onsite farm, students have daily access to salad greens, cooking greens, and other fruits and vegetables such as cucumbers. A shortage of healthy, affordable, accessible and reliable food options particularly affects urban residents who live below or close to the federal poverty line.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

One of the draws for Hispanic families is Monterey Mushrooms, a national company with farms about 10 miles southwest down I-75 from the school. Hickory, like Lenoir City, has also grown in the last decade or so, mostly due to Hispanics, who have been drawn to jobs at furniture and food distribution companies in the western part of the state.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

District IT offices were taking on the same tasks as Fortune 500 companies without the ability to implement them as effectively. While the presenters named several reasons they chose to move to the cloud, their top reason was equitable access to edtech. First, all programs are accessible to all students and teachers.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Total cost of ownership: First, administrators need to look at the expenses from a systemic view. It’s also looking at the potential changes, said Dr. Gabe Soumakian, CEO and Founder, Sup Du Jour Consulting Group, like what happens when a software or hardware company goes out of business. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems?

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