The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

Since at least 2006 , technology leaders and mathematicians have argued that data is the new oil. The coursework should be challenging but accessible — “low floor, high ceiling.” Generative AI algorithms, like those used to create ChatGPT, train on large language datasets.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In the wake of COVID-19, TCS moved the IMFIS program to a 100 percent virtual format, helping improve equity and access to high-quality digital content for educators and students, specifically those from under resourced communities. TCS will continue growing its investment to bring IMFIS to every student and educator in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2023

Many found a way to continue their studies through informal tutoring centers, but those too have come under increased scrutiny as the government continues to crack down on women and girls’ access to education. Like a walking dead”: Being a teenage girl who wants to study under Taliban rule By Mahsa Kosha I was born in 2006.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

In addition, access an array of standards-aligned resources designed for wherever learning takes place on Discovery Education’s flexible K-12 learning platform. Students and teachers can access on-demand exercises from NFL teams in the digital NFL PLAY 60 library to help them reach their recommended 60-minutes of daily physical activity.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In that role she led the development of innovative partnerships with Ministries of Education in Egypt, Chile, and with channel partners worldwide, and oversaw the development of the Discovery Education’s Impact Network , whose members offer educators online access to Discovery Education’s high-quality graduate-level professional learning content.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best. As recently as 1997, only 27 percent of America’s K-12 school had internet access—a number that skyrocketed to 92 percent by 2003. The web was increasing its use of graphics, but had barely adopted video. billion in 2010.

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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

JUNE 11, 2019

Slated to open in two years, the Delgado West Bank Campus Advanced Technology Center will offer two-year and certificate programs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. Dedicated to the STEM fields, the new construction gives current and future students real-world opportunities to learn while also earning money.

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Report STEM Groups Training 73

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Reach began in 2006 as a certification program for entry-level teachers who had a degree but still needed a credential. Some states have staffing shortages only in specific areas, like special education, STEM or elementary ed. One of the challenges is that the programs rarely target the specific needs of schools, he said.

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Elementary Report Training Classroom 86

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

With support from former Governor Bev Perdue, North Carolina’s schools got access to broadband internet through a statewide education network that connected public schools, universities and community colleges. In 2006, North Carolina education leaders were intrigued by how virtual learning could help all its students.

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Digital Learning Learning Broadband STEM 84

MindShift

JANUARY 20, 2017

Spatial thinking is an important predictor of achievement in STEM careers. Research shows that spatial thinking is an important predictor of achievement in the STEM disciplines—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (Wai, Lubinski, & Benbow, 2009). Sometimes these are called “STEAM” to reflect the inclusion of the arts.

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Pearson STEM Training Study 28

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. It’s to universities and colleges that many states have mostly turned to stem this flow. With a record 7.1

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Industry Report Study Survey 67

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam: I think that one of the things that particularly — in states like Virginia where the resources that localities have access to can be wildly different. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. Obstacles to Implementing the Vision in Virginia. kymberlimulford@gmail.com.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

An annual study of Broadway and the 16 top nonprofit theaters in New York City, put out by the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, shows that from 2006 to 2016, Asian actors were hired for 3.7 Yet, funding for the arts currently shows no sign of rebounding from cutbacks stemming from George W. percent of the U.S.

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Dropout Elementary Report Common Core 77

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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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 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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Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 21, 2016

“So far, many students have collaboratively written, researched, created video, and even built virtual worlds, but now it is time to engineer together,” says Vicki Davis, author of the award winning Cool Cat Teacher Blog and an original founder of the Flat Classroom Project, winner of the ISTE 2006 Online Learning Award.

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OER Social Media Classroom Industry 150

MindShift

JULY 8, 2019

Quigley’s passion for farming stems from Teens for Food Justice , a 6-year-old nonprofit organization that has worked with community partners to train students at Brownsville Collaborative and two other schools in low-income neighborhoods in New York City to become savvy urban farmers and consumers. Her principal, Gregory Jackson, Jr.,

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Survey System Study Report 51

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

Wikispaces is also the backbone of my global collaborative projects since 2006, with MAD about Mattering as the most recent example. ” More people access the Internet with mobile phones than with computers. Tip: See the sandbox lesson plan and rubric I use to introduce wikis to my class. Keynote (for Presentations).

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Tools EdTech Haiku Learning Classroom 120

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2024

In perhaps the only attempt to summarize the detracking literature, a 2009 summary of 15 studies from 1972 to 2006 concluded that detracking improved academic outcomes for lower-ability students, but had no effect on average and high-ability students. Related: Data science under fire: What math do high schoolers really need?

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Trends Outcomes Report Study 124

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

But many of the 747 charters have implemented policies that critics say make it difficult for lower-income families to access them. W]here do schools want to locate, who do they want to serve, what strategies are the schools going to put in place to make sure everyone has knowledge and access?” Board of Education decision.

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Report Company Data Meeting 112

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

(I remember using iMovie in 2006 to edit and produce short films in art school.) Not only does do they make content more accessible, they requires students to ensure that their transcripts are clear and error-free. The captions alone are worth their weight in technology gold.

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Guidelines Social Media Facebook iPhone 82

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

It’s called “Course Access” or “Course Choice.” This initiative, often called “Course Choice” or “Course Access,” is, as one proponent described it, like “ school choice on steroids.”. And, not unlike what often happens with charter schools and vouchers, the Course Access policies can set up a competition for limited education dollars.

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Policies Course Accessibility Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Via Reuters : “How a Chinese company bought access to admissions officers at top U.S. And the “ queen sacrifices ,” for those who don’t know that terminology, is what Alexander calls it when a college sacrifices its most powerful resource – its faculty – in order to stem financial problems.

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