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.

Company 106

Company Academic Standards Report Secondary 106

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The National Survey of Student Engagement , or NSSE (pronounced “Nessie”), which McCormick now runs, was conceived in 2000 to track the ways students spend their time in college, including how and how much they study, meet with faculty and participate in class discussions. The game is set up around prestige. It’s not about effectiveness.”.

Learning 103

Learning Outcomes Survey Assessment 103

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

For the large scale systemic work, the company typically takes a cohort of schools through a variety of workshops to support redesign on a larger scale. She initially founded CA Group in 2006, then went on to serve as the Chief Operating Officer of Rocketship Education , and program officer at the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation.

Groups 60

Groups Blended Learning Personalized Learning Company 60

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2018

In his 2006 TED Talk —still the most-watched of all time—he claimed that “we are educating people out of their creative capacities” and charged the current education system with being too rigid in adhering to traditional academic subjects. and testing companies have put a big emphasis on improving these standings to not much success.

System 167

System Education Groups Course 167

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2018

The Universal Service Funds refer to the telecom fees collected by USAC, the Universal Service Administrative Company, that pay for E-Rate. Overall, broadband costs in Rawson’s home state of Mississippi have dropped from $50 per megabit in 2006 to $.50 USAC, a nonprofit, manages E-Rate’s day-to-day affairs.

E-rate 85

E-rate Broadband Digital Divide Libraries 85

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2017

More than 108,000 students who had taken out federal loans withdrew from Georgia’s public colleges and universities between 2013 and 2015, the most recent time period measured in federal data. Although Georgia’s tuition at public colleges and universities is relatively low compared to national averages, it has had some of the fastest growth.

Policies 63

Policies Report Study Data 63

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

Industry 69

Industry Report Study Survey 69

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 12, 2010

He is CEO of Socratic Arts , a company whose goal is to design and implement learning-by-doing, story-centered curricula in schools, universities, and corporations. In order to get computers to learn, Schank realized, they would have to have expectations and they would have to know when new events failed to meet those expectations.

System 54

System Education Software Company 54

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2021

July 19, 2021 — DreamBox Learning, the leading education technology provider that in 2006 pioneered intelligent adaptive learning, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reading Plus, an evidence-based online reading program for grades 3-12 designed to help students boost their literacy skills and reading confidence. “We

Blended Learning 52

Blended Learning Adaptive Learning Industry Learning 52

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Do you know where your data is stored? With the increased emphasis on student data privacy, many school leaders might think they have a handle on cyber security. Manheim Central School District (PA) Superintendent Dr. Peter Aiken said they partnered with a company to educate their staff about email threats.

Strategy 53

Strategy Student Data Privacy Data Policies 53

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

That’s almost double the number of young people who died of opioid overdoses in 2006. There’s not a lot of data on addiction among college students, and what little there is suggests that, contrary to depictions in popular culture, they abuse drugs at lower rates than their peers who aren’t enrolled. But it’s far from gone.

Survey 86

Survey Report Groups Data 86

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. The detailed data helps administrators make informed purchasing decisions. In addition, develop security benchmarks, and don’t use any program that doesn’t meet them.

EdTech 40

EdTech PowerMyLearning Software BYOD 40

edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

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. ClassLink Analytics gives decision makers the usage data they need. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems?

EdTech 51

EdTech Digital Badges Software Outcomes 51

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The growth has helped it stay competitive within the Ivy League and meet its broader ambitions to become a global institution. Conrad/The New York Times “There was a time when Columbia really turned its back on where it was located,” Bollinger said in a 2006 interview with The Times. “I Credit: Fred R. Liset Cruz and Emma G.

Policies 119

Policies Meeting Study Advocacy 119

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Zovio, Ashford’s parent company, declined to discuss Baca’s case unless he signed a waiver, but generally denied assertions that it improperly told veterans they were not eligible for GI Bill benefits. Formerly Bridgepoint Education, the company now called Zovio has raised eyebrows for years. Former Sen. Photo: Scott J.

Report 70

Report Outcomes Company Training 70

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

ATLANTA — Brent Agnew remembers feeling a sense of relief when he left the meeting called to discuss his 6-year-old son Caleb’s anxiety attacks. As he and his wife, Jennifer, walked into the parking lot outside the E E Butler Center in Gainesville, Georgia, that day in 2006, the two could picture a different future for Caleb.

Education 81

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 81

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

Lake Oconee Academy was the brainchild of the Reynolds Lake Oconee real estate company. The analysis used federal enrollment data for the 2015-16 school year, the most recent year for which that data is available from the U.S. Company officials and their allies sit on many of the county’s most important boards.

Report 112

Report Company Data Meeting 112

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

The island has faced corruption and mismanagement in local government, billions of dollars in debt and mass emigration that has caused a critical loss of professionals and essentially halved the island’s student population in 15 years, from almost 550,000 in 2006 to 276,413 in 2021. Child poverty is widespread: In the 50 U.S.

Elementary 106

Elementary Report Dropout System 106

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2021

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. The second failed by less than 1 percentage point. percent in 2009.

Elementary 109

Elementary Report Policies System 109

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

A 2015 Pew Research Center report revealed that the disconnected included 5 million households with school-aged children, who either couldn’t afford home broadband or lived in rural areas avoided by for-profit internet companies. Home broadband is increasingly a must-have for education.

Broadband 87

Broadband Mobility Digital Divide Learning 87

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

In fact, a 2006 re-analysis of the original data, using more sophisticated statistical techniques, found that schools with concentrated levels of black and poor students do even more harm to black students’ achievement than Coleman originally conceived. All are gone now. Related: Schools in the poorest state become even poorer.

Report 107

Report Elementary System Survey 107

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

The legislation also ordered telecom companies to provide their services to all public schools and libraries at discounted rates – from 20% to 90% off depending on the services provided and number of students receiving free and reduced school lunches. A $21 million settlement paid by NEC in 2006 for price-fixing.

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I wrote “an explainer” of sorts on Thiel and his politics, and I listed the education companies that he’s invested in. Have any ed-tech companies, particularly those funded by Thiel or Zuckerberg or Y Combinator, spoken out about this? women of groping and sexual assault. More via The LA Times. ” “U.S.

Education 40

Education Company Pearson E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Remember in 2012 when Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller said in her TED Talk that her company’s goal was to “take the best courses from the best instructors at the best universities and provide it to everyone around the world for free”? Google)’s biotech company, Calico. “Long Live Online Higher Education.”

MOOC 40

MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40