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PROOF POINTS: Researchers say cries of teacher shortages are overblown

The Hechinger Report

The rate of teachers quitting and retiring from the profession, according to Goldhaber’s calculations in one state, Washington, was about 11 percent in 2020-21 – actually a smidge lower than it was in 2006-07, another year of high turnover when a strong job market lured educators away. Most departures were filled with new hires.

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Middle school science teachers often have shaky scientific knowledge

The Hechinger Report

He’s held a teaching credential in the state since 2006, based on passing the state’s biological sciences and geosciences teaching exams, state records show. Almost a quarter have neither a science degree nor full certification to teach science, according to a 2017-18 survey by the U.S. Data show many of the 69,000 U.S.

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New York Startup Coursedog Gets Seed Funding to Tackle Class Scheduling

Edsurge

That’s a tall order for any organization—and especially for a small company like Coursedog , which claims its scheduling software can help colleges and universities. When Laura Patrick joined in 2006, course planning began with sketches on butcher paper, and the information was then manually imported into Excel spreadsheets.

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Owl Ventures’ New $185M Edtech Fund Has Global Backers—and Ambitions

Edsurge

Fueled by an explosion of broadband access, education software and, of course, the irresistible allure of financial returns, investors across the world want a slice of the U.S. Dreambox, a provider of online math materials, dates back to 2006. edtech industry. Still, other education investors are re-upping their war chests.

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Are Free Educational Videos Worth It?

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of teachers surveyed use video in their teaching but access and the quality of good educational videos are a growing concern for teachers. The majority of teachers who responded to our survey reported they tend to search for videos online using search engines such as YouTube (83%) and Google (61%).

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Not enough students have mentors, and we must change that

The Hechinger Report

The non-profit organization Mentor, which works to ensure that everyone “has the supportive relationships they need to grow and develop,” conducted a national survey in 2014 of youth aged 18 to 21 and found that one in three reported growing up without a mentor of any kind.

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University of Chicago projected to be the first U.S. university to cost $100,000 a year

The Hechinger Report

In order for colleges to manage the complex financial math behind tuition discounting, many have turned to enrollment management companies that provide software to game out their strategies. A 2016 survey of rising seniors and their parents by the firm found that half of respondents said they would never consider a school with high tuition.

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