The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

DeLorenzo screened the candidates, assessing their capacity for change, and six districts were approved , among them the three districts mentioned above that had already begun experimenting with the model. To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Finally, district leaders also need to consider a new public education paradigm in which there is year-round schooling, funding is no longer based on in-school attendance, and the traditional teaching, learning, and assessment process is transformed into personalization, engagement, and differentiation. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

Guidelines 97

Guidelines Trends BYOD Data 97

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Nearly 90 percent of the school population is considered low-income and nearly three-quarters are labeled English learners, meaning that the state language arts test assesses their reading and writing ability in a language they’re still trying to learn. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

Data 144

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 144

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

Barack Obama (D-IL) as he speaks to supporters at a rally in a high school gymnasium January 23, 2008 in Dillon, South Carolina. Obama won the Democratic Party primary election in South Carolina in January 2008, and Ferillo remembers seeing the senator in a rope line that night after the victory. How Obama found Dillon. Obama asked.

E-rate 40

E-rate Course Policies Advocacy 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Scientists hypothesize that this rise in [carbon dioxide] has contributed to the recent rise in global temperature,” reads a passage from TEKS iScience Grade 7, the Texas version of a McGraw Hill book published in 2015. “ ‘Hypothesize’ is too weak,” one expert wrote. It’s much stronger than a hypothesis,” wrote another.

Pearson 124

Pearson Guidelines Company Study 124

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Having accurate graduation rates and alumni earnings information may help students, including those who are undocumented, find the right college, said Chad Marlow, advocacy and policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union. Policymakers could assess the return on the $130-billion-a-year taxpayer investment in federal financial aid.

Data 43

Data Policies Report Advocacy 43