MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The education system is undergoing a huge shift in daily structures and processes as a result of the pandemic. Students and educators have been affected by the huge changes to daily life, including distancing from friends and wider support groups, and family members losing jobs or income. Each Skill Improves Other SEL Skills.

Learning 117

Learning Analysis Secondary Accessibility 117

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

That figure includes texts procured legally, like open educational resources (known as OER), and illegally, such as pirated files shared through torrent websites. The most recent data NACS has on the latter behavior is from the fall of 2017, when 4 percent of respondents reported obtaining materials through illegal downloads.

Course 133

Course OER Pearson Survey 133

Neo LMS

JANUARY 4, 2018

Today we launch right in with a topic that is on the minds and hearts of many teachers – the “digital divide”; that silent, pernicious socioeconomic gap between students that have and students that do not have access to technology. Now, however, access to technology is becoming a rights issue. Digital divide: facts and figures.

Digital Divide 150

Digital Divide Broadband Mobility BYOD 150

MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The education system is undergoing a huge shift in daily structures and processes as a result of the pandemic. Students and educators have been affected by the huge changes to daily life, including distancing from friends and wider support groups, and family members losing jobs or income. Each Skill Improves Other SEL Skills.

Classroom 92

Classroom Learning Analysis Secondary 92

Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning. Not Buying Your Education Startup.).

MOOC 113

MOOC Coursera Chegg Pearson 113

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2022

When the economy tanked in 2008 and millions of laid-off workers began competing for scarce jobs, employers got pickier about who they hired and increasingly added four-year degree requirements to some “middle-skills” jobs that had frequently been filled by workers without degrees. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.

Training 124

Training Google Report Coursera 124

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

Decrease in State Funding: The government has been scaling back on the funding on college education since the great recession of 2008. Post the recession, states cut inflation-adjusted spending on K–12 education by approximately 4% between 2008 and 2013. This adds up to the tuition fees.

Technology 80

Technology eBook Classroom OER 80

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

In that context, that non-disclosure may be revealing for how far Knewton, which has been one of the most well-funded education technology companies, has fallen short of financial expectations. And around 2017, publishers including Pearson that once used Knewton began to pull back. In its latest fiscal year earnings summary (for Nov.

Knewton 132

Knewton OER Industry Adaptive Learning 132

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2019

As the leaders of organizations that advocate on behalf of the disability and higher-education communities, we are committed to working together to continue the progress made in recent years to welcome and support college students with a wide range of disabilities. Ted Mitchell is president of the American Council on Education.

Learning 109

Learning Advocacy Report Secondary 109

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Since the 1990s, education stories emanating from Massachusetts have largely been positive, but that started to change over the last decade. The decline has accelerated, and results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have pushed the state into the “learn-from-our-mistakes” category. Related: U.S.

Common Core 118

Common Core Academic Standards Comparison Report 118

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2023

This story also appeared in The Washington Post It wasn’t the Department of Education that made the loan, or the Treasury or Interior departments, or any of the many government departments that support academic research. The decline of rural higher education is also widening one of America’s biggest equity challenges.

Policies 122

Policies Libraries Comparison Accessibility 122

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2020

I expect myself to make more than $72,000 immediately after graduation,” said Polanco, whose parents were educated professionals in the Dominican Republic but gave up their careers when they immigrated. But access to institutions that are flipping that narrative and boosting social mobility, like 26,814-student Stony Brook, has declined.

Mobility 100

Mobility Report Accessibility Policies 100

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

As I eventually wrote in Open educational resources: Undertheorized research and untapped potential : Many of the articles reviewed in Hilton (2016), including some articles on which I was an author, are woefully undertheorized. call this “the access hypothesis.” Grimaldi et al.

OER 162

OER Outcomes Comparison Study 162

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2017

When social media site Academia.edu hit the scene in 2008, it was hailed by some scholars as an alternative to pricey academic publishing and peer-review models. Aaron Tay (@aarontay) May 1, 2017. Melanie Swalwell (@melswal) April 29, 2017. Jennifer Bazeley (@jwbazeley) May 1, 2017. This is crazy.

Company 68

Company Social Media Accessibility Google 68

techlearning

AUGUST 1, 2018

(San Mateo, CA) August 1, 2018 —, a global education network connecting educators with resources and leaders to reach their full potential, today announced its taking place on Aug. Director for Education and Skills Initiatives at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development; ? Inspiring educators from 10 countries.

Edmodo 40

Edmodo Resources Udemy Education 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 25, 2020

It’s more than just another pandemic-related blip, said Higdon; it’s a wake-up call to the rest of higher education that schools should stop shutting down in the summer, a tradition that dates to a time when students had to go home to help on the farm, and that he said persists because of inertia. The academic calendar is one of them.”

Course 136

Course Report System Trends 136

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

That was just when the state was in the midst of seven straight years of cutting its budget for higher education during and after the recession, or at best keeping spending level. Whether in response to the students’ arguments or not, the state did, in fact, raise spending for higher education for the coming 2016-2017 year, by 2.5

Education 40

Education Policies Report Advocacy 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2020

What this whole crisis has done to higher education is just exposed the cracks that have been there for over a decade of financial mismanagement.” American higher education is composed of thousands of colleges and universities, with different track records and results. It’s the previous budgets that weren’t done correctly.”.

Industry 129

Industry Report Trends Survey 129

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2018

In most states, the aid program comes from the general fund, and once it’s gone, it’s gone,” said Sarah Pingel, senior policy analyst at the Education Commission of the States. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education. Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy, National College Access Network.

Advocacy 95

Advocacy Policies Report Accessibility 95

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Over the past few years colleges have faced an increasing number of complaints from the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) requiring their web content be made accessible to people with disabilities. The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0)

UDL 28

UDL Outcomes Guidelines Learning 28

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2020

a research analyst for higher education at Ed Trust. Among full-time, first-time students at Kent State University Salem, which is 4 percent black, two black students received an associate degree and one received a bachelor’s degree in 2017. But in Ohio the high-wage jobs that are growing the fastest now require more education.

Report 145

Report Course Data Study 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Nationwide, one out of four teenagers from low-income households lacks access to a home computer and, overall, Latino students have less access than their black and white peers, according to a 2018 survey by the Pew Research Center. Students being able to access it is critical,” Porter says. billion in bond sales.

Technology 106

Technology Chromebook Laptops iPad 106

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2018

During the 2017-18 school year, there were more than 23 school shootings, putting both federal and local officials on high alert as they entered into a continuous and heated debate about the best way to respond.

Social Media 91

Social Media Policies Data Report 91

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

Among other things, the boosters who pitched international companies to come and do business in this port city promised that its high quality of education would guarantee a steady supply of skilled employees. It’s an expectation,” Carolyn Akers, the education foundation’s CEO, said with a firm gaze and an even tone. MOBILE, Ala.

System 65

System Groups Mobility Education 65

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Now UCF is on a new mission to excel in enrolling, educating and graduating Latino students, and nothing better sums up its new diversity goal than the phrase on the T-shirts displayed in the front of its bookstore: “¡Vamos Knights!”. UCF hit that enrollment threshold in the 2017-18 school year. in September. The bad news?

Report 107

Report Analysis Examples Policies 107

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

I have been a full-time remote professional for nearly 12 years, ever since I went from working at home a day or two a week to doing so full time in 2008. at least half-time grew 115 percent between 2005 and 2017. Are you required to provide your own internet access? Census Bureau and U.S. Do dress code rules apply?

How To 133

How To Guidelines Policies Conference 133

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is).

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2017

Alduha Leon takes a quick break while setting up for the travel party he and his business partner hosted in Adair Park in Atlanta on Saturday night, July 29, 2017. This has happened as Georgia officials – like those in many other states – are pushing to increase the number of young residents who have some kind of post-secondary education.

Policies 60

Policies Report Study Data 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2018

That year, the overall graduation rate for first-time, full-time students at Texarkana College was 12 percent, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics. Students at the college also now have access to a tool called “Connect,” which shows them their degree pathway and progression towards graduation.

Course 69

Course Data System Adaptive Learning 69

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

They’re among about 300 University of Utah students who have side jobs here arranged by a nonprofit called Education at Work. Taylor Randall, dean of the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business on the Education at Work program. Next door was a break area with big-screen TVs, an Xbox console and a ping-pong table.

Microsoft 91

Microsoft Company Report Robotics 91

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

That’s out of about a million veterans and their family members enrolled in higher education under the GI Bill, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Community college writing professor Wick Sloane sees a more fundamental reason that people should care whether veterans attend schools that educate the nation’s elite. “A

Training 103

Training Survey Report Meeting 103

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

But in less than a decade, by 2025, students like Badalamente could expect to pay more than $100,000 per year, based on projections by The Hechinger Report using annual college cost growth rates from 2008 to 2018. Ann Gansemer-Topf, associate professor of education at Iowa State University. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

Data 90

Data Report Strategy Study 90

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

And a slightly higher percentage of nonwhite teachers than white ones—45 percent vs. 42 percent—said that they were considering leaving their position last school year, researchers at the University of Arkansas’ College of Education & Health Professions found.

Report 143

Report Meeting Groups Data 143

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Minnesota ranks among the most educated states in the country, with nearly half of adults aged 25 to 64 holding an associate degree or higher. He estimated that nearly one in three new jobs created through 2026 will require education beyond high school. Will jobs go begging? Our future economic vitality depends on this.”.

Dropout 71

Dropout Secondary Course Report 71

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2019

In 2017, Monsignor Paul Tighe may have been the only priest amidst a sea of techies at South by Southwest (SXSW), where he spoke about his past experience serving as Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications for the Catholic Church. I had no direct access to their sources of information. I was lucky.

Social Media 84

Social Media Secondary Learning Libraries 84

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Under the fiscal 2017 budget, approved by lawmakers in April, allocations for the state’s public schools will still be about $172 million below what is considered full funding, according to figures from the state Department of Education. Related: “Education costs money,” says state superintendent in Mississippi.

Elementary 56

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 56

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Through their efforts, along with those of other outside arts organizations, they are introducing theater to more and younger participants, at an age when education experts say children are especially poised to benefit from it. Related: Can testing save arts education? Higher Education. But to the parents, it’s worth it.

Dropout 77

Dropout Elementary Report Common Core 77