The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. Kemper is a dedicated advocate for education and learning for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. Kemper is a dedicated advocate for education and learning for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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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.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. Kemper is a dedicated advocate for education and learning for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. Kemper is a dedicated advocate for education and learning for people of all ages and backgrounds.

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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.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 29, 2017

I’m very pleased to share my New York Times Learning Network blog post with the Educator Innovator blog. For example, providing warm clothing for the homeless can grow into advocacy for more essential programs to end homelessness. Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way ,” a 2008 book by Brian Schultz. By Steven Zemelman.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

More students turned to the program in the wake of the devastating 2008 economic crash. One-third of Black borrowers in repayment in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree were using these payment plans – a much higher rate than those of other borrowers, according to a report from the Center for American Progress. percent in 2010.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education. At IU Northwest in 2017, Latinx students like Perez had a six-year graduation rate of just 28 percent, while the graduation rate for white students was 35 percent. Closing this educational divide matters for individual students and for the U.S. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

They reported only districtwide averages, making disparities across districts the primary fodder for conversations about educational inequities. The data was from the 2018-19 academic year, with the exception of Nevada, which has released only the data from 2017-18. Credit: Courtesy of Corey Dixon/2017.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2022

At midday, he eats alone in his office inside the Washington Irving Educational Center, trying to stay mindful. If you follow me,” the coach said to him, “if you do what I tell you to do in regard to school — education — here, I can help you make a better life for yourself.” He works prayer and meditation in with the weights.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). Of course, there are big differences between textbooks and fizzy drinks. These new deals cut to the core of the academic enterprise.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

A 2013 report estimated that Missouri school districts and local governments could have saved up to $43 million between 2008 and 2011 had they gotten more favorable interest rates on bonds. The superintendent took a buyout but admitted no wrongdoing. But a narrower bill introduced in the state Senate did pass later that year.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 22, 2019

While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was last reauthorized in 2004, with amendments in 2015, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) were updated back in 2008, the demand for accessibility and equality in education continues to grow. in education from Maryville University of St.

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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 ).

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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 ).

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Universities, including Columbia, pay tax on properties they own that are not used for educational purposes.) The state’s tax breaks for nonprofits date to 1799, long before Columbia and other higher education institutions became vast enterprises with billion-dollar endowments. If you look at the budget deficits, they’re massive.”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

T his story about foster care and higher education was produced as part of a series, “Twice Abandoned: How schools and child-welfare systems fail kids in foster care,” reported by HuffPost and The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. KALAMAZOO, Mich.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

It’s one example of the many ways that California is taking on seemingly intractable problems that are plaguing higher education nationwide. But California, with a higher education budget for 2019-2020 of $18.5 Not all of the initiatives to solve these problems have succeeded. Those spending more?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2020

For-profit institutions have long devoted large sums to advertising, spending almost $400 per student on it in 2017, according to research from the Brookings Institution. This trend concerns many student-protection advocacy groups, which point out that the colleges that stand to gain are among those with the most troubling records.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

It’s where districts and schools decide to spend their money,” Worth, a veteran educator who has also taught in Greene County’s traditional public schools, explained. Department of Education. Board of Education decision. Some schools spend their money on overhead. We spend it on students.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2019

That would help return the United States to first in the world in the proportion of its population with the credentials needed to sustain an economy increasingly dependent on highly educated workers. At this rate, the target won’t be met until at least 2041 , the research arm of the nonprofit Educational Testing Service, or ETS, predicts.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Good for you. But that’s not my job. And honestly, it’s probably not your job either.).

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

I think this school exemplifies some of the enormous problems that we’re having just in terms of getting enough resources to educate our kids,’’ the future president said, shooting a little basketball in the heavy heat of August in a gym with no air conditioning. Secretary of Education John B. told The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. Johnson is the principal of Mississippi’s Collins Elementary School, where the paddle remains a staple of the educational experience.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

This story about climate change and education was produced as part of the This story was produced as part of the nine-part series “Are We Ready? Beatriz López taught seventh grade science in the Lake Travis Independent School District, in Austin, Texas, from 2008 to 2017. Credit: Courtesy of Beatriz López. Science standards.

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