eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

Founded in 2008, Instructure reports having more than 6000 customer organizations with more than 35 million users around the world in both K12 and higher education. In a world filled with intelligent agents and easily-accessed answers, the need for tools that guide, enhance and support active learning is critical.

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Doug Levin

JULY 12, 2017

, I revisited the central prediction of the first edition of Disrupting Class (2008), which was 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. For those without access to the original text, the Summer 2008 edition (Vol.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

The definition of asynchronous learning helps us understand the need for asynchronous access to this content, especially when this access is not through a dated university learning management system, but something more authentic to the student, maybe even accessed on their own mobile devices. ’, Dustin Swanger, Ed.D

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access. With the help of technology, you can introduce your classroom to opportunities and resources they may not otherwise be able to access.[5] Sources : Groff, J., Levy, L.A.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2024

As the halfway point approaches, there have already been 69 shootings this school year, up from 18 in all of 2008. The number and nature of access points to the building must be carefully evaluated to ensure they do not become vulnerabilities. There are many reasons for this.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Despite having been here before, the 2008 recession resulted in little structural change to address these problems. Yet this goes completely against the trends we saw after the 2008 recession, and even today: The vast majority of new jobs require some form of postsecondary credential.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2020

Since it seems near certain that the coronavirus pandemic is triggering a new recession right now, I thought it would be useful to recap what happened to colleges and universities during the Great Recession of 2008 to help us think through what might and might not repeat this time around. million, or nearly 16 percent, from 15.6

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SETDA Says

JUNE 29, 2020

It is difficult to believe that it has been 13 years since SETDA’s 2008 journey in developing and publishing the Class of 2020: Action Plan for Education. At that time, the critical topics that bubbled to the top were broadband access, […]. This project included a Student Bill of Rights and a series of white papers (below).

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

Teachers should remember that not every family may be able to afford Internet access, so old-fashioned printed notes and bulletins still have a place in the student’s backpack. Journal of Commerce and Instructional Technology, 2008, 8, pp.54-59. Sources: “Teaching Digital Natives.” ASCD InService. Keswani, B., and Banerjee, D.

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ViewSonic Education

JULY 3, 2023

But also to keep in mind that special services such as accessibility, modifications, and other needs may still be applicable and beneficial for students. Why Inclusion in the Classroom is Necessary As the Right to Education Act 2008 states, every child has the right to education.

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eSchool News

MARCH 24, 2021

The unique peg board design provides a space where small shelves or pegs can be inserted to provide additional storage and easy access for small classroom items such as scissors, glue, rulers and other frequently used tools. Mountable, the X16 can be secured to a wall, or placed on a table for easy access to devices.

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Waterford

AUGUST 6, 2021

The most meaningful benefit of UDL principles is that by using them, you can improve accessibility and equity in your classroom.[4] December 20, 2008. Through UDL, educators recognize that barriers to learning come not from the student themselves but from environmental circumstances.[2] Why Universal Design for Learning Is Important.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Now that content knowledge, such as computing a formula or remembering historical dates, is easily accessible through online tools, the demand for skills needed by employees shift to collaboration, iteration, critical thinking, and persevering through challenging and novel problems--all skills listed above or adjacent to skills listed above.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

People who speak another language score higher on tests and think more creatively , have access to a wider variety of jobs , and can more fully enjoy and participate in other cultures or converse with people from diverse backgrounds. Knowledge of foreign languages is also vital to America’s national security and diplomacy.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2022

as well as the Federal Reserve’s efforts to tamp down inflation by raising interest rates. ? The reasons behind soaring housing prices —Unlike the housing bubble of 2008, today’s increasing housing prices are driven by a lack of supply. features a video explaining the root of inflation currently impacting the U.S. ,

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Edsurge

JULY 25, 2019

The decrease follows a trend of near-steady spending decline going back at least 10 years to 2007-2008, when students reported spending an average of $701 on course materials. A third may be the growth of so-called inclusive-access programs.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2022

Those few words also help explain a principal reason many states are boosting their budgets for public higher education more than at any time since 2008 and proposing even higher allocations down the road. billion below 2008 levels , or down an average of 13 percent per student, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reports.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Hispanic-serving institutions, defined as those that have a full-time Latino enrollment of at least 25 percent, had access to this money from fiscal years 2008 through 2019. The HEA itself has not been reauthorized since 2008, but this week Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), Deborah Santiago, CEO of Excelencia in Education.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2020

On the day of his college career fair—September 15, 2008—Lehman Brothers collapsed. During the Great Recession after 2008, recent graduate hiring plummeted by over 20 percent. In the lottery of economic timing, my brother drew a bum ticket. Graduating into a downturn is a harsh start that lingers for a lifetime.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2018

Research shows that when children lack access to food, they are more likely to have poor health , lag developmentally, exhibit negative behavior, and suffer anxiety or depression. Mississippi’s overall food shortage rate has dropped since 2008 when it hit a high of over 27 percent for all households.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

A video clip delves into historical market crashes, including their role in the 1929 Great Depression and the global recession of 2008. Poptential is available via a digital platform that allows students to access lessons even in poor bandwidth environments. The curriculum is standards-based and developed by teachers.

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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. As of 2008, 100% of U.S.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Now that content knowledge, such as computing a formula or remembering historical dates, is easily accessible through online tools, the demand for skills needed by employees shift to collaboration, iteration, critical thinking, and persevering through challenging and novel problems--all skills listed above or adjacent to skills listed above.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 15, 2018

It also brought about more equity — not equity in terms of access for students, I’m talking about equity among my school buildings. Now every school has access. When Dickerson was audited, she had to show files that were from 2008 and 2009, way before she started with the district. Before, not all of my schools received E-rate.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

Kirk: You’re talking about 2026, when we’ll see the number of 18-year-olds drop precipitously because no one was having babies in 2008, during the Great Recession. Everyone stopped having babies in 2008. Michael Horn: Exactly. And generally, in the past, after recessions, people started having babies again.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This information abundance amplifies shortfalls in the current system, including limited access to high-quality learning experiences from early childhood to adult learning, the increased need to reskill workers throughout a lifetime and broken models of education that do not deliver equal access to underserved populations.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2021

Back in 2008, Dr. Tracey Tokuhama-Espinosa published his dissertation, The Scientifically Substantiated Art of Teaching , after recognizing that concepts from “brain-based learning” were being applied indiscreetly to classroom teaching practices.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

But, according to Shapiro, this summer report is “very suggestive that we’re going to see continued gaps in [college] access for disadvantaged students.”. Many rely on their parents’ income to pay tuition and were living with their parents this summer with access to computers and good internet connections. “If

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Neo LMS

JULY 5, 2018

Full disclosure: I’m a bit of an infographic nerd, and nothing drives me more crazy than seeing bad infographics, that in fact are not really infographics at all, simply words and text laid out in a funky, scrollable style, but which don’t make the information displayed any more accessible. Available online here.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In 2008, it was global experience. The University of San Francisco, for example, has partnered with Salesforce to build student literacy in cloud computing while giving Salesforce employees access to receive continued education. The skills they want have also shifted. Today, organizations are struggling to find tech-savvy workers.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

According to the American Psychological Association, students from more affluent families are more likely to have access to resources such as devices, internet, dedicated work space and the support necessary to complete their work successfully—and homework can highlight those inequities.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 26, 2019

I’m not convinced of the causal direction in these papers — surely people who have time to read, or have a wide access to a variety of books, or who come from families who value reading — are also, sociologically speaking, more likely to have income levels and environmental circumstances that tend to make them comparatively happy?

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

14] Because of the way childhood trauma affects the brain, it can seriously inhibit a child’s well-being—especially if the child has no access to support. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 2008, 39(4), pp. Trends in Neurosciences, 2008, 31(4), pp. Brymer, M.J., and Layne, C. McInerney, M., and McKlindon, A.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2018

The district believed that providing devices for every student—and allowing the high school students to take the devices home—would level the playing field by giving all students equal access to technology. Along the way, we encountered several roadblocks: How do we pay for the devices?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2021

We analyzed College Scorecard data and found that students from the lowest-income households who entered for-profit institutions in 2007 or 2008 were earning less than $25,000 per year, on average, as of 2015. Related: Colleges provide misleading information about their costs.

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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 way, students get to access unlimited resources without spending a dime.

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2021

The SELEQUITY portal will provide access to a new JEDI Educator professional development course, which will expand upon the introductory Educator Equity course in the 7 Mindsets portal. Founded in 2008, 7 Mindsets is a leader in delivering social-emotional learning (SEL) solutions which include mindsets, equity and multicultural pedagogy.

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