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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund, more commonly known as E-rate, is a federal program through which schools and libraries can apply for funds to purchase hardware, internet access, and telecommunications to connect their students to learning opportunities. What is E-rate?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2018

A Starter Kit For Instructional Designers When EdSurge columnist Amy Ahearn graduated from college in 2008, she had never heard of instructional design—let alone anticipate that she would soon have a career in it. A few weeks after EdSurge probed the company about the silence, Amazon opened up the resource library to the public.

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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. This story was based on data from Tuition Tracker, a tool from The Hechinger Report. college or university.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Our library is a warm and fuzzy place in an idyllic setting. This news story tells is like it is -- libraries are keeping up with the times, and should always be part of the mix. Access to information for all. Access to information for all. who uses the Orange County Library System''s iPhone app to discover foreign films.

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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. Texarkana now uses student records data to stay apprised of when students are struggling. Students were struggling, and many were not finishing.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2019

First, we need better data on employer’s internal and external investment in learning and development—to cut through the noise and better understand the reality of the “skills gap.” After all, employers may be likely to pay for access to online course libraries and job-focused microcredentials rather than longer degree programs.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Federal and state data on teacher departures lag by a year or more, meaning we won’t have a conclusive picture of the pandemic’s impact on teacher diversity for years to come. Yet early data suggests that the pandemic is aggravating the leaky bucket problem. It’s crucial that school and district leaders address it.”.

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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,” said Fernanda Borges Nogueira, senior network program manager at the Roosevelt Institute, a think tank that advocates for making colleges affordable and more accessible.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

We grew up having our questions instantly answered as long as we had access to the Internet. Heick had intended for his students to take a moment to think, figure out what type of information they needed, how to evaluate the data and how to reconcile conflicting viewpoints. More Space To Think Or Less Time To Think?

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 31, 2016

“Library shelves at Lehman College, part of the CUNY system, have been covered with plastic since a leak three years ago.” It is a daunting burden to students, more than half of whom report family incomes below $30,000, according to school data. ” Budget cuts : obviously CUNY is reducing spending.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

The last time schools were fully funded, in 2008, the state spent roughly $2.56 Census data. Access to technology is another funding-related struggle. “If A student who wants to major in art or history but lacks access to relevant courses is at a significant disadvantage when competing for college scholarships.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2017

ATLANTA — School had already let out for the day, but the teachers at Hollis Innovation Academy in northwest Atlanta were gathered around tables in the library, laptops open, strategizing. Blaché was zooming in on the math domain “measurement and data.” This type of collaboration, built around data, is rare in U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

This computing device return-and-repair ritual looks different from the end-of-year textbook and library book return that was a staple of decades past. One survey of educators found a jump from about two-thirds of middle and high school students having access to a school-issued device prior to the pandemic, to 90 percent a year later.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2016

Cal students in the Doe Library at UC Berkeley. Independent sources including PayScale and LinkedIn, and an initiative called College Measures run by a Washington nonprofit, are furnishing consumers with similar data about graduates’ career success, in even greater detail. Photo: Alison Yin/Hechinger Report. Of course you do!

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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. Step 4: Conduct regular accessibility audits.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2020

A key element in any remote or hybrid scenario is equitable access to technology, and Dr. Domenech cited an estimate that as many as 14 million students still don’t have the equipment they need to receive an equitable education in areas where schools may be closed. At this point, “digital equity is not just a divide, it’s a chasm.”.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

Now something similar may be happening with textbooks, as publishing giants start to broker campuswide deals with colleges that give students unlimited access to a publisher’s digital textbooks at cut-rate prices. Inclusive access has already gotten up to acronym status,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Her husband, Sanford Johnson, co-founded Mississippi First in 2008, advocating for better education, including pre-K, for a sexual health curriculum that went beyond abstinence — and charter schools. Library class is one of Clarksdale Collegiate’s core programs. In the school’s first year, every child had library every day.

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Continuing with our reading of Richard DeMillo’s Revolution in Higher Education: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable (2015) ( publisher ; Amazon ): this week we’re discussing chapter 4, “Technology Curves.” That’s not where the chapter begins. What do you make of it?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The culture was pretty toxic when we got here,” said Roark, who began at the school as a guidance counselor in 2008. “To Freshly painted two-floor shingle houses sit next to beat-up trailers that lack regular access to electricity. Clifford Hamilton, a lifelong resident of Leslie County and director of the county’s library.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

This story was based on data from Tuition Tracker, a tool from The Hechinger Report. But after a year, Woods realized that his college experience just wasn’t the same as that of his classmates who made friends in the dorms, hung out in the dining halls and stayed late into the night at the libraries. college or university.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Antioch is, in fact, doing surprisingly well just by still being open, considering it was revived by these alumni after being shut down in 2008 under a previous board of trustees that had diverted many of its assets into a chain of satellite graduate campuses. It had borrowed against its endowment to refurbish the campus.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Jaelyn Deas and her four best friends shared everything, including late-night study sessions in the library at San Jose State University and a never-ending preoccupation with how they’d pay for their tuition there. Related: Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Under a little-known state regulation , New York’s attorney general is allowed to sue students if a state public university claims they owe tuition — or overdue library fines or unpaid parking tickets. From 2008 to 2012, the state filed an average of 1,250 lawsuits against students each year, according to data obtained through a FOIL request.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 25, 2017

Now, schools must collaborate with child welfare agencies to report data on graduation rates for foster children, immediately enroll these children in school as soon as they move to the new zone or district, or help shuttle students to their original school, if that’s in their best interest. The program — Kids in School Rule! —

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

More on the “gig economy” from Data & Society.). Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Via The Oregonian : “Audit: Oregon ’s cyber security shortfalls leave state data vulnerable to hackers.” ” One of the libraries in question: The New York Public Library.

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Hack Education

JUNE 23, 2017

Via Nature : “One of the world’s largest science publishers, Elsevier , won a default legal judgement on 21 June against websites that provide illicit access to tens of millions of research papers and books. “Before You Hit ‘ Submit ,’ This Company Has Already Logged Your Personal Data.”

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Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

The Department of Education , under the auspices of “transparency,” promises more access to data about financial aid. said he was fired after five years of leading the for-profit institution after allowing a homeless student to sleep overnight in the college’s library to escape cold weather.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2021

On her first job as an apprentice, in 2008, men called her “the pookie princess” after the sealant she used to close ducts that snaked along the ceilings of the tract homes where she worked south of Seattle. It was early 2008, and there was a building boom; the union was taking just about everyone, including women. “I

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I've never stopped thinking that I can help higher education faculty with these struggles by sharing what I've experienced and learned since 2008, when I discovered GTD and my life and career were transformed by it. In fact I pay for LinkedIn Premium to have access to their huge library of excellent online courses.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

Students in Dillon had little access to Advanced Placement courses, art and music; and teacher salaries were much lower than in other parts of the state. 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 toured the old J.V. told The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2020

the coronavirus pandemic has thrown the already rocky lives of homeless students like Destiny into chaos with the closure of schools, community centers, libraries and even shelters. How do they access emergency shelter when many youth homes are shuttered to prevent potential new coronavirus infections? It’s just actually really hard.”.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

For years, the Three Rivers Local School District , which includes Taylor High School,has relied on UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to help broaden minds in a school environment that library media specialist Marney Murphy describes as “sheltered.”. The world has since lost access to U.S.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Department of Education Launches New English Learner Data Story.” ” “Data story” is a fancy way of saying “website.” ” Via The Atlantic : “The Libraries Bringing Small-Town News Back to Life.” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security. But that’s okay.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Via Pacific Standard : “Why Is the FCC Considering Cutting Broadband Access for Students?” Department of Education this week released new federal loan data showing that 4.6 ” Via CJR : “‘This is unprecedented’: Public colleges limiting journalist access.” 30, an increase from the 2.2

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