The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2020

One of the peculiar things about higher education is that it runs in the opposite direction of the economy. Ironically, funding for education plummeted. Legislation raised the amounts that students could borrow in 2007 and again in 2008. Completion rates declined for students who enrolled in college during 2008, 2009 and 2010.

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Education Policies Report Outcomes 123

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2021

Half a billion resources offering tips, tricks, guidance and expertise to educators who are eager to meet their students’ needs amidst very demanding circumstances. too much that happens in education is based on hunch, assumption and ideology.” too much that happens in education is based on hunch, assumption and ideology.”

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Education Case Study Study Classroom 215

eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Then there was the $95 million payroll system snafu back in 2008. It was even greater to hear it from industry veteran, Elliott Levine, Qualcomm’s Director of Worldwide Education, the company that commissioned the research from Project Tomorrow , and who always provides a great interview. And who can forget the $1.3

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2023

In the heart of the Deep South, Mississippi has wrestled with enduring educational disparities, a profoundly rooted challenge passed down through generations. Mississippi’s past, marked by a legacy of racial segregation and educational inequality, continues to cast a long shadow on its present and future.

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Broadband Digital Divide Report Guidelines 120

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

My Own Chapter: M oving From Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0. Self-determined learning or heutagogy is fast gaining interest from educators around the world interested in an evidence-based approach to learning. Moving From Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0:

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Education Learning Resources System 268

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. Related: Long disparaged, education for the skilled trades is slowly coming into fashion. The Colorado School of Mines.

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Education Training Future Ready Industry 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Maia Sharpley’s career in education includes serving in executive positions with the New York City Department of Education, Kaplan and Charter Schools USA. Our higher education system formed around libraries.

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Udemy Kaplan Industry Education 141

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, […].

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Broadband Education Accessibility Instructional Materials 69

eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

Drop the company name Instructure on the average educator and you may get a blank stare in return. 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. Plus of course, AI, AI and yes, a little more AI.

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Khan Academy Outcomes Company Conference 98

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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Education Data Examples Trends 173

N2Y

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Since 2008, Unique Learning System ® has been changing the lives of millions of students nationwide. aligned lessons across six grade bands, including three levels of differentiation in content to aid teaching, this special education reading program is unparalleled. A Complete Special Education Reading Program. With standards?aligned

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Education System Libraries Strategy 98

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Lots of sites require you to log in to gain access to content, right? It turns out he co-taught the very first one, back in 2008, with George Siemens, who is now the executive director of the Learning Innovation and Networked Knowledge Research Lab at the University of Texas, Arlington. You might be thinking: What’s the big deal?

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Course MOOC Coursera Industry 148

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Secretary of Education Richard W. ” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. On November 22, 1996, U.S. House of Representatives or Senate.

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Higher education is no exception. The policies and practices that have governed higher education for decades no longer reflect the needs of the majority of students , nor the realities of combining work and caregiving responsibilities with college attendance.

Policies 201

Policies Mobility System Trends 201

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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 14, 2023

You can for instance, choose a date range between 2008-2009 and Google Scholar will only return scholarly papers published during this time frame. You can for instance, choose a date range between 2008-2009 and Google Scholar will only return scholarly papers published during this time frame.

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Google Libraries Mobile Learning Mobility 135

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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Edsurge

DECEMBER 24, 2018

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. In 2013, I had the opportunity to discuss the future of education with Eric Schmidt, who was then the executive chairman of Google.

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Technology Education Laptops Google 162

Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

As educators, we craft learning experiences based on the pedagogical foundations set by those who came before us. In higher education, the student persistence and retention strategies used by institutions all over the world are built on the seminal works of great theorists such as John H. million persons under the age of 18.

Education 197

Education Industry Training Strategy 197

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Count education-focused firms among them. groups, including Owl Ventures and Rethink Education , raised new tranches of money in the past year; Reach Capital is currently raising its third fund. Matt Greenfield, managing director of Rethink Education, also says activity has been about the same so far. “We

Technology 114

Technology Education Company Industry 114

Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

It’s just up to educators to help them succeed in finding answers while staying safe in a digital environment. The educational system structure was designed for that analog world. 1] Many educators, especially digital immigrants, struggle to find the best way to do this. We Need to Rethink Education for Digital Natives.”

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Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Social Media Adobe 265

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

BetterLesson launched in 2008 with a mission to provide a simple way for educators to connect and share high-quality lesson plans. Since then, the organization has grown into a professional development leader with a team that possesses extensive educational experience and a deep-seated commitment to equity in education.

Technology 72

Technology Education Professional Learning Exercises 72

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

They can dramatically cut the cost and raise the convenience of earning a teaching degree, while making a job in education accessible to a wider diversity of people. In Washington, nine community colleges offer education degrees. Two other states, Texas and Wyoming, offer early childhood education degrees.). (Two

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Training Education Elementary Report 100

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Her parents wanted to get her a special education designation — and all the supports that came with it. The short answer, according to special education lawyers and advocates across the country, is no. Catherine Pearson, parent of a student in special education. But that doesn’t stop it from happening frequently.

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Pearson Education Learning Report 145

eSchool News

MARCH 24, 2021

the award-winning provider of video collaboration, distance learning and education technology solutions, announced today the launch of the innovative AVerCharge X16 , a 16 device customizable charging and storage solution. Mountable, the X16 can be secured to a wall, or placed on a table for easy access to devices.

Classroom 105

Classroom Mobility Chromebook Laptops 105

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

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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Study STEM Meeting Report 233

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

That’s according to an analysis by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, which tracks these things. 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. Michael Horn: Exactly.

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Report Trends Accessibility Advocacy 62

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.).

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MOOC Coursera Chegg Pearson 122

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2020

On the day of his college career fair—September 15, 2008—Lehman Brothers collapsed. And while I empathize with Yale students, I worry even more about the low-income working students we serve at Concourse Education , a nonprofit college program I co-lead. But this perspective gives America’s higher education system an undeserved pass.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

A section of the Higher Education Act has reserved $100 million annually in competitive grants for HSIs to increase the number of Latino students with bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering or math. Deborah Santiago, CEO of Excelencia in Education. On Monday, that portion of the HEA – Title III, Part F – will expire.

STEM 99

STEM Groups Report Resources 99

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 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.

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Course Pearson OER Survey 153

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

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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E-rate eBook Course Trends 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In 2008, it was global experience. But as my colleague Ryan Craig likes to say, no one has ever gone broke betting against the pace of change in higher education. The skills they want have also shifted. Today, organizations are struggling to find tech-savvy workers. Employers have two choices.

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Training Company E-rate Software 192

edWeb.net

MAY 17, 2021

Dr. Reid emphasized the importance of listening and grounding equity work in the voices of the students and other community members, and also making sure achieving educational and racial justice is a process of removing barriers for all students, rather than taking something from one group and giving it to another.

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System Strategy Education Elementary 58

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2019

If we did in health care what we do in education, we’d say this to everyone who walks through the hospital door: “We prescribe the same treatment for everyone. Equal treatment will not enable us to reach the nation’s professed objective of educating all children for success. Getty Images. We’ve always done this.

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Dropout Education System Data 109