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. He was awarded Library Journal’s “Movers and Shakers” award in 2015 for his library advocacy work.

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 41

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many public school districts don’t have the resources to partner with an education technology company to develop customized digital learning tools for their classrooms. For example, in early 2008, LPS noticed that students were falling behind in math. Photo: Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.

Technology 40

Technology Blended Learning iPad Advocacy 40

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. He was awarded Library Journal’s “Movers and Shakers” award in 2015 for his library advocacy work.

Libraries 36

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 36

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. He was awarded Library Journal’s “Movers and Shakers” award in 2015 for his library advocacy work.

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 41

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

She arrived as an elementary teacher in 2008, drawn by the school’s racial diversity and stellar record in academics and the arts. Nagayoshi, 30, decided in August to leave his job teaching Advanced Placement English in the city of New Bedford for a job at an education technology company. Credit: NEA Foundation.

Report 143

Report Meeting Groups Data 143

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

When Hallowell tried to extend proficiency-based education to its high school in 2008, parents put up a fight, saying the change would make it harder for their children to compete for scholarships and admission to selective schools, according to a case study published by the state Department of Education.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Most school districts don’t have a municipal bond expert on staff or on their board, leaving them at the mercy of financial companies to guide them through the bond issuance process. Mark Robbins, a professor of public policy at the University of Connecticut. In a separate case, Kansas City-based George K.

Report 73

Report Industry Company Conference 73

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

So the college chose to work with a company called RedShelf, which helps colleges manage inclusive access arrangements with a variety of publishers. Each professor can choose to adopt digital materials from a range of publishers, and then the company helps manage the logistics of buying bulk licenses from each of the publishers.

Pearson 110

Pearson OER Course Accessibility 110

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

From 2008 to 2017, the share of Latinx students at this commuter school of roughly 4,000 rose from 13 percent to 22 percent — the highest of any public university in the state. Between 2000 and 2015, the number of Latinx college students more than doubled , to 3 million. Debra Santiago, CEO, Excelencia in Education.

Dropout 108

Dropout Laptops Study Report 108

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

White students could lose four to eight months of learning by June 2021, and students of color could lose six to 12 months, according to a McKinsey & Company report published in December. That’s what some states did in 2008, and when federal money dried up a few years later, school budgets fell off a cliff.

Laptops 129

Laptops System Policies Meeting 129

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

To help Columbia expand, New York State condemned land in 2008 in the West Harlem neighborhood of Manhattanville and used eminent domain to seize properties for the university. Edwards, the founder of the Harlem Business Alliance whose company, Full Spectrum, helped renovate a 1920s building on the new campus.

Policies 115

Policies Meeting Study Advocacy 115

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 ).

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

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 ).

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Could we take the billions of dollars that are going to testing companies and put it into rich, developmental pre-K? The Latino Boom, 1993-2008 (plus smaller populations of Bosnians and other refugees). University research and policy in an era of advocacy philanthropists and agenda-setting organizations. Two fundamental shifts.

Education 100

Education Secondary STEM Policies 100

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 14, 2020

Cooper also led the seven-year effort to boost funding for public education that increased K-12 funding by over $2 billion and designed the state’s groundbreaking school funding formula which was enacted in 2008. He holds an honorary Professorship at the University of Heidelberg. We hope you will join us.

Conference 36

Conference Analysis Policies Survey 36

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

Lake Oconee Academy was the brainchild of the Reynolds Lake Oconee real estate company. The charter was the creation of a real estate development company that is also the county’s largest employer, Reynolds Lake Oconee. Company officials and their allies sit on many of the county’s most important boards. GREENSBORO, Ga.

Report 112

Report Company Data Meeting 112

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2020

Capella University, owned by the same company as Strayer, is running ads promoting its flexibility in “uncertain times” and promising would-be transfer students that they can earn a bachelor’s degree in as little as a year. In recent earnings calls, many companies emphasized the quality of the education they provide.

Industry 89

Industry Company Advocacy Data 89

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Meanwhile, all but four states are spending less on higher education, per student, than they did in 2008 , according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal-learning think thank. The trend peaked during the recession that began in 2008, when UC hiked undergraduate tuition by nearly a third in a single year.

Education 96

Education Policies Course System 96

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

Jacqueline Rodriguez, vice president of research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, said she worries the bills will discourage LGBTQ individuals from pursuing teaching careers by sending the message that “this is not the profession to pursue if you want to bring your whole self to work every day.”.

Survey 21

Survey Elementary Advocacy Report 21

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

The nation’s school districts spend about $46 billion less per year on facility upkeep than is needed to maintain “healthy and safe” learning environments, according to a 2016 report from the 21st Century School Fund, a research and advocacy organization. Related: Switching sides in the teacher wars.

Report 110

Report Advocacy Elementary Company 110

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2016

After graduation, he returned to his home country, where he worked at the Arthur Anderson consulting firm and the Firestone tire company. The company, then known as B.C. So the company shifted its recruitment efforts to Texas, and its thousands of workers from Mexico and Central America. We haven’t kept up.”.

Elementary 89

Elementary Training Classroom Company 89

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The “pioneer in the science of learning,” as Inside Higher Ed puts it , will help the technology company with its internal training program. Via Techcrunch : “ Sphero ’s CEO discusses the company’s shift from Star Wars to schools.” ” The company, which has raised some $107.4

Education 45

Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The company said it believes “the topic of climate change is a critically important one” and its newer editions “reflect current settled science regarding climate change.” 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.

Pearson 130

Pearson Guidelines Company Study 130