The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

When Alexandra Logue served as the chief academic officer of the City University of New York (CUNY) from 2008 to 2014, she discovered that her 25-college system was spending over $20 million a year on remedial classes. An experimental psychologist by training, Logue designed an experiment.

Study 118

Study Course Dropout Data 118

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

Georgia State is one of a growing number of schools that have turned to big data to help them identify students who might be struggling – or soon be struggling – academically so the school can provide support before students drop out. Critics say there are potential downsides to monitoring student data so closely.

Data 108

Data Dropout Company Report 108

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 6, 2018

Over the course of the year, I have seen some much growth and improvement since the work began in August. Costa & Kallick (2008) share why reflection is a critical component of the learning process: Reflection has many facets. To reflect, we must act upon and process the information, synthesizing and evaluating the data.

Blended Learning 365

Blended Learning Classroom Elementary Secondary 365

edWeb.net

JANUARY 5, 2021

Leila Nuland, Managing Director of the K-12 Research Team at Hanover Research, explained how district leaders can compile and utilize data on educational equity. Starting with the Data. Dr. Hutchings also recommends the creation of a strategic planning workbook, which includes student data, audit results and other key indicators.

Policies 62

Policies Data Professional Learning Analysis 62

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Following the Great Recession of 2008, college students turned away from the humanities, as expected. Now, the number of college students graduating with a humanities major has fallen for the eighth straight year to under 200,000 degrees in 2020, according to federal data from t he Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System.

Data 141

Data Report Study Trends 141

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Analyzing data from Burning Glass , Wharton professor Matthew Bidwel found a diminishing number of entry-level jobs requiring a degree. In 2008, it was global experience. Of course, employers won’t bridge the gap by themselves. With two-thirds of U.S. The skills they want have also shifted. Employers have two choices.

Training 191

Training Company E-rate Software 191

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

While being an entrepreneur may not be everyone’s destiny, the skills required to succeed as an entrepreneur are useful for almost any student, regardless of what career or course of study they choose. Entrepreneurial education was quite the buzzword in 2008/09, as educators grappled with how to prepare young people for economic meltdowns.

Trends 190

Trends Learning Maker Movement Flipped Classroom 190

Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2022

As John Warner referenced in 2018 , AltSchool sought to create “technology-infused schools that would revolutionize education;” in brass tacks, Ventilla and his team sought to create a network of microschools buoyed by a technology platform containing self-paced courses and curriculum. Money came flowing.

Knewton 218

Knewton Education Kaplan Company 218

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Video, of course, enables other innovations. Comparing an unsupported MOOC from 2008 to an in-person college experience isn’t apples to apples. Today, digital networks of information make access to data and areas of specialty ubiquitous, particularly in the scientific fields. An example? ’, Dustin Swanger, Ed.D

Examples 141

Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 141

Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

For the purpose of the Modern Language Association study, programs are course offerings during a given semester, not entire departments. percent of students enrolled in a foreign language course. Part of the problem I see is that so few students in the United States – just 20 percent – study a foreign language at the K-12 level.

Study 236

Study STEM Meeting Report 236

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Summer course-taking increased among students who attend four-year colleges and universities, particularly among Asian and Latino students at these institutions. The data comes from 2,700 colleges and universities that operate summer programs and could provide historical data from previous summers.

Report 138

Report Data Trends Accessibility 138

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

In the past several years, we have implemented a number of district-wide initiatives to support personalization and differentiation for students including the launch of our Virtual Instruction to Accentuate Learning (VITAL) program in 2008. At the core of our personalized learning program is our use of data to inform instruction.

Personalized Learning 109

Personalized Learning Tools EdTech Future Ready 109

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2020

For profit and online institutions are generally more nimble in being able to attract students short term, enrolling students on a monthly basis or offering shorter courses,” said Shapiro. Earlier data from summer course taking suggested that Black students might be dropping out of college at higher rates than other races and ethnicities.

Report 130

Report Survey Dropout Comparison 130

Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

Me personally, I don't want the future of education to be more monitored, data-mined, analyzed, predicted, molded, controlled. Teachers, of course, know how to shift this physical setting — move the chairs around, for example. Anti-cheating software isn't just about plagiarism, of course.

Software 141

Software ProctorU Company Data 141

Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

He also shares the importance of formative feedback and tracking actionable data. In 2008, there weren’t too many options for a digital platform to ask students to interact outside class. Of course, the expectation is not to be perfect every day but to be seen for the ways they are meeting expectations in the classroom.

Strategy 89

Strategy Tools Gamification Moodle 89

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

These grade-by-grade projections start to show a drop in first-grade children beginning in 2014, six years after the 2008 recession, when Americans started making fewer babies. Grades eight through 12 are larger cohorts who were born before 2008. Full high school projections extend further through 2028 in the WICHE data.

Elementary 104

Elementary Policies Trends Data 104

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2020

How They Work Busuu has grown considerably since its 2008 founding. Its courses train users on vocabulary, grammar, writing, listening and speech. Busuu is free for individuals, and a premium package for about $70 a year offers practice with live native speakers and offline access to course materials.

Company 87

Company EdTech Learning Exercises 87

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2019

When teams sign on, they can identify what skills that they’d like to improve on, ranging from customer service to data analysis, strategic planning to user experience design. The platform then surfaces courses, videos, articles and other resources to teach users. That’s what happened to the likes of Coursera, NovoEd and Udacity.

Coursera 95

Coursera Company Learning Analysis 95

eSchool News

JULY 17, 2017

Data source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2008-2018. According to a Gallup survey, one-half of K-12 principals say that computer science is taught at their school, but upon evaluation of the courses, only one-half of those courses include programming and coding.

Robotics 99

Robotics STEM Conference Survey 99

Omega Notes

OCTOBER 15, 2019

But learning new ways of teaching and preparing new materials in response can be overwhelming, given a faculty member’s overall responsibilities (Loch & Reushle, 2008; Price & Oliver, 2007). Use this information to assess your selection and application of course material toward learning goals. By Andrew Lang.

Assessment 60

Assessment Course Data Student Engagement 60

Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2019

When “ Disrupting Class ” was published in 2008, we caused a stir by predicting that by the fall of 2019, 50 percent of all high school courses would be delivered online in some form or fashion. Another conclusion, of course, could be that academic research isn’t that helpful.)

Digital Learning 117

Digital Learning Survey Learning EdTech 117

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

“When the financial crisis hit in 2008, young people viewed that economic uncertainty as a cause for reducing fertility,” said Grawe. “The number of kids born from 2008 to 2011 fell precipitously. Of course, Grawe’s predictions may turn out to be wrong. But not all colleges will feel the pain equally. .”

Dropout 111

Dropout Trends Report Data 111

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Designing an ethnic studies course was personal for us. A Brief Overview Designing an ethnic studies course was personal for us. As a district-supported pilot program, the course was intended to serve our most struggling students. Schools were incentivized with funding for one course if they offered at least two sections.

Study 116

Study Course Analysis Outcomes 116

eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2022

The data we’ve collected shows that students need real financial education, and they need it now.”. EVERFI collected anonymous survey responses from students who participated in one of three EVERFI financial education courses during the 2020-2021 school year.

Survey 96

Survey Company Report Course 96

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

This marks the largest purchase to date by 2U, which launched in 2008 to work with colleges and universities to create online graduate degree programs. The second chapter involved adding GetSmarter, a South Africa-based provider of short online courses, which 2U purchased for $103 million in May 2017.

Company 123

Company Education MOOC Conference 123

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 2, 2023

Then the 2008 recession slashed school art budgets even more. Of course, it wasn’t a blind test. Arts classes were further squeezed out after a 2001 federal law required schools to test children annually. Schools with low test scores felt pressure to devote more time to reading and math. The arts programming itself ranged a lot.

Survey 145

Survey Study Elementary Analysis 145

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

In 2008, iParadigms was acquired by private equity firm Warburg Pincus. He’s alluding to the fact that Turnitin’s tools are fine-tuned based on data provided by users who upload their text into its systems. He said Turnitin has been cashflow positive since 2004. The company has swapped hands several times over the years.

Company 167

Company Industry Software EdTech 167

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Without conceptualizing an explanatory mechanism—a reason to believe a difference might exist—they simply compare the outcomes of students whose required course materials are openly licensed with those whose materials are traditionally copyrighted. According to data in the most widely cited survey , 26.5% Grimaldi et al.

OER 147

OER Outcomes Comparison Study 147

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

First of all, there’s no solid data on how many times people will change careers over a lifetime. Their economists say the data does show a jump in employment churn, especially among millennials. And the limitation of the LinkedIn data, of course, is that it only sees people who choose to use that particular social network.

Data 120

Data Industry Study Trends 120

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Data unavailable for Oklahoma. Data source: Thomas J. Little is known about what has happened to adult learners seeking high school degrees since the old GED exam disappeared because annual data is no longer published as it used to be every year. Source data: Center for an Urban Future).

Comparison 100

Comparison Data Secondary Report 100

The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 17, 2018

Ann also talks about the fifth-grade course piloted by Seton Hall in two of her schools. We were just talking about how we’re pretty sure we met just about ten years ago to the day that we are recording this, in Princeton way back in 2008. Tell us a little about that fifth grade course and what it was about. Listen Now.

Digital Citizenship 223

Digital Citizenship Course Company How To 223

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

More than two decades ago, when I was hired at Stevens Institute of Technology, as dean of web-based distance learning—a quaint title for what is now known as online learning—few tools were available to help faculty migrate their on-campus courses online. Sink or swim. All you need is your imagination.”

Online Learning 134

Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera 134

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

According to NBC’s review of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, textbook prices have risen over 3 times the rate of inflation from January 1977 to June 2015, a whopping 1,041% increase. Decrease in State Funding: The government has been scaling back on the funding on college education since the great recession of 2008.

Technology 80

Technology eBook Classroom OER 80

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

I am sorry that we're all kicking off fall term online again — well, online is better than dead, of course. This is already happening, of course, with or without the pandemic. Is it the vast corpus of data that the company has amassed — decades of essays and theses and Wikipedia entries that it uses to assess student work?

Robotics 83

Robotics Software Company ProctorU 83

Edsurge

MAY 26, 2021

Worse, preliminary data of a meaningful reduction in the emotional connection between new mothers and babies during the pandemic means there may be a long-lasting impact on our youngest generation, especially as it accounts for 25-50% of school readiness. There is little data on the number of “trauma-sensitive classrooms” in the U.S.

Education 188

Education Trends Policies Report 188

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. The college switched to a co-requisite model, meaning students take supplemental math and English courses alongside college-level ones.

Course 78

Course Data System Adaptive Learning 78

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. Prices for these courses range from $29 to $99, and financial aid is available. Here’s the 2017 countdown, from #10 to #1.

Coursera 98

Coursera MOOC Company Course 98