Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2016

He’s credited with co-teaching the first MOOC in 2008, introduced the theory of “connectivism”—the idea that knowledge is distributed across digital networks—and spearheaded research projects about the role of data and analytics in education. Siemens says rich data about students is a game changer for higher education.

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Digital Learning Technology MOOC Learning Analytics 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Though some programs have helped lower dropout rates and improved graduation rates for students of color, the gap in the percentage of students finishing a degree has barely budged across the 30 community colleges in the Minnesota State Colleges and University system. Paul College that shows students’ countries of origin.

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Dropout Secondary Course Report 72

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2019

A student jumps off a bus to enter McDonogh #35 Senior High School before the start of the school day March 19, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Funding for McDonogh 35, New Orleans’ last noncharter school, fell from $15,594 per student in 2008-09 to $11,651 per student in 2016-17. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images).

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Meeting Groups Report Course 85

Edsurge

MAY 11, 2017

That’s why it might come as surprise to hear AspirEDU , an educational analytics company, pitch their Dropout Detective software as an “academic credit score” for students. Whereas credit scores are designed to prevent risky buyers from getting approved on loans, Dropout Detective is meant to improve student success and lower dropout rates.

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Dropout Comparison Data Company 60

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. She blamed the high dropout rates on the fact that many students have to juggle school with full- and part-time jobs, leaving little time for academics.

Dropout 108

Dropout Laptops Study Report 108

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

High school dropouts are much more likely to be unemployed than those with a diploma, and they earn thousands of dollars less per year. The culture was pretty toxic when we got here,” said Roark, who began at the school as a guidance counselor in 2008. “To In Leslie County, few people think that industry or the government will help.

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Dropout Report Libraries Resources 75

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Since 2008, it has spent almost $60 million to hire an additional 270 counselors and provide professional development training at 365 low-income middle and high schools throughout the state, via grants from the Colorado School Counselor Corps. When there’s a budget cut, counselors are the first to go.”.

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Dropout Report Training Outcomes 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The impetus for the change at Juarez can be traced to Ocon’s appointment as principal in 2008, veteran school staffers say. To accomplish this, courses are year-long instead of being divided into semesters. Related: A Spanish-English high school proves learning in two languages can boost graduation rates. We call them ‘benchmarks’.”

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Report Competency Based Learning Common Core System 90

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Related: Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost. 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. Those spending more?

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Education Policies Course System 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2021

Even attracting that many required giving every entering freshman a discount from the advertised tuition, federal data reveal. Grim new birthrate data suggests there’s no rebound in sight. New federal data shows that the number of births last year declined by 4 percent, to the lowest point since 1979. Credit: AP Photo/Eric Gay.

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Dropout Data Survey Report 136

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Tagged on: March 4, 2017 State auditor introduces legislation to protect students' personal information | The Turner Report → Missouri Senate Bill 478 would require school districts to notify parents or guardians of a data breach involving student information.

EdTech 170

EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The suit against the for-profit chain and its American InterContinental University was originally filed in 2008.” Meanwhile on Campus… Via ProPublica : “‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System.” This Week in Betteridge’s Law of Headlines. ”).

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Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. ” Five years after “ the year of the MOOC ,” the acronym does not appear on the website of any of those high profile online course providers.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Department of Education this week released new federal loan data showing that 4.6 ” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” ” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.”

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Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2018

In addition to collecting useful data on the fragile ecosystem, the purpose of this visit to the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station was to entice the students to go on to college and expand their own horizons. It passed with 64 percent of the vote in 1988, 61 percent in 1998 and less than 57 percent in 2008.

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Report Dropout Survey System 73