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PROOF POINTS: New higher ed data by race and ethnicity

The Hechinger Report

Students’ race and ethnicity affect their chances of earning a college degree, according to several new reports on higher education released in January and February 2023. The pie charts below were produced in January by the National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit organization that provides data reporting services to colleges.

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The Cycle of Experimentation: A New Approach to Educational Innovation

The CoolCatTeacher

We dive deep into teachers' crucial role in driving innovation and improvement in education. He is the author of Iterate: The Secret to Innovation in Schools and Failure to Disrupt: Why Technology Alone Can’t Transform Education , and the host of the TeachLab Podcast. A New Approach to Educational Innovation. Thanks so much!

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Who is the Theranos of Education?

Edsurge

But who was—or is—the Theranos of the education sector? 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.

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Popular K-12 Tool Edmodo Shuts Down

Edsurge

Those with data on Edmodo should remove it by the end of the day September 22nd if they don’t want to lose it, officials stated. Started in 2008, Edmodo boasted tens of millions of users. wrote one educator on Twitter. What Happens To The Data? This means that the companies end up with large amounts of sensitive data.

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PROOF POINTS: Schools staff up as student enrollment drops

The Hechinger Report

Texas, for example, educates 367,000 more students, a 7 percent increase over the past decade, but the number of employees has surged by more than 107,000, a 16 percent jump. The first act followed the Great Recession of 2008, as schools added back staff that they had been forced to cut in the economic downturn. Follow the money.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

TeachThought - Learn better.

14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education. I don’t follow higher education very closely, so this is all from 20 feet away. Six Common Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education. Competency-Based Education, at least in terms of the learning process (as opposed to content), should be more student-centered and efficient.

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Educational infographics: The good, the bad and the ugly

Neo LMS

Geological Time Spiral: Source: Wikicommons: Graham, Joseph, Newman, William, and Stacy, John, 2008, The geologic time spiral—A path to the past. Instead, they selected random icons and imagery, then simply pasted the data and text alongside it, making for a rather dreary read. Available online here. Source: Charles Joseph Minard.

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