TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 26, 2015

” Competency-Based Education isn’t necessarily an innovation, but a move to Competency-Based Education can lead to other innovations–using technology to personalize a student’s navigation of to-be-mastered content, for example. Reduce the college dropout rate to closer to 10% (than the current 40%+).

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Examples MOOC E-rate Dropout 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

A 2008 study in Los Angeles public schools found that those who didn’t pass algebra by ninth grade were half as likely to graduate as those who did. That means algebra I is also the class that decides whether students get jobs involving science, technology, engineering or math. introduces a lesson on quadratic formulas.?

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STEM Report Course Study 129

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2017

Unemployment/Underemployment: Unemployment for recent college graduates has improved in recent years (the unemployment rate currently hovers around around 5 percent , compared to 9 percent back in 2008). high-profile dropouts and the rise of the so-called “ anti-credential.” At almost $1.3

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Dropout iPhone Outcomes Course 102

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2017

In 2008, I found myself searching. I love meeting people in the education biz. I like to hear each person’s unique story. What are they passionate about? What drives them to make a difference? Always exciting. The media connects you in a way that very few professions do. Education became a mission. I love the passion among educators.

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Education Dropout Industry Meeting 82

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

For example, as reported in Education Week, California lost 53 percent of its school of education enrollment between the 2008–2009 and 2012–2013 school years. Clearly, something must be done to address the teacher dropout problem. Large states have been particularly hard hit, raising concerns about the supply of new teachers.

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Dropout Training Report Social Media 130

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. The difference in the school between 2008 and now is night and day,” said Mary Norris, a chemistry teacher who’s been at the school for 18 years. It was a trade-off that veteran Juarez teachers say was worth it.

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Report Competency Based Learning Common Core System 92

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology. Here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. At stake: "technology companies have long used to hook students on their brands for life."

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EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

” Oh, how very different “the politics of education (technology)” drumbeat sounds from some ed-tech publications: Trump will mean more “ innovation ” in higher ed, according to eCampus News. Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.” Galore has raised $1.65

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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. “ Andrew Ng Wants a New ‘New Deal’ to Combat Job Automation ,” said MIT Technology Review. ECOT refuses to pay.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2018

This could be a problem for colleges and universities, about which a slew of opinion polls suggest Americans take a dim view at a time of campus speech controversies, athletic scandals, high dropout rates , sexual harassment and assault, comparatively generous pay for faculty and administrators and complaints about the competence of graduates.

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Report Dropout Survey System 75

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” “ Big data could solve the college-dropout problem ,” says The Washington Post. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Higher Ed Inflation Hits Highest Level Since 2008.” How much can you afford?

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Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50