Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

Researchers at the Modern Language Association recently found that colleges lost 651 foreign language programs from 2013 to 2016 – dramatically more than the one foreign language programs that higher education lost between 2009 and 2013. Research shows that Americans’ attitudes toward language instruction may be holding them back.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

A section of the Higher Education Act has reserved $100 million annually in competitive grants for HSIs to increase the number of Latino students with bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering or math. Deborah Santiago, CEO of Excelencia in Education. On Monday, that portion of the HEA – Title III, Part F – will expire.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Another "big" for Texas is education, and when I'm looking to get a pulse on what the current trends and landscape are, I turn to social media! With over 5 million students currently enrolled in Texas public schools alone , the Twitterverse is rich with insights from state educational leadership. Tony Bonazzi @GISDMath.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

Wiley had disclosed paying $56 million in cash for zyBooks, a digital courseware provider for STEM and computer science subjects. That’s a hard hit for investors in the New York-based company, which had raised more than $180 million since its founding in 2008. Kibby was previously an executive at McGraw-Hill Education and Pearson.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

” Math students have been asking educators this very question for decades. And yet, it has long been reported by Brookings (Loveless, 2008) and others like the Algebra Project (Moses, 2001) that Algebra I is the gatekeeper to higher level math classes, higher education success, and careers in the technical fields.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

JULY 15, 2015

Infographic: Robotics And The Future Of STEM. Department of Commerce report titled, “STEM: Good Jobs Now and for the Future,” reports that from 2000-2010, growth in STEM jobs is over three times greater than that of non-STEM occupations. The Future Of STEM In Education? by KUKA KORE Staff. In a 2011 U.S.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The education system is undergoing a huge shift in daily structures and processes as a result of the pandemic. Students and educators have been affected by the huge changes to daily life, including distancing from friends and wider support groups, and family members losing jobs or income. Each Skill Improves Other SEL Skills.

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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. Department of Education. The confusion stems from the study design.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 30, 2017

Naturally, the Internet is far and away the richest and most radical change from the days I was a student, and education will, frankly, never be the same again. billion by 2025, while the education sector will attract 15 million users. Google’s Expeditions program is a Cardboard extension specifically oriented towards educators.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Fennell, a current professor of education at McDaniel College, has provided his endorsement of hand2mind’s Hands-On Standards product line, which helps K-8 educators and parents teach math with manipulatives to build problem-solving skills. Bush, where he helped bring attention to important issues in the education field.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Educators and researchers say students pay the price. I teach at a K-8 school, and when I look at these seventh and eighth graders, they’re no different than the kindergarteners,” said Robert Lane, a STEM teacher at the Sierra Verde STEAM Academy in Glendale, Arizona. Lane the STEM Guy.” Credit: Image provided by Robert Lane. “I

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Government spending on higher education has shifted significantly over the past two decades, with federal support increasing and state support decreasing, according to a new report from Pew Charitable Trusts. billion (96 percent) between 2008 and 2010. Here’s a look at how government higher ed spending strategies have changed.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

EverFi is a rare breed of education technology company that can boast a wide reach. It not only covers the K-12, higher education and corporate training markets, but its staff also work in some of the most remote corners of the country. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Coursera CEO Rick Levin.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works. Educators and school leaders are scrambling to figure out how to regain ground next year in a course that often makes or breaks students’ life chances. Read the stories.

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Waterford

MARCH 3, 2020

String Telephone Project : A listening activity with a STEM component! Harvard Graduate School of Education. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, November 2008, 12(11), pp. Build these string telephones as a class and discuss how sounds travel. Ditching Our Distractions: The Importance of Active Listening. Iwankovitsch, R.

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2017

If you have been to an educational technology conference in the last 5 years, you have seen more and more emphasis placed on coding and robotics with robots making an appearance in conference sessions, at after hour gatherings, and certainly in the vendor hall. Data source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2008-2018.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The education system is undergoing a huge shift in daily structures and processes as a result of the pandemic. Students and educators have been affected by the huge changes to daily life, including distancing from friends and wider support groups, and family members losing jobs or income. Each Skill Improves Other SEL Skills.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2018

Over the years, many educators took to Padlet , a free digital bulletin board where teachers and students could post messages, images, videos and links to online resources. For many educators, it’s a lesson that certain free things are too good to last. For many educators, it’s a lesson that certain free things are too good to last.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 25, 2020

It’s more than just another pandemic-related blip, said Higdon; it’s a wake-up call to the rest of higher education that schools should stop shutting down in the summer, a tradition that dates to a time when students had to go home to help on the farm, and that he said persists because of inertia. The academic calendar is one of them.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2016

Technology has been a key component in the planting, fertilization, growth and eventually, the blossoming of new statewide initiatives including distance education and new professional learning opportunities for educators that have benefitted students in a variety of ways. Wyoming educators get up and stretch in the middle of a PD Day.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The phrase stems from a scene in the 2008 action-adventure film Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull wherein Jones survives a nuclear explosion by hiding in a refrigerator. Are we equally guilty in the world of education and learning, in perpetrating similar 'crimes'?

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EdNews Daily

MAY 22, 2016

Bennett was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Martellus Bennett is an American football tight end for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas A&M. Bennett has also played for the New York Giants and Chicago Bears.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development. Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia’s School of Education and Human Development where she served as Chair of Educational Leadership, Foundations, and Policy, and Co-Director of the University’s Institutes on Academic Diversity.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The network links educators across disciplines who are interested in using games and other forms of interactive teaching to improve student success. A Proof-of-Concept Study of Game-based Learning in Higher Education,” published in the August 2016 issue of the journal Simulation & Gaming.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2019

When it comes to the business of education, the teenage years of this century are going out with a bang. And topping the charts is a story about educators marshalling forces against a telecoms giant. Over the following days, we’ll be sharing the top stories of the year in K-12 and higher education readers.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 1, 2016

Previous posts in this series tracked the development of educational technology over 40 years. I first started working in the field of educational technology in January 1976, at a time when technology was used more for teaching than it was for learning. 2006 was also the year Twitter was launched.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 27, 2012

It could be argued that these theories stem back to the seminal claim of Marshall McLuhan (1964) that ‘we shape our tools and thereafter, our tools shape us.’ Bennett et al (2008) assert that there is no clear evidence that multi-tasking is a new phenomenon and exclusively the preserve of younger learners. 2008) Web 2.0

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

You could say my sons are on an education fast track! But when we moved to Georgia in the middle of the 2008-2009 school year, I knew it would be disruptive. In four years, William and Matthew will have three Bachelor of Science degrees between them.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Or maybe it stemmed from the fact that anyone could get the gist of the teaching idea in the time it takes to rattle off a sound bite. By 2008 it had its own conference, FlipCon (which closed in 2016). Think of flipped as the operating system of education. Think of flipped as the operating system of education.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 12, 2017

Many educators who have created lessons and activities involving Google Expeditions shared their resources. Chad Sussex Hinton Community School Technology Instructor | Technology Coach GFE Certified Trainer @SussexChad TheTechSuss website Chad Sussex has been a teacher of technology for nine years at Hinton (northwest Iowa) since 2008.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But she should act fast, the social worker urged, or the department might have to take action against her for “educational neglect.” Related: When the punishment is the same as the crime: Suspended for missing class To many observers, Tameka’s troubles stem from Atlanta’s rapid gentrification. But it was also about race and class.”

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edWeb.net

APRIL 5, 2022

The popularity of webinars has resulted in greater expertise in hosting engaging presentations that reach a larger audience of educators at all levels and in all roles. Rita Ferrandino has built an international reputation as one of the most effective strategists and coalition builders in the education entrepreneurship community.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2016

American higher education, particularly in the liberal arts, is currently on the edge of a precipice. Many students are turning to STEM and other vocational fields in hopes of better job prospects. Though that doesn’t mean entrepreneurship education doesn’t face some pitfalls. Learning how to think then learning how to apply.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

My parents always stressed how powerful an education is and how it is the key to success,” Keenan said. For more stories about education, opportunity, and how people learn subscribe to the Educate podcast. In higher education, colleges are using analytics to keep students enrolled and continue collecting tuition dollars.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In Tennessee, the education system made headlines a few years back when the state announced the “ Tennessee Promise ”—an initiative granting thousands of high school students the opportunity to attend two years of free community college. For someone to say that [K-12 and higher education] are not linked, I think that's way off.

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The Electric Educator

JUNE 28, 2010

The title of Anderson''s book stems from the graphic below (click to enlarge) which shows that while a large portion of consumers are condensed at the front of the tail, an equal number of consumers are positioned within the infinitely long end of the tail. Since the inception of public education, schools have been "hit" markets.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2019

In the decades following, the school became one of the city’s most prestigious educational and cultural institutions. “To 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. Gertrude Ivory, McDonogh 35 Alumni Association president. “It

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