The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This story also appeared in The Associated Press After more than a year of some form of pandemic online learning, students were all required to come back to school in person. An Associated Press reporter has had to visit the family in person to communicate. . Tameka says she’s unaware of any outreach from Atlanta schools.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

So he has no idea if they’re learning. At the beginning of 2021, The Hechinger Report’s members (individual readers who donated money to our nonprofit news organization) asked us if we would report on the best practices for helping the nation’s public school system recover from the pandemic. Your stories. algebra equations.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Axios reported that venture firms have cumulatively raised $100 billion over the past two years, and many are “ open for business ” and actively investing. School budgets may well soon dip too, as they did following the last recession in 2008. According to PitchBook, private equity firms are sitting on $2.4

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

In addition, Pennsylvania students will receive a 10 percent discount off the tuition at Southern New Hampshire University, making the out-of-state online degree cheaper than what they would likely otherwise pay at a public university in the state. Proof Points. Early Childhood. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 30, 2017

Once students have created their avatar they can engage in curated group experiences such as visiting other countries without leaving the classroom, or their homes in the case of distance learning. However, as e-educators it is worthwhile to keep an eye on its ever-growing potential. The post How can teachers use VR in the classroom?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2018

That’s one of the reasons a different approach to teaching and learning caught my attention several years ago. My visit to New Tech High School in Napa County, California, during the 2008-09 academic year was the start of an important journey for me that eventually would have an impact on students in my home state and beyond.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

In 2016, the company reported its largest loss in its history, down $3.3 But after cutting assets ranging from the company’s stake in The Economist to PowerSchool, a student information system, Pearson finally reported a profit again in 2017. Does Online Education Help Low-income Students Succeed?

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

The complaints allege breach of contract for making the switch from in-person to online instruction. But one of the things we've discovered is that the drop off (between face to face and online) is greatest for people who are first gen students, working class students, minority students. This speaks to another massive inequality.”

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Recently , Nobel laureate James Heckman and his colleagues published a report that makes this point loud and clear. The programs examined in the report cost around $18,514 per student per year. Since 2008, Utah has given its families an alternative to preschool called Upstart. The post What’s the bottom line on online preschool?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. percent in 2008-09 to 84.9 Opportunities for online learning. Some students may require a more flexible learning schedule than the typical school day allows. A student raises her hand in a Louisiana high school class. Mary Parish knew change was needed.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

A 2016 report funded by the Gates Foundation found that in the U.S. Yet, when I graduated from college in 2008, I didn’t know this field existed. As online course platforms proliferate, institutions of all shapes and sizes realize that they’ll need to translate content into digital forms. Surely a lot has changed!

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In a way, that’s not surprising, given concerns about the safety of in-person instruction, the quality of online learning and the lack of clarity around whether jobs will recover from the economic crisis, and if so, which ones. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. We don’t want to lose a generation of people.”.

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Hack Education

APRIL 24, 2020

Take Anthony Levandowski, the creator of a self-driving car program and a religion that worships AI, for example: "The only thing that matters is the future," he told a reporter from The New Yorker. By 2019, about 50 percent of high school courses will be delivered online" — Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn (2008).

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

From Obstacle to Opportunity: Using Government-mandated Curriculum Change as a Springboard for Changes in Learning and Teaching: Jon Andrews. Applying Heutagogy in Online Learning: The SIDE Model: Eric Belt. Using educational software and online tools to promote learning is nothing new in most schools. Siemens, G.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In October, we will share a guide highlighting the trends, insights and challenges we've learned about while profiling five key players in the world of school redesign. In 2008, Adam Rubin and Todd Kern co-founded 2Revolutions , or 2Rev, because they believed the field of education was siloed, preventing innovation at scale.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Incidentally, this power imbalance is one of the reasons mass adoption of online learning in higher education continues to fail. Universities will continue to get it wrong in transitioning to widespread use of online learning but they’ll continue to do very interesting things at the edges. Oh dear, where to start.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is). “Facebook Giving Virtual-Reality Kits to Every Arkansas High School,” Education Week reported in August. The company has raised some $77.5 There’s no way to opt out apparently.

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Mark Smithers

JANUARY 20, 2014

Incidentally, this power imbalance is one of the reasons mass adoption of online learning in higher education continues to fail. Universities will continue to get it wrong in transitioning to widespread use of online learning but they’ll continue to do very interesting things at the edges. Oh dear, where to start.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2020

But what does exist is worrisome: A study of more than 2,300 kids who endured home confinement during the pandemic in Hubei province, China, found that nearly 23 percent reported symptoms of depression, and nearly 19 percent reported experiencing anxiety. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2020

One poll, from the nonprofit Learning Heroes, found that two-thirds of surveyed parents say they’re more involved with their child’s education today than ever before. Not every teacher is adjusting to online learning on the fly like Adao. A small minority actually teach online full time, and did so even before the pandemic.

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Connecting 2 the World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

However, even this mode of communicating content knowledge is often backed up with resumes and work artifacts such as reports, products, and work records. Identifying the pitfalls for social interaction in computer-supported collaborative learning environments: A review of the research. Work-Based Learning. Lapadat, J.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2017

Credit scores to boost student success Kona Jones, director of online learning at Richland Community College in Illinois, was brought on in 2008 to improve student success rates, which at the time were hovering around 65 percent—not “horrendous,” she says, but still not good enough.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2017

One fan is a Harvard doctoral candidate who read Carol Dweck’s best-selling book, “Mindset,” in 2008 when she was teaching low-income teens in New York City. The post Low-cost mindset interventions show promise, but not for all kids appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 30, 2015

First he dwells on New York University as an exemplary case, starting with a review of a recent NYU faculty report from earlier this year, “The Art of the Gouge” (which FTTE readers know well). Next Masciotra touched on another report, “The One Percent at State U,” published this year by the Institute for Policy Studies.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

White students could lose four to eight months of learning by June 2021, and students of color could lose six to 12 months, according to a McKinsey & Company report published in December. Schools are now tasked with making up for those kinds of learning losses. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

After clawing his way through college, however, he had a distinguished career in education — first as a middle school science teacher (where he and Bette met), then as a long-time member and chair of New Hampshire’s state board of education, and now as president of the nonprofit National Center for Competency-Based Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Advocates of online learning say programs like UPSTART, which is free for most families, may increase access to educational opportunities, which can be critical to ensuring the youngest learners don’t start behind and stay behind. In 2008, the state’s legislature provided $2.5

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2020

Related: Report finds a drop in Black enrollment at most top public colleges and universities. This story about higher-education funding was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). public high schools (42.5

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ). public high schools (42.5

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Lenore Skenazy President, Co-founder, Let Grow A journalist by trade, Lenore spent 14 years at The New York Daily News as a reporter-turned-opinion columnist, and two more at The New York Sun. Currently, Stephen is working with Anthem Blue Cross / Blue Shield to bring Green Bronx Machine programming to 22 American cities across 19 states.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2020

Capella and Strayer have also reported increases in visits to their websites and requests for information. For-profit schools made a similar play for students during the 2008 recession, as people searching for work in a shrinking job market flocked to colleges to acquire new job credentials at low cost.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Ever wonder how stories covered by popular edtech outlets – such as edSurge, eSchoolNews, Tech & Learning, and THE Journal – get selected? 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.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

This is part six of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Some of the most oft-told tales in education in recent years have the following plot: the students all move from “brick-and-mortar” to “online.” It has some 2500 “beta testers,” Edsurge reported in February.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Via Fortune (Reuters, really): “Why This Education Publisher Is Betting on Online Degrees.” In other Pearson news, via The Digital Reader : “ Pearson Shares Slump Following Poor Earnings Report.” ” Devschool did have four stars on Course Report , a Yelp-like review site for coding bootcamps.

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Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

As competition increases, institutions report mixed results with the model.” “ White House to Propose Merging Education , Labor Departments ,” The Wall Street Journal reports. ” Via the Journal Sentinel : “More than 300 Kettle Moraine parents sign petition against online learning platform.”

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