article thumbnail

Education Predictions for an Unpredictable 2021

Education Elements

That was a pretty bold prediction in 2008 when the book was published, but their model for cycles of innovation seems pretty accurate now that we have hindsight. Now at the end of 2020, I’d estimate that +95% of all K-12 students took some form of an online class, and most likely this trend will continue into 2021.

article thumbnail

5 Ideas for Helping Parents Read with their Kids (No Matter Their Age)

The CoolCatTeacher

Topics include teaching foundational topics and emerging trends in K-12. Amy Mascott – Bio As Submitted Amy Mascott @ teachmama is the creator of teachmama.com < [link] >, where since 2008, she has shared tools and resources parents can use to become the best teachers they can be for their children.

Course 256
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

PROOF POINTS: Schools staff up as student enrollment drops

The Hechinger Report

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. Not every school has increased staffing levels, according to Roza, but she says it’s a widespread national trend. That’s because Americans made fewer babies after the 2008 recession.

article thumbnail

Teaching and reading literature in the digital age

Neo LMS

They reported significant upward trends in literary reading among all age-groups and demographics. Pertinently, the most dramatic turnaround was found in the youngest group (ages 18-24) where previously literary reading was in a 20 percent decline in 2002, by 2008 this group reflected a 21 percent increase.

Trends 327
article thumbnail

Recovering From 2020 Requires Supporting Students, Starting With Their Basic Needs

Edsurge

Despite having been here before, the 2008 recession resulted in little structural change to address these problems. Yet this goes completely against the trends we saw after the 2008 recession, and even today: The vast majority of new jobs require some form of postsecondary credential.

Policies 202
article thumbnail

Education Recovery Requires Long-Term Investment Strategy, Not Another One-off Stimulus

Edsurge

Unlike the other shapes, the K-shaped model illustrates two diverging trends. Looking back at the 2008 recession, we know that school budget cuts had the effect of widening achievement gaps for both low-income students and students of color. But as pernicious as these trends are, they are also avoidable. Source: Robert D.

Strategy 129
article thumbnail

PROOF POINTS: The more tuition rises, the cheaper college gets — for some

The Hechinger Report

Cook and Turner were able to conduct this analysis because the Department of Education began requiring colleges to report tuition paid by students from different family income levels beginning in 2008. There are other concerning trends, too. Their study, Progressivity of Pricing at U.S.