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Almost 70% of teachers are not engaged. Here’s why that matters so much

The Hechinger Report

The report combines decades of surveys of 5 million American teachers and principals with the results of the Gallup Student Poll, now billed as the largest survey of American students with 600,000 5th through 12 grade participants, and several large follow-up studies. Surveys and polls aren’t perfect, of course.

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Most families have given up virtual school, but what about students who are still thriving online?

The Hechinger Report

But some kids have thrived Some 41 percent of districts surveyed in August 2021 by the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit think tank, said they had opened a full-time virtual school option during the pandemic, and 32 percent planned to maintain these programs after the pandemic subsided.

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Why We Don't Need a 'Netflix for Education'

Edsurge

If the views expressed by leading edtech companies are any indication, the race to become the first 'Netflix of Education' is gathering steam. One feature of Netflix in particular seems to have captured the imagination of edtech companies. satisfaction, engagement, grades, mindsets, attitudes, persistence, views, logins, clicks, etc.

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It’s Game Over for the Institute of Play. But Its Legacy Lives On.

Edsurge

The experimental institution, called Quest to Learn , opened its doors in 2009 and became the subject of many books and articles. In 2012, the institute helped launch Glasslab, a nonprofit that brought together game designers, educators and assessment experts. A 2017 survey of 1,550 U.S. UC Irvine, where Tekinba?

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Higher education in India is moving ahead on the global stage.

Linways Technologies

There are employability surveys which measure skills required in a workplace. To address the skills gap in fresh hires, many companies are forced to invest in lengthy training programmes. Postgraduate enrolments have more than doubled since 2009-10. Postgraduate enrolments are still feeble.

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In Successful Edtech, Pedagogy Comes First—Devices Second

Digital Promise

Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. But in recent years, we've seen a spike in the number of smaller, tightly focused, niche edtech product companies.

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Their Space: Educating Digitally Ethical Teens #sxswedu #theirspace

EdTechSandyK

20% of the 6th graders they surveyed in their Seattle school had Facebook accounts. Help kids leverage all of the resources available to them as they assess where they are and what they want. 2009 - Meeting of the Minds - important work from Common Sense Media on perceptions of social media ethics.