The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2021

He now makes more than $100,000 as a project lead for a company that installs wind turbines. That will make it difficult to catch up to the boom in demand that would be created by a national infrastructure push, said Joseph Kane, a researcher and fellow with the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. “We

Industry 126

Industry Training Company System 126

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. We’re Asking The Wrong Question | Fast Company → Cathy Davidson writes: "Neither technophobia or technophilia is the right solution for our students.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Student Data Privacy Social Media 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. We’re Asking The Wrong Question | Fast Company → Cathy Davidson writes: "Neither technophobia or technophilia is the right solution for our students.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Student Data Privacy Social Media 150

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2018

According to the nonprofit, nonpartisan Learning Policy Institute (LPI), which has been closely following this crisis , nearly eight percent of U.S. At the same time, enrollment in teacher education programs dropped from 691,000 to 451,000 between 2009 and 2014, LPI says. No company wants to lose its top employees to another career.

EdTech 94

EdTech Company System Technology 94

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Through its mPower Piedmont initiative , which began in 2009, all students in grades 4-12 receive a Macbook Air laptop with home Internet access. Pricing, licensing, and contracting policies, including experience with or openness to performance-based contracting, if any. from Digital Promise on Vimeo. Contact information.

Study 120

Study Laptops Competency Based Learning Policies 120

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

I talk a lot about the problems of industry when it comes to ed-tech — how venture capital and venture philanthropy have enormous influence on shaping the direction of education policy. A critic of the company, Linkletter posted links to unlisted YouTube videos — that is, publicly available information — on Twitter.

Blackboard 96

Blackboard Coursera LMS ProctorU 96

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

As these approaches continue to take hold, we will need a new array of partnerships, policies and networks to scale these models and to fulfill their promise. And, the current federal push placing apprenticeships at the center of education and workforce policy is shining a spotlight on various other forms of “earn- and- learn” models.

STEM 102

STEM Learning Outcomes Policies 102

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Students for Fair Admissions, which is suing the university for allegedly discriminating against Asian American applicants, will have access to “academic, extracurricular, demographic and other information” from all undergrads who applied to Harvard between the fall 2009 and spring 2015, omitting names and Social Security numbers.

Data 60

Data Student Data Privacy Company Industry 60

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2019

On a laptop in the nearly empty office, he worked on code for a webpage he was developing for his employer, the learning materials company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. In half an hour, he needed to join a conference call about changes to the company’s website. He had been at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for four months.

Company 112

Company Survey Report Training 112

edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

To recognize and work through this sort of situation, McNulty recommends avoiding the “polarity stereotyping” of traditionalists and progressives, in which each group views the other as representing policies they disfavor while portraying their own views as having no downside. From 2001-2003, he served as Vermont’s Education Commissioner.

Strategy 96

Strategy Dropout Industry Professional Learning 96

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2021

What students won’t see in the promotional materials or when they register, however, is that the programs are being managed by a private, for-profit company called Noodle that is being paid $12,000 to $22,000 per month , per program, plus $88 per credit hour, per student, according to a list of fees disclosed by Noodle.

Company 145

Company Policies Report Industry 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

The policy calls for students to present an acceptance letter from a college, a branch of the armed services, an employer, a trade school or a “gap-year” program. Even though the unemployment rate has improved in the last decade, the class of 2016 joined “a sizable backlog of unemployed college graduates” dating back to 2009, the study found.

Policies 60

Policies Study Report Training 60

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2017

The public has a perception that tuition is rising because schools aren’t managing their money well, said Claire Suggs, a senior education policy analyst at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. Students’ unmet need totaled about $660 million , according to the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. Georgia State Sen.

Policies 62

Policies Report Study Data 62

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

It implemented a 1:1 device-to-student model in its middle schools in 2009, and expanded that to high schools in 2013. LearnLaunch’s Rudden says that since MAPLE is a partnership with the state department of education, it is subject to the state laws and must operate according to strict conflict of interest policies. This is wrong.”.

Personalized Learning 80

Personalized Learning Learning Moodle Secondary 80

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 4, 2020

percent from 2009 to 2017, a period during which the S&P 500 index gained 11.2 Colleges and universities collectively spent an average of $11 billion in each of the last four years, adding close to 70 million more square feet of classroom and office space alone, according to the private company Dodge Data & Analytics.

Industry 134

Industry Report Trends Survey 134

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 6, 2020

million-member American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, and Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel , former Obama White House Health Policy Adviser, and Vice Provost of Global Initiatives, University of Pennsylvania. Howard's guests this week are Randi Weingarten , president of the 1.7 THIS WEEK'S GUESTS: Randi Weingarten is president of the 1.7

Conference 36

Conference Company Policies Groups 36

The 21st Century Principal

JANUARY 25, 2014

But, as a skeptic and admitted cynic about the reasons the Common Core were developed, my cynicism says that perhaps these standards were developed as a commercial opportunity for corporations like Pearson and other test companies to make more money off the public school systems.

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Common Core Pearson Analysis Company 98

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

CHICAGO — By Marquell Brown’s count, he has been locked up “roughly 42 times” since 2009. The online coursework is designed by the education company Pearson. Jones-Redmond advocates a no-computer policy on Wednesdays, when traditional teaching takes center stage and students take a break from their online work.

Online Learning 68

Online Learning Blended Learning Pearson Learning 68

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Ragan Toppan, a junior at Deering High School, took part in a walkout last fall to protest a change in the school’s grading policy. The result today is a patchwork of local policies, with pockets of proficiency-based grading surrounded by schools that have stuck with traditional methods of evaluating students — or reverted to them recently.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance. It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance,” said Aponte, who also served as U.S. Department of Education.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Around 2009, Lee learned about the Junior Theater Festival (JTF) in Atlanta, where students from across the country gather for three days to compete, take workshops and nerd out over musical theater. Bush-era No Child Left Behind policies and the 2008 recession. Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 77

Dropout Elementary Report Common Core 77

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A 2009 Stanford University study found that fifth, seventh and ninth grade students in California who passed the state physical fitness test and those whose fitness improved between fifth and seventh grade scored better than their less fit peers on the state’s standardized tests.

Exercises 106

Exercises Elementary Report Study 106

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

One way is through acquisitions like the one his university made of the Claremont School of Theology in California, or CST, which is being moved to the Salem, Oregon, campus of Willamette, just as private companies consolidate to increase their size and cost-effectiveness. That’s a good reach-out by the universities, no question.

Dropout 75

Dropout Training Industry Kaplan 75

The Electric Educator

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

I agree with this policy: there is simply too much garbage on YouTube to allow student access. Here are four reasons why they are the best company to accomplish this: The corporate philosophy at Google is to allow open access to information, no special software, subscription fees, or restrictions. billion videos per day.

Google 43

Google Video Software Policies 43

The Electric Educator

AUGUST 6, 2009

I attended the 2009 Google Teacher Academy which was held in Boulder, Colorado this year. Corporate culture at Google is unlike any other company in the world. away (Google Policy) was a "micro" kitchen. I was with a great group and hosted by a great company. Yesterday, I got to be a Googler for the day. Less than 150 ft.

Google 40

Google Moodle Analysis Company 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

The company does not have an exact count of how many Tasers are carried by school resource officers “because you’re talking thousands, and at some point you can’t even keep track of it,” said Steven Tuttle, the vice president of strategic communications. The department stopped conducting regular surveys after 2009.).

Report 40

Report Resources Analysis Trends 40

Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," as Rahm Emanuel, then President Obama's chief of staff, said in 2009 as the world teetered on the brink of recession. 150,000 a year to lease coaxial cables from Bell Telephone Company, for example. And the costs were significant.

Education 140

Education Report Khan Academy Examples 140

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

It’s all strictly luck,” said Allen of New London’s admissions policy. “We percent in 2009 to 19.5 In 2013, the National Center for Education Statistics, which tracked more than 20,000 students who started high school in 2009, released statistics that showed a still-startling racial gap in science and technology education.

Technology 40

Technology Study Course Report 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Politics and Policies FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Connect to Compete , a new non-profit initiative that brings private industry and the non-profit sector together to help expand broadband adoption and promote digital literacy. Valve , the company behind the video game hit Portal, is working on an educational game.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2023

There are hula-dancing and lei-making lessons and outposts of Hawaii’s iconic Honolulu Cookie Company and ABC convenience stores. Fifty-seven international campuses run by universities worldwide have closed, including 30 American satellite campuses since 2009. More than 40,000 have stayed permanently.

Training 105

Training Strategy Report Comparison 105

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

This work has focused on policy and innovations to foster universal broadband access and adoption, digital and media literacy, local journalism and information hubs, public service media, civic engagement, and government transparency. She was a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation Board from 2009-2011. patents.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

This work has focused on policy and innovations to foster universal broadband access and adoption, digital and media literacy, local journalism and information hubs, public service media, civic engagement, and government transparency. She was a member of the Freedom to Read Foundation Board from 2009-2011. patents.

Libraries 28

Libraries Conference OER Trends 28

Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2016

First, many educational markets are shaped by public policy. For example, specific policies regarding academic standards, testing requirements, and charter school authorization caps can give rise to specific types of products. The surge of teacher evaluation policies across the country has spurred a. K-12 landscape.

Policies 60

Policies Academic Standards Common Core Exercises 60

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In Denver, students organized for a year and a half and succeeded in getting the school board to adopt a new climate policy in April 2022. For-profit companies will actually do the work. We’ve saved $500,000 per year in electricity through conservation compared to 2009,” she said. Our electricity use is down 35 percent.”.

Education 84

Education Company Secondary Elementary 84

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

He received the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) in 2009 for mathematics from California. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

iPad 224

iPad Assessment Moodle Company 224

ProfHacker

DECEMBER 9, 2015

And if for some reason you need more ideas than what’s here—or if you’re just feeling nostalgic, as is befitting this time of year—take a look at our lists from 2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , and 2009. I am also much more satisfied with their customer service than I was with the other company. Board Games.

Exercises 40

Exercises System Software Comparison 40