Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. ” Many educators were angered , insisting that this wasn’t their fault. I get that.

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. An increasing amount of data around personalized educational models like "blended learning" and content-specific software suggests that edtech makes instruction in diverse classrooms more efficient.

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

MindShift

MARCH 16, 2021

Wells went on to college, became a teacher specializing in gifted education and eventually took on the gifted coordinator role for her hometown school district, aiming to give more students the opportunities she almost missed. “It Defined that way, “education malpractice” describes almost every gifted classroom across the United States.

Elementary 48

Elementary Data Policies Report 48

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

The results from those new Common Core tests – designed explicitly to look for the skills kids need in college, namely critical thinking, problem solving and analytical writing skills – have been held up as proof of the persistence of deep-seated disparities in the education provided to poor students and children of color.

Common Core 40

Common Core Elementary Groups Robotics 40

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Some students have started businesses, while others have designed apps or built robots. More than 90 percent of Code Next’s latest cohort of high school graduates advanced to higher education, the vast majority in STEM fields, according to a Code Next survey. It’s a cultural hub and one of the city’s most diverse neighborhoods.

Industry 125

Industry STEM Education Survey 125

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Please mark your calendars for November 18 - 22 for the fourth annual Global Education Conference ( [link] ). 3, and Connected Educator Month in October--how are we still standing?!) , but we''re raring to go now, and we hope you are, too! The Charter was launched in November 2009.

Conference 59

Conference Education Pearson Technology 59

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 16, 2021

Wells went on to college, became a teacher specializing in gifted education and eventually took on the gifted coordinator role for her hometown school district, aiming to give more students the opportunities she almost missed. “It Defined that way, “education malpractice” describes almost every gifted classroom across the United States.

Elementary 118

Elementary Policies Data Report 118

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education.

Personalized Learning 96

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

TULSA, Oklahoma — On a fall morning in 2018, veteran technology teacher Abraham Kamara was working with his robotics team at Memorial Junior High School when Tulsa school superintendent Deborah Gist entered the classroom with a TV news crew. It’s been a dramatic transformation for this longtime education reformer.

Common Core 91

Common Core Data Report Blended Learning 91