Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Secretary of Education Richard W. Yet, understanding this history is crucial to understanding the meandering path we are on with respect to determining the best and appropriate future role for the federal government with respect to educational technology – a task I have set out for myself in a series of posts on this very topic.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Department of Education in 2009 found that, on average, students in online learning environments performed slightly better than those in traditional classrooms. In-person vs. online learning statistics offer insights into the comparative success of both modes of education. Subsequent studies have provided mixed findings.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift The latest warning sign comes from college admissions test maker ACT, which compared students’ ACT test scores with their self-reported high school grades between 2010 and 2022. The Hechinger Report has also found that college students are struggling with basic math.) grade points from 3.02

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2019

Cristopher Burge who runs the website Cloud Storage Advice , has a great rundown on how cloud computing has revolutionized education: The concept of cloud computing saw its beginnings in the educational sector ever since the first open source websites saw the light of day. Cloud Computing in the Educational Sector.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2020

One of the peculiar things about higher education is that it runs in the opposite direction of the economy. The 2009 Recovery Act increased the amount of Pell Grants to low-income students to more than $5,000 per year and expanded the number of students who were eligible for it. Ironically, funding for education plummeted.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 19, 2021

And soon, qualitative results will offer a better understanding of why educational leaders choose to make their school staffing decisions. The Perspectives Report. The report’s Executive Summary (pp. almost 20% fewer than in 2009-10. Yet: In 2009-10, the national ratio of students per librarian was 939 to 1.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2024

According to CDC data from 2009-2019, 1 out of 5 adolescents aged 12 to 17 reported having experienced at least some kind of major depressive episode. Educators also need to intentionally build relationships to foster a sense of community and connectedness, while establishing strong support networks for both students and adults.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2021

And I believe education has a major role to play in addressing this imbalance, starting in the early years. In January 2021, 40 percent of adults reported experiencing symptoms of depression and anxiety—three times more than the rate in the first half of 2019. Yet this trend persists throughout the education sector.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2018

In 2009, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation invested hundreds of millions to see whether “ value-added ” models could be used to evaluate, inform and improve teachers’ effectiveness in improving student outcomes. The most valuable thing it learned may have come from a report offering a blunt answer: no. It’s not a new approach.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Credit: Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report. However, high school trade programs have had a deservedly bad reputation as a “dumping ground” for low-income students, providing a subpar education and failing to prepare young adults for the modern world. It’s now called career and technical education and often abbreviated as CTE.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

It’s really about perspective,” said Eric Patnoudes, the director of strategic initiatives at Otus and a featured speaker at the 2019 Illinois Computing Educators conference. Since 2009, 127 out of 150 of Kurzweil’s predictions have turned out to be true. . Kelly is a senior editor with EdTech: Focus on Higher Education.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

My Own Chapter: M oving From Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0. Self-determined learning or heutagogy is fast gaining interest from educators around the world interested in an evidence-based approach to learning. Moving From Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0:

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2023

LOS ANGELES — Citrus College was Kyshawna Johnson’s third attempt at higher education. Credit: James Bernal for The Hechinger Report But before dropping out a third time, Johnson connected with Jovenes Inc., Nationally, reports indicate that 20 to 40 percent of youth aging out of foster care lack stable housing.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Students’ race and ethnicity affect their chances of earning a college degree, according to several new reports on higher education released in January and February 2023. The pie charts below were produced in January by the National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit organization that provides data reporting services to colleges.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

The following three sections detail the range of best practices found by researchers to be critical for ensuring educator growth and success: Effective Administrator and Teacher Leadership. 2004; Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011 ). 2008; Webster-Wright, 2009 ; Accomplished California Teachers, 2012 ).

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 25, 2022

An international study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development found that students who had more books at home reported that they enjoyed reading more. Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. The report, “ Does the digital world open up an increasing divide in access to print books? ” Source: OECD.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2018

For decades, the reputation of Mississippi’s schools has been poor: Compared to educational systems in other states, Mississippi has usually ranked near the bottom. Although the state still has work to do, Mississippi ’s educational system has made progress and is now close to or better than the national average in some aspects.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

In 2019, a full year before the pandemic, the American Psychological Association reported new research showing a dramatic increase in the rates of depression among young people aged 18 to 25, surging 63 percent from 2009 to 2017 (from 8.1 percent to 13.2 This, in turn, helps their academic performance and helps them to stay enrolled.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Once an educational technology (edtech) tool is in a school, the hard work is just beginning due to a number of potential hurdles and challenges that leadership and educators need to overcome. If you would like to see foundry10’s full findings, check out their ed tech access report and their website. Learn More.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

Welcome back to our insightful series on 21st century education. It’s astounding to reflect on how much has changed in the intervening years in the world of education and teaching. In this latest installment, we turn our focus back to a topic I last discussed in 2011: the characteristics of 21st-century teachers.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 31, 2019

That it works so well should come as no surprise to seasoned educators. Teachers often report that increased attentiveness and engagement are the top benefits of teaching with interactive display technology. This motivating impact of interactive displays is seen at every level of education. Moving up to higher education.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2017

What began as a husband-and-wife skunkworks project in rural Wisconsin four years ago has now become absorbed into an education data company that boasts millions of users across 44 states. This week, eduCLIMBER was acquired by Illuminate Education , an Irvine, Calif.-based million users across 1,600 school districts.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

I was raised above all else to not only revere education, but to literally show respect to educators and elders by being a dutiful, quiet, listening and obedient learner. Accurate information directly impacts who gets what resources — aren’t you an educator and literal expert in communication and research? Growing up in the U.S.

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Linways Technologies

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Nation is in the initial stages of “higher education-massification” according to recent reports. India is closer than ever in reaching a Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of 30% in higher education. Higher education systems are described as universal when the GER is above 50%, the report notes. in 2014-15 to 26.3

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As veteran educators, for years we have encountered students who struggled with decoding and reading comprehension, yet were continually pushed on to the next grade. We know all too well the disparities that exist in education and how they impact students. The latest Nation’s Report Card shows downward academic trends in U.S.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Women drop out of engineering programs with higher average grades than the men who stay in engineering programs," reported CEO of the Society of Women Engineers, Betty Shanahan, at last summer at U.S. World News and Report. World News and Report. 21st Century Education Guest Blog Post Guest Blogger STEM'

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Hack Education

MAY 6, 2020

I want to talk to you today about the history of educational crises and education technology. That means, for one thing, you end up with a Secretary of Education or with a prominent investor/philanthropist or governor or pundit claiming that schools haven't changed in hundreds of years. We have seen this repeatedly in education.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

“Even after accounting for all these other factors, we still see evidence of grade inflation,” said Edgar Sanchez, a researcher at ACT who presented his study in April 2022 at the annual meeting of the National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME). points from a 3.0 – a B – in 2009 to 3.11 In a study of actual U.S.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 23, 2021

This article features contributions from MIND's Education Research Director Martin Buschkuehl. A 2009 Vanderbilt University review in the Journal of Educational Psychology looked at over 50 years of longitudinal research on spatial ability , and concluded that “spatial ability plays a critical role in developing expertise in STEM.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Two of the fastest growing and most highly valued education technology companies are going down the alphabet as they raise subsequent rounds at higher and higher valuations. Leading the deal is Tencent Holdings, the Chinese technology giant, reports Business Standard. To date, the company has raised $183 million in outside capital.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 18, 2016

To learn how educators can help students develop intrinsic motivation, we spoke with Dr. Christina Hinton, faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Founder and Executive Director of Research Schools International (RSI) , and Dr. Tom Callahan, Director of the Merck-Horton Center for Teaching and Learning, and educator at St.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2023

But white leaders have tried to restrict our education for centuries. Related: While white students get specialists, struggling Black and Latino readers often get left on their own And the Black community has always found ways to deliver the education our children deserve. DeSantis’ playbook is plagiarized.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

When it comes to education the most controversial and negative stories are the ones that attract viewers and in turn generate revenue. Thankfully this all changed in late 2009 as I discovered the power and value of using social media as a public relations tool. Make no mistake about it, the media wants and needs to make money.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2022

Philanthropist and former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates popularized the notion in a 2009 TED Talk when he said “ once somebody has taught for three years, their teaching quality does not change thereafter.” That is, the cohort of rookie teachers in 2001 were just as effective as the cohort of rookie teachers in 2009.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Credit: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. It’s one of the reasons that many education advocates have called for diversifying the teacher workforce, which is overwhelmingly white. The post PROOF POINTS: Black and white teachers from HBCUs are better math instructors, study finds appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2015

Although he’s been trained on many tools, James believes most teacher education training misses the point. When we lose sight of the fact that education is a people business, we get in trouble. James has taught for thirty years. Teaching is about relationships. Listen on iTunes. Listen to James Sturtevant online.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

Hirsch, who developed the curriculum used in these schools and whose 1987 book Cultural Literacy inspired the common core standards movement in American education. was funded by the Institute for Education Research (an arm of the U.S. Department of Education), the National Science Foundation and two private foundations.

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