EdNews Daily

MAY 15, 2020

Listen to the latest episode of the EduJedi Report podcast Host LeiLani Cauthen and Dr. Barbara Nemko, Napa County Superintendent of Schools, Napa County Office of Education in California discuss what the ARRA Stimulus of 2009 did compared to the intention of the new CARES Act.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Access to technology for all students is a major goal for many schools, companies, and organizations—yet access is only part of the equation. 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.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2019

Today, JFF, as it is more commonly known, has acquired Kerszenbaum’s Employment Technology Fund. JFFLabs services include identifying and scaling workforce and edtech technology, incubating early stage produces and services and partnering with companies to solve workforce challenges. This includes financial resources. It spent $43.5

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

The pace of change, driven predominantly by the rapid encroachment of digital and now AI technologies, has accelerated dramatically. The fast-paced evolution in educational technology and methodologies necessitates a fresh look at what features teachers should exhibit to be effective and relevant in this ever-changing environment.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Credit: Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report. High school vocational programs have changed a lot over the past 20 years by both increasing their academic rigor and expanding career fields, from construction and cosmetology to information technology and healthcare. College isn’t for everyone, many argue. But what is the alternative?

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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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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. Other investors include Learn Capital, a U.S.-based

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Most people don’t consider education technology to be such an important industry, but it’s actually gigantic. According to the report, the EdTech industry will reach a global value of $252 billion by 2020. The technology is evolving rapidly, so it’s hard to predict what is going to happen in the next 20 or 30 years. Conclusion.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

One of the documents I would recommend as a “must-read” for administrators is the annual Horizon Report, developed ever year by the New Media Consortium. While this report is not predictive, it does provide valuable information that administrators can use to develop a vision for technology’s role in their schools or districts.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

The findings of the survey by the computer security firm McAfee are in proportion with a 2009 survey by Common Sense Media–although the exact extent of cheating, and whether it’s changed over the years, is unknown. In general, the percentages of reported cheating and accessing banned sites were higher in the United States.

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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

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2021

An optimistic take is that districts will finally have the resources and freedom to innovate and create new models that combine the best of technology and the best of in-person learning. From 2009 to 2019, the percent of high school students who experienced persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness increased from 26 to 37 percent.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Consider that even for those female students who do pursue college studies in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) they are more likely to change majors than their male counterparts, despite relative success. World News and Report. World News and Report. For this reason there is an all-call out to U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2021

More companies are assuming the costs and risks of preparing people for entry-level technology roles by offering apprenticeships. The Rise of Technology Apprenticeships The number of U.S. registered apprenticeship programs grew 73 percent between 2009 and 2019. Still, companies report that they can’t fill open IT positions.

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MIND Research Institute

JUNE 23, 2021

Research has shown that spatial skills are important for science, technology, and engineering success as well. In the same Learning to Think Spatially report mentioned above, the NRC stated that the lack of a K-12 curriculum that leverages spatial thinking is a “blind spot in the American educational system.” & Forbes, M.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2019

According to statistics published by Gartner analyst Thomas Bittman, only 4% of the school and education system was interested in cloud computing in 2009. Simply put, there are quite a few reasons why institutions can profit from the employment of such technologies for teaching and learning purposes. Virtual Classrooms and Labs.

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eSchool News

MAY 4, 2016

A new report reveals that half of teenagers said mobile device addiction impacts their daily lives. The white paper reviews existing studies and research on internet use, technology and addiction, and notes that there is cause for concern around problematic media use, which in extreme cases can have very damaging consequences.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2019

I’ve been teaching technology for over fifteen years. Let’s look at that term, “digital native” Techopedia defines it as: a person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and therefore familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age. That’s not the goal of technology.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Students can submit volunteer hours quickly and easily from their phones – no need to log on to a computer and submit hours at a later time, increasing accuracy in hours reporting. ABOUT TRACK IT FORWARD Track it Forward is a software company founded in 2009 in Oakland, California. www.trackitforward.com. www.trackitforward.com.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Credit: Meenakshi Van Zee for The Hechinger Report. In 2020, there were only about 37,000 college graduates who had majored in English, down a third from 55,000 in 2009. However, this same report noted that 40 percent of humanities graduates said they would not choose the same major again. That’s true for college students too.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

SEL programs are not reported either. Based on the connection between service-learning and SEL, you would think mandating districts to report the number of state civic seals issued could motivate significant buy-in, allowing schools and educators to implement service-learning at scale.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 12, 2021

More and more jobs require training in science, technology, engineering and math. They scrutinized a large federal dataset of more than 20,000 students across the nation who started high school in 2009 and were surveyed through to their third year of college in 2016. According to the U.S. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Credit: Gail Robinson for The Hechinger Report. Few other districts had embraced the promise of technology as enthusiastically as this Long Island district. Educators had years of experience integrating technology into their teaching. schools spend more than $10 billion a year on educational technology. MINEOLA, N.Y.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2022

“Video is such a powerful communications tool, and we can leverage that power in education using quality resources and partnerships such as the ParentSquare and MyVRSpot collaboration,” said Paul Whitaker, Instructional Technology and PK-8 STEAM Coordinator for Englewood Schools in Colorado. “I

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

Founded in 2009 and based in American Fork, Utah, the company has amassed 1,500-plus games, quizzes and templates to sell to corporate clients in search of more compelling digital learning materials for employees. Each chapter concludes with an assessment to prove employee understanding. This is a big leap for us,” says Scivally. “We

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2020

It’s important to recognize that this crisis will likely only accelerate the march of automation and the adoption of various labor-replacing technologies, including machine learning and AI. Early reports indicate that many blue-chip companies have begun to freeze or rescind hiring offers to graduating students.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

Credit: Carly Graf for The Hechinger Report But, two years in, enrollment had dropped to 87 kids, a 65 percent decrease. Credit: Carly Graf for The Hechinger Report “Do we continue to fund something that is showing declining enrollment?” said Rachel Aaker, the principal of SpaRRK Academy, who spearheaded its creation. “I

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

These descriptions of education technology research may comfort educators and parents looking for ways to mitigate the devastating effects of lost learning time because of the coronavirus. Between 2009 and 2014, records provided by the district show it spent about $4.7 But they are all misleading.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

But it could prove just as disruptive in the world of education publishing, where technology startups have been steadily taking market share from traditional incumbents. There is risk in becoming too much a content company,” he says, one that could detract the company from its core strength in building technology tools.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 3, 2021

More than 60 percent of the construction workers who lost their jobs from 2007 to 2009 never returned to the industry, said Michael Ibrahim, an assistant professor of civil engineering at California State University, Los Angeles. There are new technologies and it takes schools like Francis Tuttle to adapt and evolve.”.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Founded in 2009, Schoolzilla began as an internal project of Aspire Public Schools, a charter management network in Oakland, to help educators draw actionable insights from the gargantuan bytes of data available from different technology providers. It lays claim to pioneering the “edfintech” industry.)

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Are any education technologies, for that matter? I’d love to provide a link but Andreessen deleted his blog in 2009. Andreessen’s definition does begin to get at some of the reasons why platforms have been so appealing to investors – ideologically as much as technologically. What is a “Platform”?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2018

When low-income students get a need-based grant, in addition to other financial aid, they are more likely to study science, technology, engineering or math (STEM) than are peers who don’t receive this boost in aid, according to a recent study from the Hope Center for College, Community and Justice. Department of Labor report.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

But his academic science background is unclear: He declined a request from The Hechinger Report to answer questions about his science training and how he discusses pandemic-related public health measures in class. In Oklahoma, to fill vacancies, emergency teaching certifications have skyrocketed since 2009.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

The Toronto-based company once relied on textbook publishers to distribute its technology. He declined to disclose the value of the deal, but said the price reported by The Globe and Mail—under $30 million—is in the ballpark. But now it wants to compete with them in their core business of course materials. billion in 2018.

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Connecting 2 the World

MARCH 22, 2014

If technology or even a vital member of the group was missing, the work of the group could be delayed for days or even weeks. My role as Project Director was mostly administrative: financial approvals, budgets, report writing, communicating with the funding agent, writing contracts, making travel arrangements outside of Paraguay.

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