Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

The layoffs ranged from junior-level employees to the very top: Cory Reid, who joined in April 2011 and was named CEO in June 2014, is out. MasteryConnect aims to help teachers plan lessons and track how students perform against academic standards. See our report on edtech venture capital for more details.)

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EdTech Company Academic Standards Industry 113

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2017

Online support groups like #educolor and #hiphoped can provide advice from teachers and educators across the country. Consequently, anti-racist teachers like you and me must organize like-minded educators to form our own community. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Read more about education in New Orleans.

Policies 78

Policies Academic Standards Groups Report 78

Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. These tools help us identify and then address -- through intervention or enrichment -- individual students' needs around each of the major academic standards.

EdTech 120

EdTech Blended Learning Khan Academy iPad 120

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 23, 2018

Photo: Michael Farrell for The Hechinger Report. Department of Education , having a line on applicants ready to start as sophomores also helps those schools fill empty seats and beds and keep tuition coming in. Photo: Michael Farrell for The Hechinger Report. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education.

Policies 82

Policies Report Academic Standards Meeting 82

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Independence Academy is one of 33 so-called recovery schools in the United States, public high schools that serve students whose lives and educations have been derailed by drug abuse. In 2016, unintentional overdoses claimed 1,465 lives statewide, up from 613 in 2011. The standard is what’s appropriate,” Mr. Kain says. “If

Report 68

Report Meeting Study Data 68

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. ” A Hechinger Report analysis found that such lofty goals were common in the 10 years after Hurricane Katrina, particularly between 2008 and 2013, when dozens of new charter schools opened across the city. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

Elementary 69

Elementary Report Meeting Advocacy 69

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

But Oakland is one of a growing number of districts trying to reconnect top administrators to the kids they serve as a way to help the critical middleman in education: the school principal. During the 2011-12 school year, only about 21 percent of school districts had a training program for aspiring principals.

Training 76

Training How To Survey Academic Standards 76