EdNews Daily

JANUARY 30, 2020

Of course, since it is always held in January, keeping it south of the Mason-Dixon Line is a great way to keep the attendance high. Brunell founded the company in 2012 with his partner and wife, Brittany Brunell, who is responsible for all clinical content within Everyday Speech therapy materials. .

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In 2012, the government of India stated that it would need to build 1,000 new universities and an astounding 50,000 new colleges by 2020 to meet expected demand as its population and workforce continued to grow. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Surveys and sources suggest many college graduates are unprepared for the workforce.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Darrell Silver is a unlikely critic of coding bootcamps, the 9- to 12-week intensive courses in computer science and programming skills. To date, the New York-based company has raised nearly $16 million. The events range from a lunchtime meeting on web development to info sessions on how to become a data scientist.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2020

While companies that offer to sell students “custom term papers” are nothing new, college leaders say that the shadowy industry has become more aggressive at recruiting students as customers, using a mix of social media, direct email and even parties. “If Dave Tomar agrees—and he should know.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

MOOCs have evolved over the past five years from a virtual version of a classroom course to an experience that feels more like a Netflix library of teaching videos. The change has helped companies that provide these courses find a business model, but something crucial has been lost for students taking the courses.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2019

As demand for low-cost, high-quality materials increased during the Great Recession, the nonprofit project shifted from curation to creation, publishing its first five free textbooks in 2012. Students are enrolling in my course to get a technical degree but they can’t afford the textbook because it’s $300. colleges use at least one.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Today, students frequently work in digital environments to read course materials, take tests and complete assignments. Only 58% of students who started college in 2012 had graduated 6 years later. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2023

Make School, a San Francisco-based gaming company turned for-profit educational institution, was already offering a short-term tech boot camp, designed to meet that same goal. At least 75 such partnerships exist between colleges and three of the country’s top boot camp provider companies: edX, ThriveDX and Fullstack Academy.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Loosely defined as affordable programs with strong learning and career outcomes, hybrid colleges often share three design principles: intensive wrap-around student support that directly meets student needs; digital learning programs (often competency-based); and sustainable funding that does not ask students to carry significant debt.

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TeacherCast

JULY 18, 2022

You can of course try, but you don’ have any guarantee that your bird will fly. The other day, I was having a planning meeting with a company about a future project. In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia. Thank you for leaving your family to attend one of my live events or online meetings.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 6, 2018

Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online professional development courses for K-12 teachers. You can take these courses for continuing education, salary advancement, or recertification. They are practical courses that have teachers developing tangible resources to use in their classrooms immediately.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

Even teacher prep programs that are offered via online courses don’t necessarily instruct teacher candidates how to educate students remotely, says Lynn Gangone, president and CEO of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. The Guide to Teaching Online Courses , from the National Education Association.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2022

Centers for teaching and learning worked with IT support in new ways to help instructors move courses online. While online classes do not work well for young children, many college courses worked well enough to demonstrate new potential for a post-pandemicfuture. Decision-makers and implementors moved quickly.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

And it eventually will lead to those established industries falling away and the new industries and companies taking over. Kim: So there’s been all this research about how people learn, and schools are literally changing the structures of how teaching is operationalized, how classrooms are put together, how courses are developed.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2018

He has been named a Master Educator by Course Hero , an education technology company that produced a short film on Garg, who is now one of three finalists for the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching bestowed by Baylor University. You can also watch this Course Hero video on Vimeo. Email tgraham@coursehero.com.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Consider, for example, what might happen if data show that students who fit a certain profile struggle in a core course. The ideas that came out of that meeting, and a similar one that took place two years ago, form the basis of a new Stanford-hosted website, “ Responsible Use of Student Data in Higher Education. ” Responsible uses.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 8, 2016

They would work with students on their educational goals, whether that was working through the HiSET prep workbook or completing worksheets for a course. SPICE was meeting all of their learners’ needs except one, rural isolation, and this drove their focus on using technology to strengthen their program.

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TeacherCast

JULY 18, 2022

You can of course try, but you don’ have any guarantee that your bird will fly. Step 3: Diversify Your Portfolio The other day, I was having a planning meeting with a company about a future project. In the early part of 2012, I attended my first edCamp in Philadelphia. But you need to play the game on your own terms.

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ProfHacker

JUNE 30, 2015

(As an introvert, for example, after attending several sessions at an academic conference and interacting with lots of people, I’m likely to head off to my hotel room for some quiet time before meeting up with a couple of friends for dinner. I know that I need that time to recharge.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

Students have access to hundreds of courses while they are in Illinois’ juvenile justice facilities, but they tend to focus on math, language arts, social studies and science. According to state data, the number of young people in state juvenile justice facilities dropped from 901 at the end of 2012 to 386 in 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Startups and established tech companies are providing a crash course in entrepreneurship, sending engineers and designers into public schools to mentor students. Andrea, who earned her college degree in English literature in 2012, is a temp in a law firm and drives people around on weekday mornings and through the weekends.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

In meetings with his academic adviser during the second semester of his freshman year, Robinson said he learned that though his GPA was solid, the school’s computer algorithm saw trouble. Companies like Amazon and Netflix have been using data tools like these for years to track our clicks and steer us to buy or watch more of their products.

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Linways Technologies

JULY 12, 2019

However, we still need a platform or a system to help teachers efficiently manage and improve the quality, collect insights, and make sure that the course and learner’s performances are aligned to adapt to the level of outcomes achieved during assessments. Does the functionality of the system meet or exceed your institution’s needs?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

We spoke to Harris recently about how his company is trying to shift the demographics of the coding bootcamp industry and what that looks like. But coding bootcamps have only existed since 2012, and they’ve been pushed to hold themselves accountable to getting people into jobs. It’s amazing.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 6, 2016

A number of ed-tech companies, including Udemy and Tynker, have raked in funds from investors over the past week. Udemy Raises $60 Million: Udemy , a San Francisco-based online provider of courses, received a $60 million strategic investment from Internet and entertainment group Naspers through its Naspers Ventures division.

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Wired Campus

MARCH 10, 2015

Yale University is creating a master’s program that will hold many courses online, continuing the Ivy League institution’s foray into “blended” learning. Students would meet in virtual classrooms where they would discuss course material using videoconferencing technology. Distance Education Online Courses'

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 21, 2016

The massive cuts will reduce the giant education company’s workforce by about 10 percent, down from about 40,000 employees based not only in the United States and United Kingdom, but Asia and countries around the world. And in South Africa, textbook sales plummeted with a new adoption cycle and budget pressure, the company said.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

This approach can enable administrators to differentiate to meet the needs of all their teachers. He has been recognized by EdScoop (EdTech Hero, 2017), SETDA (Leader of the Year, 2013), and Common Sense Media (Educator of the Year, 2012). Bruce holds an M.B.A in public administration from Michigan State University. About the Host.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

As a result, rural students often lag their peers in advanced courses, and also in college attendance and completion. based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. A few years ago, the Holmes County school district offered a few college-level AP courses at only one of its three high schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2015

Here are ten ways leaders become misleaders: First published May 16, 2012. Toxic meeting syndrome can cause meetings to be little more than face to face announcement sessions. You become a misleader when you mistake meetings for action. “People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

The only thing most everyone agrees on is this: The roll out of the 2012 law, LD 1422, was a disaster, plagued by insufficient funding and inadequate guidance from the top. But one district has been steadfast in its commitment, staying the course through three superintendents: RSU 2. Staying the course in Portland.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. The hardware on the towers then blasts that connection about 10 miles into the valley below. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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ProfHacker

JUNE 16, 2016

When Pebble Kickstarted back in 2012, I couldn’t resist jumping in to see what this idea of a screen on my wrist might lead to. One of the things I like most about the Garmin Forerunner is its ease of use in meetings. There’s a “Do not disturb” mode for when even the fairly subtle vibration seems like a bad idea.

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Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Both the wider internet and the narrower education space are filled with companies and organizations that provide value-added services around openly licensed software and content. These contingent faculty likely teach four or five courses a term – or teach a different class at three different institutions each semester.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The one Galt’s fourth-graders take comes from the CliftonStrengths Youth Explorer, a framework developed and sold by Gallup, the 82-year-old management consulting company best known for its public opinion polling. From 2014-15 to 2016-17, the percentage of the district’s students meeting or exceeding standards rose from 37 to 43.1

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2017

Bowie navigated a daunting obstacle course of family and health crises during his teenage years and made it to his dream school – Georgia State University. By 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some kind of post-secondary education, and now only 45 percent of the state’s young adults meet that criterion.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Between 2012 and 2016, the number of kids in foster care around the country rose by 10 percent. That’s the thing that shocked me more than anything,” said O’Brien, who is now retired after decades working at Eli Lilly and Company, the pharmaceutical company. But this one not,” said Walker in a meeting with his teachers in May.

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