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PROOF POINTS: $1.5 billion in recovery funds go to afterschool

The Hechinger Report

This figure makes after-school programs the fourth most popular way to spend federal funds to address learning loss, behind summer school, software and instructional materials. billion in recovery funds go to afterschool appeared first on The Hechinger Report. schools are on track to spend more than $1.5

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PROOF POINTS: Fixing online credit recovery remains elusive

The Hechinger Report

A December 2021 McKinsey report predicted that an additional 1.7 According to the most recent federal data I could find from 2014-15, almost 90 percent of high school principals said they offered online credit recovery in their schools and estimated that 15 percent of their students used these software programs. million to 3.3

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PROOF POINTS: The life of an online tutor can resemble that of an assembly line worker

The Hechinger Report

Screenshot from Zoom interview with Jill Barshay of The Hechinger Report.). Salvatore was born in Italy and immigrated to the United States when he was 15 in 2014. But Salvatore is finding that so many students lack basic background knowledge that he sometimes teaches a mini lesson from instructional materials that he discovers online.

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The Benefits of Video in the Digital Classroom

ViewSonic Education

63% also believe it increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials. Increases the relevancy and quality of the instructional materials (63%). Provides an innovative way for instruction to be personalized for each student (56). That's a 45% increase in just one year.

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Campus Tech Leaders Report More Support for Free Educational Materials

Wired Campus

According to the latest Campus Computing Survey of top technology officers at colleges, released on Thursday, 81 percent believe that open educational resources will be an important source for instructional material in the next five years.

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What teachers need now: CCSS-aligned resources

Insight Education Group

According to the 2014 update of the Primary Sources report , more teachers now feel prepared to teach to the Common Core and think that implementation of the Standards is going well in their schools. However, one thing has remained constant between the years: the need for more CCSS-aligned resources.

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Weld North Acquires Performance Matters, Merging It With Truenorthlogic

Marketplace K-12

The company’s 2015 revenues have not been made public, but its 2014 revenues of $11.9 million were reported to Inc. K-12 educators use the company’s Unify product to author instructional materials and administer assessments. magazine, which ranked Truenorthlogic 2,345th on its Inc. 5000 list last year.

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