Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Starting with a $100 million fund in 2015, Owl has since raised two subsequent funds— $185 million in 2017, and $315 million in 2019. Since 2015, Owl has invested in 39 edtech companies. They include Quizlet, a provider of digital studying tools.

EdTech 115

EdTech Company Training Survey 115

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1 Department of Education reported that for the 2015-2016 school year, more than 7 million students —or 16 percent of all students—and 20 percent of high school students are chronically absent. percent (about 150 students) percent during the 2016-2017 school year.

Strategy 187

Strategy Learning Data Dropout 187

MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

A 2015 report found that the lack of AP classes may increase the financial burden on college-bound rural students: Students who don’t take AP classes don’t earn college credit that could enable them to graduate more quickly, and such students are “more likely to pay for additional remedial coursework when beginning college.”.

Online Learning 31

Online Learning Learning Course Report 31

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

It’s not vanity that drives this athlete; studies show that the mirror provides in-time feedback that actually enhances muscle development 8. Retrieved October 1, 2017: [link]. [2] Using technology to support at-risk students’ learning. 2015) Who believes in me? Promising State Policies for Personalized Learning.

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Policies Personalized Learning Assessment Professional Learning 181

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2017

And if they were sad, or having a bad day with classmates or the teacher, well, then they might not learn so much. So a recent study suggesting just the opposite caught my attention, especially since it has potential applications for online learning. A 2016 Australian study, “ Can Sadness Be Good For You?

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Software Study Analysis Groups 87

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Related: When it comes to liberal arts education, online learning changes only the tools. As we look forward to a fall semester teaching entirely online, we are translating those hard-fought lessons to the complex task ahead. Related: With many schools choosing online learning how can we keep the music alive?

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Report Course Online Learning Meeting 143

Edsurge

JULY 6, 2016

As such, the following are three key points to consider as we are challenged to meet the needs of Generation Z—just in time for the 2016-2017 school year. Asynchronous technology makes learning a constant activity. Teachers—not just students—are craving more student-directed learning.

Learning 109

Learning System Industry Technology 109

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

But a 2015 study by a Stanford University research team compared academic outcomes of students at 158 online charter schools in 17 states with those of students in brick-and-mortar schools in their states who were matched on numerous characteristics, including prior test scores. A lot of these parents, I think, are victims.

E-rate 121

E-rate Pearson Company Report 121

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

The second chapter involved adding GetSmarter, a South Africa-based provider of short online courses, which 2U purchased for $103 million in May 2017. As part of the arrangement, 2U also paid $13 million to Flatiron School, a coding bootcamp owned by WeWork, to use the school’s online learning platform.

Company 112

Company Education MOOC Conference 112

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. We need to find the quality stuff and elevate it, for everyone.”.

OER 75

OER How To Common Core Instructional Materials 75

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The vast majority of the school’s students — and in 2017, all of them — are accepted into at least one college. She didn’t know where and she didn’t know what she planned to study, but she knew she wanted to leave, explore and earn her college degree. 43 — The number of students in Onalaska High School’s 2017 graduating class.

Company 111

Company Report Trends Study 111

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

So Fulé and her colleagues devised a program—free, voluntary, and entirely online—that has helped hundreds of students roll through remediation coursework and ace their math placement tests while measurably boosting their confidence about success in both math and college. Not insignificantly, the award came with a cash prize of $100,000.

Tools 85

Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 85

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2019

By the time Raveendran formally incorporated Byju’s parent company, Think & Learn, in 2011, 110 million Indians used the internet, only about 9 percent of the country, according to a study from Google and KPMG. It would report revenue of about $2 million for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, according to TechCircle.

Company 88

Company Video Broadband Report 88

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

This profile is the second in a series from the EdSurge Research team, which has spent the past six months studying the market of service providers that support schools through the redesign process. Kim had previously been an Executive Vice President at Edison Learning, a for-profit education management organization.

Education Elements 60

Education Elements Personalized Learning Education Learning 60

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2018

million since it was founded Rachel Carlson and Brittany Stich in 2015. It last raised $21 million in 2017, when it had around 60 employees. But there’s a catch: they have to choose to study business or supply-chain management. Guild has raised nearly $71.5 Today that number is 160.

Education 63

Education Company Trends Secondary 63

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Personalized learning looks different in every classroom, but common features include letting students set their own goals, study the curriculum online at their own pace, or decide when to take tests. I like learning by myself more because I get to work at my own pace and keep track of the time.”. Teira Rucker, 11.

Personalized Learning 96

Personalized Learning Software Data Report 96

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

His schools have been scrambling to set up online learning, connect students with virtual counseling and get laptops into the hands of families — steps McKneely says will be invaluable if another hurricane disrupts education. “We Half of the 20 most destructive wildfires in state history have occurred since 2015.

Digital Divide 114

Digital Divide Laptops Accessibility Online Learning 114

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

The English language arts department debuted its curriculum in the 2015-16 school year, and the math, science and social studies departments will introduce curricula during each consecutive school year. The bill will phase in clearinghouse courses over two phases, with the first phase beginning in the 2017-18 school year.

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iPad OER Meeting eBook 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Nearly 12 percent of all undergraduate students, and about a quarter of graduate students, are enrolled in full time online degree programs, according to the 2017 The Changing Landscape of Online Education (CHLOE) report. In the push to dominate the OPM race, Noodle Partners will face another challenge: client saturation.

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Company Pearson Report Course 72

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The reason that that’s bad is because it encourages students — when they take a test or when they study for something or when they do projects — to be dead inside. Student interviews were carried out during the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. To sort of be sterilized. Now, it’s not what I expected.

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System Education Report Elementary 69

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2017

That’s really when you get to start diving into studying. Student interviews were carried out during the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. In ninth grade, one marking period you get environmental, the second you get food science, the third you get horticulture and the fourth you get plant science.

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Report Meeting Study System 59

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 2017. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. How might we bring these important elements to the online learning experience in the next school year?

Blended Learning 192

Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning. It just depends.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Arlington is a fast-growing district, and Discovery Elementary opened in 2015 as part of an ongoing school-building program (it shares a campus with a middle school with a trailer park to accommodate its overflowing student population). The district plans to build on that success. RELATED: Psst!

Elementary 105

Elementary Learning Data Report 105

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

Melanie received her MA in Information Resources and Library Science from the University of Arizona (UA) and her BA in History and Minor in Ethnic Studies from Arizona State University. Since 2017, Janessa has served their tribes as Library Media Technician Senior operating three libraries. Janessa Esquivel (they/them) is a s?np??ilx

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Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 41

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

Wright’s district created a parent university that provided opportunities for parents to understand what their children would be experiencing and how they could support learning at home. Dr. Marczak was the recipient of the 2017 National School Boards Association’s “20 to Watch” educational technology leader award.

Learning 81

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 81

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2017

This 2017 photo of a New York City middle school shows growth mindset messages on student-made posters. Years later, studying psychology, she wondered if mindset interventions would also be effective in her field. Dockterman believes that all the positive thinking in the world doesn’t by itself help kids learn.

Exercises 68

Exercises Study Twitter Outcomes 68

IT Bill

JULY 3, 2018

Whether or not students should be required to take proctored exams in an online course has been debated for as long as there have been online courses and I suspect it will not be resolved anytime soon. A recent study compared proctored and non-proctored student outcomes in online courses. Online Learning, 22(1), 131-145.

Online Assessments 28

Online Assessments Course Study Assessment 28

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

Between the 2015-16 and 2018-19 school years, attainment levels for third through eighth graders on the standardized Measures of Academic Progress test rose from 35 to 65 percent in reading and from 30 to 66 percent in math. Between the 2014-15 and 2017-18 school years, teacher retention grew from 60 to 90 percent.

Personalized Learning 145

Personalized Learning Education Learning Elementary 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2017

I’m also studying Welsh on my own. Student interviews were carried out during the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. You can really kind of go in whatever path you want. For example, I’m really interested in languages, so I’m taking two languages right now. I’m in Spanish 4, and I just started French 1.

System 49

System Report Examples Study 49

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

high school students have the opportunity not just to take an online class for credit but a significant proportion of their course load online. New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. percent offered ‘all classes online.’

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

high school students have the opportunity not just to take an online class for credit but a significant proportion of their course load online. New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. percent offered ‘all classes online.’

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

Between the 2015-16 and 2018-19 school years, attainment levels for third through eighth graders on the standardized Measures of Academic Progress test rose from 35 to 65 percent in reading and from 30 to 66 percent in math. Between the 2014-15 and 2017-18 school years, teacher retention grew from 60 to 90 percent.

Personalized Learning 45

Personalized Learning Education Learning Training 45

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2020

million in 2014 and 2015. Public-Private Partnership Shorelight leaders are careful to avoid calling what American Collegiate Live offers “online” learning. Newman, who in August will start a new job as University of Massachusetts system chancellor for academic programs, has worked with the Shorelight team since 2015.

Company 97

Company Course LMS Technology 97

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

The state’s largest district, in Providence, has dramatically increased its spending on web-based instructional programs, from $158,000 in the 2011-12 school year to $928,000 in 2015-16, the latest data available. Four years ago, only one school out of 39 in Providence used personalized learning; the model has since spread to 25 schools.

Personalized Learning 96

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

He then began his graduate studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1993. Previously a middle school social studies teacher, first in Prince George’s County, Maryland, then in Amherst, Massachusetts, I left the Amherst school system to found North Star. in Social Studies from Brown University.

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Learning Conference Social Media Secondary 48