The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

In 2015 the University of Michigan established the Digital Innovation Greenhouse (DIG) as part of the Office Of Academic Innovation—a group charged with fostering a culture of innovation in learning in order to reimagine the 21st century public research university. Welcome talented student contributors.

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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. Vermonica Murphy with her son, Ernest Jr.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The sixth annual Global Education Conference , our free four-day online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, runs today Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015 (November 20th in some time zones). We invite all to attend! A full listing of sessions is below. You're going to be blown away.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

For example, instead of desks, consider a room with small discussion areas, whiteboard writing surfaces, and multiple teachers moving around the space engaging students in their lessons. Imperative 5: Create Balanced Assessments. Assessments look far different than 10-15 years ago, but it’s not just the switch to computerized testing.

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Technology PowerMyLearning Learning EdTech 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

The Miami-Dade school district, for example, adopted a plan back in 2012 to close the digital divide. Half of the 20 most destructive wildfires in state history have occurred since 2015. When schools reopen, they might do so with a different schedule: four days a week of in-person education and one virtual day, for example.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

For this story, reporters analyzed every available open-enrollment charter application approved between 2005 and 2015 — the decade after Katrina. Open enrollment schools are open to all students who live in the city, regardless of street address or skill level. Related: A new movement to treat troubled children as ‘sad, not bad’.

Elementary 66

Elementary Report Meeting Advocacy 66

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

DeLorenzo screened the candidates, assessing their capacity for change, and six districts were approved , among them the three districts mentioned above that had already begun experimenting with the model. To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts.

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Learning Report System Case Study 111

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

HAMILTON, Ohio — Suzanne Prescott first noticed the changes in children’s behaviors in 2015. For example, when a teacher notices a child experiencing outbursts, Brown may suggest some adjustments based on her observation about something that may be setting off the child, such as an abrupt transition between activities.

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Training Assessment Advocacy Classroom 186

MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Avoiding the word was such a problem in schools across the country that in 2015 the U.S. Whole language was big in the 1920s, for example, as progressive education became influential. Scores on the National Assessment for Educational Progress showed most students were not reading proficiently. ” she said.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In Tennessee, however, half of the residents found eligible for VR services in 2015 didn’t get any, according to federal data. Yet the state left $14 million in federal VR dollars on the table in 2015 and again in 2016, even as the agency temporarily shut its doors to new clients. More than 40 percent of counselor positions are vacant.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Meeting Report Training 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Nearly 90 percent of the school population is considered low-income and nearly three-quarters are labeled English learners, meaning that the state language arts test assesses their reading and writing ability in a language they’re still trying to learn. Certain special education programs can drive up costs, for example.

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Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Deering High School graduation at the Cross Insurance Arena in Portland on Wednesday, June 3, 2015. percent of students in the class of 2015 graduated, compared with 82.3 students’ stagnating and even declining proficiency rates at some grade levels in reading and math on a national assessment. That’s a gain of 4.2

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Policies Dropout Report Course 40

MindShift

DECEMBER 3, 2020

That task may be easier than ever, thanks to six years of advocacy by the We Need Diverse Books campaign. When doing class readings of One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia, for example, she stops to chat with students about the characters’ grandmother pressing their hair. Assess how diverse texts show up in the curriculum.

Classroom 69

Classroom Libraries Groups Industry 69

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Whether working with an OPM will drive up the price of a degree program for students is one of the many factors universities consider when assessing whether to enter into an agreement with one of these companies, said Deborah Seymour, owner and principal at Higher Education Innovation Consulting, LLC. “No Skewed incentives.

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Company Education Industry Course 57

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Nineteen pilot schools participated in 2015; this year, the number skyrocketed, with 113 more joining the Basecamp ranks. Bits of student performance data are only just starting to trickle out of the pilot schools, so it’s too early to assess most of them quantitatively. More than two-thirds of them are district-run schools.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

“Not to say that the parent doesn’t matter and those kinds of investigations can’t be awkward and disruptive, but it’s better to be safe than sorry, and there are just too many examples that you read of something that was overlooked.”. The flowers that were a Valentine’s Day gift from her husband, for example?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

The Georgia program caught the attention of the Department of Justice, which launched an investigation that lasted several years, and resulted in a 21-page letter of findings in July, 2015, and a lawsuit in August, 2016. Leslie Lipson, counsel to the Georgia Advocacy Office. The truth of it is, we know how to educate these kids.

Education 80

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 80

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

And more importantly, to ascertain where some folks – those who issue press releases, for example – want the puck to head. It ignores what happens in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for example: the site of Harvard and MIT. We’re more likely to overlook the role that venture capital plays, for example.

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I think it’s safe to say, for example, that venture capital investment has fallen off rather precipitously this year. True, 2015 was a record-breaking year for ed-tech funding – over $4 billion by my calculations. " I will do that in a separate article at the end of the year.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. Online Grade Portals.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Part of the Every Student Succeeds Act passed in 2015, it requires states – many for the first time this year – to reveal publicly how much money each school gets per student. More money does not always equal better results for students—at least not as can be measured by math and reading assessments. And on and on. spends less.

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Elementary Report System Training 120