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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Here are notes and useful links related to the DOE MLTI Update for Fall 2016. 2016 Apple Refresh and Collection Update. The 2016 Opt In deliveries are nearly complete. BrightBytes has created for us 4 custom reports reflecting the Framework. New Staff Members.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

No commentary this week (not for a lack of things to say, just time), but one quick update: TV news reports of school cyber incidents are quite telling: sometimes for what they report, sometimes for how they report, sometimes for what they omit. K-12 cyber incident that I’ve identified since the start of 2016.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

No commentary this week (not for a lack of things to say, just time), but one quick update: TV news reports of school cyber incidents are quite telling: sometimes for what they report, sometimes for how they report, sometimes for what they omit. K-12 cyber incident that I’ve identified since the start of 2016.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Student Data Privacy Social Media 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 30, 2016

Given that I do not believe that the 2016 EdNext Poll on School Reform’s findings about ‘blended learning’ should be taken at face value, what do I think the poll actually reveals? The post A Glitch in the EdReform Matrix: The 2016 EdNext Poll on Blended Learning appeared first on EdTech Strategies.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 5, 2019

If you’d like to check out the Must-Read IT Blogs from previous years, view our lists from 2018 , 2017 , 2016 and 2015. Previously, Eli was a staff reporter for medical trade publication Frontline Medical News, where he experienced the impact of continuous education and evolving teaching methods through the medical lens.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

During the 2015-2016 school year, MassNET worked with the Boston-based LearnLaunch Institute (under the umbrella of the Learning Assembly ) to pilot instructional software for English Language Arts with six teams of six to eight teachers in Boston-area elementary and middle school classrooms. (The

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

Editor’s Note: ‘Tis the season of giving, eating and reflecting, a time to look back on 2016 and to make bold predictions about what next year may hold. Where do you hope education technology will go in 2017? Oh, The Places You'll Go” is one of the most popular books by Dr. Seuss. But even with these gains, there is more work to do.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 30, 2016

Given that I do not believe that the 2016 EdNext Poll on School Reform’s findings about ‘blended learning’ should be taken at face value, what do I think the poll actually reveals? This is malarkey.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. In 2017, public institutions received about $5,892 in state and local appropriations per each student enrolled full-time, down from $6,055 in 2016. Tuition revenue for each full-time student increased from $5,792 in 2016 to $6,009 in 2017.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

It brings together K-12 educators, companies, reporters, university professors, and students to talk about product announcements, implementation strategies and edtech trends. Matty Fox (@what2foxsay) June 28, 2016. Rolling out in fall of 2016 and into 2017, the courses will cover as yet undetermined aspects of school leadership.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The report also offers ways that those digital divides can be mitigated. “We The update of the policy document by the DOE’s Office of Education Technology is the first since 2016 (parts of it were revised in 2017). The report also emphasizes that students need to be given chances to actively, creatively use ed tech.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Gitanjali Rao talks about her learning journey on episode 556 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter She was named America’s Top Young Scientist of 2017 by the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, with a patent-pending device to detect lead in water faster than any other current techniques.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 13, 2018

In 2016, Digital Promise and Maker Ed launched the Maker Promise , a campaign to bring quality making experiences to students across the country. In our latest annual report, Fulfilling the Maker Promise: Year Two , we share our findings from the fall 2017 survey and how those findings will shape the future of the Maker Promise initiative.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

Researchers at the Modern Language Association recently found that colleges lost 651 foreign language programs from 2013 to 2016 – dramatically more than the one foreign language programs that higher education lost between 2009 and 2013. The report cites federal statistics showing that 44 states and Washington, D.C.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

According to data gathered by Class Central, around 20 million new learners signed up for their first MOOC in 2017, fewer than the 23 million new learners who registered for a MOOC in 2016. Meanwhile, Udacity reports more than 50,000 paying students enrolled in its Nanodegree programs. edX: 14 million users.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job. Technology impacts instruction in a positive way, the report states.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

ACT’s researchers calculated that the number of test takers with an A average surpassed the number of B students after 2016. Something interesting is happening in 2016. One drawback of the study is that it relies on self-reported grades that students disclose on an optional survey when they register for the ACT.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2021

That stress also has a ripple effect. While there are a variety of ways to combat stress in general, including diet, exercise, meditation, and other techniques, SEL provides a unique lens for stress management in the context of the classroom.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

A new report on the effects college programs have on student retention attempts to answer that question. From fall 2016 to fall 2017, retention rates for first-time, full-time undergraduate students seeking degrees at four-year colleges was 81 percent, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

language education was published in 2017, with data from less than half of the country’s K-12 schools. Without a national standard or requirement, foreign language enrollment and assessment varies widely by state, but Edweek reported in 2017 that one in five K-12 students in the U.S. Of the small portion of the U.S.

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Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

29 November 2017. All told, at least 235 K-12 cybersecurity-related incidents have been reported by media outlets since January 2016, said Douglas A. As quoted in: Herold, Benjamin. Schools Struggle to Keep Pace With Hackings, Other Cyber Threats.” Education Week. Levin, the CEO of consulting group EdTech Strategies.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 31, 2022

Furthermore, in September 2020, UNICEF reported that 1 billion children worldwide aren't learning at all. ” The Nation’s Report Card. UNESCO (2017, September 2017). May 20, 2016. Prior to the pandemic, nearly two-thirds of students in the US were below grade reading level for grade 4,8, and 12 (NAEP).

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2018

A recent Mobile Beacon report analyzing mobile broadband usage by non-profit organizations, including schools, finds that schools utilizing Mobile Beacon’s 4G LTE internet service indicate that the ability to supplement and/or extend existing school networks is the greatest benefit of the service.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

The number of eighth graders who said they read 30 minutes or more a day, besides homework, declined by 4 percentage points between 2017 and 2019. In survey questions that accompany the NAEP test, eighth graders reported how much time they spent reading outside of school. Credit: Photo by Allison Shelley for EDUimages.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

The “accent” of a digital immigrant (preferring a printed report rather than one online, for instance) strikes digital natives as odd.[4]. September 2017. November 2017. They like graphics before text instead of after, and they function best when networked. They respond to instant gratification and frequent rewards. Adobe Blog.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Vista purchased EAB in 2017 for $1.55 In 2017, Hobsons sold five of its products to Campus Management Corp. Hobsons also reported a profit of £6 million ($8.4 Hobsons was restructured in 2017 to focus on high-growth opportunities in Student Success.

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Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

According to student stress statistics, nearly half (45%) of the teenagers polled reported that they’re stressed all the time, and 70% report that anxiety or depression are “major problems” for themselves or their peers.[9,11] In fact, one-fifth of all children report that they worry a lot.[14] Sources : Sigler, M.K. Riley, A.W.,

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2018

Head Start centers make up one-third of the center-based child care programs available in some of Mississippi’s most rural areas, providing critical child care services, access to health care, and early intervention services that children may not otherwise get, according to a new report. Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Sixty-one such people chimed in for the 2017 K-12 Horizon report ( PDF ) published this week; here’s a visual summary of their latest forecast: Source: NMC/CoSN Horizon Report. For those interested in seeing how trends have changed (or haven’t) over the years, Audrey Watters keeps a tally on her blog.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Michael Seibel (@mwseibel) August 21, 2017. TechCrunch reports the company is forecasting $3.5 TechCrunch reports the company is already making $150,000 in annual recurring revenue. By the summer of 2016, they had six courses covering JavaScript, SQL and other typical languages. million in revenues this year and $1.5

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EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

The Washington Post reported (July 16, 2019) that a report filed by the National Center for Education Statistics, that online bullying and texting is the rise among middle and high school students. So, even though incidents of bullying remained steady, in the 2016-2017 school year, there was a 3.5

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2021

In April, the Government Accountability Office published a report that recommends that employers develop apprenticeship programs to help workers weather economic disruptions. Multiverse— founded in London in 2016 under the name WhiteHat by the son of a former U.K. Woz U has shifted its focus since it was founded in 2017.

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 1, 2018

The report – QS Applicant Survey 2018: What Drives an International Student today?’ – released annually by global international education thinktank QS Quacquarelli Symonds, examines the destination preferences and study motivations of over 16,000 prospective international students across the world.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Using math and English test scores, the researchers evaluated student progress in Denver from the 2012-2013 through the 2018-2019 school years, and in New York City from the 2016-2017 through 2018-2019 school years.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Auster (2016) integrated screencasts into her Introductory Sociology course, applying what she describes as a supplemental model. Winters (2017) compares student success in lecture-based and blended learning Introduction to Sociology courses. Auster ‘s Study In an innovative approach to blended learning, Carol J. Fabbian et al.’s

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

A decline in personal computer sales in the worldwide K-12 education market may be linked to faltering economies in other countries, particularly Latin America, a new report finds. The total volume of PC sales in that market fell by 12 percent in the first half of 2016, compared to the same period in 2015, despite solid numbers in the U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

In Pearson’s 2017 full-year results report , the publisher stated that “we have concluded the strategic review of our US K12 courseware business and have classified the business as held for sale.” In July 2017, it sold a 22 percent stake in Penguin Random House for about $1 billion. (It billion) in 2017. “It

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