The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

In 2016 Purdue University announced an income-share agreement program as a new guinea pig experiment in which students could get money for college in exchange for a share of their future earnings. Back a Boiler,” it was called, in a nod to the school’s Boilermaker nickname.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

TechSoup is a San Francisco headquartered high-tech nonprofit whose mission is to tech up charities and public libraries worldwide by providing software, hardware, and the knowledge to use them. Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations.

Libraries 56

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 56

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

That meant he wouldn’t get wheelchair-accessible transportation, tuition help or voice-activated software from the agency — all of which he qualified for under federal law. “I Some people need a hearing aid, for example; others require voice-activated note-taking software or screen-readers for college. It went downhill from there.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

TechSoup is a San Francisco headquartered high-tech nonprofit whose mission is to tech up charities and public libraries worldwide by providing software, hardware, and the knowledge to use them. Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations.

Libraries 41

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

TechSoup is a San Francisco headquartered high-tech nonprofit whose mission is to tech up charities and public libraries worldwide by providing software, hardware, and the knowledge to use them. Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

Texas A&M University at Texarkana has one of the lowest retention rates of public higher-education institutions; 55 percent who started in 2012 were gone by 2016. The line between Texas and Arkansas in front of the bi-state federal building, which straddles both. Photo: AP photo/Jeannie Nuss.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

TechSoup is a San Francisco headquartered high-tech nonprofit whose mission is to tech up charities and public libraries worldwide by providing software, hardware, and the knowledge to use them. Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

“There’s a really tremendous gulf,” said Katie Berger, senior policy analyst for higher education at the nonprofit advocacy organization The Education Trust. Related: Economics, culture and distance conspire to keep rural nonwhites from higher educations. “The scope of this problem is huge.”

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

How We Got Here In 1998, when I launched the OpenContent project and the first open license for educational materials and other creative works (that weren’t software), I encouraged anyone and everyone to openly license anything they were willing to openly license. 2016; Koedinger, et al., 2018 ; Van Campenhout, et al.,

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next was launched by Google in 2016 in response to the stubbornly low numbers of people of color working in tech — only 3 percent of Google’s tech employees were Black or Latino back in 2014. The 2016 Ghost Ship fire that claimed 36 lives occurred a few blocks from the Code Next lab.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. Uselton plans to put roughly $17 million from the district’s reserves toward covering the budget cuts, which means there will be less money for operating costs in 2016-17.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 29, 2016

April 29, 2016. These new collections support new literacies and leverage the new bounty of open educational resources (OER) supported by the White House’s #GoOpen initiative, as well as streamed media, and software for creating and sharing powerful, effectively, ethically produced digital stories. We provide school-wide ROI.

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MindShift

MARCH 29, 2018

“There’s a really tremendous gulf,” said Katie Berger, senior policy analyst for higher education at the nonprofit advocacy organization The Education Trust. That’s twice the proportion of students whose parents have bachelor’s degrees. “The scope of this problem is huge.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Some of this is what Jane Mayer describes in her 2016 book Dark Money – the powerful and secretive networks of right-wing billionaire activists. Perhaps that name, Betsy DeVos, is familiar. I have mentioned her once or twice in this series.). But the results are not uniformly positive. It finds no impact in math.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. CASIO CLASSPAD.NET ( classpad.net ) Casio’s ClassPad. K-12 market.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

28, 2018 – Impero Software’s flagship product , Impero Education Pro, has won a TCEA Best of Show Award from Tech & Learning magazine. Impero, a leading provider of classroom management, network management and online safety software to schools, showcased the newest version of Education Pro (v6.3) Austin, TX, Feb.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

the national movement to redefine what it means for students to be college, career and life ready while serving as the 2015-2016 president of AASA, The School Superintendents Association. She started her career as a software engineer at NASA supporting Space Shuttle and Station Operations. Frankie Jackson.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Most educators look at the cost of their device and software, but what they need to understand is that the total cost includes PD, tech support, sustainability. Department of Education Secretary in October 2016.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

But, they also saw a large number of resources being recommitted to just this one aspect of education: space for server farms, money for hardware and software upgrades, overworked personnel, etc. In the fall of 2016 Ann co-authored and published Life Lessons in Leadership: The Way of the Wallaby. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

He is a former teacher but spent 20 years away from the classroom working as a technology attorney and software executive. In 2016, the district’s only middle school was identified as one of three exemplar programs in the state of Tennessee by the Partnership for 21st Century Learning. Join the Community.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. CENTRALREACH PK-12 ( www.centralreach.com/industry/pk-12-education ) CentralReach launches CentralReach PK-12, a collaborative and data-driven software for special education. In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

GMU is one of a number of schools across the country that have faced challenges from faculty advocacy groups over these partnerships. Baker began exploring a partnership with Wiley in 2016 to take some of the courses her division already had online “to the next level,” she said.

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edWeb.net

JULY 31, 2019

Software and services hosted in the cloud: First and foremost, by using cloud-based programs, schools don’t need to worry about having the staff and skills to maintain the programs. She started her career as a software engineer at NASA supporting Space Shuttle and Station Operations. About the Presenters. Join the Community.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Steve Steve Hargadon steve@learningrevolution.com [link] @stevehargadon CURRENT SESSION LIST: Abigail Ekangouo Awanga : Emoji grading a fascinating effect on low proficiency learners AERO : Yong Zhao Keynote at the 2016 AERO Conference AERO : Peter Gray: Self Directed Education. What Is It, How Does It Work?

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 3, 2016. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The vice chancellor and principal of the University of the Witwatersrand , in Johannesburg, on Monday issued an unusual plea for help to ‘save the 2016 academic year.’” Education Politics.

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Newsletters Why : Advocacy, community connections, sharing resources, showcasing student work How : Wakelet , Padlet , Smore , Google Slides, PPT “A newsletter is a wonderful way of advocating [for your library], Holzweiss said. Why Are School Libraries Important in the Information Age?

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

She uses a software program popular among architects and designers. The students learn how to use industry-approved software programs and are often granted paid internships at local design firms and research labs, and Greeley’s planning and development departments. They also take field trips to area manufacturing firms.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

” The Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued a statement on the nomination of Jeff Sessions as US Attorney General. Data and “Research” Analytics software Tableau offers its report on “The State of Data Education in 2016.” ” by The Atlantic’s Melinda D.

Education 40

Education Report Android Libraries 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. 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.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. But the total dollars fell sharply in 2016 – “only” $2.2 The software – students are all issued computing devices – track the clicks. A belief in technological utopia. A fierce embrace of the new.

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Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The total dollars invested in 2016 are off by about $2 billion from this time last year; the number of deals are down by a third; and the number of acquisitions are off by about 20%. Or lack thereof – see “ The 2016 Ed-Tech Dead Pool.”). Funding has shrunk. ” You are a fool. “ Tweaking the business model.”

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” CSS pic.twitter.com/JYyabJDAS3 — Owen Williams ⚡️ (@ow) June 6, 2016. Heard there was an intruder in my sons school last night.wasn't so angry when I found out who it was @thereaIbanksy pic.twitter.com/pC8WTo7v83 — Rebecca Radford (@RebeccaRadford7) June 6, 2016. ” asks Edsurge. public schools.”

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

. “Since 1970, DeVos family members have invested at least $200 million in a host of right-wing causes -- think tanks, media outlets, political committees, evangelical outfits, and a string of advocacy groups. C8xzJTP2yQ — The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) November 21, 2016. ” (emphasis mine).

Education 40

Education Pearson Common Core Report 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Arguably, there is no better example of this than the ongoing push that “everyone should learn to code,” led at the K–12 level by the industry-backed advocacy organization Code.org. A story from August : “New app scans your face and tells companies whether you’re worth hiring.” ” (Ha.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Bank Arena on October 13, 2016 in Cincinnati, Ohio. There were no representatives of students or advocacy groups, a coalition of these groups complained.). . Asked exactly where that money went—whether to salaries, software, office space, or other expenses—she would not elaborate. Photo: Ty Wright/Getty Images.

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