The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Since 2006, the share of California Hispanic 19-year-olds with a high school diploma has increased from 74 percent to 86 percent, according to the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California advocacy group. There’s still work to be done. Photo: Iris Schneider for The Hechinger Report.

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Groups Advocacy Report Study 98

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In September 2016, that all changed abruptly. Educating officials : PRE4CLE has prioritized advocacy at all levels of the government, according to Kelly. Smith couldn’t afford a curriculum, which can cost thousands of dollars. Her teachers did not have enough training. And classrooms needed more books and educational materials.

Advocacy 77

Advocacy Report Social Media Training 77

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

Massachusetts has seen nine nonprofit colleges close or merge since 2016, giving it the rather dubious honor of being first in the nation for nonprofit college closings. Jon: Mount Ida is definitely part of a bigger trend, one that’s being felt around the country. Lisa McLean: If this is the case, why are they being offered?

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Report Trends Accessibility Advocacy 73

Doug Levin

MARCH 10, 2016

I recently availed myself of the chance to join and learn from many of the leading innovators and thinkers in the emerging blockchain industry at the Chamber of Digital Commerce’s DC Blockchain Summit 2016 , which billed itself (accurately, I think) as “a dialogue at the intersection of industry, regulation, and innovation.”

Education 281

Education Industry Sony Policies 281

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

As a result of this new attitude, at least 14 state legislatures considered new laws in 2016 that would increase the amount of physical education or recess schools are required to offer or raise the bar for qualifications for physical education teachers, according to a 2016 report by the Society for Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE).

Exercises 107

Exercises Elementary Report Study 107

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 15, 2017

Check out Orientation Inspiration (2013) and Orientation Attitude (2016). This year, a couple of very clear trends emerged. These are all things I do for free anyway, but it should be a great education/advocacy opportunity. In years past, I’ve written about orientation and strategies for opening the school year.

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Libraries Gamification iPhone Advocacy 54

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The number of institutions that have adopted this approach “is still a small group,” said Maria Flynn, president and CEO of the advocacy group Jobs for the Future, or JFF, which has announced a $5 million competition to develop more rapid-reskilling programs that reduce training time by at least 50 percent for well-paid occupations.

Training 137

Training Industry Report Company 137

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. These trends together mean that there are nearly 2.9 The line between Texas and Arkansas in front of the bi-state federal building, which straddles both.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2017

“This is just another systemic disadvantage that we put in front of low-income kids and kids of color,” said Andrew Nichols, director of higher education research at The Education Trust, a nonprofit advocacy organization. The grade-point average of students at private high schools who took the SAT climbed between 1998 and 2016 from 3.25

Report 104

Report Study Advocacy Policies 104

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

So unrelentingly are the cards stacked against them that only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016 , the last year for which the figure is available from the U.S. million, only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Supporting these efforts, the Department of Energy published a how-to report on building net-zero K-12 schools in 2016 and created a “Zero-Energy Schools Accelerator” program to give districts technical guidance.

Elementary 106

Elementary Learning Data Report 106

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Pat Farenga: Trusting Every Child's Unique Learning Path THE AERO CONFERENCE Yong Zhao Keynote at the 2016 AERO Conference Peter Gray: Self Directed Education. Gina Riley: Intrinsic Motivation and Self Determination in Learning Blake Boles: Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School? What Is It, How Does It Work? More to come. hours a day.

Learning 36

Learning Conference Libraries Broadband 36

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! Related: How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students.

Digital Divide 130

Digital Divide Advocacy Policies Report 130

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2020

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Monday with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. A partial explanation: The 2016 report didn’t include districts classified by the U.S. Subscribe today! Weekly Update.

Advocacy 89

Advocacy Report Laptops Analysis 89

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Between the fall of 2013 and late March 2016, Terry High School reported 53 arrests by school police officers, most for disorderly conduct. The arrests at Terry High School, in a suburban district on the outskirts of Jackson, Mississippi, are part of a growing trend across the U.S. Its 2014-15 arrest rate of 1.5 06 percent.

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Report Training Handbook Study 40

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Krueger identified a series of overlapping challenges, trends, and potential solutions that have emerged from the current situation, which he sees as a pivot point that can lead to positive outcomes because innovation that may have been difficult to accomplish in the past is now required. Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers.

Guidelines 90

Guidelines Trends BYOD Data 90

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

Learning 80

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 80

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

That’s what’s been happening to young student loan borrowers over the past decade, and the trend has been hitting young people of color the hardest. Young adults who have to borrow money to go to college are under water, in sharp contrast to their parents’ generation, according to a report by Young Invincibles, an advocacy and policy group.

Advocacy 74

Advocacy Policies Report Trends 74

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

They’re experiencing trauma, and trauma has a pretty significant impact,” said Darla Bardine, executive director of the National Network for Youth, a policy and advocacy group focused on youth homelessness. Advocacy groups and researchers , too, have surfaced examples.

Analysis 69

Analysis Policies Report Advocacy 69

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This trend is also reflected in Dr. Schuler turning his districts’ problem-solving teams into solution-finding teams, as part of an effort to “catch kids when they start to lean rather than when they fall.”. Known for his ability to inspire and build leaders, he spearheaded Redefining Ready!,

Technology 90

Technology Blended Learning BYOD Assessment 90

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year. K-12 market.

Tools 60

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 60

MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

At the same time, one of the hottest trends in public schooling is what’s often called dual-language or two-way immersion programs. The trend flies in the face of some of the culture wars of two decades ago, when advocates insisted on “English first” education. Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit [link].

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Study Groups Trends Advocacy 28

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? hours a day.

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Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2021

For others, it’s “ political advocacy ” and “ anti-American theories. ” According to Literat, the 2016 election brought about a clear shift for young people. But that trend didn’t end with the Trump presidency. For some, it’s crucial civic education. For plenty of students, though, it’s just history class.

Social Media 168

Social Media Classroom Learning Trends 168

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

South Carolina has seen its highest number of educator vacancies this year since the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement started tracking the trend in 2001. After the 2016 presidential election in which Donald Trump was declared winner, that feeling has gotten more intense for educators, he said.

Education 135

Education Elementary Data Dropout 135

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning.

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 8, 2016

Shahid Buttar , Director of Grassroots Advocacy at the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF ) on the crucial importance of libraries in the fight to protect privacy rights and intellectual freedom. Lamanna , Adult Service Librarian at the Cherry Hill Public Library , on "Tor Relays Using Raspberry Pi." More information at [link].

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Chromebook Blendspace Libraries Conference 28

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

In 2016, California had 33 racially identifiable white charters, Texas was home to 19 and Michigan, 14. In 2016, Cobb worked to push Lake Oconee to agree to accept a more equitable manner of determining funding for the charter school.) In 2016, Southwest Georgia STEM Charter School launched in Randolph County.

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Report Company Data Meeting 112

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

What are the new trends in libraries? 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. Who is the modern librarian?

Libraries 98

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Every year since 2010, I’ve undertaken a fairly massive project in which I’ve reviewed the previous twelve months’ education and technology news in order to write ten articles covering “the top ed-tech trends.” They’re not “trends,” really. They’re themes. They’re categories.

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 1, 2016

” The Autistic Self Advocacy Network issued a statement on the nomination of Jeff Sessions as US Attorney General. The test in question: The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study ( TIMSS ) which is administered to students around the world. ” by The Atlantic’s Melinda D.

Education 40

Education Report Android Libraries 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Thursday with trends and top stories about education innovation. These proposed rules are a rewrite of the 2016 borrower-defense rules enacted under Barack Obama. Subscribe today! Weekly Update.

Advocacy 49

Advocacy Trends Outcomes Report 49

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In previous years, when I’ve written about this topic, I’ve saved “The Business of Ed-tech” for one of the last articles in my “ Top Ed-Tech Trends" series. Or lack thereof – see “ The 2016 Ed-Tech Dead Pool.”). This is part three of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Amazon unveiled its new lesson sharing site for openly licensed materials in June 2016.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2018

Josiah Taft, 4, played at the water table in his public preschool classroom at P.S. 3 in Brooklyn in 2016. In 2016, Whitehurst found, parents spent an average of $7,053 on preschool fees for their 4-year-old children. He’s seen the same trend for the past 30 years. Photo: Jamie Martines for The Hechinger Report.

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Report System Advocacy Policies 84

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

percent for the European Union, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development , which tracks international economic trends. percent of our gross domestic product is spent on public early childhood education and care for children age 5 and younger, compared with an average of 0.7

Report 88

Report Policies Data Trends 88

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Via Politico : “ Families for Excellent Schools CEO fired after investigation into ‘inappropriate behavior’ ” That’s Jeremiah Kittredge , who’s run one of the best funded pro-charter advocacy groups in the company. The company sold MinecraftEDU to Microsoft in 2016. The Business of Job Training.

Education 45

Education MOOC Company Pearson 45