Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. Squared Online" bridges the gap between the classic classroom experience, where you can’t get scale, and e-learning that can sometimes be a bit dry. What then of the students? If not, why not?

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

He remembers thinking it looked like a book you’d find in an elementary school, with a picture of the numbers 1 through 9 written in the sand of a beach on the cover. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem. In Maryland, 14 percent of students in special education dropped out of school.

Dropout 91

Dropout E-rate Education Secondary 91

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

This week, I also enhanced the K-12 Cyber Incident Map by adding video clips of news reports of select incidents since 2016. Squared Online" bridges the gap between the classic classroom experience, where you can’t get scale, and e-learning that can sometimes be a bit dry. What then of the students? If not, why not?

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Elementary school: hated it,” Amber says. Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. Twenty-one percent of Lowell residents live in poverty; the average rate in small metro areas nationwide is 17 percent. Six months before she graduates, she is not about to hide her feelings: She hates school. School just isn’t for me. I hate homework.”.

E-rate 96

E-rate Industry Report Survey 96

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 17, 2017 E-learning day a breeze for tech-savvy students | Dubois County Herald → But for as helpful as the eLearning days can be, Hubster said they probably won’t grow too much in number in the near future. It isn’t even good direct instruction." " Readers respond.with gusto.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

“Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “How Open E-Credentials Will Transform Higher Education.”

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Career Education Colleges and Universities , a trade group for the for-profit college sector , this week called on the U.S. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” More via NPR.

Education 44

Education Kaplan E-rate Data 44

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

” Via the Data Quality Campaign : “ Student Data Privacy Legislation : A Summary of 2016 State Legislation.” they do boost graduation rates.). Via Buzzfeed’s Molly Hensley-Clancy : “These Colleges Have The Worst Student Loan Default Rates In The Country.” ” Education in the Courts.

Education 40

Education E-rate MOOC Report 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 14, 2016

There’s less than a month left of the 2016 Presidential campaign and The End can’t come soon enough. ” “Modern E-Rate Puts Telephones On Hold in K–12,” Education Week reports , noting that schools are struggling to pay for phone service (still totally necessary) as well as expanded broadband. .”

Education 40

Education lynda.com Knewton E-rate 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Student-Loan Borrowers , by Age Group, Amount Owed, and Repayment Status, 2017.” ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ For-Profit Companies With the Highest Enrollments at Their Colleges, Fall 2016.” ” The group: The City Fund.

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

Students at Hunt Arts Elementary in Sioux City, Iowa integrate art into all of their lessons, a technique that ensures students still learning English have multiple ways of expressing what they know. Fifth graders participate in a world drumming lesson as part of their regular music class at Bryant Elementary in Sioux City, Iowa.

E-rate 96

E-rate Elementary Report Study 96

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.”). DeVry Education Group got a new CEO." Funding has shrunk.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

” “In my book, there’s no reason why children in elementary schools can’t be launching their own businesses,” [says founder] Rebekah Neumann. Tutoring company Acadsoc has raised $15 million from Shenzhen Capital Group and IDG Capital Partners. million students dropped out of college with debt in 2015 and 2016.”

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2016

Officials gave themselves till 2016 to show progress. There have been some improvements, such as new schools and higher graduation rates, but there is still a long way to go. The graduation rate is up to 66 percent and the percentage of those graduates who are not ready for college level work has dipped from 76 to 66.

How To 40

How To E-rate Report Groups 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” ” More on the bill via Inside Higher Ed. .”

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

North Smithfield Manor has long been zoned for Gardendale schools as part of the district’s integration efforts, and Williams had planned her life around sending her children to Gardendale High, where more than seven out of 10 graduates enroll in college—one of the highest rates in the district. You are trying to take that from them.

Education 111

Education Report Data E-rate 111

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Bruce Rauner ‘s veto of a bill that would have eased Chicago Public Schools ’ massive pension burden threatened to blow a $215 million hole into a budget that has been criticized by bankers and civic groups for its reliance on uncertain state assistance,” Governing reports. college testing scam , to be deported.”

Education 40

Education Report E-rate Company 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

As a young attorney, she worked for the Children’s Defense Fund, an advocacy group. We’re lucky to have one candidate who has a track record like that,” said Kris Perry, head of the First Five Years Fund, an advocacy group that advises both Republican and Democratic politicians on early childhood policy. The structure has changed.

Policies 57

Policies Advocacy Study E-rate 57