Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2021

One example is New Jersey, where schools and districts were required to submit to the state “a survey weekly of how many students lacked devices and/or WiFi,” according to Erica Hartman, Director of Technology Integration at New Jersey’s Morris School District. Jennifer E. Federally, mandates do exist for schools and districts.

Broadband 141

Broadband Digital Divide E-rate Policies 141

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Before the pandemic, white, Black and Hispanic Americans were enrolling in college at about the same rates, especially when unemployment was high and jobs were hard to find. Asian Americans enrolled in college at much higher rates.) Data sources: Adult population collected by the Annie E. Census Bureau.

Data 107

Data E-rate Report Survey 107

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2016

Last week at Campus Technology 2016, higher-ed technologists joined forces with administrators, instructional designers, and faculty to explore another realm many consider “wizardry”—predicting the future. And he’s seen “a laundry list” of promising examples over the last few years. I don’t think that’s what’s going on here.

Learning Analytics 60

Learning Analytics MOOC E-rate Trends 60

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

In Virginia, for example, more than 50 percent of all black college students attend just four colleges, according to research by the Urban Institute, a Washington think tank. Black and Latino students do graduate at higher rates than white and Asian students at two historically black Virginia universities, Hampton and Virginia State.

E-rate 95

E-rate Data Policies Report 95

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

OHDELA gets an F rating from the Ohio Department of Education, receiving failing marks on measures including students’ performance on state tests, academic growth and graduation rates. They also say they are taking steps to improve retention and graduation rates.

E-rate 126

E-rate Pearson Company Report 126

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

With the movement for no-tuition community college gaining momentum in more states and earning top billing in President Biden’s education agenda , experts in college access and affordability advise caution about using that potent four-letter word: f-r-e-e. There’s no free-and-reduced lunch at college.

E-rate 135

E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 135

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

But there’s another side to the story of print vs. digital , one that is at the core of why 2015 e-book sales dropped in the United States and the UK. For example, Kindle books can’t be read on iBooks. Note: One 2016 study showed that 92% of students prefer print to digital.).

eBook 188

eBook Khan Academy Tablets Chromebook 188

The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2020

Examples from The Hechinger Report’s collection of misleading research claims touted by ed tech companies. Edgenuity boasts that the first case study in its long list of “success stories” shows how 10th grade students using its program “demonstrated more than an eightfold increase in pass rates on state math tests.”.

Company 145

Company Pearson E-rate Software 145

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

According to the fact sheet that the White House recently released, here’s what we know: Adobe has delivered creativity and e-learning software to over 950,000 students and teachers at more than 1,450 schools and launched more than 20 district-wide Adobe & ConnectED programs. Take Adobe , for example.

Adobe 60

Adobe Broadband E-rate Future Ready 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

Education 218

Education Company E-rate Industry 218

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2018

14, 2016 — Former U.S. The report also shows that especially for students of color, being taught by a teacher of color can boost academic achievement, high school graduation rates and aspirations to attend college. Linda Darling-Hammond is president and CEO of the Learning Policy Institute and the Charles E.

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Policies Strategy 111

eSpark

JULY 1, 2021

Our team uses an 85% positive rating as a baseline. Each eSpark Quest includes at least two engaging instructional videos which provide direct instruction through songs, cartoons, worked examples, and more. They’re encouraged to complete Quests simply for the fun of the activities. Does practice really make perfect? Bergan, J.

Learning 52

Learning E-rate Elementary Outcomes 52

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Recipient of the 2016 ISTE Emerging Leader Award, recognized as a PBS Digital innovator for her initiatives in enhancing student learning with technology, Fox has also served as President of the Young Educator Network for ISTE, and received the President's Volunteer Award in 2018. And she's @AmandaFoxSTEM on Twitter. She understood metaphor.

Classroom 425

Classroom Tools Data Twitter 425

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

For example, one of the things that we learned was that the majority of Hispanic school districts are twice as likely not to have school libraries as the majority non-Hispanic districts. Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. Lance, Keith Curry and Debra E. Joyce : Thanks, Deb.

Study 99

Study Libraries E-rate Data 99

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2018

For more than 20 years, the Federal Communications Commission has directed the multi-billion dollar E-rate program, which provides taxpayer-supported construction and service discounts that districts and libraries can use toward internet costs. A quarter of respondents rated the system neither easy nor difficult in the 2017 survey.

E-rate 79

E-rate Broadband Survey Analysis 79

The Game Agency

AUGUST 29, 2019

Over the past decade, health care professionals have adopted game-based learning in volume, resulting in improved training and compliance rates, boosted patient care, and time and cost savings for clinical practices. ?. For example, Bayer Pharmaceuticals developed Rep Race , a simulation game meant to educate and excite sales reps.

Industry 40

Industry Training Game-Based Learning Gamification 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A seminal 2016 study sorted through almost 200 well-designed experiments on improving education, from expanding preschool to reducing class size, and found that frequent one-to-one tutoring was especially effective in increasing learning rates for low-performing students. Credit: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.

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Study Elementary Training Strategy 144

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

The ratio of school counselors to high school students in Minnesota was 681-to-1 in 2016, according to state data. In Minnesota, that ratio was 681-to-1 as of 2016, according to state data , among the highest in the country. That’s despite the fact that the overall rural high school graduation rate in the 2015-16 school year was 87.3

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Accessibility Secondary 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2019

It just feels like we are in some kind of storm,” said Joyce E. They tout “holistic” review yet boast about incoming students’ high test scores and aggressively try to increase applications so that they reject more, which lowers acceptance rates, which increases their perceived “selectivity” and moves them up in the rankings.

E-rate 110

E-rate Assessment Report Examples 110

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2016

Amal Abdi at her high school graduation in June, 2016. It’s e-counseling 2.0. Early on, when Abdi assembled her “balance list” of potential colleges, the low acceptance rates and sky-high average SATs of the most selective colleges left her feeling inadequate and intimidated. Lauderdale, Florida, July 2016.

E-rate 40

E-rate Training Advocacy Mobility 40

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

K., & Bruegmann, E. The Learning Policy Institute says in their 2016 study, Well-designed mentoring programs improve retention rates for new teachers, as well as their attitudes, feelings of efficacy, and instructional skills.(32) 25) Learning Policy Institute. (24) 24) Jackson, C. 25) Kraft, M. A., & Papay, J.

Policies 236

Policies Groups Elementary Study 236

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

You will want to share the following with your classroom teacher partners and your school’s edtech leader: Best of Breed 2016 (categorized favorites). Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning (for training, e-learning, performance support and social collaboration). I especially trust their reviews.

iPad 40

iPad Android E-rate Facebook 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

By comparison, in February 2016, Lawrence School District in Kansas got a discount of nearly 24 percent that dropped a $4.1 In another example from that same year, Mao and others from his team were on the phone with Apple representatives. Apple knocked 14 percent off a big order he placed in 2016, saving the district $425,000.

iPad 81

iPad Broadband Software Company 81

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Ultimately, less than 4 percent of them graduate from college, compared with the nation’s overall rate of 29 percent, according to a 2018 report. At CSUF, 106 students participate, bringing the total to more than 300 since 2016. College degrees are also linked to higher rates of engagement in activities like voting and volunteerism.

E-rate 117

E-rate Study Report Accessibility 117

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Perhaps the single most significant development in ensuring access was the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) modernization of the E-rate program. Over the past 15 years, the E-rate program has achieved the goal of connecting almost every U.S. school and library to the Internet. Thank you for your support.

E-rate 120

E-rate Libraries Meeting Accessibility 120

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

The class sizes at Enterprise Attendance Center are an example of these struggles. If E-rate didn’t fund our technology, we didn’t get it,” he said, referring to a federal program that makes telecommunications and Internet access more affordable for schools and libraries.

Elementary 55

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 55

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Roles that have the fastest turnover rates. One HR leader provided an example of this needs assessment: “Early on, I had the head of hospitality coming to me saying, ‘We’re in a crisis. Lykins, L., & Davis, E. Lykins, L., & Davis, E. Roles with the lowest patient satisfaction scores. 1 Martin, K.,

Data 120

Data Industry Training E-rate 120

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

More than 75 percent of students, according to a Chinese study from 2016 , spend their evenings or Saturdays with tutors, studying core subjects, or English, or learning sports, coding, or music, either in person or online, one-to-one or in groups. “In Will there be hardware, new e-books and other e-learning materials?”

EdTech 150

EdTech Company Industry E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. But a national survey indicates this optimism may be misplaced: Just 16 percent of college instructors rated incoming students as “well” or “very well” prepared for college-level work, according to the 2015 study by ACT, the creators of the standardized college entrance exam. School just isn’t for me.

E-rate 98

E-rate Industry Report Survey 98

ProfHacker

OCTOBER 12, 2016

It’s a start, and much of what I suggest here can be widened beyond the particular examples. Not because of low rates of submissions, but low rates of acceptance. Here’s what I do, suggest, or have seen: As an individual researcher/author/speaker. Not to tick the diversity box, but to truly broaden our thinking.

Conference 40

Conference E-rate EdTech Study 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

LeMya is one of 156 4-year-olds in Mississippi who participated in UPSTART’s 2016-17 school year pilot program. For example, K12 Inc. a month for the first student in the family who enrolls, with a discounted rate for additional students. In 2016, that average was $4,976 per student according to NIEER. for one year.

Laptops 156

Laptops Accessibility Online Learning Company 156

Hack Education

JANUARY 5, 2018

Via Edsurge : “After Net Neutrality , Experts Expect Changes to FCC’s E-Rate.” ” Via Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein : “Good Enough vs. Better Enough: The Macmillan Example.” ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” More via NPR. .”

Education 44

Education Kaplan E-rate Data 44

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. Lopez’s new gig, chief education administrator for the federal BOP, was announced in November 2016. “I An APDS tablet, which students use to study, read e-books and watch TED Talks. / WASHINGTON, D.C. Jerard Briscoe is away at school. It’s a plausible story.

Tablets 164

Tablets E-rate Khan Academy Study 164

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

And, in 2016, we would hope college students, who spend hours each day online, would look beyond a.org URL and ask who’s behind a site that presents only one side of a contentious issue. Oxford Dictionaries recently announced post-truth as its 2016 international Word of the Year. Post-truth or truthiness.

Social Media 40

Social Media Handbook Facebook Report 40

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? ” Via the AP : “ District of Columbia Mayor Muriel E. in 2016 on a student visa.” ” Via Chalkbeat : “Do suspensions lead to higher dropout rates and other academic problems?

Education 46

Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Kudos to the Houston Chronicle for the original reporting on this in 2016. ” Via the AP : “The sponsor of one of the nation’s largest online charter schools says it’s cutting that tie, which could halt the Ohio e-school’s operations for its roughly 12,000 students within days.” ” Oh look.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43

Hack Education

JANUARY 18, 2017

She seemed to fail to grasp some of the basics of education policy – the difference between “ proficiency ” and “ growth ,” for example, and the federal rules surrounding disability rights and education. Via The New York Times : “ Big Ten Universities Entering a New Realm: E-Sports.”

Education 40

Education Pearson E-rate MOOC 40