eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2018

In almost all of the commentary from both educators and industry, the mention of AR and VR for 2018’s big trends were ubiquitous. 2018 promises to be a year that epitomizes the term “transformational.” 2018 promises to be a year that epitomizes the term “transformational.” Are you ready? It’s going to be a wild, wonderful ride.

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Education Elements

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

This week, we released our 2017-2018 Annual Report. The report marks eight years since Education Elements was founded, and our fifth such report.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 26, 2019

With more than 4 billion users now connected to the internet, 50% of the global population (Forbes, December 2018), it is not surprising that the education sector has embraced devices and software to interact, engage, and enhance the learning environment for students. In 2018, total venture capital funding notched a new record at $99.5B

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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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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

The team operates in 49 US states (Montana, we’re coming for you in 2018 – and we’ve seen you in our online courses!), The post EdTechTeam 2017 Impact Report appeared first on EdTechTeam. 10 Canadian provinces or territories, 8 Australian states or territories, 36 other countries, and on all 7 continents.

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Doug Levin

JULY 24, 2017

I have a bit more to say about some of these topics, so stay tuned… Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye these past two weeks – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 28 and 29 Combined Edition).

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Tue, 11/27/2018 - 12:47. Researchers involved in the project, which took place between August 2017 to July 2018, saw increased levels of student engagement and educator confidence in the 24 classrooms that used the 3D modeling and printing applications. . by Eli Zimmerman.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

edtech industry, that’s no big deal: In the first six months of 2018, 62 companies raised $739 million in venture capital. This year’s first-half funding total marks a lull from the same period in 2017, which totaled $887 million spread across 58 deals. The full-year tally for 2017 reached $1.2 But for the U.S. universities.)

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Teachers and students are well on their way to fulfilling the mission of seeing 99 percent of all schools connected to next-generation broadband, according to the “2018 State of States Report” from EducationSuperHighway. million students and 1,356 schools lack basic infrastructure needed for digital learning, according to the report.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

We hope to share some of these examples at the SXSW and SXSW EDU conferences in March 2018 – but first, we need your help. Take a look below at our proposed sessions, and click each link to vote now through August 25, 2017. School leaders continue to report difficulty finding reliable evidence about ed tech efficacy.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2018

Happy holidays, and thank you for tuning into our 2018 countdown!]. In almost all of the commentary from both educators and industry, the mention of AR and VR for 2018’s big trends were ubiquitous. 2018 promises to be a year that epitomizes the term “transformational.” Are you ready? It’s going to be a wild, wonderful ride.

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Trends Education Industry Report 56

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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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Wed, 11/21/2018 - 10:53. A new report from national education nonprofit Project Tomorrow says adding mobile devices to the classroom provides students with equity, empowerment and a better understanding of complex concepts. Drawing on the data gathered, Evans points to three key ideas to take away from the report: .

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

So what will 2018 bring? What will be the most important strategic consideration for colleges in 2018? Some of our clients now report being approached with acquisition opportunities weekly. Is 2018 the time for my institution to take proactive concrete steps toward a merger or acquisition?

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Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

The 2018 Horizon Report , started by the New Media Consortium in 2017, was completed and published by EDUCAUSE this week. My perspective is based on many years of working on and with Horizon Reports. It was really important to us that it have not just the look, but that it also read and felt like a Horizon Report.”.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

A University of Missouri study found that students who feel their teachers care about them also report receiving better instruction. Researchers pulled data for two years (the 2017 and 2018 academic years) from Missouri’s state-wide teacher evaluation system, in which students rated teachers’ effectiveness.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

Tue, 04/03/2018 - 14:43. 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. meghan.bogardu…. Teachers in the U.S. CDW VV2 Strategy.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 31, 2020

Multiple surveys (for example, this 2018 survey from PWC ) report that many teachers in the United States do not have enough experience, resources, or training to use technology in the most effective ways, especially in low-income schools.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Fri, 02/16/2018 - 11:36. In their K–12 2017 Horizon report , the New Media Consortium and the CoSN predict that these technologies will have a significant impact on classrooms within the next five years. Schools Must Support Educators While Keeping Tabs on Tech Trends. meghan.bogardu…. Getting Teachers on Board with IT.

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Bryan Alexander

AUGUST 17, 2018

The 2018 Horizon Report , started by the New Media Consortium in 2017, was completed and published by EDUCAUSE this week. My perspective is based on many years of working on and with Horizon Reports. It was really important to us that it have not just the look, but that it also read and felt like a Horizon Report.”.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Wed, 10/10/2018 - 10:10. In fact, according to a 2017 report by Dell , 85 percent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 haven’t even been invented yet. STEM Helps Students Launch into the Future. eli.zimmerman_9856. School has always been a place to train students for their eventual adult lives.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Mon, 11/05/2018 - 11:35. Teachers and students can upload images easily or interact with the display through their personal devices,” the The Tech Edvocate reports. “By Eighty-three percent of surveyed educators believe virtual reality can help improve education outcomes, according to a Samsung survey , EdTech reports.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2023

According to the 2018 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education , which compiled the information on minutes spent learning science, only 17 percent of early elementary classes had science lessons most days of the week. The post When your classroom is a garden appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 27, 2018

Fri, 04/27/2018 - 10:43. Robert Half reports in its 2018 Salary Guide that as growing industries such as healthcare, finance and manufacturing increase their reliance on technology, the demand for qualified workers is escalating at a rapid rate. Report: Companies Need Highly-Skilled Workers. jena.passut_7651. Pull Quote.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Fri, 09/21/2018 - 16:57. With two known cyber attacks on education technology companies in 2017, the FBI warns schools to take extra precaution to protect student data. FBI Issues Warning for K–12 Schools on Student Data Privacy. eli.zimmerman_9856. by Eli Zimmerman.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2018

Thu, 08/30/2018 - 17:18. A 2017 Report by Dell Technologies estimates that 85 percent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 — fewer than 12 years from now — haven’t been invented yet. “The K–12 Schools Should Teach Soft Skills to Prepare Students for the Future Workforce. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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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

DECEMBER 21, 2017

In 2017, there has been an emergence of online communication tools connecting users online from across the globe. Continuing this trajectory, I expect that we will see a significant re-design of community in 2018 and beyond as we open up silos in nearly every sphere of our lives and break open new channels of communication.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2020

Graphic by Peter D’Amato/The Hechinger Report. My Hechinger Report colleagues have written many stories about how low-income students don’t get nearly as much help as wealthy students do when it comes time to apply to college. Graphic by Peter D’Amato/The Hechinger Report. schoolchildren receive.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2018

While not quite the “Year of the MOOC,” 2018 saw a resurgence in interest around the ways these massive open online courses are delivering free (and more often these days, not free) online education around the world, and how these providers are increasingly turning to traditional institutions of learning.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

From 2017 to 2022, state reports cited these categories as a reason for suspension or expulsion more than 2.8 Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report In part because of concerns like these, advocates and policymakers across the country often focus on the early grades when pushing for discipline reform. million times.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2023

In a recent report by Populace (2022), 55 percent of American parents expressed their desire for educators to rethink how today’s K-12 schools are educating our children. Instead, the study reported, today’s parents would like to see their children develop practical skills “for both life and career” (p.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

The news, first reported by The Wall Street Journal , would create the second-biggest U.S. Earlier this February, it claimed to have sold 1 million such subscriptions since the program was launched in August 2018. Last week, Cengage reported $1.5 It reported $1.6 Pearson, with a market cap of $8.5 billion in 2013.

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Digital Promise

JULY 16, 2019

Research suggests that when technology is effectively used in schools, access may help to bridge educational and social gaps (Warschauer & Matuchniak, 2010; Eccles, 2009; National Science Foundation, 2017). Foundry10’s 2018 study focused on technology usage in U.S. middle and high schools for 1,700 students across 22 schools.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

percent) during the 2018-19 school year to 846 out of 1,637 students (51.7 missed at least 10 percent or more of school days than in 2017-18, according to an Attendance Works analysis. In 2018, scores were higher still, with 24 percent of students meeting ELA standards and 15 percent meeting math standards. percent) in 2021-22.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Thinkful’s 2018 net revenue was about $14 million, an increase of about 30 percent over the previous year. It expects total 2019 revenue of between $400 and $404 million, an increase from $398 million to $402 million reported in July. Thinkful will contribute about $2 million to Chegg’s fourth-quarter revenue.

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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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