The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

My favorite book was ‘One Time Froggy Made a Birthday Cake for His Mom.’”. Aleah Wolsey, 5, and a former preschool bus attendee, may not recall exact book titles but she learned how to summarize a plot. government terms “persistent poverty,” meaning that it has had poverty rates at or exceeding 20 percent for over 30 years.

Kaplan 105

Kaplan E-rate Report Tablets 105

Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2017

Amazon has become one of the most valuable companies in the world—with a current market value of $475 billion —based on its domination of e-commerce (holding an astounding 50 percent share of all online retail sales); its leadership in the cloud computing business ; and the strength of its software algorithms. Similarly, the U.S.

Software 116

Software Trends E-rate Coursera 116

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

With Angela Maiers and Eric Sheninger at BETT 2017 I've never been that keen on the term 'thought leaders'. I can name a few dozen people who I rate highly in that stratosphere. Eric was already known to me through his books and TED talks, so I naturally felt that I already knew about some of his ideas. This is patently untrue.

E-rate 28

E-rate Social Media Policies Technology 28

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2020

NEW ORLEANS — School absences were rare for Lorenzo Elliott, the drum major of the George Washington Carver High School band and an honor roll student with a 96 percent attendance rate. Often, they can’t,” said Robert Schwartz , a visiting scholar at Temple University James E. I hit the books hard, so that I would graduate.”.

Strategy 116

Strategy Education E-rate Report 116

EdTechTeam

MAY 25, 2018

What makes this cool is that they appear at the same rate as your speech – pause and they will appear on a new line. There are a number of filters, but Ink and Comic Book appear to be the most used filters. Kristin Brooks, ADE 2017, has created a fantastic video how-to that you can use or you can show to your students.

iPhone 67

iPhone E-rate Libraries Video 67

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

If they are right, it would mean short-circuiting the famous “10,000-hour rule” based on studies by education researcher Anders Ericsson and popularized by bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell in his book “Outliers.” If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.”

Education 218

Education Learning Software Knewton 218

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

A 2017 study by the Houston Independent School District, for example, found that students participating in AVID in 2015-16 enrolled in higher-level courses and received higher scores on AP exams and on standardized tests than those who did not. An independent study conducted in Washington state showed similar results.

Report 111

Report Study E-rate Training 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Under the fiscal 2017 budget, approved by lawmakers in April, allocations for the state’s public schools will still be about $172 million below what is considered full funding, according to figures from the state Department of Education. billion under the 2017 budget. “We billion on elementary and secondary education.

Elementary 61

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 61

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

A student in New York uses Google Docs on her classroom iPad to discuss themes in the class’s latest book with her group. In June 2017, Henry County School District in Georgia got $21,196 knocked off an Apple purchase of more than $3.2 Many school districts said they did not attempt to negotiate prices with Apple. million bill to $3.15

iPad 88

iPad Broadband Software Company 88

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Two chairs by the fireplace sit ready for one-on-one tutoring, a cluster of ottomans nearby can accommodate a study group, and spaces to hunker down with a book or notes abound: a couch by the front door layered with pillows and blankets, a desk tucked into a corner, a fire table on the patio, and a backyard.

E-rate 122

E-rate Study Report Accessibility 122

Evelyn Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

Reasons for Hike in Education Expenses According to the 2017 research report of College Board, tuition fee in colleges at four-year private and public colleges have increased by 36%. A classroom has become an e-classroom, with tablets on each and every desk. Now, the time has changed. These problems are impacting the cost of education.

How To 40

How To Education Secondary E-rate 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

Books for sale in the college bookstore at the University of Miami. Some professors expect you to have your books on the first day of class, but if your financial aid hasn’t gone completely through, you have to wait.”. As the table shows, new books will cost a Pre-Med student more than $1500. Used books cost more than $750.

E-rate 70

E-rate Guidelines Report Secondary 70

MindShift

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Copyright (c) 2019 by the author and reprinted with permission of Celadon Books, a division of Macmillan Publishing Group, LLC. And over the last two decades, there has been a 28-percent increase in our suicide rate. In 2017, in collaboration with the New Teacher Center, we surveyed more than ?ve By Marc Brackett.

Learning 53

Learning E-rate Report Survey 53

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.

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E-rate Industry Report Survey 100

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ).

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

I recently revisited the central prediction of the influential 2008 book, Disrupting Class – that the growth in computer-based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet – in two blog posts ( here and here ).

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

I agreed on the conditions that I would retain copyright in the chapter and that it would appear in the book under a Creative Commons license. Now that the book is appearing in print, I’m publishing the full-text chapter here so that there will be an easier-to-access open access version of the chapter available online.

OER 60

OER Resources Education Pearson 60

Hack Education

APRIL 14, 2017

.” Via The New York Times : “ New Mexico Outlaws School ‘Lunch Shaming’ ” Via Buzzfeed : “ California Shows The Rest Of The Country How To Boost Kindergarten Vaccination Rates.” ” Sante Fe University of Art and Design will close at the end of the 2017–2018 school year.

Education 44

Education E-rate MOOC Data 44

Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – 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 10 Edition). Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5 Tagged on: March 10, 2017 State reaches $3.5

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EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. In 2017, the petite Texan arrived at the jail with an armada of plans and the energy to launch them. An APDS tablet, which students use to study, read e-books and watch TED Talks. / So what we’ve been doing is downloading the same books.

Tablets 166

Tablets E-rate Khan Academy Study 166

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Private School With Low Vaccination Rates.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Charles Koch Foundation ’s 2017 Giving Neared $90M.” “Mean Reading Level of Freshman Summer Books Is Suited to 9th Graders,” The Chronicle of Higher Education frets. Colleges Weigh the Breadth of Their Tobacco Bans.”

Education 52

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

But I’m putting that project on pause while I write my book. million in 2017,” says Politico , making her the wealthiest of Trump’s Cabinet members. ” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. National) Education Politics.

Education 58

Education MOOC Social Media E-rate 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. with Pigeons.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

AUGUST 24, 2018

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Student-Loan Borrowers , by Age Group, Amount Owed, and Repayment Status, 2017.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” “Dean Dad” Matt Reed on “‘ Netflix for Books.’” Sounds legit.

Education 46

Education MOOC Kaplan Robotics 46

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via WaPo’s Valerie Strauss : “ Trump ’s rather weird meeting with the 2017 Teachers of the Year.” “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” From the press release : “ MOOCs and books initiative launched by Springer and Federica Weblearning.”

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

Martin had the lowest ratings possible for achievement and improvement on its state report card that year. Not only is the middle school new, but the high school graduation rate has soared from 57 percent to 91 percent in four years. The growth in the graduation rate at Dillon High School over four years.

E-rate 40

E-rate Course Policies Conference 40

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Via The New York Times : “As Amazon Arrives, the Campus Bookstore Is a Books Store No More.” Emily Drabinski writes, “Our collective bargaining agreement is extended until May 31, 2017, and the administration agreed to our condition that we engage a professional mediator to facilitate a fair contract.”

Education 40

Education Report MOOC E-rate 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

To the entrepreneur who wrote the Techcrunch op-ed in August that ed-tech is “ 2017's big, untapped and safe investor opportunity.” The CEO of Safari Books left the company “ amidst massive layoffs.” ” You are a fool. A dangerous, exploitative one at that. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s CEO resigned.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.” Acumen “senior innovation associate” writes about +Acumen in Edsurge : “The Flip Side of Abysmal MOOC Completion Rates ? E-Sports Make A Play For The Big Ten.” Discovering the Most Tenacious Learners.”

Education 46

Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 46

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

Boston Bridge would be available for 2017 high school graduates who live in the city.” 1, 2017, on the online 2018–19 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form.” The e-book subscription service has raised $21.45 ” The New York Times (op-ed page) on the “ 2017 College Access Index.”

Education 48

Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Trump Proclaims October 15 through October 21, 2017, as National Character Counts Week.” Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” “ Internet Archive Hopes to Help Libraries Make Available Books Once Thought Trapped By Copyright,” writes Jen Howard.

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

pic.twitter.com/0oMZuYGFbD — Mike Bowen (@DrMBowen) November 8, 2017. ” “In my book, there’s no reason why children in elementary schools can’t be launching their own businesses,” [says founder] Rebekah Neumann. ” Via NPR : “ Free Books Boost Early Literacy.” IP concerns.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. Of course, you can always put a positive spin on any of this: “The Flip Side of Abysmal MOOC Completion Rates? broadband privacy rules.”

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

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 6, 2016

.” Tuition keeps going up and up and up, although as The Wall Street Journal noted this fall, published tuition rates only rose 2.4% Highly recommended: Temple University’s Sara Goldrick Rab’s 2016 book Paying the Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and the Bretrayal of the American Dream.). percent to 11.3

MOOC 40

MOOC Technology OER Coursera 40

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Via NPR : “ Betsy DeVos ’ Graduation Rate Mistake.” ” Via The Consumerist : “New Chairman Orders FCC To Abandon Court Defense Of Rule Limiting Prison Phone Rates.” Also via Education Week : “Under New Leadership, FCC Quashes Report on E-rate Program ’s Success.”

Education 40

Education MOOC E-rate Robotics 40