The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Although more than 20,000 Mississippi children age 5 and under are enrolled in Head Start, and Mississippi legislators have slowly added seats to the state’s highly-rated public preschool program, nearly half of the state’s 4-year-olds do not attend preschool at all, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kids Count Data Center.

E-rate 97

E-rate Report Laptops Assessment 97

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

Today, students frequently work in digital environments to read course materials, take tests and complete assignments. More than 4 out of 10 college students wind up in remedial math or English courses, and those that do are even less likely than other students to finish college.

Education 217

Education Learning Software Knewton 217

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

As a Title 1 district with 98 percent minority enrollment and nationally known for an above-average graduation rate, UCSD leaders credit much of the district’s success to a mission for technology equity. CMS is implementing Essential Physics in all 19 high schools that offer physics or honors physics courses.

CMS 65

CMS SchoolDude E-rate Differentiated Instruction 65

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

From 2017-2020, she held an Instructional Coaching Fellowship with Google for Education. And we have 14 states that have teacher-run nonprofits that run the e-sports organizations for their state. So teachers together and the students that we serve are literally the largest e-sports organization in the country.

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E-rate Education Meeting Industry 362

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2017

Winners will be notified in early September and announced at OLC Accelerate 2017 , which takes place in Orlando, November 15–17.) Fulé and her colleague Don Carter, the university’s director of e-learning, launched the. For some students and courses, Fisher combined EWA with tutoring and modular courses. The deadline for.

Tools 90

Tools Outcomes Flipped Classroom E-rate 90

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.

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Software Trends E-rate Coursera 108

The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Lee Ann: Of course all of those were keystones in our classroom. Listen Now. Enhanced Transcript.

Google 175

Google Digital Badges Tools E-rate 175

ExcelinEd

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

More than a dozen states across the nation , however, have taken steps to intervene and, through bold but sometimes politically controversial policy, turn th e s e dismal academic results around. In fact, in 2017 Mississippi was second in the nation in fourth-grade learning gains in reading. .

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Policies E-rate Study Training 28

Doug Levin

JULY 31, 2017

I’m looking forward to stepping away from the office and spending time with family and friends one last time before the 2017-18 school year gets underway in earnest. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 30 Edition). No endorsements; no sponsored content; no apologies for my eclectic tastes. Vulnerabilities happen.

EdTech 150

EdTech Company Data Blended Learning 150

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Office 365 ProPlus updates | Office Blogs → If you've purchased Office 2016 (or earlier) perpetual licenses from Microsoft, their ability to connect to Office 365 services will expire in 2020. Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Uber’s C.E.O.

EdTech 170

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 170

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. Zelaya is now in her second year of college courses.

Strategy 113

Strategy Education E-rate Report 113

Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 16 Edition). Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Office 365 ProPlus updates | Office Blogs → If you've purchased Office 2016 (or earlier) perpetual licenses from Microsoft, their ability to connect to Office 365 services will expire in 2020. Tagged on: April 24, 2017 Uber’s C.E.O.

EdTech 150

EdTech OER E-rate Microsoft 150

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Over the past decade, school officials in Fulton County, Georgia’s fourth-largest school district, have experimented with so-called personalized learning , tried integrating English language learners into mainstream classes, and introduced high school-level courses in middle school. We have good classes, good courses, good teachers …”.

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Report E-rate Study Training 111

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Stats on the First 800 Episodes 00;01;23;21 – 00;01;45;21 John Davis Well, Mom, since you and Dad started the 10 Minute teacher back in February of 2017, this show has reached over 6.5 Of course it was. 00;01;22;17 – 00;01;23;14 Vicki Davis Take it away, John. million downloads across the globe.

Classroom 425

Classroom Tools Data Twitter 425

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 21, 2016

You’ve been exploring apps with your students and faculty over the course of the year, now’s the time to nominate your faves! Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning (for training, e-learning, performance support and social collaboration). I am a proud member of AASL’s Best Apps for Teaching and Learning Committee.

iPad 40

iPad Android E-rate Facebook 40

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 59

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 59

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2022

He had signed a contract to work for CRST for 10 months in exchange for a two-week training course. With e-commerce leading Americans to expect quick delivery, trucking companies face pressure to haul more and do it faster. They earn a set weekly rate, varying by company but often $500 to $800, according to company websites.

Training 27

Training Company E-rate Industry 27

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

In June 2017, Henry County School District in Georgia got $21,196 knocked off an Apple purchase of more than $3.2 When it comes to software licenses, Madsen said he has seen prices drop 20 percent over the course of a couple weeks of negotiating. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. million, a savings of just 0.66

iPad 84

iPad Broadband Software Company 84

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

These kinds of questions that address the relationship of course design and structure and the likelihood of academic dishonesty, are the subject of this brief and useful paper, which we'll unpack today: Anderman, E. M., & Koenka, A. The Relation Between Academic Motivation and Cheating. not wanting to look stupid).

Course 111

Course E-rate Examples Assessment 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Most days in Nancy Barile’s English course at Revere High School, a visitor might begin to wonder when the real class is going to start. She watched the series and then built an entire curriculum around it (content rated TV-MA means the course is only open to juniors and seniors). percent in 2017. percent in 2017.

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E-rate Report Assessment Study 111

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. For Project Rebound participants, the recidivism rate is less than 1 percent; for John Irwin House residents, it’s zero. “I I became a crackhead to education.”

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E-rate Study Report Accessibility 118

Evelyn Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

When making a decision about which college to attend, there are numerous factors to take into account, such as tuition fee, available courses, extracurricular activities, and more. 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 Secondary Education E-rate 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Along with being a National Honor Society student and squeezing in five business electives into an already packed course load, he works 30 to 35 hours a week at his job sorting in-store advertisements at Target. Middle school: h-a-t-e-d it. But my hope is that in the pathways courses we’re teaching them to love learning.

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E-rate Industry Report Survey 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

The Wisconsin Hope Lab , a higher education research group, found in a 2017 study that two in three community college students are food insecure, a term that means “the limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods.”. Related: The invisible signs to look for on the first day of school. The textbook hustle is real.

E-rate 68

E-rate Guidelines Report Secondary 68

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) April 9, 2017. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 14 Edition). Tagged on: April 9, 2017 California lawmakers want to mandate internet for kids in juvy | CNN → Internet access brings all sorts of benefits: Education, jobs, and connection to friends and family.

EdTech 191

EdTech E-rate Data Android 191

Doug Levin

APRIL 9, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) April 9, 2017. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 14 Edition). Tagged on: April 9, 2017 California lawmakers want to mandate internet for kids in juvy | CNN → Internet access brings all sorts of benefits: Education, jobs, and connection to friends and family.

EdTech 150

EdTech E-rate Data Android 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

high school students have the opportunity not just to take an online class for credit but a significant proportion of their course load online. percent) did not offer any entirely online courses to high school students during the 2015-16 school year. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition).

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

high school students have the opportunity not just to take an online class for credit but a significant proportion of their course load online. percent) did not offer any entirely online courses to high school students during the 2015-16 school year. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 34 Edition).

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2016

Starting in 2017, Mississippi will give out additional government funds to child care centers that agree to meet new, more challenging state requirements. The state routinely received an F on the biannual rating of state child care program requirements and oversight policies performed by the nonprofit Child Care Aware.

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E-rate Report Meeting Training 40

MindShift

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

It’s a mistake, of course. 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 If the teachers didn’t believe in the importance of these emotion skills, they’d never be e?ective

Learning 53

Learning E-rate Report Survey 53

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 13, 2017

The nonrivalrous, nonexcludable nature of ideas is an absolutely key, foundational concept that typically goes completely unexamined and unappreciated in courses on instructional design, learning science, and epistemology, yet the entire enterprise of education is possible only because it is true. Reiser & J. Ideas are public goods.

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 Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 170

EdTech E-rate OER Coursera 170

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

Almost half of Mississippi’s 4-year-olds are not attending any preschool at all, according to the Annie E. million in 2017. That’s long been the case in Mississippi, which has the third highest rate of child poverty in the country and some of the lowest student performance. In 2017, Mississippi met nine of those 10 standards.

Elementary 64

Elementary Data Training Report 64

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Nice artwork pic.twitter.com/ghFh8flSw1 — Kumars Salehi (@KumarsSalehi) September 21, 2017. “ Education Department’s inspector general labels Western Governors as a correspondence-course provider, seeks reimbursement of $713 million in aid and may broadly threaten competency-based education ,” Inside HIgher Ed reports.

Education 48

Education Knewton Kaplan Robotics 48

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. / WASHINGTON, D.C. Jerard Briscoe is away at school. It’s a plausible story.

Tablets 165

Tablets E-rate Khan Academy Study 165

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Of course, the US can’t let the UK lead for too long when it comes to terrible people and terrible ideas in education. Congratulations, STEM folks and learn-to-code evangelists, for being featured in President Trump’s list of his 2017 accomplishments. ” “Special bracelets” are, of course, ed-tech.

Education 43

Education Company Blackboard Kaplan 43