Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

The number of K-12 students enrolling in full-time virtual and blended learning schools continues to grow, despite research suggesting that students in these programs do not perform as well as their peers in traditional settings. And it shows that, for all the flexibility they offer, such programs often come at a cost to student performance.

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Blended Learning Trends Policies Online Learning 167

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

Bond was founded by Mary Meeker, a former partner at Kleiner Perkins whose annual “Internet Trends” reports have become a must-read for the technology industry. Byju’s claims its online learning app, which offers instructional videos, live classes and practice questions, is now used by more than 57 million students.

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EdTech Chegg Udemy Industry 133

Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

While it can be hard to keep up with every trend in educational technology, the mindset you have when it comes to classroom tech matters just as much as which ones you use. By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access.

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Technology Classroom Digital Citizenship Education 260

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

But the depth of this problem was obscured as most states, and thus most newspapers, reported achievement trends by comparing each new year’s eighth graders to the previous year’s eighth graders. Before the pandemic, middle school students’ test scores in math tended to decline as they moved through each grade.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Between 2016-2017, six coding bootcamps shut down including two of the largest and longest-running coding bootcamps, Dev Bootcamp and the Iron Yard, leaving many to wonder about the viability of the business model. In 2017, bootcamps graduated at least 23,000 students, their highest count yet, and that the industry is growing at a rate of 1.5

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Industry Company Trends Report 62

MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

Holmes County, where half the students live below poverty level , is following a national trend by using online resources to offer more advanced high school courses to its students. Department of Education, students took 317,000 online courses. Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report). It’s a model that Betsy DeVos, the U.S.

Online Learning 31

Online Learning Learning Course Report 31

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Notably 29 organizations listed below have made a #CSforALL commitment annually since 2017. To continue the trend, in 2020, 78 organizations have returned to make a commitment at least twice. CoderZ is an innovative and engaging online learning environment. About CoderZ.

Robotics 66

Robotics STEM Accessibility Trends 66

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

The speakers included Dhawal Shah, founder of Class Central, Amy Ahearn, associate director at Acumen+, Kapeesh Saraf, head of growth and consumer products at Coursera, and Kristin Palmer, director of online learning at University of Virginia. And so, a lot of people are gonna be needing to learn new skills.

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MOOC Coursera Course Trends 139

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1 percent (about 150 students) percent during the 2016-2017 school year. City Year Sacramento members participated in school attendance teams, evaluated data trends, identified students in need of support and determined appropriate interventions.

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Strategy Learning Data Dropout 195

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! So what does that mean for classrooms?

Laptops 105

Laptops Survey Chromebook Mobility 105

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The vast majority of the school’s students — and in 2017, all of them — are accepted into at least one college. Guenther and her husband, Jacob, are emblematic of a trend underway in the small town of Onalaska. 43 — The number of students in Onalaska High School’s 2017 graduating class. ONALASKA, Wash.

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Company Report Trends Study 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

But like many trends in education, the novelty took hold before the evidence mounted. Now there is a significant body of research to answer the question of whether students learn more. Flipped classrooms also free up class time for teachers to help students individually, as a tutor does.

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Flipped Classroom Study Classroom Analysis 144

The Hechinger Report

JULY 11, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Subscribe today! Weekly Update.

Personalized Learning 111

Personalized Learning Strategy Report Trends 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. Some online preschool programs boast “award-winning curriculum” and offer money-back satisfaction guarantees. Subscribe today!

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Data Report Groups 111

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2016

This year startups that serve primarily the K-12 market raised $434 million; those targeting the postsecondary and corporate learning sector raised $593 million. It’s worth noting that even though 2016 marked the end of this trend, the dollar total still surpasses the years before 2015. based startup went to Age of Learning, which.

EdTech 89

EdTech Udemy Company Coursera 89

Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 27, 2022

Information and communication technology (ICT) brings in multiple benefits for digital learning and student-centric engagement. The ICT trends in education shaped the schools and universities to implement the latest in education technology in order to improve the teaching and learning process. Collaborative Learning.

Trends 111

Trends Technology eBook Gamification 111

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2018

It’s a quiet trend that’s sweeping some of the country’s major employers. One company steering the trend is Guild Education , which partners with companies and education providers to offer employees programs ranging from master’s degrees to a high-school diploma. It last raised $21 million in 2017, when it had around 60 employees.

Education 63

Education Company Trends Secondary 63

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2020

A recent report by Burning Glass Technologies , a labor market analytics firm, confirmed robust demand for real-time 3D skills, with 30,000 job postings in the US between October 2017 and October 2018 and a 601 percent higher growth rate than the market overall.

Industry 197

Industry Technology Training Video 197

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. . Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Weekly Update.

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OER How To Common Core Instructional Materials 80

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

college students with lifetime diagnoses of mental health conditions in 2017 was 36 percent, compared with 22 percent in 2007. According to the American Psychiatric Association , the percentage of U.S.

Survey 105

Survey Report Accessibility Trends 105

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Starting with a $100 million fund in 2015, Owl has since raised two subsequent funds— $185 million in 2017, and $315 million in 2019. But already it has a bird’s eye view of the global education technology market, with investments across China, Europe, India and the U.S.

EdTech 120

EdTech Company Training Survey 120

Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Every vendor claims to have the best learning platform which benefits students and teachers. What then, is the differentiating factor which you should look for while selecting an online learning platform? Here in this blog, we will highlight some of the features that must be present in a learning platform.

eBook 56

eBook Education Gamification Course 56

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Technology designed for educators is pushed “as if our ones and zeroes are special,” keynote speaker Clay Shirky told top librarians, publishers and administrators at the Ithaka Next Wave 2017 conference, held in New York City on Wednesday. The university chose 2U as its tech partner to help create and run the online program.

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Meeting Libraries EdTech Conference 95

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

INACOL—the International North American Council for Online Learning—would henceforth be known as the Aurora Institute , a name taken from the Latin word for “dawn.” The organization wants to focus on other approaches to improve education, such as personalization, that go beyond online learning. One reason for the shift?

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Education Advocacy Conference Laptops 81

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 2017. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 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 11 Edition). Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. KIPP Morial, a school in New Orleans East, exemplifies how the personalized learning trend rolled out in charters across the Crescent City. DeVonté Trask, 11.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 100

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

There are organizations that support different kinds of transformation in schools and after researching and interviewing some of these organizations, we've learned a great deal about what these changes can look like, how schools go about redesigning aspects of their model, and what types of support they need along the way. Stay tuned!

Education Elements 60

Education Elements Personalized Learning Education Learning 60

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training. Tokenized Learning According to data tracked by Coinbase , ICOs have raised nearly $3.4

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

While the net-zero school trend is still relatively small, it has taken hold in districts of every geographic and socioeconomic description. .” Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report.

Elementary 107

Elementary Learning Data Report 107

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

Technology 62

Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The program he’s referring to is an online learning platform, Edgenuity. During the 2016-17 school year, 71 schools in the state used online learning platforms, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. Online learning platforms like that where you don’t have a teacher just scream, ‘Nobody cares about you.’”.

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Edmentum Education Course Online Learning 111

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. Juliet Chamber of Commerce “Wilsonian of the Year” award in 2017.

Learning 79

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 79

The Hechinger Report

JULY 3, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Megan Conn/The Hechinger Report. Subscribe today!

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Conference Report Trends Survey 103

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

Instead, the thinking goes, students must be encouraged to learn at their own pace, with lessons tailored to their specific aptitudes and needs, often with the aid of technology. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education. It maybe takes inclusion a step forward.”.

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Personalized Learning Education Learning Elementary 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

The New York Times has a new education supplement, called Learning, and The Hechinger Report is collaborating with the Times to produce Bulletin Board, a collection of noteworthy ideas and trends in education that will appear on page 2 of the section, which will come out four times a year. Highlights from Bulletin Board follow.

Competency Based Learning 79

Competency Based Learning Common Core Personalized Learning Study 79

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2019

Buried in these numbers, however, is another surprising trend: Tens of thousands of the international students still coming here are going not to research universities or elite institutions, but to community colleges. First-time international enrollments at U.S. colleges fell 6.6 percent last year , new figures show.

Education 57

Education Report Course Exercises 57

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2017: The Stories We’ve Been Told. At the end of every year since I founded Hack Education in 2010, I’ve reviewed what I think are the most important and influential trends in education technology. No, fidget spinners were not a “top ed-tech trend” this year. Data Insecurity.

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Technology MOOC Trends Khan Academy 58