The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2022

A recent report found Indiana’s rates at their lowest in recent history. Just 59 percent of students here enroll after high school, a drop from a rate of 61 percent in 2018. College-going rates were even lower among Black, Hispanic and Latino, and low-income students. She’s updating it to include lessons from the pandemic.

E-rate 103

E-rate Secondary Report Trends 103

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

In the past few years, Starbucks , Chipotle , Pizza Hut , and many other service-industry employers have started or expanded programs to offer free or greatly-discounted tuition to all of their employees, often delivered in an online format.

Study 101

Study Pearson E-rate Training 101

Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Moving to the cloud can be good for both vendors and schools It is in the interests of the edtech industry for educators to feel confident about using technology. According to the Global State of Information Security Survey 2015 , the number of detected incidents has increased at a compound growth rate of 66 percent since 2009.

EdTech 60

EdTech E-rate Symantec Data 60

edWeb.net

JUNE 18, 2021

99% of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches, but the district’s graduation rate is now over 90%, exceeding the state and national averages. Elementary students participate in groups such as Girls Who Code and a Lego League, while middle school students can join e-sport leagues or do work as “medical detectives.”

E-rate 57

E-rate Professional Learning Elementary Robotics 57

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. They rely on industry “partners” — 10 so far at CAST Tech — to guarantee students internships and mentorships and to help keep the curriculum current.

E-rate 98

E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 98

Education Superhighway

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

billion in E-rate funds set to expire in 2019. In Connecticut, a blended learning program with the tech industry allows students to earn their high school diploma and a STEM associate’s degree, increasing retention and graduation rates. Since 2015, the amount invested in Wi-Fi nearly doubled to $2.9

Broadband 40

Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Report 40

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” He co-founded the company in 1999 with Maria Machado, who also got her start in the semiconductor industry before turning her attention to education. Newkirk calls his company Acuitus , in hopes of encouraging sharpness of thought.

Education 215

Education Learning Software Knewton 215

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 5, 2022

And those who quit early can be pursued by debt collectors and blacklisted among other companies in the industry, making it difficult for them to find a new job. With e-commerce leading Americans to expect quick delivery, trucking companies face pressure to haul more and do it faster. England’s program in Indiana in 2019.

Training 27

Training Company E-rate Industry 27

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

Although an industry of college-access nonprofits has sprouted to fill some of these gaps by providing low-income students in urban areas one-on-one advice and instruction, that new industry has struggled to figure out how to efficiently reach kids in far-flung locales. percent, three points above the 84.1

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Accessibility Secondary 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A self-taught programmer, he found on-and-off work building websites, managing social media and handling e-commerce for dental offices, toy shops and other clients. In February 2019, SDWP received a $1.2 million by summer 2019. In September, the unemployment rate was 9 percent, down from a peak of 15 percent in May.

Training 98

Training Company Analysis E-rate 98

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

D uring the 2019 legislative session, Texas lawmakers passed a historic education funding bill, which established a 7 percent per-student funding increase , on average. P rovide s additional funding for schools serving communities with higher poverty rates ; and . It also : . platform. .

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide E-rate Laptops Assessment 28

Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2019

Graham Glass, CEO of CYPHER LEARNING, participated to a live event for Digital Learning Day 2019. Phill and Graham had a wonderful conversation on the topic of e-learning and explored six key digital learning trends that are reshaping the EdTech landscape. I didn’t find some e-learning 20 hour course on being a vet.

Trends 317

Trends Digital Learning EdTech Gamification 317

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 97

E-rate Industry Report Survey 97

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 ). " Maybe, maybe not.

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 ). " Maybe, maybe not.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2019

More than 3,000 of Mississippi’s kindergarteners, or 9 percent, were unable to move on to first grade for the 2019 school year, more than three times the percentage of children nationally who repeated kindergarten in 2014. Almost half of Mississippi’s 4-year-olds are not attending any preschool at all, according to the Annie E.

Elementary 61

Elementary Data Training Report 61

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” “Stop Asking About Completion Rates: Better Questions to Ask About MOOCs in 2019,” says Edsurge. Are they in the oil industry? Via Mashable : “The e-waste nightmare lurking in your kid’s toy box.” ” That is, good jobs that don’t require a BA. (I What are these jobs?

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. Again and again, the media told stories — wildly popular stories , apparently — about how technology industry executives refuse to allow their own children to use the very products they were selling to the rest of us. 3D Printing.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

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. Coursera also brought on a new CEO : Jeff Maggioncalda, whose previous job was in the financial planning industry. broadband privacy rules.”

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55