eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2022

DALLAS (August 18, 2022) – ActivePure , the world’s leader in air and surface purification technologies, is now available for educational institutions through special funding from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE). Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona in a January 18 press release. “We

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2023

More lives lost, more families devastated, more educators operating in fear. After a two-year decline in 2019 and 2020, suicide rates among American youth increased in 2021, according to a recent report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A study released by the U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

While the mental health of students remains a top concern of many in the education field, federal data reveals that it’s not all bad news. The National Center for Education Statistics released its biennial Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools report covering the 2021-22 academic year.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In a year where hate crimes targeting Asian Americans spiked over 300 percent and one in five Asian Americans reported experiencing an anti-Asian hate incident , this shooting was particularly traumatic for a community already reeling from having a target on its back. A participant at a Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas on May 30, 2020.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 8, 2024

Gateway courses such as statistics, algebra or precalculus serve as a portal to educational achievement and possible careers in science, technology, engineering and math. Instead, she says, researchers have focused on other factors when it comes to post-secondary courses, like student preparation or demographics.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

The United States is experiencing a national education shortage of teachers leaving the profession in droves, coined “The Great Resignation” due to high anxiety, burnout, safety concerns, low salaries, and challenging job demands. K-12 educators are considering leaving their jobs.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report Gordon is getting a lot of that: plaques, thank-yous, T-shirts, goodbye hugs from parents, teachers and current and former students. By many measures, schools here made big gains under Gordon and the ambitious 11-year effort to overhaul the education system that he helped create.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Perhaps (not) coincidentally, there is more spending forecast for education technology. All in this Edtech Reports Recap. An appropriately titled RAND Corporation research report, “ Remote Learning Is Here to Stay ,” finds that one in five U.S. CoSN: “ 2020 State and Federal Cybersecurity Policy Trends.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2022

Survey responses were also self-reported, which introduces potential data biases. And the Department of Education’s College Scorecard reports salary data on only those students taking federal loans, excluding a significant portion of graduates. Census Bureau’s new Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) initiative.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Lines between school and the home became blurred, and in that haze, new forms of innovation emerged at local, national, and individual levels across the education landscape. A Broader View of Education Innovation. Department of Education in 2011. Potential for impacting student learning and educational leadership.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

As the Director of Quantitative Research and Data Science, as well as the Data Privacy Officer at Digital Promise, I aim to demystify the complex world of data privacy, particularly in the realm of education and AI tools. Collaborating with researchers to ensure their work aligns with these principles has been a rewarding part of my career.

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Mira Education

MAY 20, 2024

Education was interrupted in 2020. The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund , commonly referred to as ESSER, is a federal program that gave districts nearly $190 billion in response to the pandemic. In response, the federal government bolstered district budgets with COVID relief funds. What is ESSER funding?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Educators and others are experimenting with new ways to address students’ mental health needs — or reinvent old strategies. Even before the pandemic began, more than 1 in 3 high school students reported persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness. Read the series. Even as new ideas rollout, challenges remain.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

But education students still need to work on lesson plans, and kids still need summer activities. McGhee, assistant clinical professor of elementary education at Auburn University. train future educators to teach online, experts say. This year, camp is canceled due to COVID-19. By now, you can probably list them by heart. “To

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

The national online survey, Post-Graduation Readiness Report , polled more than 500 students from the 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 high school graduation classes. At a time when many industry leaders report that their top challenge is the limited supply of talent and nearly six million people in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. But computer science lessons like the ones at Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School are relatively rare.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

When secondary educators plunged into emergency online teaching in March 2020, we faced a slew of challenges. This is not for lack of trying, most definitely on the part of educators everywhere, and we’ve now reached a point where teaching blog posts like “Is Anyone In Teaching Actually Happy?” fill my teacher-gram.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

That’s a problem because the data don’t lie: Two-thirds of all jobs and 80 percent of all “good” jobs (paying a median wage of $65,000) demand a postsecondary credential, according to research by Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. Credit: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Paige Cyrus-Ham.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2022

And, according to a new report I co-authored for Just Equations , the benefits of that elevated standing are starkly apparent: Based on data from surveys and interviews, “ A New Calculus for College Admissions ” reveals how deep-seated preferences for calculus weigh heavily in decisions about who gets admitted to college.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The adoption of data science education hasn’t been without controversy. Subscribe today! Using federal grants, N.C.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Last month, the higher education landscape was rocked with a widespread college admissions scandal involving wealthy families cheating to gain admission to college for their children. Before considering a path to post-secondary education, students need help identifying and showcasing their own strengths from an early age.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Credit: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. High school seniors are filling out more financial aid forms than they were in the midst of the pandemic autumn of 2020, when there were record high drops in completions. FAFSA renewal rates are strong, up 8 percent through December 2020 compared to a year earlier. But as of Feb.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Traditional public schools alone aren’t responsible for the student debt or skilled labor crises — but a longstanding Massachusetts education experiment has shown promise at addressing both. There’s no reason that Massachusetts alone should hold the recipe for successful vocational-technical education.

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techlearning

JANUARY 24, 2019

13 years later, there are 80 million educators and students around the world using what has become G Suite for Education. We’ve introduced new devices to adapt to the new needs of educators, schools and students, and introduced more features that work across our products, like locked mode in Quizzes through Google Forms.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2022

But if you’re reading this article—if you’re engaged enough in education to be reading EdSurge—you probably don’t believe that data. Teachers report being more stressed as the pandemic goes on, and much more likely to leave the profession than they were before March 2020. And for good reason. So let’s imagine. So let’s imagine.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. In October 2020, Digital Promise launched the Center for Inclusive Innovation, as a way to create this support.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

Reactions have never been best practice in education. Educators and administrators across the country took the blank slate created by the absence of a playbook as an opportunity to lean into their social and emotional learning (SEL) training, think flexibly and evolve their practice—in the interest of all their students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 29, 2020

What I do worry about is running out of books so this year, I spent the last few months stalking efriends to find out what they recommend to kickstart the 2020-21 school year. I like how Kieschnick walks teachers through a blend of traditional education wisdom that is kicked up a notch with tech. And it paid off. by Weston Kieschnick.

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. Between 2020 and 2021, Congress passed three stimulus bills that provided almost $190.5 and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. Between 2020 and 2021, Congress passed three stimulus bills that provided almost $190.5 and 31%, respectively” ( CDC, 2020 ).

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

2020 and 2021 saw $190 billion in federal relief funds go to schools through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). The answer–or, more accurately, answers–offers a glimpse into the complicated state of post- COVID education. But why aren’t schools spending the money?

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2018

For Pearson, the world’s largest education company, some of its recent tumult in past years have been self-imposed, even deliberate, under the helm of John Fallon. Even its digital education assets, including PowerSchool, a student information system, was sold because it didn’t fit with Pearson’s focus on learning outcomes.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report. OAKLAND, Calif.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Students at the Secondary School for Journalism in Brooklyn had become increasingly frustrated with Summit Learning. The Secondary School for Journalism is one of about 380 schools nationwide using Summit Learning, a personalized learning program that involves the use of an online instructional software, called the Summit Platform.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2022

The following report is part of a collaboration between NBCNews.com and The Hechinger Report focused on examining Black and Latino enrollment in flagship universities. But CU Boulder is remarkable because Colorado is considered one of the countries’ most educated states. They would be on their own.”. in 2012 to 16.9% in 2021.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

It is also a safe bet that schools will lean heavily on education technology solutions to help ensure teachers can continue to deliver lesson plans to wherever students are located. In fact, a 2020 report that surveyed 1,200 U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 23, 2022

Credit: Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report. Educators here and elsewhere in the country say it’s not too soon to prompt students to think far ahead, an idea backed by recent research. A recent report found Indiana’s rates at their lowest in recent history. Related: What does career readiness look like in middle school?

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