The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The Roux Institute opened last year in borrowed space in this tech company building on the Portland, Maine, waterfront to teach computer science and other subjects. A coach was meeting with a student virtually behind a glass door decorated with a decal of a stylized Rosie the Riveter. Credit: Molly Haley for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Arizona State is entering into agreements with many companies, such as Starbucks, which is another way that online giants are steering students away from traditional public colleges. Often the courses they’ve already taken at their community college don’t meet a four-year institution’s requirements.

Industry 73

Industry Report Secondary Course 73

Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2017

Starbucks did it for a much more interesting reason, which is, Starbucks wants to be an exemplar of what a 21st-century company can be. Starbucks’ goal is to have 25,000 students graduate from this program by 2025. The reason it wouldn’t work at Starbucks, for example, is they’ve got 7,000 stores.

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Course Kaplan Company Outcomes 136

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

In meetings with his academic adviser during the second semester of his freshman year, Robinson said he learned that though his GPA was solid, the school’s computer algorithm saw trouble. Companies like Amazon and Netflix have been using data tools like these for years to track our clicks and steer us to buy or watch more of their products.

Data 108

Data Dropout Company Report 108

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2021

Several states are recognizing that, unless they can propel more people through college who have been less likely to go and to finish, they can’t meet their goals for increasing the proportion of their populations with degrees — or be able to fill jobs requiring a college education. “It That’s how it works. It’s that simple.”.

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Report Trends Survey Comparison 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 4, 2024

The first family told her they live in Mission Bay, a rapidly redeveloping area where a new elementary school isn’t scheduled to open until 2025. But Koehler would need to meet many more kids like this one to stave off school closures forever. For two years, SFUSD has also worked with digital marketing companies.

E-rate 118

E-rate Elementary Education Report 118

Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2016

She began a long career in education, which included cofounding two social enterprise organizations (one of which helped get 4,000 women off welfare), serving as a Commissioner of San Francisco Unified School District’s Board of Education and starting two edtech companies. Does the election put these issues in even sharper focus than before?

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Meeting Education Secondary EdTech 60

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2021

Eisner, who graduated from Emmanuel herself in 1963, said she meets with her top managers every week “to make sure that we are in sync watching this. In 1974, with enrollment so low Donovan said the college couldn’t meet its payroll, Emmanuel sold off a parcel to a neighboring hospital. You know, what’s the trend?”.

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Report Trends Libraries Strategy 99

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Without revenue the company will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior College (ACCJC), the accreditor for California’s community colleges, lost its appeal to the Department of Education in January and will have a year to resolve the issues surrounding its not meeting federal accreditation standards. Jobs for Grads. Preferably from Stanford.)

Technology 40

Technology Education Secondary Pearson 40