Edsurge

MAY 23, 2018

In an environment of 21st century demand from tech-hungry students, educators are largely stuck with out-of-date or insufficient training to keep up with demand. AP computer science courses are for the final mile in secondary school. Upon completion, educators are qualified to teach CS and may be eligible for salary increases.

Industry 88

Industry Education Secondary STEM 88

MIND Research Institute

MAY 24, 2023

Though many challenges arose, a federal program (ESSER) administered by the Department of Education provided emergency relief funds to aid public school districts nationwide. Charter schools within local educational agencies (LEAs) are also eligible recipients of ESSER funding. What is ESSER? To this day, the U.S.

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Secondary Software Elementary EdTech 52

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 6, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Artificial Intelligence in schools should present educators, parents, and policymakers with many concerns but there are also opportunities. Pat Yongpradit, in his role with Code.org is also working with the TeachAI initiative. I'm so excited. initiative.

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Policies Tools Microsoft Video 308

eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

and anchored in schools by Discovery Education – marks its second anniversary by welcoming new members and offering educators, students, and families nationwide an expanded collection of no-cost digital resources. To date, the STEM Careers Coalition has reached more than 4.5 engaging, daily instruction in any learning environment.

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Industry STEM Outcomes Resources 57

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Minnesota ranks among the most educated states in the country, with nearly half of adults aged 25 to 64 holding an associate degree or higher. He estimated that nearly one in three new jobs created through 2026 will require education beyond high school. Will jobs go begging? Our future economic vitality depends on this.”.

Dropout 71

Dropout Secondary Course Report 71

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Faced with fast-changing instructional models, varying infection rates, decreasing revenue sources, and a variety of natural disasters, how can education finance officials meet the short-term needs of their districts as well as longer-term requirements? WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

EdTech 96

EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 96

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2018

Nearly every state has set a goal for boosting the proportion of its population with post-secondary education; most are aiming for 55 to 65 percent by 2020 or 2025. Go Back” campaign in Indiana, among the several states trying to get college dropouts to finish their college educations. Higher Education.

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Dropout Libraries Report Secondary 69

edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

The disruptions and changes during the past year have made a return to the industrial education model of the 19th and 20th centuries problematic for school districts committed to preparing diverse students for 21st century careers. By Robert Low. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Creating a Framework for Innovation.

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Strategy Dropout Industry Professional Learning 95

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

But thanks to a data collection effort by an expert in adult education at a nonprofit research organization in New York, Center for an Urban Future, we now have evidence of a sharp decline in new high school equivalency degrees in almost every state between 2012 and 2016. .”

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Comparison Data Secondary Report 97

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Higher Education. “It points to increasing cross-border competition in higher education in a way we haven’t seen before because technology permits that,” said Fitzgerald. When a behemoth like that moves into Pennsylvania looking to grab market share, analysts pay attention. Choose from our newsletters. Weekly Update.

Industry 70

Industry Report Secondary Course 70

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

The switch to a proficiency-based education, which focuses on making sure students can demonstrate what they know, has helped students like Elderkin. That’s due to a new teaching approach here called “proficiency-based education,” that was inspired by a 2012 state law. Photo: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald.

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Education Report System Course 0

eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2015

“It’s where the jobs are,” said Dr. Kathleen Airhart, deputy commissioner for the Tennessee Department of Education. Zach Wamp, who chairs the Learning Blade advisory board, said STEM education is critical to the nation’s competitiveness. She likes the individualized approach used by Learning Blade.

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Tools STEM Secondary Meeting 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2017

You’re in purgatory,” said Nicole Smith, vice president of Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. By 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some kind of post-secondary education, and now only 45 percent of the state’s young adults meet that criterion.

Dropout 89

Dropout Study Report System 89

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Like a handful of states, New Hampshire is taking the opportunity provided by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) to revise its accountability measures to further individualize education. Claire Voorhees, national policy director, Foundation for Excellence in Education. Higher Education. Weekly Update.

Personalized Learning 68

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 68

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2017

This has happened as Georgia officials – like those in many other states – are pushing to increase the number of young residents who have some kind of post-secondary education. Folks aren’t just asking for higher education to be supported because it’s a nice thing. Related: The new North-South divide: public higher education.

Policies 60

Policies Report Study Data 60

MindShift

APRIL 18, 2018

College access and affordability: It’s a common topic in higher education — because college is the one place that can really be a catapult when it comes to moving up the economic ladder. Enroll 50,000 additional low- and moderate-income students by 2025. Why is it necessary to do this together, across the higher education system?

Secondary 30

Secondary Data Accessibility Strategy 30

ExcelinEd

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Danielle Mezera have supported Hawaii’s efforts to align state career and technical education programs with state economic priorities. Aligning Education and Economic Goals. The Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE) handles state education matters while also operating and overseeing the state’s sole school district.

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Meeting Secondary Industry System 65

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Schools and districts can continue to benefit from the federal government’s stimulus dollars through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) of 2021, the third iteration of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER). Education experts highlighted how the ARP works in a recent edLeader Panel , sponsored by NetRef.

Mobile Learning 84

Mobile Learning EdTech Company Data 84

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2021

While the overall proportion of Americans with higher educations has been slowly increasing, the proportions who are Black, Native American or Hispanic — like Navejas — are falling further behind, or staying no better than level. Mamie Voight, interim president, Institute for Higher Education Policy.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

Among Rutgers’ goals is boosting the educational fortunes of a city that has some of the lowest rates of college attainment nationwide. percent in 2000 to 25 percent by 2025. Higher Education. According to the U.S. Related: What happens when a college recruits black students others consider too risky? Sign up for our newsletter.

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Report Policies Study Secondary 84

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2018

One leading force in reinventing the credential is the Lumina Foundation, one of the largest nonprofits focused on higher education. She laid out the group’s vision for the future of credentials, and (in the full audio version ) she talked about what the cartoon The Jetsons says about the future of education and the workplace.

MOOC 92

MOOC Training Secondary Accessibility 92

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. The conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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Meeting Education Secondary EdTech 60

Bryan Alexander

MARCH 11, 2016

We discussed the state and possible next years of K-12 education, the possibilities of social media, and the impact on higher education, all in just under one hour. So educators need to look back at what we know works, especially giving kids agency. I asked how what Will has discovered should inform higher education.

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Trends Technology Social Media Education 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 11, 2016

One of education technologies’s greatest luminaries passed away this year. Seymour, as my friend Gary Stager has described him , was the “inventor of everything (good) in education.” This is part six of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. I do so in Seymour’s memory.

Technology 85

Technology Education Microsoft Industry 85

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2021

A former special education teacher who grew up in Oregon, Grant rarely considers a problem without mentioning how it affects students. By the time she formally started, in July 2020, the coronavirus pandemic had upended public education. Related: Should rich families be able to fundraise a better public school education for their kids?

Elementary 106

Elementary Report Policies System 106

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2019

That would help return the United States to first in the world in the proportion of its population with the credentials needed to sustain an economy increasingly dependent on highly educated workers. At this rate, the target won’t be met until at least 2041 , the research arm of the nonprofit Educational Testing Service, or ETS, predicts.

Policies 109

Policies Report Advocacy Meeting 109

Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

” With all the charges of fraud and deceptive marketing levied against post-secondary institutions this year – from the University of Northern New Jersey too ITT, from Trump University to DevSchool – we might ask if, indeed, this is the way it works. So I thought maybe this is the way it works.” Or it was.).

Technology 40

Technology Education Secondary Pearson 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145