The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. Often, the challenges they face outside the classroom pose greater threats to their education. “A Check out our College Welcome Guide.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 1, 2016

Blockchain technology may seem magical, but it is not magic. Recent events have crystallized my sense of the misconceptions that even blockchain advocates bring to conversations about the future of education.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2024

She began her college education in her early 20s, balancing it with raising two sons and working retail jobs. Keischa Taylor, who began her college education in her 20s, balanced it with raising two sons and working retail jobs. You’ve got this. You didn’t come this far to stop. It’s a rare success story. More than a third of the 40.4

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 29, 2018

He knows firsthand what it’s like to merge technology and pedagogy. EDTECH: What is the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and what should educational technology leaders know about it? There is also an expectation that 50 billion “things” will be connected to the internet by 2020 , according to Cisco’s Internet of Things report.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2021

Of those currently enrolled, a fifth say they are likely to delay their graduation because of Covid-19, a Strada Education Network and Gallup survey found. These include health care, cybersecurity, information technology, construction, manufacturing, transportation, law enforcement and utilities. “Not

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Over the last few decades, our education system has consistently prioritized educating for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills. The United States spends $54 per student on those subjects, but only 5 cents per student on civics education. Is this a victory for Democrats? What’s really wrong here?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

STEM education would emphasize problem-solving, interdisciplinary approaches and the value of discovery and play, according to a new 10-year vision from the American Institutes for Research for the U.S. Department of Education’s STEM Initiatives Team. The report results from workshops convened by the U.S.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2019

Congress is proposing an innovative approach to building the federal technology talent pipeline for computer science roles, one that should be exciting for schools and students. Source: US Army JROTC website Young people skilled in technology are in high demand. By 2026, the U.S. On June 14, 2019, Reps. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Tx.),

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2019

Graduate education has been a bright spot in U.S. higher education, as getting a graduate degree has become far more common in recent decades, particularly for the millennial generation. According to data from Burning Glass Technologies, 19 percent of U.S. About 37 percent of all graduate education in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2018

Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: This story is part of Map to the Middle Class , a Hechinger Report series examining how schools can prepare students for the good middle-class jobs of the future. will grow 28 percent by 2026. We want to get the girls who never even thought of doing this,” she said.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2019

Makenzie believes that since the world is constantly changing, she needs to know how to fix things, like cars with advanced electronic technology. The field of computer and information technology is expected to grow by 13 percent from 2016 to 2026, among the fastest of any occupation, according to the U.S.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Not so fast , says Doug Levin : “Scant Details, Fuzzy Math in $500 Million Public-Private Computer Science Education Push.” ” Trump has, of course, proposed some $9 billion in funding cuts to the Department of Education, so this is hardly “new money.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2018

Photo by Sy Bean for The Hechinger Report. Parents want success for their kids,” said Mike Clifton, who teaches machining at a technical college near Seattle called the Lake Washington Institute of Technology. There is an emphasis on the four-year university track” in high schools, said Chris Cortines, who co-authored the report.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Paulsen for The Hechinger Report. If this sounds like an obvious way to close the gap between workforce demand and the supply of qualified graduates — and to maximize the benefits to students of an increasingly expensive higher education — it’s rarely undertaken in the way Montana has embraced it. Paulsen for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2019

Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Alessandra, a student at Pioneer Elementary School in rural Quincy, Washington, spent part of the fall term in an enrichment class focused on teaching elementary-age students the principles of engineering design through a curriculum designed by educators and scientists at Boston’s Museum of Science. “I

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2019

California’s Assembly Committee on Higher Education approved a bill on Tuesday to pilot income-share agreements at the California State University and University of California systems. University students in California could soon be able to delay paying college tuition until after they graduate and land a job.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. million, to help the district afford new technology, renovations to school buildings and new school buses. Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. Related: School districts are going into debt to keep up with technology.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2018

Photo by Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: This story is part of Map to the Middle Class , a Hechinger Report series exploring how schools can prepare young people for the good middle-class jobs of the future. On the surface, American high schools are doing better than ever at educating young people.

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Tuesday morning was my preconference seminar on “Building an Emerging Technology and Futures Capacity in Your Organization” The goal here wasn’t to present on future trends for education and technology, but rather to help campus information professionals figure out how to better think about the future themselves.

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MindShift

JANUARY 24, 2019

This story about STEM education was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report). Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report). Sign up for our newsletter. QUINCY, Wash. —

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. Of course, if you look for those education technology writers who are independent from venture capital, corporate or institutional backing, or philanthropic funding, there is pretty much only me.).

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JANUARY 6, 2023

billion between 2021 and 2026. The Rise of the eBook Reader and Online Education Resources. eBook Platforms Make Education More Affordable. eBook Apps Make Education Accessible to Students with Disabilities . The Rise of the eBook Reader and Online Education Resources. The education of over 1.2

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