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A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education is so slow to change

The Hechinger Report

Then Tuminez, a former Microsoft executive, proposed a third core value: “exceptional accountability.” As for graduation rates that weren’t increasing, and dropout rates that didn’t decline, she said, “you have to ask why.”. A university analysis shows that this approach has sharply reduced dropout rates. Tuminez paused. “So

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D2L launches newest Brightspace Insights

eSchool News

Educators can access a variety of data to help predict at-risk learners and help them in real-time. D2L (formerly “Desire2Learn”) recently unveiled the newest version of its Brightspace Insights analytics suite. The new Brightspace Insights track, measure, and monitor student progress and aim to help improve engagement at every step.

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Adapting to the New Classroom

techlearning

Microsoft Office 365 ? The district faced challenges with dropouts and reduced graduation rates due to failed classes, school transfers, and absences due to weather and medical issues. District learning leaders use findings and data analysis to work with teachers to ensure common achievements throughout the program. Google Classroom ?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The Department of Education has placed restrictions on access to federal student aid for West Virginia public universities after the state was late submitting required annual financial statements for the third year in a row. “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? .” $100,000.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. . “ Microsoft is really scared of Chromebooks in businesses and schools,” according to The Verge.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

’” Via Education Week : “ FCC Seeks Comment on Access to WiFi for Schools and Libraries.” Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” Via the Future of Privacy Forum : “ Law Enforcement Access to Student Records : What Is the Law?”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. Microsoft is doing a desktop PC thing. Blackboard has acquired Fronteer , a software company that helps make course materials accessible. .” Coding Bootcamps (The Once and Future “For-Profit Higher Ed”).