Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. Manufacturing Trends.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2019

That upward trend has continued: Since 2016, such requests have increased 117 percent. These include items like books written by authors of color, or other resources featuring figures from diverse backgrounds. million classroom projects, spanning from book sets to robotics kits to flexible furniture. classrooms.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

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. You’ve got other expenses, like books, food and room and board and just things that come up during the year.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2020

She received an early childhood credential from the American Montessori Society, one of the premier Montessori advocacy organizations. He is the author of 24 books and several hundred articles about technology, learning, business, and human progress.

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Educator Innovator

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Teen activists worldwide are making headlines for their social justice advocacy on everything from climate change and immigration to substance abuse and LGBTQ issues. As young people get more vocal about these issues, this trend is being reflected in the graphic novels they are reading. It’s a relatively new genre. Climate change.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

And classrooms needed more books and educational materials. Program officials purchased books, science materials, blocks and musical instruments for the center. Educating officials : PRE4CLE has prioritized advocacy at all levels of the government, according to Kelly. In September 2016, that all changed abruptly.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

Jon: Mount Ida is definitely part of a bigger trend, one that’s being felt around the country. And even if those policies are on the books, they’re not always being enforced. Michael Horn: They’re not asking the right questions of their presidents and provosts to say, are the trends in the right direction?

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Doug Levin

MARCH 10, 2016

One , with the release of a new book ( BLOCKCHAIN REVOLUTION: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World ) from Don and (his son) Alex Tapscott coming in May 2016 focused exclusively on the potential of blockchain, expect to hear much more about the technology in the popular press.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

A sociologist, Noguera’s research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions, as well as by demographic trends in local, regional, and global contexts. He is the author, co-author, and editor of 13 books. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A. Dr. Daniel A.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 15, 2017

This year, a couple of very clear trends emerged. This gives kids a chance to follow the model, interact with classmates, and I can see what books interest them and also get an idea of their reading abilities as I observe. These are all things I do for free anyway, but it should be a great education/advocacy opportunity.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

Next week we'll be announcing the book groups that are starting. Information on hosting or joining a book is at bookschangelives.org. She is the author of eight books, including Liberating Genius , The Habitudes and The Passion Driven Classroom. As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount.

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Kevin Corbett

JULY 26, 2014

Nor, it seems, do a number of advocacy groups that want it pulled off the market because they think iPads and babies are a dangerous combination. I used the tablet as an interactive book — not as a babysitter. “Fisher-Price’s Apptivity Seat Is Bad for Babies” was a Trending Topic on Twitter this past December.

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 5, 2018

When school leaders make instructional walks a daily habit, we start to discover patterns and trends. Example: During a later visit with the same 4 th graders reading Little House in the Big Woods , the students were ready to start practicing their book club roles with the text. Heads turned with faces of mild confusion.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Creating excitement Librarians and teachers routinely review usage statistics such as books opened, time read, reading sessions, average time per session and per book, total unique users, and achievements earned. Staying close to the data has helped the district bolster both enthusiasm for and competency in reading.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

In a trend that has been widely lauded, the proportion of high school graduates who go straight to college has increased from 63 percent in 2000 to 70 percent now, the Department of Education says. These trends together mean that there are nearly 2.9 That’s the conundrum we still haven’t gotten figured out yet.”.

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Kevin Corbett

JULY 26, 2014

Nor, it seems, do a number of advocacy groups that want it pulled off the market because they think iPads and babies are a dangerous combination. I used the tablet as an interactive book — not as a babysitter. “Fisher-Price’s Apptivity Seat Is Bad for Babies” was a Trending Topic on Twitter this past December.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 His approach, focused on equitable access to books and engaging the community, has left a remarkable mark. One of his standout achievements was creating a committee consisting of teachers, parents, and students to handpick summer take-home books from Lerner Publishing Group.

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MindShift

AUGUST 14, 2017

According to the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, , a research and advocacy group, these include the “4Cs of critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity,” as well as “life and career skills” and “information, media and technology skills.” 21st Century Skills. Growth Mindset.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 18, 2023

Self-advocacy, union participation, and quiet quitting are some possible responses for teachers. Zaretta Hammond, in her book Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain , suggests a variety of trust generators. When people feel like they’re not being treated fairly, any illusion of autonomy is gone. at the grocery store).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 27, 2015

Based on the concept of “choose your own adventure” books, Digital Compass guides students in grades 6-9 to learn the fundamentals of digital citizenship through animated, interactive experiences in which students choose several different paths for each character. Register for free at [link]. Here's a litmus test.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

EPISODE 9: How Do I Navigate My Family’s Fall Homeschool Options? hours a day. Monica Cochran: SelfDesign Learning Pat Farenga: The Legacy of John Holt Jerry Mintz: The Importance of Alternative Education THE JUDY L. (UCA)

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Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

We use the instructional walk approach suggested by Regie Routman from her book Read, Write, Lead. We promoted books we enjoyed, taught students how to recommend titles to their peers, and gave them ample amounts of time to read and discuss their books with peers. I like these trending topics. Don’t get me wrong.

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Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

We use the instructional walk approach suggested by Regie Routman from her book Read, Write, Lead. We promoted books we enjoyed, taught students how to recommend titles to their peers, and gave them ample amounts of time to read and discuss their books with peers. I like these trending topics. Don’t get me wrong.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

All the talk of the importance of “emotion” in education reflects other trends too. ” An ed-tech trend in the making, investors hope. You can read more about who’s funding this and other trends in my year-end series on funding.hackeducation.com.). And “people” here certainly includes students.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

There is a new book by Dana Goldstein called The Teacher Wars: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession. Critical Feminism and Critical Education is one of my favorite books about it. I’ll refer to Goldstein’s book. There are Robin DiAngelo’s books. Yes — exactly!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Shortly after leaving that post, Riley planted his skeptic’s flag with an oft-cited blog post titled, “Don’t Personalize Learning.”.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

For perspective and advice, we recently talked with José Vilson, co-founder and executive director of #EduColor , a nonprofit advocacy group dedicated to issues of race and social justice in education. We're at an edtech conference as we speak, and in your book you mentioned some concerns around edtech.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

According to a 2015 report by the advocacy non-profit Child Care Aware, the average cost of center-based infant care in Louisiana—one of the four poorest states in the nation—was roughly $110 a week in 2014. Louisiana is on par with national trends in how it spends its federal block-grant money, the Center for Law and Social Policy found.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

It was the latest big-fix trend in K-12 education, and Gist, a favored daughter of Silicon Valley philanthropists, offered up the nation’s smallest state as a laboratory mouse. Some parts of Oppenheimer’s book (see: nightmare visions of Apple iMacs and CD-ROMs) have not aged well. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

What are the new trends in libraries? The modern library can also transcend the physical space, existing in a virtual realm without walls – one where students have the option to check out books anytime, anywhere. This was more than the number of print books borrowed. Who is the modern librarian? Holzweiss asked.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

billion, is bucking a national trend — most other states are continuing to reduce, not increase, their higher education budgets. The trend peaked during the recession that began in 2008, when UC hiked undergraduate tuition by nearly a third in a single year. But California, with a higher education budget for 2019-2020 of $18.5

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” She’s also written a new book on parenting and “screens.” “The Implications of Gartner’s Top 10 Tech Trends of 2018 for Education – Part 2,” according to the Getting Smart blog.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

APRIL 28, 2017

Olin started this project in her classroom by sharing the book I Have a Right to Be a Child by Alain Serres. She also shared news sites with them so that they could start reading current articles about various trending topics, especially if they weren’t familiar with the current topics being debated.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In previous years, when I’ve written about this topic, I’ve saved “The Business of Ed-tech” for one of the last articles in my “ Top Ed-Tech Trends" series. The CEO of Safari Books left the company “ amidst massive layoffs.” This is part three of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

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