Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Representative Stephen Meeks (R-Greenbrier) proposed a study to see when elementary schools should introduce computers, tablets and other technology to their students.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Representative Stephen Meeks (R-Greenbrier) proposed a study to see when elementary schools should introduce computers, tablets and other technology to their students.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., And she hopes educators and families all across the country will try it and see that for themselves.

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Learning Analysis Assessment Groups 218

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

.” And in Delaware , “Authorities have arrested two Smyrna high school students in connection with threats involving clowns and bombs ,” the AP reports. ” “ Clown College Calls National Rash of Rumored Clown Scares ‘Troubling’,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

At least one Duke University study suggested that the arrival of broadband service in North Carolina between 2000 and 2005 correlated with a small, but significant dip in reading and math scores for elementary school students. After the camp, 63 percent reported an interest in the field. Read more about Blended Learning.

Laptops 40

Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Via Education Week : “ FCC Delays, Denials Foil Rural Schools’ Broadband Plans.” ” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. “ Hackers Target Nation’s Schools,” The Wall Street Journal reports.

MOOC 47

MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). ” The Gates Foundation is perhaps the best known organization for furthering political advocacy through its funding mechanisms.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2021

Credit: Young Kim for The Hechinger Report. “In This story is one of four produced by local reporters under Hechinger’s inaugural Local News Fellowship project. Credit: Young Kim for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Young Kim for The Hechinger Report. billion by the end of the century, according to one study.

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Report System Broadband Study 99

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

One of the flaws, I think, of much of the reporting on education technology is that it treats “ed-tech” as a product without a politics and without a practice. This reporting treats “ed-tech” as a product built in and by Silicon Valley, not as something built in and by public institutions around the world.

Technology 40

Technology Education Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” asks The Hechinger Report. Deregulation of for-profits is “likely,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via The Texas Tribune : “ Texas State Board of Education rejects Mexican-American studies textbook.” ” “ Robot Takeover of Higher Ed Hits a Snag,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

But the struggling sector’s political giving is down since peaking in 2012,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Testing, Testing… Via the Hechinger Report : “On a classroom-based test for new teachers , black teachers score lower.” More on sports-related lawsuits in the sports section below.

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Education Pearson Blackboard Survey 40