The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It’s a virtual charter school, the tuition paid with taxpayer dollars, run by the for-profit charter management company ACCEL Schools. Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020. Stride Inc.,

E-rate 123

E-rate Pearson Company Report 123

The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 18, 2023

They were curious if framing employees’ work by their results (instead of “you have to be at your desk from X to Y”) would improve both company outcomes and employees’ experiences. Founding CultureRx , home of the Results-Only Work Environment, Thompson and Ressler have helped other companies shift to this sort of a model.

Classroom 52

Classroom Company Course Outcomes 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

Two other Vemo clients — Messiah University and Colorado Mountain College — also reported that the company has shut down, though the company doesn’t appear to have made a formal announcement. A sample contract on the Back a Boiler website, for example, notes that “ This is not a loan or credit.”.

Company 70

Company Report Survey Industry 70

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

I believe these partnerships will be increasingly important as OER tries to cross the chasm from being an interesting experiment by early adopters (the 6-ish% adoption we see today in the courses where adoptable OER exist) to something used campus-wide and integrated deeply into the fabric of institutions.

OER 119

OER Advocacy Resources Accessibility 119

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

Companies like LegalZoom and Rocket Lawyer, which have created a do-it-yourself model for legal services, and others like Ravel and ROSS that improve lawyers’ research and productivity, have changed the profession and business models. What’s so punishing is that the good days are over. Or they could offer new credentials that prepare non-J.D.s

Competency Based Learning 98

Competency Based Learning Advocacy Online Learning Training 98

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Attending trade shows seems like an absolute must for educational publishers; the cost, personnel, and logistics can be obstacles for even the larger companies. First, since no company can attend every event, staff should meet to discuss event strategy every year ahead of trade show season.

Company 53

Company Industry Meeting Advocacy 53

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

Remind is a good example of this because professors can easily and privately share with a whole class, or groups within a class, relevant course materials. These mobile messages keep students connected to course material and let students know we care about them, but the system is still too one-size-fits-all.

Mobility 86

Mobility OER Technology BYOD 86

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

We offer our colleagues at peer institutions and edtech companies nine considerations for cultivating innovation on campus and beyond. These principles include understanding users and creating a minimum viable product, for example, and we apply them to each project. Establish clear values and guiding principles.

Advocacy 60

Advocacy Software MOOC Learning Analytics 60

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Effective Advocacy. They understood the outsized influence that billion dollar behemoths like Microsoft would continue to have, and knew that the only way the open source model could “win” would be if proprietary software companies adopted it. These are huge companies that compete directly with each other in many ways.

OER 80

OER Advocacy Software Company 80

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Learn how students are teaching each other drone piloting and other examples from Albemarle County, Virginia with Superintendent Pam Moran. Pam: But his kids… he teaches an environmental course. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

Elementary 188

Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 188

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Examples of Value-Added Services in the Context of Open. Both the wider internet and the narrower education space are filled with companies and organizations that provide value-added services around openly licensed software and content. Students in some courses also had access to lecture video. When you add in the 15.7%

OER 60

OER LMS Learning Moodle 60

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

And while core course content is often housed on the district’s internal learning management system (LMS), the extracurricular content—advanced placement (AP), English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), honors, homeschool, and blended learning content—must also be factored into the equation.

LMS 40

LMS Blended Learning Advocacy Company 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

SHOW LINK BIO: Angela Maiers has been creating and leading change in education and enterprise for 31 years, teaching every level of school from grade school to graduate school and consulting with companies around the world. As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount.

Classroom 36

Classroom Advocacy Learning Conference 36

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. For example, she had trouble finding the area of a triangle and other math involving shapes. It’s a long road of recovery.”

Study 138

Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

What they lack is college-educated relatives, counselors, role models or mentors to make sure they take the courses and meet the deadlines they need to, or who encourage them to think about their further educations. Siembra, a for-profit company that’s paid by participating school districts and colleges, has only early results to share.

Report 83

Report Company Study Advocacy 83

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. A report published Thursday by the Student Borrower Protection Center , a nonprofit advocacy group focused on student debt, attempts to quantify the scope of this problem.

Dropout 102

Dropout Policies Data Report 102

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy? We learn by the things we do.

Accessibility 62

Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many public school districts don’t have the resources to partner with an education technology company to develop customized digital learning tools for their classrooms. For example, in early 2008, LPS noticed that students were falling behind in math. Photo: Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.

Technology 40

Technology Blended Learning iPad Advocacy 40

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

For example, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about the future of learning materials writ large. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. But from time to time I still step back and worry about field-level issues.

OER 73

OER Course Company Smartphone 73

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2018

The United States is facing a dramatic shortfall of skilled workers , and the economic-modeling company Emsi says a huge wave of retirements will hit blue-collar industries particularly hard in the next few years. The problem threatens not just colleges and local economies, but the national economy as well.

Industry 56

Industry Report Training Advocacy 56

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Jahliel Thurman (Vice President of Uplift Entertainment) and Shalon Bell (Director of Strategic Alliances at the Atlanta Voice)—will discuss how despite limited monetary capital, these institutions continue to boost students’ potential in graduate education, entrepreneurship and advocacy through human capital. EdSurge 4:00 p.m.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

MindShift

MARCH 29, 2018

What they lack is college-educated relatives, counselors, role models or mentors to make sure they take the courses and meet the deadlines they need to, or who encourage them to think about their further educations. Siembra, a for-profit company that’s paid by participating school districts and colleges, has only early results to share.

Company 31

Company Report Study Advocacy 31

MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. For example, she had trouble finding the area of a triangle and other math involving shapes. When given the opportunity, then they will succeed.

Study 42

Study Advocacy Training Groups 42

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2017

During Global Leadership Week, partner organizations, companies, school districts and individual schools have designed and are hosting virtual or face-to-face events to showcase global thought leadership. This is a free, live video event with Sean Maguire of Plan International, a global advocacy organization dedicated to children's rights.

Conference 51

Conference Social Media Twitter Facebook 51

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

or a solid B, according to the education consulting company Civitas Learning. At least half a million students a year are placed into such courses, The Hechinger Report has found , and many of them give up in frustration, according to the advocacy organization Complete College America.

Dropout 99

Dropout Report Policies Data 99

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

That experience indicates why leaders of education technology companies and investment firms are starting to see opportunity in expanding their reach into children’s earliest moments of life. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that Black women, for example, make up a disproportionate number of pregnancy deaths.

Education 153

Education EdTech Company Industry 153

edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

AI and ChatGPT Of course, the first reaction to this new iteration of the technology was about students cheating. For example, many schools used the funding to develop intensive tutoring programs that continue to help accelerate student learning.

Digital Citizenship 103

Digital Citizenship Advocacy Company Assessment 103

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

But one district has been steadfast in its commitment, staying the course through three superintendents: RSU 2. To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts. Staying the course in Portland. A local success story.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With his transformative efforts, Mr. Hatcher has propelled Akron Public Schools to the forefront of educational excellence, becoming a shining example of how innovative education technologies can truly make a difference in students’ lives. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 We have the largest ROTC unit.

Edmentum 121

Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 121

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. Nevertheless, higher education hasn’t had a true redesign of its approach to majors and courses in 50 years. We integrate a set of core concepts across all courses that becomes a common language for our students and professors.

Advocacy 89

Advocacy Study Course Report 89

MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

That’s one reason schools have avoided using the word dyslexia, according to Fran Bowman, a former special education teacher who now runs an educational services company that works with school districts to train teachers. Whole language was big in the 1920s, for example, as progressive education became influential.

Training 78

Training Report Groups System 78

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2016

When students are underprepared for preliminary courses required for their degrees, they’re typically placed in remedial classes. But a better solution for helping them catch up is to enroll them in co-requisite college courses and provide additional support. Traditional remedial courses can be discouraging.

Outcomes 0

Outcomes Course Analysis Training 0

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Known as online program managers, these companies have been hired largely to connect universities with customers who want graduate degrees. Though the faculty teach the courses and the universities control admission standards and confer the graduates’ degrees, much of the work of building and managing the courses is done by the companies.

Company 57

Company Education Industry Course 57

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

He worked as a mental health counselor, a busboy in a bar, a team member at a Whole Foods and a cashier on the night shift at a diner while juggling a full slate of courses. Think about getting on the phone with your insurance company and multiply that times 1,000.”. “I It’s such a hassle,” she said. That’s why we’re there.

Policies 142

Policies Advocacy Report System 142

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

To counteract these realities, Román-Lagunas said her staff members have been analyzing Latinx students’ data — majors, feeder high schools and retention rates, for example — to see where they can make a difference. Those initiatives aren’t explicitly for Latinx, but Román-Lagunas said Latinx students will benefit.

Dropout 108

Dropout Laptops Study Report 108

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. In this time, as in previous educational disruptions, teenagers are most at risk for being knocked off course. But access to home support is arguably even more important. Give teens one-on-one support.

Khan Academy 57

Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57