The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

As the number of candidates balloons while health risks make it hard for hiring managers to meet with them in person, a trend toward “pre-hiring assessments” — already under way before Covid-19 — is getting a huge new push. Caitlin Storhaug, director of global recruiting communications, McKinsey & Company. There’s no trickery.

Company 144

Company Assessment Report Gamification 144

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 126

E-rate Pearson Company Report 126

MIND Research Institute

JULY 20, 2023

Disability Community and Culture at MIND Companies report that 4-7% of their employees have disclosed a disability. It must be built into strategic plans year-long, designed into policies, meetings, and resources, and a mindset used in all interactions, decisions, and planning. Follow disabled creators.

Education 52

Education Advocacy Accessibility Policies 52

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 4, 2015

And of course those teachers that 1) hardly do anything, 2) join those damned unions, and 3) have huge salaries and summers off. And of course we’ll cut science classes. Plus we need hundreds of millions of dollars to give to companies so that they can create a dozen or so jobs. We can do better! But let’s don’t stop there!

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Advocacy Policies STEM Outcomes 100

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

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 12, 2022

All images and information are being tracked by big data companies. Will your child appreciate your advocacy when they are overcoming handicaps, obstacles, or just throwing a fit and you hit their face with a slice of cheese? There are fake accounts of course, but there are plenty of grown men following underage girls and commenting.

Digital Citizenship 100

Digital Citizenship Social Media Advocacy Data 100

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

There’s great news out of the recent UNESCO meeting in Paris, where member states unanimously adopted the draft Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER). I want to highlight some of the parts of the Recommendation that caught my eye, reading both from a personal perspective as well as my Lumen perspective.

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OER Advocacy Resources Accessibility 119

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Credit: Tina Russell for The Hechinger Report Cory Orr’s accelerated training program meets seven hours a day, four days a week; it will take him 22 weeks instead of the usual two years to earn the certifications he needs to become an industrial maintenance technician.

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Training Industry Report Company 137

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

After a career working at tech-centric companies including Google and Quora in product roles, Liu Huang joined CZI in 2017 to oversee the product development, notably the Summit Learning platform. CZI aims to be a different type of philanthropy looking to integrate grantmaking, advocacy and technology to serve others.

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Education Khan Academy Facebook Advocacy 109

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

It was the final day of first-year orientation at Grinnell College, with classes scheduled to start the next morning, and these new students were still finding their way around the campus, meeting neighbors in the dorms and waiting to hear whether they got into the courses they wanted. If you leave them to opt out, many of them will.”.

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Survey Report Exercises Course 100

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. It’s not that they have less potential than their counterparts in predominantly white, more affluent communities.

Report 85

Report Company Study Advocacy 85

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.

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LMS Blended Learning Advocacy Company 40

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 30, 2017

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. These contingent faculty likely teach four or five courses a term – or teach a different class at three different institutions each semester.

OER 60

OER LMS Learning Moodle 60

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. Over the course of the 2020-21 school year, 15 graduate students worked up to 20 hours a week, with some earning $14.70

Study 138

Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

It seemed an uncontroversial ask — of course I wanted his class to have the supplies they needed for the year. The Title I program identifies what fiscal resources schools need, but Congress hasn’t allocated enough resources to meet those needs. Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S.

Secondary 68

Secondary Report System Advocacy 68

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. In order to target these deficiencies, LPS launched a new math course to help students who were performing below grade level get back on track.

Technology 40

Technology Blended Learning iPad Advocacy 40

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. It might lead one to ask: after two decades and dozens of hundreds of millions of dollars, how many university courses can be taught using OER today? But is 300 a lot or a little?

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OER Course Company Smartphone 73

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 9, 2018

They believe there are those who should not be allowed to benefit from OER – namely, companies. In a more nuanced version, they don’t believe companies should be able to benefit from OER without giving something back. Not so in the OER community; at least, it doesn’t feel like companies are granted this option.

OER 60

OER Company Pearson Resources 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. It’s not that they have less potential than their counterparts in predominantly white, more affluent communities.

Company 31

Company Report Study Advocacy 31

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.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

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. Over the course of the 2020-21 school year, 15 graduate students worked up to 20 hours a week, with some earning $14.70

Study 42

Study Advocacy Training Groups 42

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Our online school and EdOptions Academy, Edmentum Services, has really provided us with the flexibility to meet the needs of families as soon as they arrive. As the teacher librarian at RCCBA, Michelle also teaches elective courses in technology and information literacy skills to her students. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5

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Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 115

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

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

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 58

Company Education Industry Course 58

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

MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

” The Gibsons gave APM Reports an audio recording of the meeting where they discussed the test results with staff at their son Eddie’s school. He thinks a big problem with teacher preparation programs is that many of the people who are teaching the reading instruction courses don’t know the science of reading that well.

Training 78

Training Report Groups System 78

The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2021

To make up for them, he had to take a crush of extra courses back in Minnesota — the maximum allowed without requiring additional tuition — until he had enough to graduate. “It Related: Some universities’ response to budget woes: Making faculty teach more courses. It didn’t make them write a check.”.

Policies 117

Policies Advocacy Course Report 117

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

CAROLINA BIOLOGICAL SUPPLY COMPANY BUILDING BLOCKS OF SCIENCE 3D ( www.carolina.com/help/pressreleases/2018/building-blocks-of-science-3d ) Carolina Biological Supply Company launched the new Building Blocks of Science 3D hands-on unit kits for students in grades K to 5.

Tools 57

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 57

Edsurge

AUGUST 8, 2019

This perspective is influencing research, course offerings and student services at some colleges. “I At Stanford, the Neurodiverse Student Support Program pairs paid mentors (who are sophomores, juniors and seniors) with incoming neurodivergent freshmen, who also take a class about self-advocacy, career development and other practical topics.

Advocacy 141

Advocacy Meeting System Groups 141

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2017

Even in the age of online lectures and digital courseware, college advising has remained relatively low-tech: sketching out degree plans with a pencil and paper during one-off meetings between students and advisors. Their campus is now working to add to its arsenal EduNav, a degree-planning platform where students will register for courses.

Tools 101

Tools Mobility Data System 101

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2022

Former teacher Emily McMahan Teachers Are Not OK For months, advocacy groups, including the National Education Association, the country’s largest union, have been driving home the point that teachers are not OK. There were meetings almost every day, not about students’ mental or physical well-being, but about their test scores.

Survey 212

Survey Company Exercises Data 212

EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

Corinne Roller, director of advocacy and public policy for the nonprofit group Girls Who Code , says the proportion of women in computing jobs has actually been trending downward over the last few decades. “If Every single company in every single industry has a demand for computing jobs.

How To 200

How To Robotics Industry Advocacy 200

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets. The course takes students up to four hours and can be completed over several weeks.

Epson 51

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 51

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

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Over the past three years, they have introduced an induction ceremony for freshmen (like the inverse of a graduation ceremony), a redesign of introductory courses and a handful of other initiatives. Those initiatives aren’t explicitly for Latinx, but Román-Lagunas said Latinx students will benefit. But Debra Santiago, CEO of the D.C.-based

Dropout 109

Dropout Laptops Study Report 109

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets. This follows the company’s recent integrations with Canvas and Schoology and its OneRoster alignment. HOONUIT’S NEW COURSES ( www.hoonuit.com ) Hoonuit announces the launch of accredited professional learning courses.

Tools 70

Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 70