MindShift

JANUARY 30, 2019

It’s that fewer than one in five adults in the entire surrounding Humphreys County have at least an associate degree, according to census data analyzed by the nonprofit advocacy organization Complete Tennessee. With worker shortages hitting industries nationwide, their companies — and many states’ economies — depend on it.

Industry 28

Industry Advocacy Company Training 28

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

All in this Edtech Reports Recap. A new survey on corporate skills training forecasts that a lot more companies will try doing it using virtual reality environments in the next two years. Further behind were gamification, micro-learning, in-person learning and artificial intelligence (none of these were defined in the report).

Survey 134

Survey EdTech Tools Training 134

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

“Back in the early 2000s, I used to tell people we were stuck in the early ’60s, and I’m not sure how much more we’ve progressed,” said Ali O’Neill, who runs a construction company near Portland, Oregon, with her husband. an advocacy group in Oakland, California. “We We are still really struggling with the retention numbers.”.

Training 111

Training Groups Industry Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2021

It definitely made for a pretty horrible year and a half,” Smith said about the impact of a policy he called “both stupid and shortsighted.” Credit: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. Data previously obtained from the institutions by The Hechinger Report and GBH News shows the total is 97,145.

Policies 113

Policies Advocacy Course Report 113

The Hechinger Report

MAY 4, 2023

In many cases, parents like Linskens can’t find programs that offer the support their children need — many parents report being turned away from child care programs once program officials learn that their child has a disability. But for parents of children with disabilities, child care shortages have always been a reality.

Advocacy 114

Advocacy Report Trends Industry 114

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Known as online program managers, these companies have been hired largely to connect universities with customers who want graduate degrees. Even though the companies are often taking the bulk of the tuition revenue the degree programs pull in, the firms still aren’t profitable in many cases.

Company 56

Company Education Industry Course 56

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

During a pandemic, when there’s no uniform way of counting attendance, Hedy Chang, director of the advocacy group Attendance Works, has seen districts rethinking some of these rules, with their ability to do so varying on state flexibility. Caroline Preston contributed reporting. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter here.

Policies 141

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 141

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

To offset all this double counting, there is the separate issue of the many “whole course” OER that OTL refuses to index because they don’t meet the OTL’s definition of “textbook.” The Linux Foundation issues an annual report about activities related to kernel development. patches/hour (p. There’s really not one.

OER 73

OER Course Company Smartphone 73

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

He’s put $100 million of his own money into his company Kernel (which I guess means we’re supposed to believe it’s a real, viable thing) with the promise of developing computer chip implants that will bolster human intelligence. ” An ed-tech trend in the making, investors hope. So Why Not in College?

Technology 67

Technology Education Facebook Company 67

edWeb.net

AUGUST 6, 2020

In fact, reported the presenters, integration resulted in educational inequities along with a decline in Black cultural identity and the disappearance of Black educators. Those things are intentional and are things we can definitely correct within the system.”. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Kaplan Early Learning Company.

Kaplan 98

Kaplan Education Policies System 98

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. EDSBY ( edsby.com ) Edsby has introduced new ways to capture and report on evidence of student learning.

Epson 52

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine — As the silkscreen printing company where she’d worked for five years became more and more short-staffed, Vanessa Moody found herself putting in 60 hours a week, starting at 6 a.m. Vanessa Moody worked at a silkscreen printing company until she was turned down for a raise after routinely putting in 60 hours a week.

Training 139

Training Company Industry Report 139

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

I’ve definitely heard from at least 10 parents who are like, ‘I don’t know what’s going on,’ ” O’Connor said. “ ‘Is this good for my child?’ ”. There’s tremendous hype swirling around personalized learning, with money pouring in from foundations and education technology companies eager to capitalize on the trend. Photo: Chris Berdik.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

White students could lose four to eight months of learning by June 2021, and students of color could lose six to 12 months, according to a McKinsey & Company report published in December. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Chad Gestson, superintendent of Phoenix Union High School District.

Laptops 127

Laptops System Policies Meeting 127

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

His paltry education was much like that of dozens of other children in the GNETS system whose experiences this reporter researched. Most, but not all, reported an absence of the sort of therapeutic benefit implied by the program’s name. Developed by a company now called Edgenuity , the platform is available for all K-12 subjects. “It

Education 79

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 79

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

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Much is provided directly by colleges and universities themselves, with few checks on whether it’s correct — at a time when some schools admit to having falsified information or reported it in misleading ways. The federal government’s definition of transparency is not the general public’s conception of transparency.”.

Data 79

Data Policies Report Study 79

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

“Personalized learning,” according to some definitions, is driven by students’ own interests and inquiry rather than by the demands or standards imposed by the instructor, the school, the state. ” Or it dates to the Gates Foundation’s funding grants and political advocacy in the early 2000s. ”).

Personalized Learning 83

Personalized Learning Learning Course Handbook 83

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” Government Accountability Office said in a report Wednesday.” ” (Hmm. ” Via the AP : “Gov.

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2020

The expanded safety net, though, doesn’t apply to workers at private companies with 500 or more employees. Katherine Gallagher Robbins, child care and early education director at the Center for Law and Social Policy, an advocacy group for low-income families. I was definitely scared: Will they hire me back?

Industry 138

Industry Policies Advocacy Report 138

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Lumina is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report, which co-produced this story.). I definitely want to be out of here in four years,” Soberano said. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. SAN JOSE, Calif.

Education 96

Education Policies Course System 96

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

“ Lights go out at Education Department headquarters – and may stay off for some time,” The Washington Post reports. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to push ahead with his nomination today, despite the numerous reports now about Brett Kavanaugh ’s history of drunkenness and alleged sexual assault.

Education 55

Education Chegg MOOC Robotics 55

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

.” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. Without revenue the company will go away.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. Code.org is backed by a long list of technology companies – from AT&T to Amazon to Facebook to Google to Verizon. (I’ll Bootcamp or Bust.

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Voter suppression and intimidation has been a time-honored tactic in America, and in the run-up to the midterms next week, complaints have been reported from Georgia to Texas. New Hampshire Republicans, after a narrow Senate loss, also pushed for a strict definition of residency that would have enacted significant barriers to college voters.

Outcomes 65

Outcomes Survey Advocacy Report 65

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

On his first full day in office, the President used a speech at CIA headquarters to call journalists “among the most dishonest human beings on earth,” chastising the media for reports that there had been low turnout at his inauguration. ” Their reporting should not be trusted. Trump claimed that 1.5 Who Do We Trust?

Technology 71

Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71