Edsurge

JULY 26, 2022

Among the signatories were large companies that included Athletes Unlimited, Care.com, Patagonia and Synchrony. That has led the company to expand its child care benefits. Marshall Plan for Moms also released a new report in May, with McKinsey & Co., At Synchrony, 60 percent of our workforce are women.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2022

The last bell of the school day is when the work truly begins for staff at the Wisconsin Youth Company. Unlike some after-school programs, Wisconsin Youth Company does not focus on academic tutoring or instruction. The company has had to temporarily shut programs because of staff absences.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Aperture Education , a Riverside Insights company and the leading provider of social-emotional skills assessment and intervention solutions, and Committee for Children , the leading provider of social-emotional curriculum programs in the U.S., Charlotte N.C.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

Student and educator social, emotional, and academic learning continues to be a key focus for schools and districts, especially with the continued stress caused by dealing with the pandemic. Aperture Education has served more than 2 million students and 128,000 educators in over 800 school districts. About Aperture Education.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2020

Credit: Emrys Eller for The Hechinger Report. In hundreds of America’s poorest counties, children deal with food insecurity, interrupted educations and violence at rates that can rival international hot spots like Cambodia and Iraq. Programs & Advocacy. Programs & Advocacy, on a call with reporters.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

More than 40 colleges have said they do not use facial recognition technology on campus and stated they have no plans to do so, according to a new “ scorecard ” published Tuesday by an advocacy campaign titled Ban Facial Recognition on Campus. So far, more than 30 of the contacted colleges have yet to respond or have declined to comment.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2023

For Wiese, it was all a big, expensive gamble — and, in one form or another, is one millions of people with criminal records take every year as they pursue education and workforce training on their way to jobs that require a license. Credit: Noah Willman for the Hechinger Report Wiese, now 45, went to prison for armed robbery of a bank.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

As an education community, we are beginning to understand the depth of the pandemic’s impact, especially on our students of color, our English Language learners and our students with disabilities. We, as an education community, must commit to the principles of Universal Design for Learning for the benefit of all learners.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Educational transformation is a civil rights imperative, so every investment we make must be evaluated through a civil rights lens. Unfortunately, too many of our investments in educational technology (edtech) have fallen far short of our civil rights aspirations. Education is too fundamentally important to the health of our society.

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MIND Research Institute

JULY 20, 2023

We see this language baked into our education systems and materials with terms like “differently abled,” “impaired,” “deficit,” and “low functioning.” Disability Community and Culture at MIND Companies report that 4-7% of their employees have disclosed a disability. Follow disabled creators. Learning is a continuous journey.

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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. The school’s website promised a “rigorous education experience” delivered by highly qualified teachers. Then she saw an online ad for the Ohio Distance and Electronic Learning Academy (OHDELA).

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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. The Education Department says that last year about 17.5 Erika Turner and her husband have 11 children between them.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Experts say early educators are key to developing early math knowledge and noticing potential delays in math. Credit: Lillian Mongeau for The Hechinger Report That’s slowly changing — for some disabilities. students began long before the pandemic, but the problem has snowballed into an education crisis.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 9, 2016

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has joined the board of directors for Pluralsight , a Utah-based ed-tech company that provides online courses in various subjects, including software development and information technology, the news site Fast Company reported Thursday.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

The humanities field has not recovered from that free fall, recently published data from the National Center for Education Statistics show. Educators can no longer afford to be shy about publicizing the practical skills their humanities students develop or the careers humanities graduates succeed in. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

That’s the conclusion of a new report from U.S. Public Interest Research Group , a nonprofit advocacy organization that takes a skeptical view of publishers’ efforts to automatically bill students for pre-packaged commercial course materials. “We PIRG report, however, says the actual contracts tell a different story.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

With the continued funding challenges educators face, it’s crucial to pick an education resource that will yield the best return on investment and support learning outcomes for your district. In addition, partner with the education technology provider in developing a plan that will meet your district’s curriculum and strategic goals.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

They give companies another reason to stop relying principally on academic degrees when hiring, since candidates who are Black are less likely than white candidates to have one , according to the U.S. Department of Education, for reasons including cost and access. Credit: Emma Harris for The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2022

But educators, policymakers and employers who are busy redesigning postsecondary options don’t always understand what teenagers actually need and want. He also continues to work part-time at a logistics company. “I Dino reports. College has me running in circles,” she reports. If they listened, what would they learn?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

It’s a sign of fraught times for these schools and for the training boot camps that offer ISAs, with lawsuits mounting, federal and state governments imposing restrictions and students reporting mixed satisfaction. Some of those closing shop report lack of interest. Purdue’s pause points to bigger problems in the ISA industry.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Special education caseloads in schools have continued to rise, increasing backlogs, and driving clinician burnout. The technology company has developed a robust, clinician-designed online therapy platform for their own network of teletherapy providers, and made a version of it available to schools during the pandemic. About Presence.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

A Yale-educated evolutionary biologist and a member of the faculty at Catholic, liberal arts-focused Sacred Heart University, Geffrey Stopper also oversees one of its newest courses: Advanced Craft Beverage Brewing. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report.

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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. Credit: Tina Russell for The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In April 2018, privacy advocacy groups filed a complaint stating that YouTube had been illegally collecting personal data about minors who use its service without their parents’ consent, and used that information for advertising purposes. But is it really all that much? That was a $5.7 It may be easy when you’re talking about nursery rhymes.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Mississippi Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes with trends and top stories about education in Mississippi. LeMya Vaughn completes an activity on her kindergarten readiness program, UPSTART. Subscribe today!

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The GoGuardian Research and Insights team today announced its comprehensive findings on the factors that create an engaging learning experience in K-12 schools, both online and in-person, in its 2020 State of Engagement Report. To learn more about the 2020 State of Engagement Report and GoGuardian Research and Insights, click here.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Black teachers were more than twice as likely as other teachers in the winter of 2021 to say they planned to leave their jobs at the end of the 2020-21 school year, according to a report released by the RAND Corporation. About a decade ago, former Secretary of Education Arne Duncan set out to recruit 80,000 Black male teachers.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2018

It is the primary job of the education system to teach our children. It involves creating positive school climates, adopting rigorous reporting systems, and educating students and parents about digital citizenship and how to use social media responsibly. However, schools are also entrusted by parents to keep students safe.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

Department of Education. The foundation was established last summer by Seldin and her husband to support projects related to immigration reform and higher education. Even more, the report noted that schools “are not required to inform students about the dependent care allowance.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The Newark Board of Education (NBOE) has joined forces with Prudential Financial , Schools That Can , and Discovery Education to create an innovative public-private partnership that supports student academic achievement and builds confidence in math skills through a unique suite of dynamic digital resources.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

No more simply “sitting on your butt in class,” as one educator put it. We have to engage in a movement,” Susan Patrick, CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group known as iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning), told the cheering crowd of 3,000 true believers. Why are we so stuck in an age-based, grade-based era?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The project, designed by Tom Sugar, vice president for partnerships at EAB, the education consulting firm that will support colleges in the Moon Shot effort, is an effort to address systemic pitfalls in higher education and eliminate equity gaps in access and completion. Sign up for our higher education newsletter. .

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

51Talk is China’s leading online English education platform. The company’s mission is to make quality education accessible and affordable, and through an online platform. Can you tell us about your education background? What were two things that excited you about working with the company? About Inkeri Martin.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We will also explore the “opportunity to reimagine our futures, to renew and adapt our institutions and to craft new stories about who we are and what we value” ( United Nations' Human Development Report 2021/2022 ). Garcia-Febo has a Bachelors in Business Education, Masters in Library and Information Sciences.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 30, 2023

We will also explore the “opportunity to reimagine our futures, to renew and adapt our institutions and to craft new stories about who we are and what we value” ( United Nations' Human Development Report 2021/2022 ). Garcia-Febo has a Bachelors in Business Education, Masters in Library and Information Sciences.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

million students from fall 2019 to fall of 2021, according to state data leaving campuses worried about their future and potential students with fewer of the opportunities offered by higher education. The report was provided jointly to The Hechinger Report and the Los Angeles Times.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

Photo: Trxlation for The Hechinger Report. It’s that fewer than one in five of 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. Photo: Trxlation for The Hechinger Report.

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