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.

Pearson 148

Pearson Accessibility Course Report 148

Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Real change can come from our unanimous stance against ineffective edtech, including predatory companies who make baseless claims in order to sell their products. And like every business, edtech companies are driven by people, many of whom have the best intentions—and many of whom are also focused on profit margins.

EdTech 334

EdTech Dropout Advocacy Outcomes 334

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments. percent to 22.5

UDL 168

UDL EdTech Student Engagement Advocacy 168

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 12, 2020

To keep pace with the 21st century workplace, workforce development programs must provide better advocacy, choices and career pathway guidance for every American. Opportunity@Work’s recently launched marketplace is one such example. It would be affordable, with companies paying. But that’s only the beginning.

Policies 124

Policies Advocacy Mobility Accessibility 124

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

By July 2021, 72 percent of undergraduates said that their awareness of social justice issues had increased over the preceding year, and just under half reported that their involvement in social justice efforts was impacting their career choices, according to a survey by Best Colleges. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

Study 118

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Credit: Lillian Mongeau for The Hechinger Report That’s slowly changing — for some disabilities. This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress.

Report 129

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Savvas is proud to call out Johnston County Public Schools as an outstanding example of K-12 success using enVision — a true “K-12 Hero” using its innovative education technology. For example, in one activity, she supercharges a regular lesson by having students record explanations of what they’ve learned on their iPads.

Education 129

Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 129

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.

E-rate 122

E-rate Pearson Company Report 122

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. That means students practice applying knowledge and skills from one discipline — philosophy, for example — to problems in another, like artificial intelligence. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Quite the opposite. Abandon it.

Advocacy 89

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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. Caitlin Storhaug, director of global recruiting communications, McKinsey & Company. Credit: Emma Harris for The Hechinger Report.

Company 144

Company Assessment Report Gamification 144

Edsurge

JULY 27, 2021

For others, it’s “ political advocacy ” and “ anti-American theories. ” While working for an AP prep company, she started producing YouTube videos and posting on Instagram to help her students study. percent of over 1,100 respondents reported being mandated or required to teach it. For some, it’s crucial civic education.

Social Media 171

Social Media Classroom Learning Trends 171

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. A sample contract on the Back a Boiler website, for example, notes that “ This is not a loan or credit.”.

Company 69

Company Report Survey Industry 69

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

A recent New York Times investigation found that many companies receive such precise, extensive data on their users that they—and anyone else they share this information with—could easily identify a single individual and pinpoint their location. If we want to raise the bar, we need to make sure these companies understand,” he says.

Tools 129

Tools Policies Data Android 129

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 ).

Libraries 70

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 70

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2021

Cleveland State had added $600 in collection and late fees and eventually, as required by state law, had passed the debt on to the state attorney general’s office, which then sent it to a for-profit debt collection company and then to a private law firm. At each step along the way, interest was tacked on.

Policies 139

Policies Company Report Advocacy 139

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

Toro, who is 23, is one of 97,145 students, graduates and former students who can’t obtain their transcripts because they owe money to Massachusetts’ public colleges and universities, according to data obtained by The Hechinger Report and GBH Boston. Nationwide, 6.6 It’s such a hassle,” she said. That’s why we’re there.

Policies 141

Policies Advocacy Report System 141

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 ).

Libraries 69

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 69

MIND Research Institute

JULY 20, 2023

Disability Community and Culture at MIND Companies report that 4-7% of their employees have disclosed a disability. For example, the larger font sizes on your slide deck benefit those with low vision but also those sitting at the back of the room, who forgot their glasses, or who have a headache. Own the labor.

Education 52

Education Advocacy Accessibility Policies 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

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. This walkout is just the beginning,” Ragan Toppan, a student at Deering High , wrote in a Hechinger Report op-ed last week.

Advocacy 86

Advocacy Learning Conference Common Core 86

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

You know, the advocacy is not lost on them. Tip #2: Remember that we’re mandatory reporters. I would say, maybe a caution for first year teachers — I think many teachers are aware, but – we’re all mandatory reporters. And my intention was really to share this lesson that really works for me in my classroom.

Differentiated Instruction 253

Differentiated Instruction Advocacy Report Company 253

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

In particular, many students, for whom these efforts intend to protect, are still unaware of their rights when it comes to how their online footprints are tracked—whether by third-party companies or sometimes the school districts themselves. The concerns raised in the report are not hypothetical nor without merit.

Social Media 123

Social Media Student Data Privacy Facebook Data 123

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Hispanic or Latinx, Black, African American and multiracial students, on average, reported dealing with more obstacles than white or Asian students. Last year, instead of purchasing new office or classroom furniture, the faculty agreed to repurpose older furniture and get used furniture from a company that no longer needed it, for example.

Technology 123

Technology Broadband Meeting Advocacy 123

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. The bottom line is without childcare America doesn’t work.”

Industry 138

Industry Policies Advocacy Report 138

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Programs serving inmates at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex were cut, for example, and the budget for free preschool for 3-year-olds was reduced. But some residents said the university ultimately hired few local residents, overlooked local companies for much of the work and has not been as welcoming to neighbors as promised. “It

Policies 115

Policies Meeting Study Advocacy 115

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.

Industry 96

Industry Report Company Training 96

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

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. The report was provided jointly to The Hechinger Report and the Los Angeles Times. The pain from these debts is not felt evenly, researchers said.

Dropout 101

Dropout Policies Data Report 101

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 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 ).

Libraries 73

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 73

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. It’s essentially a vestige of colonialism,” said Roberto Jiménez Rivera, a rare example of a native Puerto Rican from modest means who went to college on the mainland, where he now is an assistant director of admissions at Tufts University. Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2018

Only about one in five of 2016 graduates got full-time jobs in legal offices, the advocacy organization Law School Transparency reported. We are in a period in which many states are reevaluating and revising their authorization regulations,” Capella Education Company, which runs Capella University, warned its shareholders.

Company 68

Company Industry Advocacy Report 68

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report. Most school districts don’t have a municipal bond expert on staff or on their board, leaving them at the mercy of financial companies to guide them through the bond issuance process. Whitney Curtis for The Hechinger Report.

Report 73

Report Industry Company Conference 73

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 2, 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 ).

Libraries 63

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 63

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

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. Offers of financial aid, for example, are notoriously confusing. Some observers complain that’s not enough.

Data 79

Data Policies Report Study 79

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

And though she wished the media would take the spotlight off public figures like herself, that didn’t stop her from taking potshots at rivals, such as Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers union, or the Obama administration, in a talk that segued from prepared remarks to a conversation with New York Times reporter Erica L.

Guidelines 65

Guidelines Advocacy Secondary Policies 65

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.” Your stories.

Study 136

Study Data Report Elementary 136

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. “There’s a really tremendous gulf,” said Katie Berger, senior policy analyst for higher education at the nonprofit advocacy organization The Education Trust. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report.

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Report Company Study Advocacy 82