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. More than a thousand parents have joined a Facebook group called Mainers Concerned About Proficiency Based Learning.

Advocacy 92

Advocacy Learning Conference Common Core 92

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.

Education 104

Education Khan Academy Facebook Advocacy 104

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

Budgets reflect policy priorities. I don’t know what the answer is, particularly since educators in Iowa can’t strike and don’t want to put policy interests above the day-to-day needs of their students. Roark is correct about our tone but I will also note that educators’ current policy advocacy is not working.

Policies 100

Policies Advocacy Social Media Conference 100

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

WeThrive leverages a best-in-class curriculum and self-guided interactive modules to activate youth as change-makers who create real companies, earning real revenues as they perfect the practice required to achieve economic prosperity. To learn more, visit waltonfamilyfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram.

Classroom 94

Classroom Social Media Mobility Advocacy 94

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

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Charisse Taylor , senior director of policy and implementation at NYC Department of Education, will share resources, templates and other activities aimed at helping educators create new CS programs that are “diverse by design.” Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Ragan Toppan, a junior at Deering High School, took part in a walkout last fall to protest a change in the school’s grading policy. The result today is a patchwork of local policies, with pockets of proficiency-based grading surrounded by schools that have stuck with traditional methods of evaluating students — or reverted to them recently.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

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. There’s not enough time in the day for educators to read each company’s privacy policy.

Tools 129

Tools Policies Data Android 129

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., And she hopes educators and families all across the country will try it and see that for themselves.

Learning 218

Learning Analysis Assessment Groups 218

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

.” Of course, when all these narratives about “social emotional learning” get picked up by education technologists and education entrepreneurs, they don’t just turn policy mandates or even into TED Talks. I wrote about this company, along with its better known competitor ClassDojo, in an article in The Baffler.

Technology 67

Technology Education Facebook Company 67

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The company, which is based in Oakland, counts LinkedIn and PathSource among its competitors. They are a collection of all the documents the company has compiled on a single scientific concept. Civic Eagle Civic Eagle wants to make it easier for people working in the policy realm to discover, track and analyze legislation.

Personalized Learning 125

Personalized Learning Learning Company Policies 125

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

There’s tremendous hype swirling around personalized learning, with money pouring in from foundations and education technology companies eager to capitalize on the trend. Related: Summit Schools and Facebook announce new personalized learning platform project. Photo: Chris Berdik. Basecamp is not a school cloning operation.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

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. Credit: Facebook/Patrick Miller. Chad Gestson, superintendent of Phoenix Union High School District.

Laptops 131

Laptops System Policies Meeting 131

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: Virtually all school districts buy web filters from companies that sort the internet into categories. The ACLU campaign didn’t focus only on filtering companies.

Social Media 84

Social Media Libraries Elementary Advocacy 84

MindShift

DECEMBER 11, 2019

More than a decade later, Mayen is garnering international recognition from Facebook and the global gaming community for an innovative video game that brings players into the life of a refugee. Mayen shared the game on his Facebook page, and that’s when he started attracting international attention. Screen shots of Salaam.

Video 66

Video Facebook Industry Advocacy 66

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via Edsurge : “Experts Look Into the Crystal Ball of the Next Administration’s Ed Policy.” It’s not really “free Internet,” of course – it’s Facebook as Internet. It’s always fascinating to look at ed-tech companies’ job postings – this one is from Khan Academy.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before Congress this week about privacy, data, monopoly power, and regulations. And there’s more Facebook-related news in several of the sections below. ” Via The Verge : “ Facebook -backed lawmakers are pushing to gut privacy law.” (National) Education Politics.

Education 44

Education Facebook Edmodo OER 44

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Or “personalized learning” is the latest and greatest – some new endeavor that will be achieved, not through human attention or agency or through paperwork or policy but through computing technologies. ” 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

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

Lake Oconee Academy was the brainchild of the Reynolds Lake Oconee real estate company. But many of the 747 charters have implemented policies that critics say make it difficult for lower-income families to access them. Company officials and their allies sit on many of the county’s most important boards. GREENSBORO, Ga.

Report 112

Report Company Data Meeting 112

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2020

Parents would be responsible for bringing kids on and off, on and off, on and off,” said Mancha-Sumners, the associate director for the Texas Center for Education Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. “I The Austin Facebook group that Mancha-Sumners co-created is full of parents for whom the cost of a learning pod is out of reach.

Facebook 144

Facebook Advocacy Groups Meeting 144

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” Via The New York Times : “Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built.” ” Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein on his company’s new event series, The Empirical Educator Project.

Lenovo 51

Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

MindShift

JULY 22, 2020

Parents would be responsible for bringing kids on and off, on and off, on and off,” said Mancha-Sumners, the associate director for the Texas Center for Education Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. “I The Austin Facebook group that Mancha-Sumners co-created is full of parents for whom the cost of a learning pod is out of reach.

Learning 57

Learning Facebook Groups Report 57

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

” Also Facebook ’s DC lobbyist, Joel Kaplan, who was sitting right behind Kavanaugh as he screamed at Senators. “ Is Running a Company Like Leading a Classroom? “ States Are Adopting More Computer Science Policies. The learn-to-code company has raised $6.9 ” asks Edsurge. Does He Want To?

Education 55

Education Chegg MOOC Robotics 55

Hack Education

OCTOBER 27, 2017

” The Black Alliance for Educational Options , a charter school advocacy group, announced it will cease operations at the end of the year. No disclosure in this or its Class Central article that it shares investors with these MOOC companies.). Related, I think: “The Rift Among Charter Schools” by Rachel Cohen.).

MOOC 47

MOOC Education Company Coursera 47

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” From the press release (which explains why there’d be an article on the company this week): “ YouTube joins forces with Britannica to provide easier access to credible and authoritative information.” The company has raised $20.4 The company had raised some $40.5 million total. Goodwall has raised $10.8

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

The influence of Bill Gates in education and education technology policy really cannot be overstated. An advocacy for libertarian politics – think Peter Thiel (a Stanford graduate) now advising Donald Trump. ” Despite thinking of themselves as liberal-learning, today’s tech companies re-inscribe much of this.

Trends 64

Trends Company MOOC Edmodo 64

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. 3D Printing.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Bust or not, companies across the tech sector, particularly those with high “burn rates” , faced tough choices in 2016: “cut costs drastically to become self-sustaining, or seek additional capital on ever-more-onerous terms,” as The WSJ put it – that is, if they were able to raise additional capital at all. .”

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

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

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2020

As parents working from home with young children are saying loudly on Twitter, Facebook and every other social media channel: Raising a kid and working full time without child care is not sustainable. “It Her mortgage company is letting her skip her April 1 payment, but she isn’t aware of any other help headed her way.

System 145

System Industry Advocacy Report 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Care is lagging behind, so kids are lagging behind,” said Patricia Cole, senior director of federal policy at Zero to Three. Patricia Cole, senior director of federal policy at Zero to Three. Those numbers likely hold for toddlers because nonparental care options don’t increase significantly until age 3.

Report 87

Report Policies Data Trends 87

Hack Education

JUNE 2, 2017

” Via Chalkbeat : “For Betsy DeVos and her former advocacy group, the future of education means ‘ personalization ,’ including virtual schools.” ” No disclosure in the article that Edsurge shares investors with both these companies. Via Edsurge : “ BrightBytes Tried to Buy Hapara.

Education 48

Education MOOC Report Company 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

As with the Illinois bill, Louisiana students who violate free speech policies twice would be expelled or suspended. A bill signed into law in Utah that defined free speech policies for campuses, adding that those who violate these can face legal action. A bill in Texas that would bar free speech zones on campuses.

Technology 58

Technology Education Social Media Groups 58

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Anti-trans policies were passed, school staff were ordered not to use “terms related to LGBTQ,” and a full year of social studies was cut from graduation requirements to make room for supposedly more patriotic instruction. If we don’t make the most of this chance,” he said, “we’re not going to get another one.” “It

Policies 142

Policies Education Elementary Advocacy 142

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

34 Percent Of Graduates Received A Diploma Against District Policy.” The “pioneer in the science of learning,” as Inside Higher Ed puts it , will help the technology company with its internal training program. Via Techcrunch : “ Sphero ’s CEO discusses the company’s shift from Star Wars to schools.”

Education 45

Education MOOC Company Pearson 45