The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

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Advocacy 111

Advocacy Data Report Groups 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. In a survey conducted by Quest Research and the Kaplan test-prep company, they were four times more likely to say they’d hire an English major with a credential in cybersecurity than an English major without one. “We Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report.

Kaplan 125

Kaplan Training Report Survey 125

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 87

Advocacy Learning Conference Common Core 87

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 102

Dropout Policies Data Report 102

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. And so we always talk about it as ‘unfinished learning.’ ”. “It’s not something we’re going to make up in a summer or in a year. Your stories.

Study 138

Study Data Report Elementary 138

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. The survey asked what kinds of approaches the respondents would invest more money in if they could double their learning budget.

Survey 138

Survey EdTech Tools Training 138

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. It sometimes takes him hours to type assignments.

Policies 143

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 143

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. He finds it easy to teach himself with online content as his guide. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. MESA, Ariz.

Learning 123

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 123

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

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2016

Too many students in virtual and blended learning schools are performing poorly, according to a new National Education Policy Center report , released last week, by Gary Miron, a professor at Western Michigan University, and Charisse Gulosino, an assistant professor at the University of Memphis. That was the shock for us,” Miron said.

Blended Learning 40

Blended Learning Learning Advocacy Report 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

The Hechinger Report visited schools in India recently and talked to experts about blended learning – which includes an element of online learning with in-class instruction – and the potential it has for helping both teachers and students in the world’s second-most populous country. “I Read more about Blended Learning.

Blended Learning 40

Blended Learning Learning Tablets Training 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

In math teacher Danielle Bosse’s classroom, three students take assessments (foreground) while their classmates learn and practice different math skills. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Chris Berdik for The Hechinger Report. HUNTER, N.D. —

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Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Personalized learning dates back to a Chicago lab school at the turn of the 20th century, but the concept is having a renaissance because of today’s more sophisticated technology — and the excitement and investment the technology has inspired. And they suspect that education technology companies may be promising more than they can deliver.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Personalized learning is easy to bastardize.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Meghan Whittaker, director of policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. I don’t think anyone’s going to say that what we were doing worked or was equitable,” said Meghan Whittaker, the director of policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. Here’s why they’re not.

Education 145

Education Advocacy Policies System 145

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. Schools are now tasked with making up for those kinds of learning losses. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Laptops 129

Laptops System Policies Meeting 129

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

high school students have the opportunity not just to take an online class for credit but a significant proportion of their course load online. New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

high school students have the opportunity not just to take an online class for credit but a significant proportion of their course load online. New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

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 80

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 80

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.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). .”

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2020

Capella University, owned by the same company as Strayer, is running ads promoting its flexibility in “uncertain times” and promising would-be transfer students that they can earn a bachelor’s degree in as little as a year. Capella and Strayer have also reported increases in visits to their websites and requests for information.

Industry 89

Industry Company Advocacy Data 89

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Department of Education missed a deadline to delay state authorization rules are incorrect, a department spokeswoman said Thursday,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Perhaps we can learn a little about the folks who still do. Via ProPublica : “A Day After Report, Violent White Supremacist Loses Job With Defense Contractor.”

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Network for Public Education, an advocacy group, last month published an interactive feature chronicling “voucher scams.” Enlow, president and CEO of the advocacy group EdChoice. “To appeared first on The Hechinger Report. To me, the answer is a system that is based on the needs of the students and families.

Advocacy 132

Advocacy Conference System Report 132

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. It would be affordable, with companies paying. The post OPINION: Time to rebuild the economy, not just stimulate it appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Policies 125

Policies Advocacy Mobility Accessibility 125

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

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

MARCH 10, 2017

” The Hechinger Report asks , “What can Betsy DeVos really do?” Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” Via the BBC : “ Facebook Reports BBC to Police Over Investigation Into Child Sex Images.”

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

” asks The Hechinger Report. Deregulation of for-profits is “likely,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ” Palantir is the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel and funded in part by the CIA. Another tech company ready and willing to support Trump: IBM. They Should Be Careful Not to Waste It.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40