The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. Yet many of those steeped in the work are convinced.

Personalized Learning 69

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 69

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

What they lack is college-educated relatives, counselors, role models or mentors to make sure they take the courses and meet the deadlines they need to, or who encourage them to think about their further educations. It’s not that they have less potential than their counterparts in predominantly white, more affluent communities.

Report 81

Report Company Study Advocacy 81

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

All students with disabilities need to develop strong self-advocacy and communication skills to make sure they’re getting the supports they’re due, especially in the sink-or-swim real world. Skills like knowing how to ask for help or organize a study group “are as important as anything else you’re going to learn,” said Tudisco.

Study 85

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 85

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Trained in both developmental psychology and education, Jackson is one of the nation’s leading experts on secondary school education reform and adolescent development. Her new course, Global Connections reflects the significance of personal narratives for empathy and study of global issues "foreign" experiences.

Advocacy 49

Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 49

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

In lower level classes, some would have to repeat the whole course. Starting in 2011, several key groups and people in Maine worked to put the state ahead of the pack in terms of legal requirements for proficiency. Students must demonstrate mastery of pre-identified skills to pass a course.

Education 0

Education Report Course System 0

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Teachers visit to observe from around the state and country and the school was featured in videos made for a recent MIT online course , he said. When adopting a proficiency approach, Montpelier teachers jettisoned assignments that once were course staples. percent to 89.1 percent between 2009 and 2017.

Learning 82

Learning System Report Outcomes 82

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Stay tuned, because the second group of finalists will be featured on eSchool News next week! As the teacher librarian at RCCBA, Michelle also teaches elective courses in technology and information literacy skills to her students. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 Read about the three 2023 winners here. Dr. Dana T.

Edmentum 96

Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 96

Reading By Example

MAY 29, 2015

For K-12 schools, teachers may no longer be required to have a degree in education, or even a degree period, to teacher courses in secondary schools. It has to be a group effort. That’s saying something, in the era of Governor Scott Walker and a very polarizing debate around public education. Maybe I needed it. :-).

Secondary 28

Secondary Software Outcomes Elementary 28

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

In 2013, attorneys at the California Innocence Project , weighed down by a backlog of casework, turned for help to an unusual group: humanities students at High Tech High Chula Vista, a nearby charter school. But students credited the sophomore-year course with getting them excited about — and familiar with — experimentation. “It

How To 34

How To Learning Advocacy Study 34

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

courses focusing on inclusion or special education, compared to about 11 courses for special education teachers. Students with disabilities who are placed in general education classrooms get more instructional time , have fewer absences and have better post-secondary outcomes, research shows.

Training 40

Training Elementary Report Course 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

She is an Ashoka Fellow, was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 Under 40 Progressive American Leaders, and was winner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in public advocacy in 2014. His course load typically includes sections on comparative religions, world cultures, sociology, and capstone.

Conference 31

Conference Secondary Study Digital Badges 31

MindShift

MARCH 29, 2018

What they lack is college-educated relatives, counselors, role models or mentors to make sure they take the courses and meet the deadlines they need to, or who encourage them to think about their further educations. It’s not that they have less potential than their counterparts in predominantly white, more affluent communities.

Company 31

Company Report Study Advocacy 31

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

There were no Advanced Placement courses, for example, and little help was available with college and financial aid applications, said Ben, who is Black. “I Forty-five percent of Black children go to high-poverty primary and secondary schools , compared to 8 percent of white students. It’s just the way society is.”

Report 145

Report Study Accessibility Data 145

eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. This group makes up at least 20 percent of the general population. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse for literacy does not contain any study that has a significant positive effect on broad reading achievement for this group.

Differentiated Instruction 52

Differentiated Instruction Training Analysis Assessment 52

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Google search links secret, court-protected names to online coverage | Ottawa Citizen → Computer experts believe it’s an unintended, “mind-boggling” consequence of Google search algorithms. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Google search links secret, court-protected names to online coverage | Ottawa Citizen → Computer experts believe it’s an unintended, “mind-boggling” consequence of Google search algorithms. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). Of course, there are big differences between textbooks and fizzy drinks.

Pearson 96

Pearson OER Course Accessibility 96

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

In her district, Dr. Anderson’s staff have access to a variety of resources, including a video series where teachers model lessons with students and professional development courses using webinars and other tools that teachers will use with their students. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. About the Presenters.

System 55

System Digital Divide E-rate Education 55

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The transparency mandate was tucked into the 2015 update of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act but didn’t require states to report that data until June 30 of this year. And, of course, there is the coalition. Sometimes they have been spearheaded by district officials, as in Montgomery County, and sometimes by community groups.

Data 144

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 144

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Of course, student outcomes matter, and schools should collect and share data that analyzes the impact of technology. Dr. Levett began her career in Savannah as a speech and language pathologist and moved to positions in leadership including Secondary Principal, Chief Academic Officer, Deputy Superintendent, and interim Superintendent.

EdTech 65

EdTech BYOD Training Advocacy 65

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Cardona probably first caught the collective eye of the state’s education and political leaders in 2010 when he was appointed co-chairman of a legislative task force studying the state’s intractable academic achievement gap between racial and socioeconomic groups. The other co-chair was then-Sen. They have a voice — right?

Education 116

Education Elementary Common Core System 116

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Trained in both developmental psychology and education, Jackson is one of the nation’s leading experts on secondary school education reform and adolescent development. Her new course, Global Connections reflects the significance of personal narratives for empathy and study of global issues "foreign" experiences.

Advocacy 3

Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 3

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

And even among this group of low-income strivers, Moises realized he was different. We can’t leave behind families who need more assistance to close that financial gap,” said Ian Rosenblum, the executive director of Education Trust–New York, a nonprofit education advocacy group that published a report about the Excelsior Scholarship.

Libraries 83

Libraries Laptops Training Report 83

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2016

The American government, of course, does not regulate tuition, and has no such leverage over universities and colleges. Russell Group schools including the universities of Liverpool and Sheffield have huge staffs dedicated solely to recruiting students from low-income neighborhoods, keeping those numbers high and the government satisfied.

Groups 40

Groups Secondary Study Report 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

events , the real party takes place in the volunteer moderator lounge, where a devoted, energetic, and highly beloved group of volunteer moderators keeps the conference running and humming. Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary?

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. You can now find out.

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

We currently have 10 keynotes and 130 regular sessions scheduled over the course of three days. Hawkesdale P12 College Let’s Hangout – Successful Student Study Groups – Snacks Optional , Candy R. This is an amazing and free online event that brings together educators and innovators from around the world. LOTS of information below!

Conference 72

Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2019

A record number of Virginians earned bachelor’s degrees in 2017 , the most recent year for which the figures are available; officials said that puts it on course toward a goal of having the highest proportion of college-educated workers by 2030. Harper College, a community college in Illinois working to increase its number of graduates.

Policies 108

Policies Report Advocacy Meeting 108

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Even without providing you the final tally of funding for 2016, I can point to other signals about what’s happened to ed-tech startups over the course of the last twelve months – their sustainability, their viability. (Or These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). Why, schools of course.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Rafter, a course material provider that was an early advocate of and provider for this bundling of textbooks and tuition, closed its doors in 2016 , having raised more than $86 million.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Of course, the care a child receives at age 2 is not the only factor determining her life trajectory. Of course, most families don’t earn $100,000 a year—$59,039 is the national household median income. We currently spend $634 billion total on elementary and secondary public education. (Of million of them do.).

Report 83

Report Policies Data Trends 83

Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

” Via the San Jose Mercury News : “A bipartisan group of lawmakers is calling for a state audit of a profitable but low-performing network of online charter schools following this newspaper’s investigation of K12 Inc., “Should Your Online Course Sound Like ‘Serial’? .” ” asks Edsurge.

Education 48

Education MOOC Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Murray had been invited to campus by a conservative student group affiliated with the American Enterprise Institute, a right-wing think tank where Murray is a fellow. Their daughter-in-law, Betsy DeVos, the secretary of education, is not a donor, the group says.). In hindsight, that should be totally unsurprising.). and Charles G.

Technology 58

Technology Education Social Media Groups 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Robots are much more ideal as workers, because of course they cannot unionize. ” “The right skills,” of course, are the skills that employers expect potential employees to possess, largely eschewing training themselves and instead offloading the risk and responsibility of training onto individuals.

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59