The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

We [didn’t] want this to be a Band-Aid fix,” said Jordan Mickens, a Leadership for Educational Equity public policy fellow who served as #OaklandUndivided’s project manager until August 2021. Jen Bender, the data tech lead at Castlemont High School, gives a new student her #OaklandUndivided Chromebook and hot spot in May 2021.

Digital Divide 108

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 108

eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2023

SAN DIEGO (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Internet Safety Labs , a non-profit organization dedicated to independent software product safety testing, today announced a big leap forward to help ensure mobile app safety for K-12 students, families and educators with the introduction of the App Microscope. Try Out the App Microscope, It’s Free!

Internet Safety 94

Internet Safety Mobility Software EdTech 94

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

CZI aims to be a different type of philanthropy looking to integrate grantmaking, advocacy and technology to serve others. You’ve helped build products for Google and Facebook, companies that in recent months have been scrutinized over data collection and sharing practices. We do not and will not ever own or sell student data, period.

Education 103

Education Khan Academy Facebook Advocacy 103

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

It’s the first time this kind of data has been compiled and analyzed nationally, and some of the spending gaps are extreme. Hechinger’s analysis of state and local spending by school included nearly 700 districts (those with 15 or more schools) from 40 states that made the data available. Credit: Brian Hill/Daily Herald.

Data 145

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2016

Independent sources including PayScale and LinkedIn, and an initiative called College Measures run by a Washington nonprofit, are furnishing consumers with similar data about graduates’ career success, in even greater detail. Daniel Greenstein, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. College Measures.

Survey 40

Survey Policies Report Data 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Among the major trends Meeker identified for 2017: mobile advertising, gaming, and healthcare. There are, after all, only so many times you can put “mobile” on your list of “what’s on the horizon” before folks begin to suspect your insights might not be that… insightful. How accurate is her data? (I’d

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

based nonprofit focused on an intergenerational approach to policy. By 2014, the latest year for which data is available, that number had risen to 2.7 based nonprofit focused on an intergenerational approach to policy, estimates grandparents and other relatives save U.S. . $4 billion — The amount the U.S. million in 2005 to 7.1

Policies 66

Policies System Groups Advocacy 66

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Kolleen Bouchane, Policy and Advocacy Director Turning Interests into Insights: Using Data Visualizations to Teach Global Issues - Ann Marie Gleeson, Ph.D., K-5 Art Educator 11:00am Daffodils and tulips-PBL - Ruty Hotzen Modern Language Global Speaking Standards: ACTFL Can-Do Statements - Harry Tuttle, Ed.

Conference 71

Conference Education STEM Adobe 71

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 4, 2016

Shahid Buttar , Director of Grassroots Advocacy at the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF ) on the crucial importance of libraries in the fight to protect privacy rights and intellectual freedom. Lamanna , Adult Service Librarian at the Cherry Hill Public Library , on "Tor Relays Using Raspberry Pi." This is a free event.

Conference 28

Conference Libraries Survey Advocacy 28

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A Center for Public Integrity analysis of district-level federal education data suggests roughly 300,000 students entitled to essential rights reserved for homeless students have slipped through the cracks, unidentified by the school districts mandated to help them. Data disclosed in U.S. “They should have been sending a bus for him.

Analysis 67

Analysis Policies Report Advocacy 67

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

For over two decades, CoSN has provided leaders with the management, community building, and advocacy tools essential for success. Learn about addressing student privacy and up-to-date acceptable use policies that include social media. Monday, May 5th at 8pm TL Virtual Cafe - Show Me The Data! Is your library mobile friendly?

Conference 44

Conference Classroom Libraries Common Core 44

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., In June, the group mobilized. That was the driver for all of us.”

Learning 218

Learning Analysis Assessment Groups 218

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Do you know where your data is stored? With the increased emphasis on student data privacy, many school leaders might think they have a handle on cyber security. However, coverage depends on the schools’—and most likely the vendors’—compliance with the policy’s parameters. Know the life of your data.

Strategy 53

Strategy Student Data Privacy Data Policies 53

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

Fall enrollment at community colleges was down 10 percent from a year earlier, according to National Student Clearinghouse data from mid-December. Fewer students equal less revenue for community colleges, which could lead to cuts at the very institutions so many depend upon as a first step toward economic mobility. That didn’t happen.

Trends 145

Trends Report Data Course 145

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. Don’t let the dearth of data fool you though. They turn into products. ” – Eric Hoffer.

Technology 67

Technology Education Facebook Company 67

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

I learned things like metacognition, self advocacy, motivation, determination, resiliency. A lot of the work that I've been doing is really mobilizing students to be a part of the conversation, have a of the table. You’re a education policy wonk, right? You have to do it differently. Ben, thank you so much for chatting with us.

Learning 60

Learning System Advocacy Technology 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Indeed, last week saw the launch of “ Ban Facial Recognition on Campus ,” a nationwide campaign from the nonprofit advocacy organizations Fight for the Future and Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Once you create these massive databases of biometric data, they’re always going to be a target,” Darragh says. “It

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Policies Software Company 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

One recent spring afternoon, about a dozen Northern Cass students working on laptops made themselves comfortable in a large classroom with mobile furniture, beanbag pillows and a plush blue couch. For testing and student data reporting, Northern Cass will still link students with an expected year of graduation. We take the tests.

Report 111

Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

Libraries 51

Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 51

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

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. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

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. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via Edsurge : “Experts Look Into the Crystal Ball of the Next Administration’s Ed Policy.” Via Edsurge : “ Salesforce Announces Mobile App for Advising at Dreamforce.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. ” Spoiler alert: not enough access to data. ” The Other US Clown Crisis.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In the fall of 2019, Courtney will begin her fourth and final year in the Educational Policy and Leadership doctoral program also through the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development. www.courtneysbellconsulting.com Ann C. Gaudino, Ed.D.

Conference 72

Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Indeed, Edutechnica, which also tracks LMS data, responds with their own numbers and says that Blackboard still has about two hundred more installations than Canvas and about a million more students using the software. The company provides “interactive lessons and content on a mobile platform to low-skilled workers.”

Education 43

Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Watford mobilized her impoverished neighborhood of Curtis Bay, canvassing the area for four years. The plan to build that incinerator in Baltimore ignored the people behind data that showed the black-majority city’s rate of asthma-related hospitalizations was almost three times higher than the U.S.

Advocacy 71

Advocacy Policies Study Report 71

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2020

When not in an online class, Aiyana Edwards, 18, who’s in her second year at Spelman College in Atlanta, can be found texting first-time and young voters, eager to empower her peers at the historically Black women’s college to vote for the people and policies that best align with the changes they want to see in their communities.

Groups 78

Groups Advocacy Guidelines Social Media 78

Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Via Education Week : “Parent Advocacy Group Warns of Ed-Tech ‘Threats’ ” Via PC World : “Why Google plans to stop supporting your Chromebook after five years.” Data, Privacy, and Surveillance. Data and “Research” 21 states still allow corporal punishment. Terms were not disclosed.

Education 40

Education Khan Academy MOOC Company 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2018

O’Rourke’s commitment to stricter gun laws , universal healthcare , and debt-free college has mobilized young people across the state and the country. It’s ridiculous that the nonpartisan, voter participation advocacy group Democracy North Carolina had to fight to get 29,000 provisional ballots counted in the last presidential primary.

Outcomes 65

Outcomes Survey Advocacy Report 65