The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

said Steve Yadzinski, who works on innovations in workforce technology for Jobs for the Future — an advocacy group that makes its own job finalists take on work-related projects as a part of the decision process. Credit: Emma Harris for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Emma Harris for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report Photo by Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Alison Yin for the Hechinger Report. said Mendoza.

Kaplan 141

Kaplan Policies Report System 141

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 9, 2016

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has joined the board of directors for Pluralsight , a Utah-based ed-tech company that provides online courses in various subjects, including software development and information technology, the news site Fast Company reported Thursday. Last month, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Pluralsight in U.S.

Company 40

Company Dropout Advocacy Facebook 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

And in fall 2021, 13 percent of responding institutions reported significant declines in new graduate student enrollment. King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

Training 148

Training Trends Social Media Policies 148

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Effective Advocacy. The data in the [Linux Foundation’s] Kernel Development report shatter this illusion. releases of the Linux kernel came from employees at Intel, IBM, Google, Facebook, Samsung, RedHat, and SUSE. The report goes on to explain that contributions to the open source Linux kernel were accepted at a rate of 8.5

OER 80

OER Advocacy Software Company 80

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Gentz reports that there has been confusion about deadlines, many of which are federal but some of which are state imposed. She has also leveraged these skills to create employee onboarding and training programs at Apple, Facebook, Google and Uber.

EdTech 95

EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 95

eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2015

Pilot program lets schools tap into a helpline with close ties to Twitter and Facebook. Available via email or a toll-free phone number, the helpline has gained in-kind and financial support from Google, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Ask.fm.

Social Media 40

Social Media Facebook Policies Advocacy 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report. To answer that question, The Hechinger Report combed through grant databases, legislative records and lobbying disclosures, looking for the forces and funding behind LD 1422. Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report. The Gates Foundation is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.).

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

MindShift

OCTOBER 29, 2020

This story about youth activism was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report). Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report). Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report). Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report).

Kaplan 41

Kaplan Learning Policies Report 41

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Let’s Chat.Bots in Higher Education : What if all of your college questions could be answered by sending a text or Facebook message? Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. Higher Ed 12:30 p.m. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes?

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MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 27, 2015

Stay tuned for all events at [link] , which also has Facebook event links for each activity. Register for free at [link]. A goal of the Spring Summit is to provide a forum to discuss ways to prepare for your personal and organization’s future. Register for free today at [link].

Education 28

Education Libraries Game-Based Learning Conference 28

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Children’s Hospital Colorado is one of the nation’s leading and most expansive pediatric healthcare systems with a mission to improve the health of children through patient care, education, research and advocacy. For more information, visit www.childrenscolorado.org , or connect with us on Facebook and Twitter. . It is ranked No.

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Training Accessibility Advocacy Facebook 93

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Common Sense Privacy Evaluations Common Sense, a nonprofit education and advocacy organization, maintains a database that evaluates edtech tools on whether they are safe for use in schools. In the case of Quizlet, data is sent to Facebook and Google ad services, according to AppCensus.

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Tools Policies Data Android 123

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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. You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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. You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. The Hechinger Report has spent a year exploring the elements of the Summit model, the extensive training process for schools that are new to the program and the twists and turns of implementation. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is one of the many funders of The Hechinger Report.).

Learning 123

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 123

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

” “ Panorama’s Student Progress Reports Show More Than Grades (Think Behavior and SEL).” In May, The Australian obtained a 23-page document from Facebook’s Australian office detailing how the company had offered to advertisers the ability to target some 6.4 So Why Not in College?

Technology 67

Technology Education Facebook Company 67

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.

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Learning Analysis Assessment Groups 218

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. As defined by the CoSN report, accelerators are megatrends that drive change.

Learning 77

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 77

NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 5, 2016

Plan your April advocacy with the official calendar of activities , filled with author/ambassador quotes, professional development links, an interactive calendar and suggested activities for each day and for various grades. Think annual report. Facebook Cover (blue background). Facebook Cover (white background).

Libraries 40

Libraries Advocacy Facebook Social Media 40

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

The Linux Foundation issues an annual report about activities related to kernel development. The data in the Kernel Development report shatter this illusion. releases of the Linux kernel came from employees at Intel, IBM, Google, Facebook, Samsung, RedHat, and SUSE. patches/hour (p.

OER 73

OER Course Company Smartphone 73

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Still, there are some stalwart critics, notably Benjamin Riley, who visited many personalized-learning classrooms from 2010 to 2014 as the policy and advocacy director for the NewSchools Venture Fund. Related: Summit Schools and Facebook announce new personalized learning platform project. Personalized learning is easy to bastardize.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. based education reform advocacy group. This story was written by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

By NICHOLE DOBO, The Hechinger Report. Last year, the founder of Facebook pledged to donate $45 billion to social causes, one of them personalized learning. based education reform advocacy group. By design, some students go through two years of kindergarten in Middletown, New York.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

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. Facebook Argument : Students consider the relative strength of evidence that two users present in a Facebook exchange.

Assessment 60

Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

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. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

Laptops 129

Laptops System Policies Meeting 129

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

And in one report, the man doing the review noted that the teacher remuneration was fair because the male teacher was earning $27 a session, where the female teacher was earning $13. ” It’s a terrible message to send to children–that once you become a teacher, you lose your right for self-advocacy.

How To 70

How To System Classroom Twitter 70

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. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Nearly two decades ago, the reporter Todd Oppenheimer documented the aggressive rise of emerging Silicon Valley technologies — personal computers and the Internet — in the nation’s public schools. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report.

Personalized Learning 99

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 99

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

.” And in Delaware , “Authorities have arrested two Smyrna high school students in connection with threats involving clowns and bombs ,” the AP reports. ” “ Clown College Calls National Rash of Rumored Clown Scares ‘Troubling’,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. The Hechinger Report and Reveal asked the state for a list of the primary textbooks used by every public school in all 148 Mississippi districts during the 2016-17 school year. No fourth-grade classroom in 116 districts that reported data used a book published more recently than 2006.

Study 88

Study Report Analysis Course 88

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

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

Future-minded reporting Our free newsletter, Future of Learning, features innovative, original stories every other Wednesday. Securly is one of the most popular web filters, used in more than 20,000 schools, and its “sexual content” category covers “websites about sexual health and LGBTQ+ advocacy websites.”

Social Media 71

Social Media Libraries Elementary Advocacy 71

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

In a March 16 memo, the principal of Kaibeto Boarding School in Arizona, a bureau-operated school, asked staff to report to work from March 23 to April 3 while the school was closed, according to a document reviewed by HuffPost. Some students and staff at Rocky Ridge later reported symptoms consistent with Covid-19, according to ProPublica.

Report 126

Report Elementary Online Learning System 126

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Government Accountability Office said in a report Wednesday.” ” “Former Lake Michigan College President Jennifer Spielvogel is suing LMC and its Board of Trustees for alleged wrongful termination,” The Herald-Palladium reports. ” “ Kickboard Looking for New CEO,” Edsurge reports.

Education 49

Education Coursera Microsoft Company 49