The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

When EducationSuperHighway launched, the Perry-Lecompton school district, in a rural area outside of Topeka, Kansas, still had laptop carts that teachers had to reserve if they wanted students to use computers in their classrooms. And he remembers battery life on those laptops lasting just an hour. It was a well-timed initiative.

E-rate 48

E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 48

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

What rights do parents, students and teachers have in an educational system increasingly awash in data and technology? In 2010, Lower Merion School District in Philadelphia was caught— and successfully sued when it was discovered that school officials were taking photos of a student through a school-issued laptop.

Social Media 113

Social Media Student Data Privacy Facebook Data 113

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

After three years of utilizing a BYOD (bring your own device) policy with my classes at Nassau Community College, I have seen how tools like tablets and laptops can lead to better academic engagement. Many of my students find themselves composing essays across a variety of devices, phones, personal laptops or campus desktops.

Mobility 87

Mobility OER Technology BYOD 87

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

“We still have quite a few people who are out of work who are looking at opportunities to get back into the labor market,” said Karen Elzey, associate executive director of the advocacy organization Workcred, which pushes for improvements to the workforce credentialing system. Some check equations on laptops.

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Kaplan Training Report Survey 123

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020. Even in a district that’s able to send every kid home with a laptop, you’re still trying to adapt a model that’s been designed for a classroom situation.” on April 10, 2020.

Learning 67

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

Last week , Excel in Ed hosted Commissioner Morat h and Jennifer Esterline , founder and director of Educate Texas’ Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium , for a deep dive into about the state’s COVID-19 strategy and approach.? ? . Texas schools are facing two challenges that Commissioner Morath focused on: .

Digital Divide 28

Digital Divide E-rate Laptops Assessment 28

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

And while core course content is often housed on the district’s internal learning management system (LMS), the extracurricular content—advanced placement (AP), English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), honors, homeschool, and blended learning content—must also be factored into the equation.

LMS 40

LMS Blended Learning Advocacy Company 40

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

From this perspective, perhaps the most important innovation of the last twenty years was the idea of formatting open textbooks as course cartridges so they’re easier to upload into a learning management system. OER have also been used as part of personalized, interactive courseware systems, too.

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Strategy OER Education Policies 147

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2017

“We’re happy fewer kids are being held back, but they should track that data to see how well kids are doing [after they are held back],” said Monty Neill, executive director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (also known as FairTest), the advocacy group that has long fought against the widespread use of standardized tests. “In

Elementary 75

Elementary Training Advocacy Strategy 75

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. At different schools he attended over the years, some classes had equipment such as interactive whiteboards and laptop computers, but lacked adequate software and electronic or hard copies of textbooks.

Elementary 53

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 53

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Hampton school making do without stolen laptops | Daily Press → After 100 laptops were stolen from George P. Phenix PreK-8 School over the summer, the students who were supposed to use them are making do. " 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 Hampton school making do without stolen laptops | Daily Press → After 100 laptops were stolen from George P. Phenix PreK-8 School over the summer, the students who were supposed to use them are making do. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

For low-income kids it’s really hard for programs to run in person,” said Jodi Grant, executive director of Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy group. “It The lack of systemic support at city and state levels has come at a great cost. Jodi Grant, Afterschool Alliance.

Survey 137

Survey Laptops Accessibility Report 137

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. In math class, students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, work on laptops but also solve word problems in groups using a white board. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. MESA, Ariz.

Learning 122

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 122

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2020

When the school finance reform advocacy group published its first edition of “Fault Lines: America’s Most Segregating School District Borders” in 2016, Mississippi didn’t land in the top 50. Overall, EdBuild found nearly 172,000 Mississippi students attend school on either side of a highly segregating school district border.

Advocacy 87

Advocacy Report Laptops Analysis 87

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

If they were lucky, they found mentors outside of the school system. They’re experiencing trauma, and trauma has a pretty significant impact,” said Darla Bardine, executive director of the National Network for Youth, a policy and advocacy group focused on youth homelessness. They paid for transit passes out of pocket.

Analysis 68

Analysis Policies Report Advocacy 68

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sometimes, there is no system in place for tracking how many students are being punished this way or how many days of in-person classroom learning they are forced to miss. “We In the meantime, Crawford said, the boys were provided with laptops and Google Classroom access.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

Content is infrastructure, and working to increase the adoption of OER is like working to build an interstate highway system. Rather, people get excited about all the places they can go and all the things they can do once the highway system is in place. The core of the Linux operating system is the Linux kernel.

OER 73

OER Course Company Smartphone 73

edWeb.net

APRIL 19, 2021

School systems need to prepare both their technology and human platforms for new ways of doing things and for continual, ongoing improvements for maximum impact. AASA is the premier association for school system leaders and serves as the national voice for public education and district leadership on Capitol Hill.

Learning 54

Learning Blended Learning BYOD Professional Learning 54

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

And despite a lack of regional public transit, the school has no shuttle system for students in surrounding towns, an issue the university’s chancellor, William J. based advocacy group Excelencia in Education, said universities need to go beyond that sort of passive outreach, especially for students who may be hesitant to seek out help.

Dropout 108

Dropout Laptops Study Report 108

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

ASSIST EDUCATION & APEX LEARNING ( assisteducation.com/ ) & ( www.apexlearning.com ) ASSIST Education and Apex Learning enhanced their partnership with the addition of adaptive content and digital tutorials into the ASSIST Integrated Education Management System for K-12 schools. Spectrum Industries Inc.

Tools 56

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 56

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Leaders need to make sure that lawmakers and board members see the tech plan as a long-term, sustainable project and not just a one-off purchase of laptops. CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) is the premier professional association for school system technology leaders. Overall, communication is key at every step.

Technology 53

Technology BYOD Advocacy Guidelines 53

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

EPISD was also selected as one of eight Texas districts to join TEA’s System of Great Schools. Under his leadership, Bristol Tennessee City Schools has embraced personalized learning through an effort that includes providing laptops for students to use at school and at home.

PowerMyLearning 40

PowerMyLearning Data BYOD Training 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

They stayed at the library working until closing time because they didn’t have laptops. Moises has his own laptop, bought for him by the nonprofit that helped him apply to college, but he was also at the library till they kicked him out most nights. They didn’t go out on the weekend. He has empathy, he has that grit.

Libraries 85

Libraries Laptops Training Report 85

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

“We can’t keep structures that would allow us to fall back into a more traditional system,” said Steiner. “If 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.

Report 111

Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

ASSIST has expanded the system with content for every grade level, K-12 through Higher Education. Upon completion of the course, students receive an “Advocacy Plan,” which outlines their strengths and challenges and makes recommendations to consider and is shared with their educators. Incorporating end user feedback, the 10.0

Epson 50

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 50

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

India’s education system has long lagged behind others, despite the country’s enactment of the 2009 Right to Education (RTE) ACT , which was supposed to give every child in the country the right to a full-time elementary education “of satisfactory and equitable quality.”. “I Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

Blended Learning 40

Blended Learning Learning Tablets Training 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. Related: Why one Mississippi district ditched textbooks for laptops.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 18, 2021

I was introduced to Gerardo’s work through a podcast he co-hosts with Kevin Adams called “Too Dope Teachers,” and his advocacy for equity and antiracism. I’ve been named a distinguished teacher under evaluation system seven years in a row. ” But it speaks to how they’ve been indoctrinated in this regulatory system.

System 72

System Study Classroom Exercises 72

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

He’s had to buy personal protective equipment for staff and laptops for around 28,000 teenagers. Even though people think school systems are closed, we’re still providing all the services that we do during a typical school year,” Gestson said. Superintendent Chad Gestson has been spending a lot of money lately.

Laptops 128

Laptops System Policies Meeting 128

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

(AP) – One Thursday morning in May, instead of sitting at a desk in her sixth-grade classroom in the Oregon mountains, Khloe Warne sat at a table in her mother’s bakery, doing her schoolwork on a laptop and watching her favorite clips of anime.

Advocacy 96

Advocacy Elementary Training Report 96

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

JULY 10, 2019

Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. Our education system is completely racist.

Personalized Learning 96

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2020

For the most part, it’s been easier to point to academic casualties in the county’s public school system than educational victories. This past spring, she followed with interest when the district outfitted several homes with laptops and tablets to complete school work.

Advocacy 99

Advocacy Report Accessibility Laptops 99

Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

million laptops to all public primary schools. A Wi-Fi system. In other Salesforce news, “The University of Texas System teams up with Salesforce to turn its learning platform into a learning relationship management system ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Education in the Courts. ” Mindset all the things.

Education 63

Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2017

SAN DIEGO — In the main room of a onetime fraternity house at the edge of San Diego State University, a small group of students labors quietly, laser-focused, over textbooks and laptops. This is the Veterans House, its door propped open by a spent artillery shell. Things do not appear to be improving.

Report 61

Report Data Study Comparison 61