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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

Jon McGee’s Breakpoint (2015, Johns Hopkins) offers a very solid, useful, and accessible analysis of current trends in higher education. post-secondary education needs closer connections to K-12, especially given demographic and economic changes (126-8).

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Good analysis of higher ed trends and strategy: Jon McGee’s _Breakpoint_

Bryan Alexander

Jon McGee’s Breakpoint (2015, Johns Hopkins) offers a very solid, useful, and accessible analysis of current trends in higher education. post-secondary education needs closer connections to K-12, especially given demographic and economic changes (126-8).

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Fewer Deals, More Money: U.S. Edtech Funding Rebounds With $1.2 Billion in 2017

Edsurge

These diverging patterns are reflected in the graph below, with the upward trend in funding total (green bars) and downward slope in dealflow (red lines). In this annual year-end analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S. In fact, the number of deals has been on a steady downward slope since 2013. Source: EdSurge.

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What’s the Right Price for an Online Degree?

Edsurge

In a more recent analysis, however, US News & World Report last year found that average tuition for in-state online students was $316 per credit, while for those on campus, it was $311—a marginal difference. Two recent trends are proving that virtual education can stall or reverse the nation’s continuously climbing tuition escalator.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

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US Edtech Investments Peak Again With $1.45 Billion Raised in 2018

Edsurge

Source: EdSurge One trend is clear: The dollars invested in the US edtech industry has ticked up steadily since 2011 (considering 2015 as an aberration). On the whole, bigger but fewer deals is a trend common across all U.S. 2018 Edtech Funding Breakdown In this annual year-end analysis, EdSurge counts all venture investments in U.S.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

NeverEndingSearch

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. And they could be critical for baseline analysis of student skills and formative assessment. Argument Analysis : Students compare and evaluate two posts from a newspaper’s comment section.