The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

Harvard researcher Anthony Jacks revealed in his groundbreaking 2019 book how poor students cleaned showers and toilets and went hungry after cafeterias closed while their wealthier Ivy League classmates fled campus for ski resorts and spring break beaches. higher education system is fair had evaporated. Education as the great equalizer ?

Education 107

Education Policies System Survey 107

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2018

The chapter of his book devoted to gun violence and gun control is particularly compelling. Pointing to the decline in the county’s dropout rate, Duncan proclaims: “It’s a model that works, and it’s been replicated across Georgia and has also been the subject of a Harvard Business School study.” (A What a brilliant stroke!

Dropout 71

Dropout Policies Elementary Data 71

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

The exercise is from the book “Taking Action: Implementing Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices in Grades 9-12,” published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.). One goal of that early-algebra trend was to get more kids through calculus and onto a STEM degree track. Students are asked to fold two standard 8.5-by-11-inch

STEM 121

STEM Report Course Study 121

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

Based on the concept of “choose your own adventure” books, Digital Compass guides students in grades 6-9 to learn the fundamentals of digital citizenship through animated, interactive experiences in which students choose several different paths for each character. If we''ve missed a story, send it to blog@learningrevolution.com.

Libraries 28

Libraries Game-Based Learning lynda.com Trends 28

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2019

These also show that Nichols has reduced the number of dropouts, holding onto $5.4 She has opened the books to faculty and students, holding meetings with them complete with PowerPoint presentations in which she’s spoken frankly about the problems. million a year in tuition revenue it was previously losing.

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Report Dropout Examples Analysis 87

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

What does personalized learning mean to the perennial tug-of-war over content — in higher education’s “great books” debate over whether students should absorb the Western canon or study what they want, and, at the K-12 level, over the Common Core? Is the purpose of education to forge a thoughtful citizenry or to equip students for jobs?

Personalized Learning 95

Personalized Learning Khan Academy Education Elementary 95

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Shawn Young, chief executive of Classcraft, a tech company that produces educational games and other products, likens the current momentum around social-emotional learning to past trends such as the push to bring laptops and iPads to every student.

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Strategy Training Report Company 78

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 30, 2019

“Efforts to support students through the summer after high school have expanded substantially in recent years,” said Ben Castleman, an associate professor of education and public policy at the University of Virginia and co-author of a book on summer melt.

Training 94

Training Report Accessibility Study 94

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The trend has been propelled by some public universities’ attempts to compensate for budget cuts by luring higher-income and out-of-state students with newer (and more expensive) housing, and by a separate, little-noticed phenomenon of pricey off-campus student apartments being built by private real estate-investment companies.

Policies 40

Policies Dropout Study Trends 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

trillion by 2060, based on current trends, a book coauthored by Hobby Center director and former U.S. In the United States, closing the gap between Hispanics and non-Hispanics would increase personal income nationwide by $24.4 Census Bureau head Steve Murdock calculates.

Groups 40

Groups Report Dropout Study 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

Education Revolution Google+ Community The Data Driven Education Trend. The NEA shared this article that discusses nation-wide efforts to re-engage high school dropouts. Books Gone Wild. She''s put together a list of the best artiles on Classroom Management, Reading and Language Arts, STEM, History and Social Studies, and more.

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BYOD Libraries Conference Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. But now, I love school math, because I’m learning better.”. Photo: Chris Berdik.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2017

Whatever the cause, those critics say, the trend is further widening the racial and socioeconomic divide among different types of universities and colleges, shifting money away from those whose students generally need the most support in favor of the ones whose students generally need the least. It’s perverse,” said Carnevale.

Policies 75

Policies Dropout Analysis Trends 75

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

It was the latest big-fix trend in K-12 education, and Gist, a favored daughter of Silicon Valley philanthropists, offered up the nation’s smallest state as a laboratory mouse. Some parts of Oppenheimer’s book (see: nightmare visions of Apple iMacs and CD-ROMs) have not aged well. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

Personalized Learning 99

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 99

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

billion, is bucking a national trend — most other states are continuing to reduce, not increase, their higher education budgets. The trend peaked during the recession that began in 2008, when UC hiked undergraduate tuition by nearly a third in a single year. But California, with a higher education budget for 2019-2020 of $18.5

Education 98

Education Policies Course System 98

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” “ Do Medical Schools Still Need Books? market research press release): “ AI , Merging of Digital and Physical Worlds Among Top 10 Tech Trends for 2018.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

Education 49

Education Robotics Company MOOC 49

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” “The Case for Learning Platform Grade Book ” by Mindwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. “ The top 5 trends in K–12 ed tech – and where they’re headed,” according to Education Dive. “ Google Drive will soon back up your entire computer,” says The Verge. Don’t.

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

” Via The Atlantic : “Why Many College Dropouts Are Returning to School in North Carolina.” I’ve got Joshua Hunt’s new book The University of Nike sitting here on my desk. Here he is in The New York Times : “Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: College Athletics and Its Corporate Sponsors.”

Education 60

Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

“Dear Mrs. Trump” by Liz Phipps Soeiro – why the librarian refused the books the First Lady sent to her school. Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” ” Via Education Week : “ Betsy DeVos Viewed Unfavorably by 40 Percent of Voters, New Poll Says.”

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Clayton Christensen and Michael Horn, for example, predicted in their 2008 book Disrupting Class that by 2019 half of all high school classes would be taught via the Internet. Meanwhile, the state has cleared the company to become a dropout recovery school. ” It’s an inevitable move, or so the story goes.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55