The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

According to the latest survey data from the Pew Research Center, 73 percent of adults have broadband internet at home. While 92 percent of adults from households earning $75,000 or more per year say they have broadband internet at home, just 56 percent of adults from households earning below $30,000 say the same.

Broadband 145

Broadband Flipped Classroom Online Learning Smartphone 145

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2016

In rural districts, children and youth face profound obstacles—geographic isolation and long bus rides to school, frustratingly slow internet connections, limited course options, and low college-going rates. Perhaps—but there’s a problem. . And when it comes to teachers, the human capital pipeline runs relatively dry.

Personalized Learning 60

Personalized Learning E-rate Outcomes Learning 60

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

High school students could take college courses in Middletown with a certified adjunct professor. Three-credit courses were $1,200 each, a major discount, but only about 50 low-income students were participating. That’s why Middletown is investing as much in professional learning for teachers as it is in devices and broadband.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

High school students could take college courses in Middletown with a certified adjunct professor. Three-credit courses were $1,200 each, a major discount, but only about 50 low-income students were participating. That’s why Middletown is investing as much in professional learning for teachers as it is in devices and broadband.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

That’s not the story that DeVos wants to tell, of course.). ” “What DeVos Got Wrong in Her Speech on the ’ Dear Colleague’ Letter ,” Scott Schneider writes in The Chronicle of Higher Education. The Equifax breach isn’t an ed-tech story, of course. More on this study in IHE.

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). ” Also via The Hechinger Report : “The future of proficiency-based education.”

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44