The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Algebra I is the air you breathe to be in STEM,” said Nathan Levenson, a former CEO of a crane-manufacturing company and later a school superintendent in Massachusetts. For many students it’s been a lonely year, and algebra is tougher to learn while peering at a screen, say teachers and researchers. Zyonne Reid, a 15-year-old at J.P.

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STEM Report Course Study 127

Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

An intelligent learning platform (ILP) for schools and universities might be the tool you’ll start using soon if you’re a teacher, academic institution leader, student, or parent. Especially during the past two years, the interest and necessity of online learning have skyrocketed. . Lower dropout rates.

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LMS Gamification Learning Dropout 345

Edsurge

MAY 11, 2017

That’s why it might come as surprise to hear AspirEDU , an educational analytics company, pitch their Dropout Detective software as an “academic credit score” for students. But Chris Munzo, executive vice president of AspirEDU (and fan of metaphors), compares Dropout Detective to a gym membership—it only works if you use it.

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Dropout Comparison Data Company 60

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Forty-nine percent subscribe to product delivery plans , from meal kits to shaving supplies to media, including streaming and music platforms, according to the consulting firm McKinsey & Company. More Jill Watsons could help students get over hurdles they encounter in large or online courses.

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Course Pearson Accessibility Company 109

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. Both Obimma and VonSeggen tutored remotely, but some tutors have come back into the classroom along with the students.

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Study Data Report Elementary 137

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Hayden, typically an A or B student, has had difficulty making the transition from elementary school to middle school online. He was never a frequent user of computers, instead playing video games on a handheld device, and has found adjusting to the school’s online learning platform challenging. he is transgender.

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Policies Schoology Elementary Report 142

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

. — Using small yellow and orange squares of paper and lengths of yarn stretched between tables and chairs, sixth-grade math students made number lines — including everything from fractions to negative decimals — in a classroom at Walsh Middle School. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. They are often placed in separate classrooms within public schools and spend large numbers of hours on computers using technology that is not aligned with their specific needs.

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Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 81

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Online learning was particularly challenging for Puerto Rican students. Principal Jorge Luis Colón Gonzalez of El Coqui school in Salinas, Puerto Rico, where a new afterschool tutoring program aims to help kids recover from learning setbacks. In 2021, school officials announced that 13,000 students had failed all their classes.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Students selling notes online a legal gray area, schools say | ArkansasOnline → University of Arkansas faculty members are debating how to best deal with the selling of lecture notes by students, spurred on by the practices of online study resource companies known for aggressive recruiting tactics.

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EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Politico : “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has increased her financial stake in a ‘neurofeedback’ company that says its technology treats attention deficit disorder and the symptoms of autism. “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” ” $100,000. .”

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Some internet-access advocates say EBS is underutilized at best, and wasted at worst, because loose regulatory oversight by the FCC has allowed most of the spectrum to fall into the hands of commercial internet companies. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?” The Business of Job Training.

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” An op-ed in Forbes by University Ventures’ Ryan Craig : “Make Online Education Great (For The First Time).” She made $9.6

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

No doubt, Udacity, Coursera, and edX have been moving away from “free” and “open” online education for a while now , charging fees for courses and certificates and acting much more like online program management companies – third party vendors for Internet-based courses and degree programs.

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