The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Leslie Muldoon, executive director of the National Assessment Governing Board, which jointly oversees the the test along with NCES, called the bleak score report “frustrating and difficult to understand” because of all the efforts to improve education. were two bright spots in the report.

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eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2019

A : The traditional textbook has been in a state of transformation for some time now, and 2019 marks an important year of acceptance from the education industry and outside influencers who recognize where its path is leading. Those of us in the industry have all heard about the impending “death of the textbook.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2020

Thinkster’s math lessons are aligned to state and Common Core standards. Parents can review reports to show students’ strengths, weaknesses and progress toward goals and can message tutors as needed. The acquisition comes as COVID-19 has sent industries into panic over a potential recession. India, Australia and Brazil.

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Tech Helpful

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

I hear business owners, marketing directors, and whole industries trying to figure out what is next in the circles I am in regarding the increased saturation of voice speakers such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. I heard a leading CEO for a media company say "our industry has to stop trying to force what we do into these new platforms.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

backlash , in the words of Education Week’s Benjamin Herold, “echoes previous battles among various teachers’ union factions over highly politicized issues such as the Common Core State Standards and standardized testing.”. Few education entrepreneurs today would suggest that technology should or will replace the teacher. (In

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

If it were using a Common Core test, for example, New York City could be compared to other rapidly gentrifying cities like San Francisco, Washington and Boston. Related: How one innovative school district has closed gaps on harder Common Core tests. You can see the national Common Core standards in action at Franklin.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2018

Plus the decline in remedial enrollments appeared in 2015, not long after the Common Core State Standards were implemented. now ranks near the bottom among 35 industrialized nations in math. The post OPINION: Fewer students have to take college remedial math, data show appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Hack Education

MAY 27, 2016

But you’re full of fallacy yourself if you think that’s going to stop me from making critiques about this industry. Here’s media reporter Mathew Ingram’s take (and there are lots of takes out there. Via The US News & World Report : “The View From a Testing Giant.” Good grief. The takes).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

When they go out into industry, we want them to know how to think.”. Photo: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report. When they go out into industry, we want them to know how to think.”. Photo: Gretchen Ertl for The Hechinger Report. Related: After decades of pushing bachelor’s degrees, U.S. needs more tradespeople.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2018

The boom and bust of Common Core standards have left their mark, just as new concerns over media literacy and privacy are doing currently. As a director for Common Sense Education , I’ve enjoyed something of a ringside seat, having edited close to 1,000 edtech reviews written by expert educators.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

“ ESSA Would Handcuff a Trump Education Secretary on Common Core And More,” says Education Week , even though ditching Common Core was one of Trump’s campaign promises. More on the future of Common Core from NPR. regulation,” reports The Washington Post.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

However, many edtech business models resemble business models you see in other industries with some nuances particular to the education space. Below is a quick summary of four common edtech business models, with an example of a company that is implementing each.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

Photo: Kyle Spencer/The Hechinger Report. Dozens of states have incorporated more rigorous standards through the implementation of the Common Core. Photo: Kyle Spencer/The Hechinger Report. In fact, down the hallway from his algebra class, two industrious history teachers were trying out their own strategies.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 9, 2016

For one thing, there are billions of dollars at stake in the testing industry, he noted. Some of the panelists’ observations will seem familiar to testing-industry insiders, but they were probably enlightening to the ed-tech community gathered at SXSWedu. See also: Understanding Formative Assessment: A Special Report.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

policymakers and industry innovators, presented by The Atlantic , the Aspen Institute , and the Newseum. is intended to act as a powerful teaching tool for educators, integrating learning and assessment aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards and the Common Core State Standards in the same experience.

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Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2017

Indeed, this belief in efficiency and science helped to justify inBloom, as Data & Society’s new report on the history of the $100 million data infrastructure initiative demonstrates. Perhaps that very deliberate dismissal of history helped doom inBloom from the start. But it sounds like science.

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Hack Education

JULY 15, 2016

. “Ten more states sued the federal government on Friday over a directive to public schools on bathroom use by transgender students , adding their objections to those of 11 states that brought a lawsuit soon after the directive was released in May,” The New York Times reports. Via The Wall Street Journal : “ U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 25, 2017

We completed a grading system, a competency-based report, a competency-based transcript along with a GPA system that made sense to us. Related: Personalized learning and Common Core: Mortal enemies? Nellie Mae is a funder of The Hechinger Report). These new CCC’s will be piloted beginning this semester.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

There was some talk that, despite being vociferously anti-union , Michelle Rhee’s support for the Common Core was allegedly a deal-breaker. Of course, DeVos has supported groups that back the Common Core in the past, including Jeb Bush ’s Foundation for Excellence in Education. She serves on its board.)

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 1, 2016

LEAP released a report this week on the initial cohort of companies and schools taking part in the program. Just four companies’ overall results were included in the LEAP report, because of mismatches between the grades or populations they served and the measures used by researchers evaluating them. Test Score Gains.

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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

While some students’ scores appeared to have been hurt by “logout” interruptions, evidence suggests others may have actually benefited from temporarily getting booted out of the system, a conclusion the authors of the report base on statistical modeling. The Impact of the Interruptions. Improving the System. We’re really moving on.”.

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Saving Socrates

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This was a groundbreaking report at the time. The memorable report begins with the line" the educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that threatens our very future as a Nation and a people." The Common Core, first thought of really by Ed.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Education Week has reported extensively on the popularity of growth mindset among educators. See the reporting by Evie Blad on math teachers’ conviction that turning around students’ defeatist attitudes and giving teachers specific strategies to help struggling students has an educational payoff. The post Amazon, Ed.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

.” From the Bloomberg Editorial Board : “A Raw Deal From Betsy DeVos ” – “ Rolling back regulations on the for-profit college industry will cause the public pain.” ” “ Google Is Being Investigated By Missouri Attorney General,” Fortune reports. ” Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

This is part eleven of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In May, venture capitalist and former securities analyst Mary Meeker released her annual “Internet Trends” report. Much of what Meeker says in this year’s report about education is placed under her category “gaming.”

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Connecting 2 the World

APRIL 29, 2016

Many experts in industry and the workplace have identified a lack of skills by new college graduates needed for the 21 st century workplace. Special Report: The Employment Mismatch. and mathematical reasoning (Hilborn and Friedlander). References: Bersin, J., Agarwal, D., Pelster, B., Schwartz, J. Chronicle.com , May 22.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 18, 2017

.” “ Tennessee ’s former education commissioner called on Betsy DeVos to resign as the nation’s education chief Thursday because of her boss’s ambivalent response to racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia,” Chalkbeat reports. Other National) Education Politics. ” The Business of Student Loans.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

.” MIT , New York University , and Yale are being sued by employees, “accused of allowing their employees to be charged excessive fees on their retirement savings,” The New York Times reported on Tuesday. BYU is under Title IX investigation, The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. ” Meanwhile on Campus.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

This year feels different too than the previous years in which I’ve written these reviews because education technology – as an industry – sort of floundered in 2016, as I think my series will show. It’s from these weekly and monthly reports that I start to build my analysis. The Common Core State Standards.

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Hack Education

JUNE 10, 2016

Nikki Haley of South Carolina has signed into law a measure that requires the state’s public colleges and universities to publish reports of conduct violations involving alcohol, drugs, sexual assault, and hazing at fraternities and sororities.” “ Columbia Drops SAT Subject Tests Requirement,” Inside Higher Ed reports.

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eSpark

JANUARY 5, 2016

Under ESSA, states are not required to adhere to Common Core Standards, but the act says that state-determined standards must prepare all students for postsecondary success. Going into effect on July 10, 2016, the Every Student Succeeds Act promises to make the following key changes to U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

They were also given a common planning period to discuss student progress and problems and consider ways to make lessons more rigorous and engaging. There were people who really didn’t believe the reports,” he said. The district also embraced the new Common Core standards, despite controversy elsewhere. percent in 2007.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Remind co-founder Brett Kopf was replaced as CEO by Brian Grey, formerly CEO of the Bleacher Report. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). Sebastian Thrun stepped down as Udacity’s CEO. Jen Medbery stepped down as CEO of Kickboard. Layoffs at Noodle.com (80% of its marketing and editorial teams).

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

Examples from the Massachusetts standards, which incorporate the Common Core, include: “Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text; summarize the text” or “Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.”. Now, it’s time to start writing questions, or “items” as they’re called in the industry.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

.” “The White House on Monday announced that it would nominate Mitchell “Mick” Zais as deputy secretary of education ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. “Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. ” The latest Pew Research report addresses the future of automation. 2 Post at Ed.

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” The Hechinger Report asks , “What can Betsy DeVos really do?” Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” Via the BBC : “ Facebook Reports BBC to Police Over Investigation Into Child Sex Images.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 8, 2015

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