The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2023

But when I asked ChatGPT to write me a higher education newsletter for The Hechinger Report, the one that it produced really wasn’t very good. And the essay on Russian Blue cats (like my Franny) is full of fun facts that I will definitely share the next time I’m at an awkward dinner party and at a loss for conversation topics.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Ever since the 2012 report stated that India needed thousands of new colleges and universities, it has been evident that India should instead focus on building disruptive innovations to rethink education by offering a service that is far more affordable, accessible, and convenient than the existing options. But there were two problems.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

The speakers all pressed that digital learning, and in particular online charter schools, are falling short for students and teachers. There has been a huge explosion of online learning and edtech in our schools… and online education is privatizing education through for-profit companies and their apps,” said Haimson.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

You’d definitely want to check the transcript and show notes for all of these ideas. You’ll definitely want to go to Eric’s website Control Alt Achieve and his YouTube channel. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In Texas, after schools went online in the spring, Black and Hispanic students failed to submit assignments or respond to outreach from their teachers at more than double the rate of their white classmates , the Texas Education Agency reports. How far we’ve come is wonderful, so having to take some steps back is definitely frustrating.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2020

Undergraduates already seemed lukewarm toward virtual higher education; only about 20 percent took even one online course in the fall of 2018, the consulting firm Eduventures estimates. If they didn’t like that, they definitely don’t like what they’re getting this semester. Illustration by Shonagh Rae.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2020

Ryan Bravin has reported to his classroom every day for the last few weeks to teach English to ninth and 10th graders at his school, located in Vance County in Eastern North Carolina. The more I saw people struggle with online learning, it convinced me this work is more important now than it ever was." Why did I feel unengaged?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city. It also invested in software like ST Math and the reading program Lexia, created by the Rosetta Stone company.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2021

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, virtual learning has worked for her son, who has autism and ADHD. “My My kid did better than he had before,” said Martin, who works as a data entry specialist at a company that manufactures glass. The post These parents want more virtual learning. He hasn’t had that before.”.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 What is a “Platform”?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2018

Online work has become a classroom staple for students around the country, but hundreds of thousands are still locked out because of inadequate internet connections. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Its definition of what it means to be “rural” is beyond that which most Americans will ever come to know.

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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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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

From 2008 - 2011, the company worked on projects spanning early childhood, grades K-12, higher education and the workforce, while simultaneously crystallizing its philosophy. In 2011, Rubin and Kern co-authored and released, Designing The Future of Learning, a white paper focused on the transformation taking place in the educational system.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

The ambitions for New York City’s Innovation Zone (or iZone) were sweeping: By 2014, city leaders hoped it would be the catalyst for technologically enhanced personalized learning models throughout the district, encompassing 400 schools. In 2013 the Gotham Gazette reported that the iZone had a budget of $47 million. Hodas left in 2014.)

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. education system.

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2017

As online learning companies compete for the attention and wallets of learners, players like MasterClass , Linked Learning , Cognotion and Harvard are investing in producing videos that are so beautiful they could be National Geographic documentaries or sitcom pilots. Educational media is at an inflection point.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

One teacher, many students: It’s basically the definition of school as we know it, going back to the earliest days of the Republic. It’s been advertised more like a whole-school personalized learning transformation in a box: from mentoring sessions with teachers to “playlists” of lessons in every subject.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Denise Pope to support learning at home. Challenge Success: Parent Tips and Tools, Keep Kids Engaged and Healthy with Remote LearningWATCH | Video Get ideas for how to promote a broader definition of learning from this ABC7 interview with Dr. Denise Pope.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Denise Pope to support learning at home. Challenge Success: Parent Tips and Tools, Keep Kids Engaged and Healthy with Remote LearningWATCH | Video Get ideas for how to promote a broader definition of learning from this ABC7 interview with Dr. Denise Pope.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

All in this Edtech Reports Recap. A new survey on corporate skills training forecasts that a lot more companies will try doing it using virtual reality environments in the next two years. The survey asked what kinds of approaches the respondents would invest more money in if they could double their learning budget.

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Nik Peachey

JUNE 11, 2008

How to use this with ELT / EFL students Well I think this is definitely a distance learning support tool rather than some thing to use in the classroom / multi media lab with students.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The Hechinger Report is collaborating with The New York Times to produce Bulletin Board, page 2 of the Times ’ s education supplement, Learning. Sophia Joffe, a high school senior who launched a database for enriched remote learning, at her family’s home in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. – CAYLA BAMBERGER.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 20, 2020

Meanwhile, auditions have been canceled and seniors who were hoping to land jobs with ballet companies have had those aspirations delayed. Pelton hoped to graduate next spring and get a job with a ballet company. Pelton is studying ballet and choreography, subjects that don’t convert easily to virtual instruction.

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Linways Technologies

AUGUST 19, 2020

Quality based education , student-centric education , online learning, and assessments, simplifying the administration, etc. Many of the largest companies in the world are highly investing in edtech and teaching-learning, not to mention the industry leaders who are making great contributions in terms of money and initiatives.

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Classroom Flipped Classroom LMS EdTech 98

Georgia Test Prep

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Biggest Issues Faced By Parents with Virtual Learning. A study by edtech company Promethean found that only 5% of teachers feel like they’re receiving full training and support for edtech in their schools. A 2016 report found that students check their devices for “non-class purposes” 11.43 times a day on average.

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Learning Chromebook Exercises Study 98

Linways Technologies

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Quality based education , student-centric education , online learning and assessments, simplifying the administration etc. Many of the largest companies in the world are highly investing in edtech and teaching-learning, not to mention the industry leaders who are making great contributions in terms of money and initiatives.

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System Classroom Flipped Classroom EdTech 89

The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2015

The ultimate learning experience for students is both highly collaborative and extremely personalized, supported by mobile devices and digital content, reports Project Tomorrow in their latest Speak Up report. Elementary schools may also be exploring various types of blended learning.

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Mobility Blended Learning STEM Survey 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Personalized learning is easy to bastardize.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

White students could lose four to eight months of learning by June 2021, and students of color could lose six to 12 months, according to a McKinsey & Company report published in December. Schools are now tasked with making up for those kinds of learning losses. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly sharing five school districts’ private information with an advisory company while it was negotiating for the districts’ contracts.” Government Accountability Office said in a report Wednesday.” ” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

His paltry education was much like that of dozens of other children in the GNETS system whose experiences this reporter researched. Most, but not all, reported an absence of the sort of therapeutic benefit implied by the program’s name. Developed by a company now called Edgenuity , the platform is available for all K-12 subjects. “It

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Credit: Kelli Johansen for The Hechinger Report. By the time school restarted in person here in the spring of 2021, Perry estimated her grandsons had missed out on almost a full year of academic learning due to their lack of reliable broadband access. Credit: Kelli Johansen for The Hechinger Report. Paul Briesh Jr.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2017

Half of recent college graduates are not using skills they learned in college at work; 86 percent are learning new skills outside of college. In March, MissionU, a new 12-month college alternative combining in-person and online learning, opened applications for its first major, Data Analytics + Business Intelligence.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

.” “ Colorado Education Commissioner Rich Crandall announced his resignation Thursday just four-and-a-half months into the job, shocking the state’s education community and roiling the state Department of Education as it embarks on a number of critical initiatives,” Chalkbeat Colorado reports.

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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. Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. Without revenue the company will go away.

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