eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

At a Dolton-Riverdale school board meeting in the spring, district leaders and two technology vendors pitched a $3.3 With the clock ticking here and across the country, technology companies and other vendors are pushing products and services they claim can help speed up student recovery — and urging districts to invest in them now.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

The federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act, for example, limits the use of school-improvement funds to interventions that benefit student learning as documented by at least one well-designed and well-implemented research study. Poorer districts often paid the highest prices.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

A senior class vice president with a long list of extracurricular accomplishments and honors courses, Hamza ultimately managed with pro bono help from a college admissions consulting company to hammer together her applications to Harvard, Stanford, Princeton and other top schools. Aya Hamza, a high school senior, with her father.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Startups and established tech companies are providing a crash course in entrepreneurship, sending engineers and designers into public schools to mentor students. Working in the gig economy as a contractor with a ride-share company precludes the kinds of deep relationships that lead to professional advancement.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

For example, according to a separate report by NCES the median annual earnings for full-time workers ages 25 through 34 who had not completed high school were $26,000, compared to $32,000 a year for those whose highest education level was high school completion. Individuals interested in enrolling at Ancora High School can visit: [link].

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Nearly a dozen entrepreneurs we talked to said they each received upwards of 20 emails from investment banking groups, inviting them to meetings in private suites. That’s generally how much companies have to generate for most major banks to consider working with them to find a buyer. Here’s a few of the things we noticed on Day 1.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2022

Credit: AJ Mast for The Hechinger Report. Related: Trucking companies train you on the job. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. The wage is secondary. The university’s website advertises that a legal secretary can make $29,534 to $48,910. Just don’t try to quit. There’s a moral question here,” he said.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 21, 2016

But the ed-tech market in that area is largely undeveloped and has miles go before it can meet educators’ needs. The report draws from market research, as well as the experiences of companies selected to receive support to create ed-tech science products as part of a competition run by a venture fund project called NewSchools Ignite.

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edWeb.net

JULY 29, 2022

Learning and Employment Records (LERs) is an emerging technology that is redefining how job seekers search for the right fit and how employers find people with the right skillsets to meet their needs. A key finding of the report was that fragmentation in data systems prevents people from having agency over their learning and employment data.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

were underfunded by $580 billion in federal dollars alone — money that was specifically targeted to support 30 million of our most vulnerable students,” says a new report published by the education advocacy nonprofit, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools. “Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

A Foundation of Research You wouldn’t necessarily know it from the pandemic-era panic, but online education for elementary and secondary schools is not new. About 375,000 students in 32 states are enrolled in statewide online schools, many of which are operated as charter schools or run by Education Service Provider companies such as K12 Inc.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Leave this field empty if you're human: Moody’s Investors Service rates the bonds of many universities around the country and it issued a report on Jan. Each year, 25,000 Pennsylvania community college students transfer to in-state colleges to pursue bachelor’s degrees, according to the Moody’s report. Proof Points.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. What they lack is college-educated relatives, counselors, role models or mentors to make sure they take the courses and meet the deadlines they need to, or who encourage them to think about their further educations. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. NEWARK, Calif. —

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

As EdSurge reported, to be part of the initiative, companies “had to commit to providing goods or services worth at least $100 million.” But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

Earlier this year, the Santa Clara district held a one-day training for hundreds of teachers and support staff using simulation software from a company called Kognito , which specializes in creating one-on-one virtual conversations around health-related topics, such as bullying, suicide prevention and substance abuse.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

EdSurge will be hosting hundreds of local teachers and administrators, along with dozens of edtech companies from around the country, at our Summit on Dec. Initiative 2: Reconsidering Internet Filtering — Filtering policies had originally been set up to protect students, but they often frustrated secondary educators and students alike.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2020

Thousands more work for transportation companies that contract with public schools, colleges and private employers. 210,000 — The number of bus drivers working directly for elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. appeared first on The Hechinger Report. School districts in the U.S. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2019

In Boston, an all-day training in a high school gym attracted about 100 educators for instruction in yoga, meditation and mindfulness, part of a 200-hour training offered on weekends by a company called Breathe For Change. The biggest reason non-retiring teachers leave the classroom, the report noted, is dissatisfaction at work (55 percent).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

This past year presented numerous challenges for educators, leaving many of us scrambling to do our best to meet the rising needs with limited time and resources – which isn’t sustainable. Throughout the year, we’ve seen districts and edtech companies fall victim to these attacks, compelling districts to adopt a defensive stance.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Higher education has found itself under increasing pressure to change that, just as has happened in elementary and secondary schools, where a battery of standardized tests constantly check in on what students know. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, called in 2006 for learning to be measured and reported publicly.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

Photo: Bekah McNeel/The Hechinger Report. She chose the high school because she believed it could give her access to the type of company she wants to work for in the future. Photo: Bekah McNeel/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Bekah McNeel/The Hechinger Report. CAST Tech freshman Toney Coronado wants to work in cybersecurity.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2015

“It’s meeting a need,” she said about the program that’s been in Tennessee middle schools for two years. “It’s where technology meets education” as well as where students themselves are on the learning curve, he said. “The early numbers show a tremendous return on investment.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report. To answer that question, The Hechinger Report combed through grant databases, legislative records and lobbying disclosures, looking for the forces and funding behind LD 1422. Kelly Field, for The Hechinger Report. The Gates Foundation is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.).

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2016

After implementation, educators, administrators, and students reported numerous improvements to their daily experience. NAPCO’s adaptive motion detection equipment automatically selects the appropriate mode in order to optimize intruder catch and reduce false alarms, according to the company. Read more.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Even students with cognitive delays may be able to attend modified post-secondary programs if given adequate preparation and encouragement in school.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2017

By 2025, more than 60 percent of Georgia jobs will require some kind of post-secondary education, and now only 45 percent of the state’s young adults meet that criterion. Photo: Meredith Kolodner/The Hechinger Report. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report in a collaboration with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Student Jaylen Dennis sets up an experiment to test one of Newton’s Laws. LEXINGTON, Miss.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Visa holders can only attend public secondary schools for one year and must pay tuition to public school districts, fees that normally range from $3,000 to $10,000 a year , according to the U.S. It led me to ‘OK, where are these companies coming from? There were no parent conferences or other meetings to attend. “It

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

How do I get started with meeting CIPA requirements? The E-rate program is funded through the federal Universal Service Fund and administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), under the umbrella of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). How do I get started with meeting CIPA requirements?

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MindShift

MARCH 29, 2018

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report). Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report). Sign up here for our higher-education newsletter. NEWARK, Calif. — “Where do you want to go to college?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2017

This has happened as Georgia officials – like those in many other states – are pushing to increase the number of young residents who have some kind of post-secondary education. The Gates Foundation is among The Hechinger Report ’s many funders.). During the 2013-2014 school year, USG institutions awarded $28.8 he asked himself.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

The nonprofit test development group has worked with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary education to make and score MCAS for all but four of the 19 years it has been given. The company also works on large-scale assessments for 16 other states and is one of two companies in the running to design the MCAS 2.0.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

This past year presented numerous challenges for educators, leaving many of us scrambling to do our best to meet the rising needs with limited time and resources – which isn’t sustainable. Throughout the year, we’ve seen districts and edtech companies fall victim to these attacks, compelling districts to adopt a defensive stance.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

Fifteen years ago, Brenda Cassellius was an assistant principal at a Minneapolis high school when a local reporter asked her about the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the brand-new congressional overhaul of federal education policy. This is just the medicine we need,” Cassellius recalls telling the reporter.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

As schools continue to focus on long-term improvement of their education, implementing a high-dosage tutoring program can provide them with the tools necessary to ensure students’ academic achievement by catching knowledge gaps early, meeting students where they are, and providing evidence-based intensive recovery.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2016

After numerous classroom projects and strong demand from their students, they decided in the spring of 2016 with the support of the school district to massively elevate 3D printing by installing a MakerBot Innovation Center, making MOHS the first secondary school worldwide with such an offering.

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MindShift

MAY 1, 2019

Excerpted from “ Mindfulness in the Secondary Classroom: A Guide for Teaching Adolescents ,” (c) 2019 by Patricia C. Norton & Company. Let’s imagine that this is the moment a parent challenges you in a meeting or the moment you learn that a colleague was diagnosed with a serious illness. meeting confrontation.

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