Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

A 2016 survey of such programs found that only about 4 percent of respondents offered field experiences such as student teaching in K-12 online settings. 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.

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edWeb.net

JULY 29, 2022

Another finding was that education and career service providers have limited capacity to collect and track longitudinal data outcomes for learners and workers, including those who may have exited a training program before completion, leaving them unable to evaluate their needs. Designing to Meet the Need.

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Marketplace K-12

MARCH 24, 2016

Some research has shown that students perform better academically and have improved life outcomes when they receive explicit instruction around these areas. A survey of ed-tech-related investments found that only 5 percent of of venture capital in the ed-tech sector between 2011 and 2015 went to companies that include SEL in their products.

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Report Learning Trends Survey 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Ithaka S+R , and a group called Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics , or TPSE Math. Acrobatiq , a company that spun out of Carnegie Mellon University’s much-watched Open Learning Initiative. The real cost savings we’re looking at in this stage is the improved outcomes,” he says, such as retention. The mission?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

8 This gap shows an increased inequality in educational outcomes across racial and socioeconomic lines. 16 Moreover, schools often face complex logistical issues when it comes to training tutors properly, 17 rescheduling the school day to fit in a tutoring block, and vetting tutoring services run by outside companies.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

The post-COVID economy will demand practical skills and a diverse workforce, yet many companies struggle to find quality talent at the scale they need. population , and recruiting from these institutions can help companies create workforces that more closely resemble their customers. In a survey of 1,000 U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2016

To be sure, ongoing ill will over NCLB influenced the bitter, drawn-out negotiations over the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which became ESSA (NCLB was also a reauthorization of the 1965 act). How much of No Child Left Behind’s legacy still lingers on in its successor?

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edWeb.net

MARCH 22, 2023

During the edLeader Panel, “ Focus and Engage: How EdTech Hardware Can Boost Student Outcomes ,” EdTech leaders described how to begin re-envisioning three aspects of classroom settings to enhance student interaction, engagement, and success with technology.

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Technology EdTech Schoology Learning 79

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Alvarez and her colleagues were at the forefront of developing unique educational experiences for their youngest learners and adopting evidence-based practices–by implementing My Math Academy and My Reading Academy–to ensure technology was positively impacting teacher engagement and driving student outcomes.

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Education Learning EdTech Data 114

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

In fact, just 46 percent of high school students said their schools have helped them figure out which careers match their interests and abilities, according to survey data from the nonprofit YouthTruth. Far too many students are graduating high school without a clear plan for future — whether that’s college or career.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 15, 2015

No one wants to trade efficacy for reusability (or for lower cost, or for anything else – as the recent Babson survey showed , faculty want proven efficacy more than anything else). This generally results in materials that are neither particularly effective NOR particularly reusable across contexts.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

1 educational technology priority around the country, according to a recent survey by the Center for Digital Education, a news service that promotes ed-tech. They had little guidance to set meaningful learning outcomes for students outside the state frameworks of standardized tests. And the hype around it is blowing up.

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Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

In the TV series Shark Tank, entrepreneurs with budding companies pitch their ideas to a panel of investors who ask probing questions and then decide whether to back the proposals. Freund: When I sold my previous company, I had some time at my hands for the first time really in my life. Each spoke from a different perspective — Ms.

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E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

I still wholeheartedly believe what I wrote in a series of grant applications to the Shuttleworth Foundation beginning back in 2012 (the Shuttleworth Foundation generously provided some of Lumen’s initial funding and still owns a stake in the company): Education is more important than ever before.

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OER Secondary Software Outcomes 96

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

We will see a shift in priorities for school leaders with a focus on protecting against further learning loss – the projects they invest in should help reach this outcome long-term. The appetite for credible, outcomes-based information and resources couldn’t be stronger. –Karol Górnowicz, CEO, Skriware.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

We will see a shift in priorities for school leaders with a focus on protecting against further learning loss – the projects they invest in should help reach this outcome long-term. One way education is doing this is by offering CTE, even in the elementary grades.

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EdTech Learning Industry Data 70

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 24, 2017 School district to retain IT department | The Sentinel → Several members of the IT department were present at Thursday’s meeting to urge the board not to outsource IT services to a company that proposed to do so.

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EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 170

Doug Levin

MARCH 26, 2017

Tagged on: March 24, 2017 School district to retain IT department | The Sentinel → Several members of the IT department were present at Thursday’s meeting to urge the board not to outsource IT services to a company that proposed to do so.

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EdTech Symantec Facebook Data 150

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Trump’s education platform promises to “make post-secondary options more affordable and accessible through technology enriched delivery models.” ” Shares in for-profit higher education companies were up on news of Trump’s election. Inside Higher Ed profiles homework help company Course Hero.

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Education Common Core Company Facebook 54

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. ” “ How Asian test-prep companies swiftly exposed the brand-new SAT.” This is part eight of my annual review of the year in ed-tech.

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Data Technology Education Software 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 13, 2016

” With all the charges of fraud and deceptive marketing levied against post-secondary institutions this year – from the University of Northern New Jersey too ITT, from Trump University to DevSchool – we might ask if, indeed, this is the way it works. So I thought maybe this is the way it works.” Jobs for Grads.

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Technology Education Secondary Pearson 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Sometimes they strike a deal.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2017

Lower-income students in both countries often attend much worse primary and secondary schools than wealthier ones, with less support and fewer mentors to encourage them, and so either don’t even try to go on to higher educations, or are unprepared for them. We’re beginning to see that in the U.K. and the U.S.,” Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee.

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Policies Report Accessibility Study 57

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

This summer, John Villasenor, a professor of electrical engineering at UCLA, received funding from the Koch Foundation to survey students about their thoughts on free speech. They’re interested in specific outcomes, specific ideas, specific stories. Gee, that last name seems familiar.). Some people are just sorry they got caught.

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Technology Education Social Media Groups 58