eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. On the down side, as the technology evolves it will also enable hackers to be more adept at infiltrating systems that store sensitive student data. Today, over 2.9 This trend follows the pattern of other public interest phenomena.

Trends 143

Trends EdTech Industry Data 143

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., the more detailed program rules, as determined by the U.S.

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

With about one-third of all public elementary and secondary schools in rural communities, there is a need to understand and support the needs of rural schools. Understandable, but not equitable when data shows that rural areas have slightly higher poverty rates than urban areas. The 2014 U.S.

E-rate 60

E-rate Education Outcomes Accessibility 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

With about one-third of all public elementary and secondary schools in rural communities, there is a need to understand and support the needs of rural schools. Understandable, but not equitable when data shows that rural areas have slightly higher poverty rates than urban areas. The 2014 U.S.

E-rate 60

E-rate Education Outcomes Accessibility 60

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

With about one-third of all public elementary and secondary schools in rural communities, there is a need to understand and support the needs of rural schools. Understandable, but not equitable when data shows that rural areas have slightly higher poverty rates than urban areas. The 2014 U.S.

E-rate 60

E-rate Education Outcomes Secondary 60

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2019

The school has two full-time school counselors, but in 2012 laid off a staffer whose sole focus was guiding students to college or other post-secondary options. The ratio of school counselors to high school students in Minnesota was 681-to-1 in 2016, according to state data. Steve Friess for The Hechinger Report. The 19-year-old St.

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Accessibility Secondary 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

The recognition is that technology is probably one of the most important powering forces behind innovation that’s happening across a variety of different sectors, whether it’s retail, e-commerce, or whether it’s banking and payments online. We haven’t raised our tuition, it’s been the same rate in that time period. Nine years.

Outcomes 78

Outcomes E-rate Accessibility Course 78

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

The schools are the brainchild of Charles Butt, a big donor to local education causes and chairman of H-E-B, the region’s largest grocery store chain. A monitor she is wearing as part of a PE project is going off, informing her she has reached her resting heart rate, and cueing her to make a note of her current activity.

E-rate 99

E-rate Microsoft Industry STEM 99

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

billion people are still without internet, and the rate of internet growth has actually slowed. On the down side, as the technology evolves it will also enable hackers to be more adept at infiltrating systems that store sensitive student data. Today, over 2.9 This trend follows the pattern of other public interest phenomena.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Our data suggest that the acknowledgment of Wikipedia’s helpfulness rises across their educational stage. The evolution of trust in Wikipedia was documented by Mothe & Sahut (2018) who noted a contrast “between a higher frequency of use of Wikipedia and a lower rate of citation.” Look for editorial ratings. Faniel, I.

E-rate 111

E-rate Wiki Elementary Study 111

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

per semester for what it calls Cengage Unlimited, its full e-library, and another $50 for access to a related homework system that professors often assign with the textbook. Digital textbooks generate far more data than hardcopy textbooks ever could. We need data to be able to do that.” We want to help them study better.

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Accessibility Pearson Secondary E-rate 202

Evelyn Learning

JUNE 7, 2023

According to the Education Data Initiative , enrollment peaked in the year 2010 at 21.02 People Losing Trust in College Degrees According to the data collected by Morning Consult , Gen Z has the lowest trust in the education system of public colleges or universities. million students. Now, the time has changed.

How To 40

How To Secondary Education E-rate 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Audrey is a writer for the NPR education technology blog MindShift , for the data section of O’Reilly Radar , and for the Edutopia blog. It does allude to student excitement and creativity, but does not take these qualities seriously because they can’t be placed in a data stream. And apps like Kno and Stanza failed to work.

Knewton 43

Knewton Pearson E-rate Education 43

Neo LMS

JUNE 12, 2018

Streaming in schools is a contentious subject, and there are studies to show that streaming prior to upper secondary school can have a negative effect on both social and academic outcomes, particularly for underprivileged students. Streaming should really only be considered in a high school setting. What role will ed-tech play?

E-rate 213

E-rate Robotics Comparison Industry 213

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

billion on elementary and secondary education. Census data. If E-rate didn’t fund our technology, we didn’t get it,” he said, referring to a federal program that makes telecommunications and Internet access more affordable for schools and libraries. Schools stand to receive $2.4 billion under the 2017 budget. “We

Elementary 56

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 56

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 4, 2018

She watched the series and then built an entire curriculum around it (content rated TV-MA means the course is only open to juniors and seniors). Revere High School’s adjusted four-year graduation rate rose from 71.5 The school’s four-year adjusted graduation rate rose from 71.5 ethos to her teaching. percent in 2009 to 87.9

E-rate 111

E-rate Report Assessment Study 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The district’s class of 2010 had a 73 percent graduation rate for students in special education and a 13 percent dropout rate — double the dropout rate for the student body overall. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem. Covina-Valley has seen its efforts pay off.

Dropout 93

Dropout E-rate Education Secondary 93

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

Leveraging new funding opportunities such as E-Rate or ESSER, the superintendents faced with unique challenges used the funding sources thoughtfully. He has served as Principal at the secondary level as well as Assistant Superintendent. ClassLink Analytics gives decision makers the usage data they need.

Broadband 97

Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 97

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

“I’m slightly wary of building a Google data profile of a young child,” says @ashleyrcarman @verge [link]. Tagged on: March 19, 2017 The Top 10: Student Privacy News (Feb-March 2017) | Future of Privacy Forum → If you care about student data privacy, worth the read and worth signing up for the email newsletter.

EdTech 170

EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2018

Census data. According to an analysis by The Economist, the “nominal price of textbooks has risen more than fifteenfold since 1970, three times the rate of inflation.” Others will purchase e-books, go to off-campus bookstores, purchase older editions and make photocopies to get by. The textbook hustle is real.

E-rate 66

E-rate Guidelines Report Secondary 66

Marketplace K-12

MAY 16, 2016

If you look at Connections Academy, the schools are incredibly popular with parents…[We measure the extent to which parents recommended our online programs among each other] and it receives an incredibly high rating.” Secondary, they will enable what most people in the education world want to see happen.”. And it takes time.

Common Core 76

Common Core Pearson Resources Company 76

Wired Campus

APRIL 30, 2015

So on the flip side of this market, textbook publishers and learning companies lose massive portions of what should be their core revenue stream to this secondary market. Go to class, hold off on rushing into any nontransparent purchasing decision, and rent an e-textbook by the day. Young: Just on time, thank you. Shannon: Sure.

E-rate 28

E-rate Company Course MOOC 28

Hack Education

AUGUST 10, 2018

Via Edsurge : “Why the FCC ’s E-rate Makes Funding High-Speed Internet a Slow Crawl.” Via NPR : Illinois “Lawmakers Looking At How Public Schools Handle Private Data.” “The Saga of Ohio ’s Embattled E-School Is Coming to an End,” writes Education Week’s Ben Herold.

E-rate 44

E-rate Education Robotics Elsevier 44

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

There’s more data about online education enrollments in the research section at the bottom. Private School With Low Vaccination Rates.” ” Via e-Literate : “Fall 2017 Top 30 Largest Online Enrollments In US – With LMS Usage and Trends Since 2012.” Their schools haven’t.”

Education 52

Education LMS Robotics E-rate 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). It works well, that is, if you disregard student data privacy and security.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

MARCH 8, 2017

Wheeler had been a “champion” of net neutrality and E-rate reform, according to Education Week at least, but his replacement, Trump appointee Ajit Pai, seems poised to lead the agency with a very different set of priorities – and those priorities will likely shape in turn what happens to ed-tech under Trump. .”

E-rate 49

E-rate Digital Divide Broadband Libraries 49

Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Senators Introduce Bill to Keep Government Research Data Publicly Available (Preserving Data in Government Act).” “5 Reasons Why e-textbooks in Egypt Would Be Inequitable” by Maha Bali. ” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” asks Jade E.

Education 47

Education E-rate Company Kaplan 47

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

But even without knowing the funding data for the month of December, I can say a lot. You can find stock market data about publicly-traded education companies at funding.hackeducation.com. Even without funding data to underscore its importance, “personalization” can’t be dismissed. Why, schools of course.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Via CNET : “ Verizon to pay $17M to resolve FCC, Justice E-Rate probes.” “A Kayak for Credentials” – Inside Higher Ed on Credential Engine ’s plans for a big database on post-secondary credentials. ” More via Buzzfeed. The Business of Student Loans. ” Trick question.

Education 48

Education Coursera MOOC Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. Jeb Bush’s lieutenant governor, as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education, the top post at the Education Department overseeing K–12 policy.” ” More on the bill via Inside Higher Ed. .”

Kaplan 50

Kaplan Education Robotics E-rate 50

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2016

There have been some improvements, such as new schools and higher graduation rates, but there is still a long way to go. Students’ growth scores, which show how much a student has progressed from year to year, on state tests were rated a C in 2014-2015 , after two years of being an F.

How To 40

How To E-rate Report Groups 40