Edsurge
JUNE 9, 2020
Imagine students in a control group go from 50% on a pre-test to 60% on a post-test, whereas in the treatment group they go from 50% to 80%,” he explains. If both happen together, that’s a 9x improvement in the rate of learning.” For him, improving the speed of learning is just part of it.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
OCTOBER 17, 2011
Launches Rated JPG reports that beloved toy-maker LEGO is building its own social network. While Kno has fixed its issues, it appears as though Stanza, a popular e-reader app, will remain in the app graveyard. A study by the NPD Group released this week finds that 91% of kids ages 2 to 17 play games.
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The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 10, 2017
Photo: Meghan E. The shift has coincided with improved test scores and graduation rates. “I And it would not be possible, Trout said, without small-group instruction and the assistance of classroom technology that helps her deliver a custom-fit lesson for each student. based education reform advocacy group.
Hack Education
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
From the Knewton blog : “ Introducing Knewton Product Updates for Fall 2017.” million from Scott Cook, Signe Ostby, Chuck Templeton, Deborah Quazzo, Follett Knowledge Fund, Jeff Weiner, Mike Gamson, Plum Alley, and TAL Education Group. ” The startup is called Learning Beautiful. ThinkCERCA has raised $10.1
Hack Education
OCTOBER 14, 2016
According to excerpts of speeches published by Wikileaks – stolen data – Clinton called the Common Core a “political failure” in a speech she gave to Knewton. Neither Knewton nor the Clinton campaign have confirmed the veracity of this leaked speech. Education Politics. ” Go, School Sports Team!
Hack Education
AUGUST 24, 2018
” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Student-Loan Borrowers , by Age Group, Amount Owed, and Repayment Status, 2017.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” ” The group: The City Fund. ” OPB on “The Strange Case of Susie Strangfield ,” Parts 1 and 2.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 30, 2019
“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”
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