The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Since they opened in 2014, Brooklyn LAB has embraced the idea of “personalized learning,” a trend in schools intended to tailor learning to students’ individual needs and interests. Related: A virtual tour of blended-learning schools, so others can see how it’s done. XQ is led by former U.S.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” I have learned so much in the intervening years, and my analysis then strikes me as incredibly naive and shallow.

Technology 62

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

All the talk of the importance of “emotion” in education reflects other trends too. It’s a reaction, I’d say, to the current obsession with artificial intelligence and a response to all the stories we were told this year about robots on the cusp of replacing, out-“thinking,” and out-working us.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: March 17, 2017 Problems with Personalized Learning | dy/dan → Dan Meyer says, "This isn’t good instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. It looks unlike any school I ever attended. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

K-12 tech innovation is driving a paradigm shift in education, embracing interactive tools, personalized learning, and digital resources to prepare students for the challenges and opportunities of the evolving global landscape. What are the educational technology trends in 2024?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2017

One long-term trend that’s working in our favor is technology. ET News also notes that John Bailey, who worked with DeVos as the vice president of policy at the nonprofit ExcelinEd , otherwise known as the Foundation For Excellence in Education, said that “she was a great board member at ExcelinEd.

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Hack Education

JUNE 1, 2018

The Hechinger Report on personalized learning : “The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via Science : “How researchers are teaching AI to learn like a child.” ECS Learning Systems has acquired PREPWORKS.

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Education Kaplan Robotics Schoology 47

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 24, 2017

“Will Reversal of FCC’s ‘Net Neutrality’ Policy Help or Hurt Schools?” Schools should consider the ways in which their own social media surveillance re-inscribes these sorts of violent, nationalist policies. Department of Labor as a senior policy adviser.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 44

Education Khan Academy Company Training 44

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

’s Mumps Outbreak Tells Us About Our Vaccine Policies.” More on for-profit higher ed policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Gates , Zuckerberg Philanthropies Team Up on Personalized Learning ,” Education Week reports. Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This isn’t simply a matter of “ robots are coming for your jobs.” ” And it sure isn’t “everyone should learn nursing.” ” Everyone Should Learn to Code. Arguably this focus on CS was the one education policy pursued by Obama that Trump did not try to loudly reverse.)

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Learn how one school system infuses computer science and programming throughout the primary grades to deliver content that’s engaging and relevant to today’s learners. Explore resources and tools – including robots, programming languages and computer-powered mechanical structures – you can use with students in grades K-5.

Digital Citizenship 44

Digital Citizenship Libraries Conference Learning 44

Hack Education

AUGUST 11, 2017

” Chalkbeat on vouchers in Indiana : “Choice for most: In nation’s largest voucher program, $16 million went to schools with anti-LGBT policies.” ” The New York Times on “ mastery based learning ” : “A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry.” ” Holy s**t.

Education 45

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Senate to serve as Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical and Adult Education and Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development , respectively.” which makes these sorts of policy moves chuckle-worthy (to me, at least). Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “ Robots in the classroom ?

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

It points to policies the university can pro-actively ennact, and laws that could have been enforced by university police.” ” According to WCET , “Developing Effective Courses Using Adaptive Learning Begins with Proper Alignment.” ” Tom Vander Ark lists “ 15 Dimensions of Personalized Learning.”

Education 51

Education ProctorU Company Report 51

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Well, this will be useful to “personalize learning,” won’t it. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. “The Implications of Gartner’s Top 10 Tech Trends of 2018 for Education – Part 2,” according to the Getting Smart blog. ” $3000 for three headsets.

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Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

And the word “intelligence” is now used – oh so casually – to describe so-called “thinking machines”: algorithms, robots, AI. There are various legal and policy mandates that have demanded for some time now that schools collect this information. It knows your standardized test scores.

Data 40

Data Software Company System 40

Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

. “High school students will be allowed to carry mace in the 2016–2017 school year after the Rowan-Salisbury Board of Education agreed to remove prohibitive language and amend its policy,” the Salisbury Post reports. Via Techcrunch : “ Lilwil ’s personalized learning engine teaches teachers how to teach.”

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Education Pearson Report MOOC 52

Hack Education

MARCH 16, 2018

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Finds Unlikely Culprit in School Shootings: Obama Discipline Policies.” ” Via The Wall Street Journal : “ Visas Issued to Foreign Students Fall, Partly Due to Trump Immigration Policy.” Perhaps it should go in the “robots” section. ” asks CoSN.

Education 46

Education MOOC Company Report 46

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” I’m also curious how this news – again, I’m not sure two closures are really a “trend” – will affect student loan startups. “ Can personalized learning prevail?

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

MAY 19, 2017

DeVos is the former chair of the American Federation for Children, which advocates for school choice policies, such as tax credit scholarships and vouchers. He’s referring to “ personalized learning ,” but might as well be any buzzword when you frame the headline that way, bud.). ” Go, School Sports Team!

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Edmodo Education Knewton Pearson 45

Hack Education

JUNE 29, 2018

” “ Torn Apart / Separados ” – “A rapidly deployed critical data & visualization intervention in the USA’s 2018 ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ for asylum seekers at the US Ports of Entry and the humanitarian crisis that has followed.” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Education Facebook Khan Academy MOOC 50

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

” Via The 74 : “ Trump Towers Over Education: How His Candidacy Is Already Affecting Federal Policy.” From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” “ Robots won’t replace teachers because they can’t inspire us.” Workday has acquired Zaption.

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MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

JULY 14, 2017

” Via The New York Times : “ Campus Rape Policie s Get a New Look as the Accused Get DeVos’s Ear.” ” Via The New York Times : “ DeVos Says She Will Revisit Obama-Era Sexual Assault Policies.” ” More on the Afghan robotics team in the contest section below. for Robotics Contest.”

Education 45

Education Pearson Report Robotics 45

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. And certainly the expectation of many ed-tech products (and increasingly school policy) is that parents will do just this — participate in the incessant monitoring of student data.

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 8, 2017

“ Should Children Form Emotional Bonds With Robots? Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Robot Learning Improves Student Engagement ,” the Communications of the ACM claims. Kiwicampus : a robot delivery service on campus. Via CSO : “Company with no privacy policy to collect brainwave data on 1.2

Education 48

Education Robotics Company Report 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2016

And “personalization” is the underlying promise of the new education software Facebook is itself building. These two examples highlight quite well the mental gymnastics necessary to believe that a “personalized” product is actually personalized. ” Edsurge asked in June. Poor Rousseau.

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Technology Pearson Education Facebook 73

Hack Education

DECEMBER 10, 2017

There were other high profile incidents as well: the refusal, for example, to give visas to the all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan. Some technology companies have joined some of these lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s immigration policies. The actions of the administration should not come as a surprise.

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Data Education Software Social Media 78

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “Frank Brogan, the chancellor of the Pennsylvania State University System from 2013 until retiring this year, has joined the Department of Education in the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development – likely ahead of a nomination to a separate position.” “grit” a.k.a. ” No.

Education 45

Education Facebook Company Report 45

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

34 Percent Of Graduates Received A Diploma Against District Policy.” You can learn a lot about how entrepreneurs view education when they’re talking with their investors about the business. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” Via NPR : “In D.C. , ” Immigration and Education.

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Education MOOC Company Pearson 45

Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2017

Via Zion Market Research : “ Massive Open Online Course Market : Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecasts 2016-2024.” “ The growth of online learning : How universities must adjust to the new norm” is sponsored content on Education Dive. Robots and Other (Ed-Tech) Science Fiction.

MOOC 40

MOOC Education Robotics Report 40

Hack Education

JULY 29, 2016

Wonder Workshop has raised $20 million from WI Harper Group, Idea Bulb Ventures, Learn Capital, Charles River Ventures, Madrona Venture Group, and TCL. The robot startup, formerly known as Play-i, has raised $35.9 Via the Sunlight Foundation : “A look at local education data policies.” million total.

Education 40

Education Company Report Data 40

Hack Education

JUNE 22, 2018

” Via The Hechinger Report : “ Louisiana ends policy that held thousands of students back a grade or more.” ” Via The Washington Post : “Are Betsy DeVos ’s policies exacerbating racial inequities in student debt ? ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. ” (So yeah. .”

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Education Microsoft MOOC Coursera 44

Hack Education

MARCH 9, 2018

” “One Standardized Tests Provider Looks to Gaming and Personalized Learning to Innovate Exams” – Edsurge on ETS. Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via The 74 : “ Harvard - MIT Personalized Learning Program to Help Early Readers Gets $30M From Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.”

Education 47

Education Kaplan Coursera MOOC 47

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

TULSA, Oklahoma — On a fall morning in 2018, veteran technology teacher Abraham Kamara was working with his robotics team at Memorial Junior High School when Tulsa school superintendent Deborah Gist entered the classroom with a TV news crew. A lot of teachers have gotten behind personalized learning and similar teaching models.

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Common Core Data Report Blended Learning 92

Hack Education

APRIL 7, 2017

” The New York Times’ Editorial Board weighs in on the Trump administration’s recent policy shift on student debt: “The Wrong Move on Student Loans.” ” “ Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Hiring Personalized-Learning Engineers ,” says Education Week. “Learning engineers.”

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