The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Experts say much of what we see marketed as the metaverse from education technology companies isn’t actually the metaverse.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

Secretary of Education Richard W. ” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. On November 22, 1996, U.S. House of Representatives or Senate.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. You think they’re OK because you disabled the online access — think again. But what about cyberbullying?

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Credit: Manuel Orbegozo for The Hechinger Report Pelican Bay students are given laptops to help with their schoolwork, but they don’t have open access to the internet. Related: From prison to dean’s list: How Danielle Metz got an education after incarceration Pelican Bay is one of the most infamous prisons in the country.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

51Talk is China’s leading online English education platform. The company’s mission is to make quality education accessible and affordable, and through an online platform. Can you tell us about your education background? Inkeri, you’ve been teaching for 15 years.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2021

No wonder, then, that “Montessori education is often seen as niche and elitist,” says Joel Mendes, executive director of Prepared Montessorian, a program that provides training to teachers and parents in Montessori methods. It’s a grand vision—and one that has recently secured big funding from leading education investors.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”. the ideology of Silicon Valley [into public schools].”.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Can you guess what students said was their most-used mobile device in 2003? In 2014, only one in four students had direct access to technology in class. Today, 95% of high school students access schoolwork on their smartphones whenever and wherever they need it. Hint: It burned.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. You think they’re OK because you disabled the online access — think again. But what about cyberbullying?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2021

For college students who are also parents, a population that makes up more than 20 percent of undergraduates, one of the most important supports is access to child care. Between 2003 and 2015, the number of campus child care centers declined precipitously, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. Subscribe today!

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2017

Not so for Southern New Hampshire University , which has partnered with Rethink Education , a venture firm based in White Plains, NY, to launch a $15 million seed fund to support early-stage edtech startups. Dubbed “Rethink Education Seed,” the fund will support about two dozen startups over the next five years.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2017

Nearly 40 percent of students starting at 4-year public institutions took at least one developmental (or college-level readiness) course while enrolled from 2003 to 2009. We want to rebuild the whole education culture, start at the beginning,” he says. At the high-school level, ANSEP has multiple programs.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. You think they’re OK because you disabled the online access — think again. But what about cyberbullying? Click for his story. In fact, 4.7

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The purpose of this study was to determine how educators can best improve educational opportunity for all children, particularly low socioeconomic status (SES) and marginalized students. Other studies have already proposed that the achievement gap is actually an educational opportunity gap.[4]

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2023

While almost every sector of higher education is seeing fewer students registering for classes, many trade school programs are booming with young people who are choosing trade school over a traditional four-year degree. Among them is 26-year-old Cheven Jones, taking a break from working on his 2003 Lexus IS 300.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

Charlotte, NC – Discovery Education, the Caterpillar Foundation, and Learning Undefeated today announced the launch of a new education initiative – Innovation at Play. The non-profit is a long-standing partner of Discovery Education.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 29, 2016

As a leader in educational media for children and students and a key partner with parents and educators across America, PBS today announced SPOTLIGHT EDUCATION, a special week of primetime programming examining the challenges facing today’s students and America’s education system.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Empower is hardly the only education company that has had to adapt its wares to support shifting trends in data interoperability. Why Interoperability Is so Critical for Empower Empower Learning, which offers an LMS and gradebook, is designed to support schools transitioning to a competency-based education model.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. You think they’re OK because you disabled the online access — think again. But what about cyberbullying?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The school systems and dynamic leaders that embrace change will succeed and create an educational environment that is more equitable and prepares students for their futures.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

For young people today, learning is a 24/7 enterprise,” says Julie, Evans, the CEO of education nonprofit Project Tomorrow. “It Because of the exposure and the access that students have to so many different digital products—including being able to access the internet anywhere, any time—that learning experience is happening all the time.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 30, 2017

Naturally, the Internet is far and away the richest and most radical change from the days I was a student, and education will, frankly, never be the same again. billion by 2025, while the education sector will attract 15 million users. Google’s Expeditions program is a Cardboard extension specifically oriented towards educators.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

When I graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2003, I desperately needed a job. As the country undergoes a period of historic racial reckoning, with nearly every sector of society examining its role in racial injustice, higher education needs to do the same. In addition, I had $30,000 in student debt.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Educational travel can be made attainable for all students if you create a plan and stick with it. The experts shared tips on planning for educational travel to make it accessible for all students. By working through the smallest details, educational travel can be made attainable for all your students.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

It all began around 2003 when the smartphone wars started with Blackberry, but was quickly taken over by the Apple iPhone in 2007. Image credit: [link] With all the change the world is now experiencing it is quite dumbfounding, to say the least, as to why schools and education remain static when it comes to change.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2023

DENTON, Texas — In an effort to fill more than 3,500 teaching vacancies, the Virginia Department of Education has chosen iteach as the identified partner for alternative teachers certification in 24 divisions of the Commonwealth. iteach will also help us recruit in our most high-need areas, which include special education and elementary.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

UWorld , the worldwide leader in online learning to prepare for high-stakes exams, today announced the launch of AP ® (Advanced Placement ® ) Learning Tools , a new College Readiness solution to help educators enhance instruction, improve student performance, and effectively prepare for AP exams. Pemmasani, M.D., UWorld’s founder and CEO.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

8] Each year, educators teach several students who have dealt with trauma in some way. 14] Because of the way childhood trauma affects the brain, it can seriously inhibit a child’s well-being—especially if the child has no access to support. An ACE is any traumatic event that occurs in childhood, which is defined as ages 0 to17.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. You think they’re OK because you disabled the online access — think again. But what about cyberbullying?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Many working on an elementary education degree are given free rein to take whatever general education course interests them, and one called The Sexual Revolution of the 1960sno doubt proves more compelling to the average college student than a course entitled From the American Revolution to the Civil War.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 19, 2011

Department of Education, with the ultimate goal of providing easy to use computer tutorials to students and adults with learning disabilities. The site contains tutorials for all major Microsoft Office Products like Word, Excel, Publisher, Power Point and Access, both the 2003 version and the 2007 version.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

As an assistant professor of economics at City College in New York, Shankar knew that one of the most important requirements of scientific research was often missing from studies of the effectiveness of online higher education: a control group. Related: How higher education lost its shine.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2019

As colleges move into online education, they’re finding themselves in learning mode. That issue came up when EdSurge sat down with Donna Kidwell, who is the chief technology officer of Arizona State University’s EdPlus, which coordinates much of the online education done by the university. We’re an education company."

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

For them, she said, transferring and having to learn a new education management system, navigate a new financial aid office and administration, as well as a new campus, makes it challenging when they are juggling their education with other responsibilities, even though it may be necessary for them to earn more money or move up in their field.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

Over 80 institutions of higher education — including the University of Richmond — have joined the Universities Studying Slavery (USS) consortium , created and led by the University of Virginia. Related: Student debt cancellation isn’t regressive, it’s anti-racist. Related: If you don’t want critical race theory to exist, stop being racist.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2024

Providing professional development on cultural competence Effective professional development on cultural competence is essential for equipping educators with the knowledge, skills, and mindset needed to engage effectively with diverse learners.

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