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MAY 27, 2018

Statista predicts that approximately five billion people will use a smartphone by 2019. The USDOE’s Office of Educational Technology places emphasis on students and educators having access to a robust and comprehensive infrastructure when and where they need it for learning. Powerful learning devices.

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MARCH 23, 2023

Community colleges, which have historically served as comprehensive institutions offering associate degrees with transfer articulation agreements to four-year colleges, have also served as workforce drivers through their array of educational credit and non-credit courses. From 1890 to 1940, higher education in the U.S.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

A typical career trajectory in early care and education might follow like this: start as an assistant teacher in a classroom, eventually gain the experience to move up to lead teacher, and if youre ambitious and able, one day become the assistant director, director or even owner of a program. On paper, it seems reasonable.

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MARCH 4, 2025

Recent National Assessment of Educational Progress reading scores dipped to the lowest theyve ever been, falling two points on average for fourth and eighth graders. While math scores have stayed relatively the same since 2022, the last time the test was administered, theyve yet to hit what they were in 2019. How should colleges adapt?

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OCTOBER 29, 2019

The average performance of the nation’s fourth and eighth graders mostly declined in math and reading from 2017 to 2019, following a decade of stagnation in educational progress, according to the results of a test released on Oct. The one exception was fourth-grade math, with the average score rising by one point between 2017 and 2019.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

By creating more flexible, student-centered classrooms, personalized learning empowers students to take ownership of their education, developing the skills they need to thrive both academically and personally. In April 2019, we began our journey to personalize learning. Mancuso: We have data in front of us consistently and constantly.

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JANUARY 29, 2025

A federally mandated evaluation of student performance, the National Assessment of Educational Progress known as the nations report card is considered one of the most accurate glimpses at student learning in the country. During a call, Carr noted that these declines continue trends that predate the pandemic, going back to 2019.

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JULY 7, 2023

language education was published in 2017, with data from less than half of the country’s K-12 schools. While our understanding of language education is incomplete, we know that most K-12 students in American public schools do not have the opportunity to study an additional language to proficiency. Of the small portion of the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Today, after a key vote, it's official: Two giants in the education space will join forces, creating a professional development powerhouse for their educator members. ISTE, meanwhile, serves educators interested in tech and innovation, as well as edtech leaders, and has around 23,000 members. million in the tax year 2019.

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MARCH 31, 2022

We’re familiar with the higher education headlines. The world’s complexity has been catapulted to a new level, and higher education is feeling the repercussions like never before. It simply accelerated a problem for higher education that already existed. Small colleges tend to offer fewer majors than large universities do.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Additionally, while teachers reported having less say into the educational technology they use now than in our fall 2019 survey, those who have this input are much more likely than those without it to see their online classes as effective. Lessons Learned to Move Forward. Elevated Role of Parents and Caregivers.

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JANUARY 29, 2024

The pandemic not only disrupted education temporarily; it also triggered permanent changes. But there are far more students regularly logging into their computers for their classes now than in 2019, according to the latest federal data. 21, 2024 newsletter, “ Fall 2022 IPEDS Data: Profile of US Higher Ed Online Education.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2021

As with much in higher education this academic year, the real activity was online, where the university was busy launching a new virtual master’s degree in data science and an online program in computer science for people who already have bachelor’s degrees. Educational technology: $16 billion.

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APRIL 1, 2022

In the next few days, thousands of edtech entrepreneurs, investors, educators and policymakers will flood a hotel in San Diego to attend the Mecca of Education Innovation Optimism known as ASU GSV. based education and workforce technology companies, together amounting to more than $150 billion in market capitalization.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

What happened to this market that many analysts consistently describe as profitable and growing, and that many critics fret would take over and privatize much of higher education? The Acceleration The acceleration is that 2U is going all in on the education platform strategy that started with the company’s acquisition of edX last year.

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APRIL 25, 2023

This is up from an average of 703 edtech tools during the 2018-2019 school year, representing a more than 200% increase in just three years. While there are still many challenges that remain, schools have an opportunity now to review their processes in order to make them more equitable.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

When working parents scramble for time, how can they remain engaged with their child’s education? Each startup had five minutes to pitch their product and then answer questions from a panel of five judges who are experts in the fields of venture capital, information technology, and education. semi-finals? We wish them good luck!

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

For example, a major breach at educational testing company Pearson during the 2019-20 school year affected an unknown number of student records in thousands of schools. million in education funds have been stolen from districts, some of which has been recovered by law enforcement. The GAO counted that as one incident.

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MARCH 24, 2022

But, he adds, it creates an opportunity for parents, educators and the kids themselves to think intentionally about the “content and context” of their daily media use. According to Common Sense, between 2015 and 2019, screen use among teenagers (ages 13 to 18) increased by 11 percent. For tweens, it’s about five-and-a-half hours.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. The New Mexico Public Education Department is tasked with serving not only students who have grown up speaking Spanish but also Native American children who are learning English and newcomers from other countries. Data from the U.S.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

The certainty of climate change and likelihood of more pandemics and other large-scale disruptions leave us with questions about what the future of education will look like. We should use this moment to catalyze a digital transformation of education that will prepare schools for our uncertain future.

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MAY 3, 2024

News outlets have detailed the rollout by the Texas Education Agency of a natural language processing program, a form of artificial intelligence, to score the written portion of standardized tests administered to students in third grade and up. Using technology to score essays is nothing new. 20 years ago as a student.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2020

There are even ongoing debates among educators about whether all the assignments help students learn much. Related: Three lessons from rigorous research on education technology. Kids hate doing homework. Parents hate nagging about it. Teachers hate grading it. Sign up for our Proof Points newsletter.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

In fact, average fourth and eighth grade math and reading scores fell for most states between 2019 and 2022. In math, fourth graders fell five points nationally since 2019. In 2019, 31 percent were considered below basic level. That’s up from the 2019 results, which showed 34 percent below basic.

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Digital Promise

MAY 30, 2019

In collaboration with HP and Microsoft’s Reinvent the Classroom Initiative, Digital Promise Global is launching two new programs that celebrate teachers and schools who demonstrate powerful teaching and learning with technology. Powerful use of technology contributes to closing the Digital Learning Gap. Halloran School No.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2022

The traditional, comprehensive schools are where most students get an education. As an educator who works in an alternative school, I believe it is important to share how alternative schools support students throughout the pandemic and understand the experiences of the school staff and students from these schools.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

As access to technology becomes increasingly commonplace in schools, discrepancies continue to emerge concerning not whether technology is being used, but how it is being used. Indicators of impactful technology use. The Rubric provides illustrative—but not exhaustive—example skills for each indicator.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Those are vital questions for education technology innovators as they build ventures, secure funding and expand their impact. Catalyst @ Penn GSE, a global center for education innovation at the University of Pennsylvania, is passionate about supporting education entrepreneurs. billion in 2021. billion in 2021.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2019

The latest research comes from the Reboot Foundation, which released a study in June 2019 that shows a negative connection between a nation’s performance on international assessments and 15-year-olds’ self-reported use of technology in school. That’s the equivalent of a year of education or an entire grade level.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

But Pierrottet, who now works as associate director of student wellness at the National Association of State Boards of Education, noted in a policy brief a major hurdle in getting students the help they need: an inadequate supply of mental health professionals, specifically those credentialed to work in schools.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2020

Most states, at least 37, have a policy regarding early identification of dyslexia, a learning disorder that impacts reading, spelling and writing; and 21 states have a statute or code that addresses screening students in grades K-3, according to a 2018 report by Education Commission of the States. Subscribe today!

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JULY 31, 2024

A 2019 report from the Century Foundation, called “ Dear Colleges: Take Control of Your Online Courses, ” urged institutions to turn away from outsourced programs. OPMs have come under scrutiny in recent years, particularly for tuition-sharing contracts that critics say encourage predatory marketing practices and swell student loan debt.

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MAY 8, 2024

In a time when technological advancements shape our daily lives and drive economic growth, focusing on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education in K-12 schools is not just a trend but a necessity. Minecraft Education ’s blocky world became the undisputed champion of engagement.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

For many years, educators have envisioned personalized learning as a way to tailor education to each student's unique needs. EdSurge: How can educators safely and responsibly leverage AI for more personalized learning? The first step is to check if the AI tool is actually designed for education specifically.

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AUGUST 24, 2022

The national consensus supporting higher education is unraveling , as backing for college funding is increasingly becoming a partisan issue. In those years, the public supported higher ed equally for both its private and public benefits—on the whole, we were a nation that honored higher education.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

One of the few replicated findings in education research is that daily, individualized tutoring during the school day really helps kids catch up academically. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift In theory, educational software could be a cheaper alternative.

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MARCH 16, 2023

It actually was a tangible piece of evidence to see what we were talking about when we say there is a lack of respect for educators — when you don’t even want to have them on a committee to talk about what would keep them in a classroom.” Rethinking the Education Workload What would it mean to respect teachers’ time? This is a crisis.”

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