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Guest Post: How We Can Reframe Edtech Selection to Promote Equity

Digital Promise

Technology in schools can be a critical tool in advancing equity. 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.

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PROOF POINTS: Most college kids are taking at least one class online, even long after campuses reopened

The Hechinger Report

But there are far more students regularly logging into their computers for their classes now than in 2019, according to the latest federal data. million more students were taking at least one course online — even as the total number of college students fell by more than a million between 2019 and 2022. percent versus 1.1

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How Is the ‘College Is a Scam’ Narrative Influencing Who Chooses to Go to Campus?

ED Surge

By 2019 that had fallen to just 41 percent. Spence is also the founder of the nonprofit Make It Movement , whose goal is to encourage young people to seek college or other high-quality educational options after high school. The value of college is something that people used to pretty much agree on. So what is happening here?

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A Major Textbook Publisher Has Gone Private. What Does That Mean For Its Transition To Digital?

ED Surge

The transition to digital has been tough to crack for traditional textbook publishers. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a Boston-based K-12 education content and technology provider, has finished its sale to Veritas Capital, an investing firm which markets itself as seeking to improve education.

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Why I'm Still Bullish About the State of Edtech

ED Surge

Five years ago I wrote a piece for EdSurge entitled “ Why I’m Optimistic About The Next Wave of Education Technology,” and at the time I wanted to counteract the feelings many were expressing that the edtech bubble was about to burst. million in 2019 to 18.6 million in 2019 to 18.6 million students in 2021, a 5.1

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How AI Can Foster Creative Thinking in the Classroom and Beyond

ED Surge

A 2019 Gallup report found that educators who focus on creativity and use technology in transformative ways see significant gains — students are more engaged, demonstrate better critical thinking, retain more, make connections between subjects and achieve deeper learning. And AI opens up more opportunities for student creation.

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Evidence Is Mounting That Calculus Should Be Changed. Will Instructors Heed It?

ED Surge

Traditional methods of calculus instruction may be knocking students off the path to these vital occupations, which is why advocates warn that getting diverse students into these careers may require instructional models more responsive to students. That the traditional lecture method of teaching calculus isn’t as effective as active models.

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