The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools. One journalist dubbed SNHU as the Amazon of higher education. This evaluation is called the summative assessment.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But he’s not done trying to bring big changes to higher education. But there's this new distance education thing, and if you want to keep your preferred provider status, you have to start offering that. And at their height, these for-profits educated 12 percent of all American college students. But nature abhors a vacuum.

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ED Surge

MAY 17, 2022

In the midst of these trends, we wanted to hear how academic innovation leaders are thinking and feeling about higher education right now. Matthew Rascoff, vice provost for digital education at Stanford University. What are they worried and excited about? What do they believe is working well, and what should change?

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 29, 2017

Although low-skilled adults have minimal access to educational opportunities, I outlined in my 2015 blog post some ways in which technology has the potential to provide critical access to quality, personalized learning experiences for this underserved population. In fact, according to U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2023

We found parents who were older, more educated and had higher incomes, and interestingly, also had older children, were more likely to identify free play as a preferred learning style. And preferences for direct instruction were highest among parents who are less educated and had a lower income. There seems to be a shift.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Thiel had long been looking for a way to blow up higher education. At first, he looked into starting his own university through his foundation, Gibson writes in his book, “ Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University.” In fact, these days skepticism of higher education is rising.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2018

But after only a few months, Foster started to have concerns about the school’s safety and the quality of the education. This woman was not interested in Montessori education,” Foster said on a recent afternoon. Related: Rival studies shed light on the merits of a Montessori education. She was really just trying to exploit it.”

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