The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2025

Bringing down the price of a degree was certainly a key part of the appeal when online higher education began, said Richard Garrett, co-director of that survey of online education managers and chief research officer at Eduventures, an arm of the higher education technology consulting company Encoura. Make them cheaper.

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Economics Tutoring Educational Technology Tradition 112

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

And in that study, he and his co-authors discovered that no matter what … there was no measure by which traditional learning, by which I mean lectures and what we call seminars, [is as effective.] Active learning wins. He's a huge activist and advocate of active learning.

Tradition 144

Tradition Teaching Research Education 144

ED Surge

JANUARY 30, 2023

The new Khan World School pitches itself as a way for self-motivated students to break out of the traditional classroom. And its advertising materials emphasize the community component , with daily seminars, small group tutorials and peer tutoring.

Charter School 117

Charter School K-12 Tutoring Tradition 117

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

The district rolled out the class in fall 2020, in an attempt to offer an alternative math course to students who might struggle in traditional junior and senior math courses such as Algebra II, Pre-Calculus and Calculus. Traditional math curriculum “is essentially focused on preparing students for STEM pathways in college,” Cook said.

High School 143

High School Tradition Economics Teaching 143

ED Surge

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Golden Apple and the Teacher Shortage in Illinois This past summer, I served as Scholar Institute Curriculum Coordinator for Golden Apple (GA) Scholars where I developed a curriculum for Reflective Seminar, one of the key summer learning experiences for the program’s roughly 1,000 scholars.

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Teaching Professional Development Humanities History 101

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Indeed, despite the buzz around personalized learning, there’s no simple recipe for success, and the common ingredients — such as adaptive-learning technology and student control over learning — can backfire if poorly implemented. But now, I love school math, because I’m learning better.”. Photo: Chris Berdik.

Charter School 84

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 84

The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2017

The conference comes at a time when there is so little direction from Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos that her name rarely came up, although the travails of President Donald Trump certainly did. Related: Betsy DeVos likens education technology to letting a thousand flowers bloom. Photo: Chris Berdik. “But

Charter School 93

Charter School Elementary School Middle School Educational Technology 93