Tag: education technologies

August 5, 2022

The fortunes of Online Program Management companies, or OPMs, are falling fast these days. These companies, which help colleges set up online programs and often help finance them as well in exchange for a cut of revenues, have lately seen […]

July 22, 2022

In my role as a 5th grade teacher, I’ve come to believe that one of the best ways to integrate technology into the classroom is to start with the lesson itself. Lessons can be turned digital, and formatted in a […]

July 21, 2022

The days of rolling the ball out and playing sports in PE are changing. With the advancement of technology and shift towards collaborative work in the classroom, physical education teachers are finding more and more ways to keep PE relevant […]

June 27, 2022

The U7+ Alliance of World Universities, 45 research universities from around the world, has issued a new statement on academic freedom. “Academic freedom is an essential contributor to the advancement of knowledge and prosperity, yet it faces limitations around the […]

June 24, 2022

A teacher’s job is to educate the young people who will shape our future world. What profession could be more important? Yet a recent survey by Merrimack College shows that 44 percent of teachers indicate they are very likely or […]

June 23, 2022

Blended and hybrid learning models are life-changing for many students, extending personalized and flexible learning options to select individuals or groups. But with onset of the pandemic, widespread adoption of blended and hybrid models suddenly became a necessity across all […]

June 20, 2022

It’s an early morning wake up call for Trinity Smith, lead teaching fellow and student studying business data analytics at Arizona State University (ASU). During the Spring 2022 semester, Smith started most mornings with 30 high school students who were […]

June 17, 2022

More than 80 percent of teachers say they are spending more time than ever on social-emotional learning (SEL), according to a new survey. Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) released its State of Education May 2022 Report, which surveyed over 2,000 U.S. […]

June 6, 2022

We are wasting time — our time and our students’ time. We are running around a hamster wheel giving busy work and complaining when students don’t find it valuable enough to complete. Why do students need to learn poetry in […]

June 3, 2022

Over the past decade, global investment in edtech has soared to new heights. The urgent need to educate children at home created by COVID-19 lockdowns turbocharged already existing momentum, and analysts now expect edtech expenditure to reach an eye-watering $300 […]

May 27, 2022

The digital experience plays a huge role in what modern students get out of higher education. Prior to the Covid pandemic, many institutions aspired toward improving the digital experience to be more in line with the connected environment found outside […]

May 24, 2022

In cyberspace, just like in sports, in-depth defensive preparation is necessary. This helps cybersecurity teams best position themselves to prevent adversaries from fulfilling their aims. Without it, teams are left to react to attacks in real time. Fortunately for higher […]

May 18, 2022

Recently, a co-worker of mine shared a story from when he was in high school. During one chemistry class his teacher happened to light a small fire within a dish and began stirring in different compounds. First the fire turned […]

May 2, 2022

Back when I was a campus principal, everyone knew that my professional “love language” was both giving and receiving gifts. Find me a snack cake, and I can spout a rhyme that can be attached and distributed to our team. […]

April 28, 2022

New York State attorney general Letitia James announced Wednesday that she has secured student debt relief for thousands of New York borrowers whose federal loans were allegedly mismanaged by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency. In an agreement with the […]

April 26, 2022

Despite decades of reform efforts, Black students’ educational experiences continue to be shaped by anti-blackness, the general or specific contempt for blackness, resulting in Black people not being seen as fully human and worthy of having their civil rights and […]

April 26, 2022

Some 79 zettabytes of data were created, copied and consumed in 2021–a number that will more than double by 2025. To put that in perspective, a single zettabyte is equivalent to 30 billion 4K movies. Today’s data volumes are mind-boggling. […]

April 25, 2022

In the aftermath of the pandemic returning to normal is not only possible, but also probable, and the past two years have undoubtedly changed education. The healthcare crisis and the accompanying social distancing measures have forced both teachers and students […]

April 22, 2022

Only half of current college students (55 percent) say they believe the education they’re receiving is worth their tuition, even after improvements in COVID prevention and protocols have made in-person learning increasingly possible over the past year, according to a […]

April 18, 2022

Charter schools now represent 7 percent of national school enrollment. In a growing number of cities, this number is well above 40 percent. This represents one of the most dramatic shifts in the structure of U.S. schooling in the past […]