March 18, 2024
Via: eSchool NewsWhen the Federal Communications Commission’s E-rate program first emerged in 1996, only 14 percent of the nation’s K-12 classrooms were connected to the internet. Since then, the program has transformed to help schools and libraries connect to high-speed broadband. Today, […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
March 14, 2024
Via: Ed SurgeGiven the amount of planning time he has each day, along with the assistance of an AI-powered app, Robert can easily turn a hard copy reading passage and questions into an interactive quiz for the students in his elementary classroom. […]
Educational Stages, Higher Education
March 13, 2024
Via: Inside Higher EdEnrollment has been declining in higher education for more than a decade, and the most common explanations in recent years have been lingering effects of the pandemic and a looming demographic cliff expected to shrink the number of traditional-age college […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
March 12, 2024
Via: eSchool NewsWhen I began teaching English as a second language (ESL), I had anywhere from seven to 13 different languages in my classroom because our district was in an area with a lot of recent immigration. It was an entry point […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Economics
March 11, 2024
Via: K-12 DiveThe Biden administration is proposing a 3.9% increase over fiscal 2023 for the U.S. Department of Education, for a total of $82 billion in discretionary funding for early learning, K-12 and higher education in its fiscal year 2025 budget released […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
March 11, 2024
Via: Inside Higher EdReasonable people can come to different conclusions about the proper role of standardized testing, what qualities should be measured and how to measure them. Those debates are healthy and productive. It’s less productive when we stake out our positions without […]
Educational Forms, Informal learning
March 7, 2024
Via: Inside Higher EdThe University of Iowa’s Board of Regents recently recommended closing three off-campus learning centers and moving the graduate programs they hosted online. “We would offer classes and end up having to close or not offer 50 to 80 percent of […]
March 6, 2024
Via: Inside Higher EdFaculty and staff members are increasingly being called upon to help students with their mental health, addressing stress, anxiety and depression, among other challenges. In a January survey of faculty members, 76 percent said they believe supporting students’ mental health […]
March 5, 2024
Via: eSchool NewsMany educators are cautiously optimistic about AI, indicating that they’d like more guidance to effectively integrate it into their instructional strategies. But while generative AI tools like ChatGPT have dominated conversations for the past year, there are many classroom tools […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies, Educational Stages, Higher Education
March 5, 2024
Via: eCampus NewsCollege student engagement is a critical part of success not just for students, but for the institutions where they learn. When students are engaged in their academics and their campus lives, they are more likely to achieve their goals and […]
Educational Forms, Formal Education
March 4, 2024
Via: Education NextThe casual observer might be surprised that there’s much controversy about homework. A common sense, man-on-the-street view would be straightforward: Teachers should assign homework, and students should do it. After all, practice makes perfect, and kids can’t learn without exerting […]
Educational Stages, Secondary Education
February 28, 2024
Via: K-12 DiveDeclining student populations have plagued the higher ed sector in recent years, and college enrollment has yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels. At the same time, colleges are preparing for an expected dropoff in high school graduates beginning next year […]
Educational Stages, Preschool and Primary
February 27, 2024
Via: Ed SurgeIn my role as a technology specialist — or tech coach — at an elementary school, I support teachers of students in pre-K through second grade and I often hear comments like these. It makes sense. The early childhood teachers […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Economics
February 27, 2024
Via: K-12 DiveAccording to the NAEYC analysis of survey responses from 10,128 early childhood educators nationwide, 55% of all respondents said they knew of at least one child care program closing in their community in the past six months. Only 30% were […]
Educational Stages, Higher Education
February 26, 2024
Via: Higher Ed DivePast research has linked higher state appropriations with better graduation rates, but it has not established that relationship for students who are underrepresented in higher education, such as Black and Latinx students. The paper — by researchers at the Midwestern […]
February 26, 2024
Via: Higher Ed DiveThe use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in higher education has skyrocketed in the last year, but what does research tell us about how students are responding to technology? VitalSource’s team of learning scientists recently conducted the largest empirical evaluation […]
Educational Stages, Higher Education
February 21, 2024
Via: eCampus NewsWhile three-quarters of higher-education trustees (83 percent), faculty (81 percent) and administrators (76 percent) agree that generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) will noticeably change their institutions in the next five years, community college trustees are more optimistic than their community college […]
February 21, 2024
Via: K-12 DiveThe documents remind K-12 schools and colleges of their federal legal responsibilities to provide accommodations, if needed, to students with these common medical conditions. For example, one of the resources noted that students with asthma may need to be excused […]
Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies
February 20, 2024
Via: eSchool NewsGlobal edtech leader Discovery Education today announced the addition of new games, interactives, career resources and more to its award-winning K-12 learning platform, Discove ry Education Experience. This exciting new content nurtures student curiosity and supports educators’ efforts to engage […]
February 20, 2024
Via: U.S. Department of EducationThe Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released four new resources today with information for students, parents and families, and schools addressing civil rights of students with disabilities, as well as a data snapshot about education access for […]