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Economics&Strategies, Education Strategies, Educational Stages, Higher Education

4 parts of successful college student engagement

March 5, 2024

Via: eCampus News

College 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

Doing Educational Equity Right: The Homework Gap

March 4, 2024

Via: Education Next

The 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

K-12 learning loss could create headaches for colleges

February 28, 2024

Via: K-12 Dive

Declining 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

Why Early Childhood Teachers Require a Unique Approach to Tech Coaching

February 27, 2024

Via: Ed Surge

In 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

Is the end of federal relief money worsening an child care crisis?

February 27, 2024

Via: K-12 Dive

According 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

How do state appropriations impact graduation rates among underrepresented students?

February 26, 2024

Via: Higher Ed Dive

Past 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 […]


News

How do students respond to AI generated questions?

February 26, 2024

Via: Higher Ed Dive

The 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

Higher ed is unprepared for GenAI’s impact

February 21, 2024

Via: eCampus News

While 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 […]


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Ed Dept: Common medical conditions have disability protections

February 21, 2024

Via: K-12 Dive

The 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

Discovery Education Enhances K-12 Platform with New Games, Interactives, Career Resources, and More to Nurture Student Curiosity  

February 20, 2024

Via: eSchool News

Global 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 […]


News

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Releases New Resources on Students with Disabilities

February 20, 2024

Via: U.S. Department of Education

The 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 […]


News

Key strategies for education leaders to boost morale

February 19, 2024

Via: eSchool News

In the current educational environment, there seems to be extremely high levels of staff stress, burnout, and generally low morale. In education, where the success of students is intricately linked to the motivation and dedication of faculty and staff to […]


Education Tech

Here’s how to protect schools from cyberattacks in 2024

February 14, 2024

Via: eSchool News

Identity theft and data breaches are on the rise and K-12 schools are one of the biggest targets. In fact, from 2016 through 2022, there have been more than 1,600 publicly reported cybersecurity-related incidents at K-12 public schools, affecting millions […]


Educational Stages, Higher Education

AI Is Disrupting Professions That Require College Degrees. How Should Higher Ed Respond?

February 13, 2024

Via: Ed Surge

The latest wave of AI tools like ChatGPT seem certain to disrupt the workplace in the years ahead — and the most-disrupted professions may be ones that require college degrees. That presents an unprecedented challenge for colleges already struggling to […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

K-12 edtech survey notes growth obstacles attributed to insufficient leadership depth

February 13, 2024

Via: eSchool News

The latest national survey conducted by the Edtech Leadership Collective has identified a stark misalignment in expectations when it comes to emerging leaders’ readiness to reach the executive suite. For a second year in a row, very few C-level executives […]


Educational Stages, Secondary Education

Doing Educational Equity Right: School Discipline

February 12, 2024

Via: Education Next

If school funding is the issue around which it’s easiest to find common ground across left and right, school discipline might be the hardest. That shouldn’t be surprising, given how divisive our country’s debate has been on the related issue […]


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What does successful education reform look like?

February 12, 2024

Via: K-12 Dive

A study of education systems globally shows there are universal strategies that lead to transformative and sustained improvements, according to a report released Friday by McKinsey & Company, a management consulting company. Those strategies — while needing to be tailored […]


Education Tech

How to ensure edtech ROI? Ask these 4 questions

February 7, 2024

Via: eSchool News

Somehow, after the pandemic and returning to “normal,” teachers are more reliant on worksheets or things they find online (often unvetted) and can easily duplicate. They need tools that are easy to use, support active learning, and can accommodate the […]


Education Tech

The future is artificial intelligence. Are students ready?

February 7, 2024

Via: K-12 Dive

To Richard Culatta, students need to learn about artificial intelligence and its inner workings now. But even more critical, says the CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education, is that educators teach pupils not just about the technology, […]


News

5 educators on what 2024 will bring to education

February 6, 2024

Via: eSchool News

Does “new year, new you” apply to K-12 education in 2024? Things are certainly changing in classrooms, schools, and districts, as edtech tools, digital learning resources, and instructional strategies evolve to meet the needs of every learner. From cybersecurity and […]