The latest stir on Capitol Hill could spell trouble for ESSA. Late last week, House Republicans have started moving toward disassembling the ESSA accountability rules created by the Obama administration. Get the full run-down of what’s happening on the federal front for ESSA and check out the rest of the week’s top stories in education. House Republicans Move to Scrap Rules on ESSA, Teacher Preparation Last Thursday, Republican lawmakers in Congress announced their resolutions of disapproval regarding two ESSA rules regarding accountability and teacher preparation. While these moves won’t immediately end these regulations, they could have far-reaching consequences for states….
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This Week: Top Headlines in Education
This Week: Top Headlines in Education
There’s so many new education technology apps and tools being released, it can be overwhelming for teachers. The U.S. Department of Education has just released a free online tool that will help teachers save time in choosing the best technology solutions out there. The RCE Coach Tool is designed to evaluate new technologies by whether they can achieve a school’s desired goal. Read more about the Education Dept.’s new tool and other top headlines in K-12 and higher education this week. Department of Education Creates New Evaluation Tool for K-12 In partnership with the research group Mathematica, the Education Dept….
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4 Important Things Educators Can Learn from Other Industries
Many of the struggles for school leaders are nothing new outside of the education world. They’re the most universal questions faced by other industries – banking, healthcare, retailers, law enforcement, and business – how can you meet the rapidly-changing demands of the people you serve? How do you create a balance of quality and efficiency? What role can technology serve to improve how you work? There are a few important lessons that education could borrow from other industries that have faced similar barriers to change. In this post, we take a look at some of the ideas and practices that…
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This Week: Top Headlines in Education
A few days before the presidential inauguration, the U.S. Dept of Education released their national plan on the future of education technology. In it, they propose a vision that radically reshapes the discourse by focusing less on the use of ed tech in classrooms and more on how it can contribute to the development of a student-centered higher ed ecosystem. Read about their technology report and other major issues taking place in K-12 and higher education below. U.S. Department of Education Releases New Report on Ed Tech Challenges In the National Higher Education Technology Plan, the department highlights the need…
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This Week: Top Headlines in Education
Betsy DeVos, current nominee for Secretary of Education, recently gave a preview of her likely answers to education’s top issues in last week’s Senate confirmation hearing. The U.S. Supreme Court turned their focus on what is considered the most significant case on special education to reach the high court in nearly three decades. Read more about what’s happening in education policy and other major issues in K-12 and higher education below. 9 Things the Nominated Education Secretary Wants You to Know Betsy DeVos, President-Elect Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Education, offers her insight and potential solutions to current challenges such…
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This Week: Top Headlines in Education
Last week, Education Week dropped their longest-running annual report, which grades states on the quality of their education, and revealed a C grade for the nation and called out five of the lowest-performing states which include Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Mississippi. We’ll take a closer look at some of the national and state findings in tomorrow’s blog post, so stay tuned. Check out the report highlights and other top news stories in education this week below. Nation Earns a C on Positive Outcomes Across a Student’s Lifetime Education Week released the 21st edition of their annual Quality Counts report, examining how…
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The 3 Big Changes That Students Want in Higher Education
As they look to the future, college leaders have to take in a variety of perspectives. What big changes should they be making over the next few years? All over the college campus, everyone has different priorities. Faculty need more resources for their department, CIOs are focused on supporting BYOD on campus, presidents want to improve their school rankings, and academic officers are prioritizing innovation of the curriculum. Today, we’ve taken a look at some of the improvements that are on the top of college students’ wish lists. Increased Use of Student Data Higher-ed experts anticipate that predictive analytics will be…
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This Week: Top Headlines in Education
Educators are wondering what to expect in 2017 – innovative technology trends, federal funding and policy changes, and making progress toward gender equity – especially as the next administration may bring a wave of changes that will impact K-12 and higher ed classrooms. A new study from the University of Chicago examines the idea of privatizing education, including a school voucher program and increasing the role of banks in giving out student loans. Read the survey findings on what top economists think about a free market for education below, and also check out this week’s top stories. Free Market for…
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Can the Value of Open Educational Resources Be Measured?
Early in February, the Department of Education announced that 14 states and 40 K-12 school districts were transitioning to the use of open-educational resources (OER) in their schools, a new model of learning with the potential to increase equity and access in education as well as repurpose funding typically spent on textbooks. It’s expected that the OER market will triple or quadruple in the next five years, as more schools are starting to integrate open-educational resources into their classrooms.[1] However education administrators still need to be persuaded of the value of replacing traditional textbooks with open-educational resources. Can OER deliver…
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Top 5 Technology Trends to Watch in 2017
In 2016, a number of technology trends took off and made a big impact in K-12 and higher education classrooms. Competency-based education and other types of blended learning created a fundamental shift in the learning model, data analytics helped educators learn how to better serve their students, and BYOD technology policies have grown to accommodate the every-growing ecosystem of tablets and other individual devices in schools. As the year is coming to end, we’ve put together a watch list of 2017 technology trends and predictions for education. Mobile Learning Mobile devices will continue to impact teachers and students in the…
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