ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2022

Should schools be run like businesses? The vision of schools as businesses is currently ascendant. First, businesses respond to individuals, because individuals foot the bill. Second, businesses are organized to respond to customer demands. If schools are businesses, we should all expect total customization.

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ED Surge

JULY 12, 2022

Today, a collection of more than 500 prominent business, education and nonprofit leaders called on states to update their K-12 curriculum to make computer science a core subject.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2021

But what these child care business owners don’t know is they’ve been fighting an uphill battle from the start. When enrollment drops, cash flow plummets and these vulnerable businesses quickly go belly up. Independent, small child care businesses can succeed if we are willing to challenge some long-held beliefs. Across the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Later that evening, amid cocktails and music, exhibitors made their direct pitches to administrators, hoping to earn their business. TFC and Tuition Options executives said that such cash advances were a small part of their business model. There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription.

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Ben Newmark

JANUARY 30, 2024

Inclusion is primarily the business of classroom teachers and nobody can do it for them. My final point is – I hope – the logical culmination and expression of the previous four. While the superstructure around inclusion can obscure this it does not make it any less true.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2020

Let’s talk about the upside to the pandemic in our business,” CEO Nathaniel Davis said on the company’s earnings call in April. This moment will permanently change how the general public, school districts and regulators think about our business,” Davis said. Credit: Screenshot/Facebook. The company paid the state $8.5

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Students can be excellent little actors in a traditional classroom, going through the motions of “ studenting ,” but not learning much.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

Inspired by this natural phenomenon, education and business leaders in northern New Mexico’s high desert community, Taos, decided to create their own HIVE in an effort to strengthen postsecondary outcomes in their remote community. How do we blur the lines between business and education? How can students access this space?

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Economics Government Leadership Research 118

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

The support from the local business provided a morale boost and good publicity, said David Schmitz, the Lebanon School District’s superintendent. The post Substitute teacher crisis forces districts to turn to local businesses and recent grads appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

But then she received an email from her guidance counselor about a new summer internship program that connected high schoolers from across the state with paid internships in local businesses, and the idea of pouring coffee all summer was dumped. Related: Out of poverty, into the middle class.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2022

And Connecticut is increasing its spending tenfold for workforce development, including on tuition-free certificate courses “designed by businesses around the skills that they need,” said Gov. The post As businesses hunt for educated workers, states are loosening the purse strings for higher ed again appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2020

So there is little incentive for the most successful institutions to question the business model, or to examine concretely how liberal arts delivers or which experiences cultivate specific skills or attributes. Related: Liberal arts face uncertain future at nation’s universities. Sign up here for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Civics Critical Thinking Community Engagement Leadership 81

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

In the global marketplace, business students are demanding coursework that gives them a window on the world. That’s why the liberal arts and business education must go hand in hand. But leaders also need to grasp context when creating new business models for a global economy, where everything and everyone is interconnected.

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Sociology Psychology Humanities Cultures 61

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2019

In many cases, all sides agree, this is a result of a lack of communication and even a cultural divide between educators and farmers and other rural businesses. Like many in the agriculture business, Fayetteville rancher Brad Parton worries about the future of rural life. This affects some unexpected businesses.

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Political Science High School Education Policy Tradition 97

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

percent , third-lowest in the country, and employers say they’re turning away business because they can’t find workers with the right skills — has become a test case for ways to close that gap. Make them a requirement toward a business degree. And Colorado — where the unemployment rate is 2.7 Related: How to save the humanities?

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Humanities Cultures Government Tradition 77

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2018

I live in the worlds of business and education — worlds that view each other with mistrust. I spent my career in the world of business innovation, running a high-tech start-up and working for two decades in venture capital. Business people love metrics and use test scores to screen candidates and measure education success.

Humanities 49

Humanities High School Education K-12 49

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Now, after four years of planning, a new program at McMaster’s DeGroote School of Business proposes to make this connection more concrete. But the School of Business couldn’t teach these skills. Backers fought for it, saying the incorporation of the humanities was the very thing that made their approach to business different.)

Humanities 92

Humanities History Sociology Cultures 92

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

Now growing demand for college-trained workers has brought a powerful new voice to the chorus: businesses desperate to fill increasingly complex jobs at a time of almost nonexistent unemployment. He’s been working as an electrician during breaks, he said, but he’ll probably end up taking over his family’s real estate business eventually.

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Advocacy High School Economics Tradition 96

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2017

The final broadcast of my radio show was this month, closing out 10 years of hosting a podcast on wsRadio called Build Your Business and then the Wealth Building Hour. Some standouts include: Business owners. Sam Graves (R-MO) who was the ranking member of the House Small Business Committee, and appeared multiple times; Sen.

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TeachThought

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

For starters, teachers are busy poring over the classic–or […] The post What Is Cognitive Constructivism? Learning theory isn’t generally high on the list of practicing teachers. appeared first on TeachThought.

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Dr. Preece

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As Storm Babet brings challenging circumstances and significant negative impacts – including tragic loss of life – to the UK in mid-October, it’s an opportunity for teachers to do a bit of ‘live Geography’ and explore some impacts and approaches.

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Archiving Geography 40

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2024

Brisk Teaching – A Google Chrome extension that helps busy teachers save time in the tools they already use, like Google Classroom, Docs, Slides, YouTube, and online articles. Gemini – A chatbot from Google that is very similar to Chat GBT. The free version allows for the creation of pictures that do not contain people.

Leadership 429

Leadership Teaching Lesson Plan Research 429

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

That’s vastly better than assigning students homework that doesn’t provide feedback and resembles busy work, be it photocopied word searches in the elementary grades or repetitive math worksheets across the school years. Those dull, outdated assignments don’t further learning goals and only serve to disengage students.

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Tutoring Educational Technology Library Digital Resources 80

Dr. Preece

JULY 29, 2023

With incredible heatwaves, record-breaking high temperatures and lows of Antarctic sea ice, the potential failure of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation and wildfires across Europe, this has been a summer where climate change has been on the global agenda – even if we haven’t forced it on to the UK radar through our own heatwaves.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2019

The post Impact funds pour money into ed tech businesses appeared first on The Hechinger Report. This story about impact investing in education was written by Jill Barshay and produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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Dr. Preece

MARCH 21, 2023

In between other headlines this week, you may have seen that the IPCC has published their Sixth Assessment Report. While the headlines have rapidly faded in to other news, and even the publication of other reports, it’s a critical piece of work that points the direction of global agreements and international bodies in the next few years.

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Government Geography Humanities Leadership 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The post OPINION: DeVos’s unfinished business — student debt relief for 200,000 borrowers with disabilities appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Government Education 69

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The post The business decision segregating college students by income and race appeared first on The Hechinger Report. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Read more about higher education.

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Sociology Education Policy Cultures Research 93

A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 22, 2021

In our busy lives, we often overlook the little things. While the business of life often gets in the way, making consistent efforts to show kindness is what the world can always use a little bit more of, especially right now. David took a few minutes out of his day to be kind, and it mattered.

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Tradition Humanities 545

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 17, 2024

Additionally, micro-learning opportunities through bite-sized videos, podcasts, or webinars that cater to busy schedules and allow for focused learning on specific topics should be considered (Moeller & Allen, 2017). Online courses and learning modules allow educators to access content at their own pace and on their own schedules.

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Professional Development Leadership Cultures Tradition 391

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Students were not just completing low-level tasks as part of busy work. While she actively taught, the rest of the class was seen working at their own pace, either independently or in small groups. They were actively engaged in an adaptive learning program where they followed their own path based on ability.

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Teaching Junior High Professional Development Cultures 413

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 26, 2018

It is also a concern that can have serious business implications for smaller and tuition-dependent institutions. The post OPINION: Failure to seal the financial aid deal is bad business for schools and students appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

Economics 53

Economics Education 53

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

For Emanuel and Jackson’s plan to succeed, it needs to go beyond making demands on students without addressing the other side of the success equation — the businesses that will employ them, and the colleges and armed forces that recruit them. More colleges can relax standardized tests that tend to be barriers for low-income students.

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High School Public School Economics Tradition 59

Pedagogy to Share

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Step out, into a busy street of people, breathing winter air, saying hello, talking about nothingness. Go and open the door. Step out, out of the fear, out of the nightmares, the endless stream of bad news. Go and open the door. Step out into boring, routine life. Go and open the door.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Face-to-face instruction is no longer the gold standard." — Steven Goss, chair of Management and Technology in the business programs at NYU’s School of Continuing Studies Actually, the phenomenon predates the pandemic. Many are busy adults who don’t want their time wasted.”

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ED Surge

MAY 30, 2024

The concern I have with giving the money to the semiconductor businesses to open up child care is: They’re not in the business of child care. They’re not in the business of sustaining this beyond their grant from the federal government,” she said.

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A Psychology Teacher Writes

MAY 8, 2024

I think there are significant practical challenges to overcome in order that feedback can be co-constructed in a dialogical way – finding the time to have face-to-face conversations is just difficult in busy schools.

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