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Do states value prisons over schools?
A new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows that state spending on prisons has dwarfed education since the 1980s.
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 30, 2014 -
Blackboard debuts Grader app
The iOS tablet app allows educators to track, sort, and grade student assignments and offer multimedia feedback.
By Keith Button • Oct. 30, 2014 -
Gates, UNC scandal, and EdCast: The week's most read education news
Get caught up on the latest details of UNC's cheating scandal and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 24, 2014 -
Sustainability, MOOCs, and secret societies: The week's most read education news
Get caught up on upgrades to Google Classroom and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 17, 2014 -
Educause, Google, and Unizin: The week's most read education news
Get caught up on the three newest members of Unizin's consorteum of institutions and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Oct. 3, 2014 -
Google brings unlimited storage to the classroom with Drive for Education
It will be a few weeks before all Apps for Education users have access.
By Allie Gross • Sept. 30, 2014 -
Education Fixation: The week ahead in education news
We're heading to Educause, but coverage of higher ed IT's biggest event is just one thing you can expect to see on Education Dive in the coming week.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 29, 2014 -
Student success, startups, and LMS: The week's most read education news
Get caught up on Instructure's new platform, Blackboard's latest acquisition, and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 26, 2014 -
STEM and the University Innovation Alliance: The week's most read education news
Get caught up on the Boston incubator looking for new ed tech startups and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 19, 2014 -
Deep Dive
5 STEM resources for higher ed and K-12 classrooms
These platforms are among the best providing a more engaging science, technology, engineering, and math learning experience.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 15, 2014 -
34 Edgenuity courses approved by U of California
The blended and online courses meet the university system's subject requirements to be considered for admission.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 11, 2014 -
Harvard ed school shares 'Usable Knowledge' for educators
The new site details best practices, highlighting the graduate school's research.
By Allie Gross • Sept. 11, 2014 -
EdX to offer MOOCs for high school students
The non-profit MOOC provider will be the first to offer an organized high school curriculum.
By Allie Gross • Sept. 10, 2014 -
Education Fixation: The week ahead in education news
The New York Times and U.S. News both have highly anticipated college rankings set for release this week.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 8, 2014 -
Startups, 2U, and Starbucks: The week's most read education news
Find out about the parking lot confrontation that led Burlington College's president to resign and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 5, 2014 -
Connecticut Board of Ed places SCSU ed school on probation
The board says Southern Connecticut State University's School of Education has failed to meet five out of six regulated state standards.
By Allie Gross • Sept. 4, 2014 -
Blackboard and the Pay My Tuition Challenge: The week's most read education news
Has education found its 'ice bucket challenge?' Is there a list the Ivy Leagues can't measure up to? Get the answers to these questions and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 29, 2014 -
Dominion donating $1.3M to K-12 and higher ed
Schools in nine states and the District of Columbia will receive grants from the Virginia-based energy provider.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 27, 2014 -
Lynda.com taps former Ancestry.com exec as chief revenue officer
Andrew Wait was most recently president of London-based online English school EF Englishtown.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 21, 2014 -
12 states passed ed tech laws so far in 2014
The laws overwhelmingly apply to virtual education and distance learning.
By Keith Button • Aug. 19, 2014 -
Deep Dive
3 recent ed tech IPOs show the sector continuing to rise
With only three initial public offerings in ed tech during the last five years, the fortunes of those companies are considered important indicators for others in the space.
By Keith Button • Aug. 18, 2014 -
Education Fixation: The week ahead in education news
From trends and challenges in online learning to Philadelphia's ongoing financial woes, here's what you can expect to see on Education Dive in the coming week.
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 18, 2014 -
For-profits, Google's LMS, and student habits: The week's most read education news
This week, Education Dive took a closer look at reasons why many for-profit higher ed companies aren't likely to follow in Corithian Colleges' footsteps. Meanwhile, Google launched the full version of its Classroom LMS, and MIT doctoral candidate Juho Kim's research on building a bett...
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 15, 2014 -
Ed fundraisers predict 5.4% increase in giving for 2014-15
A survey of education fundraising professionals find their estimates for giving increases in 2014-15 unchanged from 2013-2014.
By Keith Button • Aug. 13, 2014 -
Pennsylvania Gov. Corbett's ed adviser resigns
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette raised questions last month about Ron Tomalis' effectiveness in the role.
By Allie Gross • Aug. 13, 2014