Online Learning: Page 16
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Kansas' teacher shortage and fundraising deans: The week's most-read education news
Fall behind? Get caught up on the benefits of ed tech for students with disabilities, McGraw-Hill's testing shift, and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Aug. 7, 2015 -
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Versal launches content marketplace for teachers
The new Gadget Market will allow educators to discover and share content used in the platform's teacher-made online courses.
By Kate Schimel • Aug. 6, 2015 -
Wisconsin districts won't be impacted by virtual charter performance
As part of a budget deal, Gov. Scott Walker cut districts with low-performing virtual schools a break from state accountability.
By Kate Schimel • Aug. 5, 2015 -
School WiFi hotspots help close broadband gap
One district in St. Louis is offering portable wireless hotspot devices to help provide Internet access for all students outside of school hours.
By Kate Schimel • Aug. 5, 2015 -
Deep Dive
How tech-driven learning can benefit students with disabilities
Special education also stands to benefit from innovative school models and personalization.
By Kate Schimel • Aug. 5, 2015 -
Blackboard, innovation, and PARCC: The week's most-read education news
Fall behind? Catch up on shrinking school and student numbers in higher ed, Blackboard's potential sale, and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • July 31, 2015 -
Carnegie Mellon's LearnSphere picks up where InBloom left off
The new project aims to build a repository of education data, but differs from the controversial and defunct InBloom in a few key ways.
By Kate Schimel • July 30, 2015 -
As broadband demands increase, districts find inventive workarounds
Just 63% of school districts meet industry standards for broadband capacity. How can they fix that?
By Kate Schimel • July 29, 2015 -
Social-emotional skills and neuroscience: The week's most-read education news
Fall behind? Get caught up on the shift away from standardized tests in grad school admissions and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • July 24, 2015 -
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Deep DiveHow Davidson, edX, and College Board aim to scale AP access
A blended learning project between the three organizations is focused at easing the AP teaching experience just as much as it is at learning.
By Roger Riddell • July 23, 2015 -
iPads, Phoenix, and ISTE: The week's most-read education news
Fall behind? Catch up on the ed impact of the Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling, the University of Phoenix's enrollment woes, and more right here.
By Roger Riddell • July 2, 2015 -
Cincinnati expands blended learning-style AP courses
After a surge of interest from students, the year-old program is growing to include more courses for more students.
By Kate Schimel • June 26, 2015 -
Education videos among YouTube's most watched
YouTube videos have become part of the digital education landscape, drawing views and revenue while providing students with another tool to brush up on material.
By Kate Schimel • June 24, 2015 -
Ohio charter accountability system excludes certain school types
Charter critics are bemoaning the exclusion of online and dropout recovery schools in the state's charter school sponsor ratings.
By Allie Gross • June 19, 2015 -
Deep Dive7 billionaires who made their fortunes in education
Far from the first industry that comes to mind when people think of billionaires, education has still made a handful of businessmen very wealthy.
By Roger Riddell • June 18, 2015 -
New competency-based program aims to improve teacher education
Former Teachers College President Arthur Levine has shifted from critiquing teacher ed to launching a new program.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 17, 2015 -
100 Virginia students to pilot virtual high school program
If successful, the fully online alternative would make Virginia the 11th state to offer such an option.
By Roger Riddell • June 16, 2015 -
EdX offers dozens of new courses to combat 'summer slide'
A partnership with the National Summer Learning Association aims to give high school and college students academic opportunities outside of the classroom.
By Tara García Mathewson • June 16, 2015 -
Digital learning raises questions about the future of teachers
English teacher Michael Godsey writes about digitial education trends and what they say about the future of the teaching profession.
By Allie Gross • June 15, 2015 -
Ohio Virtual Academy off the hook after truancy investigation
The online charter had allegedly collected per pupil dollars for hundreds of chronically truant students it kept on its books.
By Allie Gross • June 15, 2015 -
Ed employment benefits and Uber CMU poaching: The week's most-read education news
Fall behind? Get caught up on increased federal scrutiny of ITT, Sebastian Thrun's democratization vision for nanodegrees, and more right here.
By Roger Riddell • June 5, 2015 -
Pennsylvania lawmakers push for stricter cyber school truancy accountability
The push is largely meant to uncover and address potentially abusive situations involving students with three or more days of unexcused absences.
By Roger Riddell • June 3, 2015 -
Khan Academy, College Board partner on free SAT practice tools
The study tools include four full-length practice tests, thousands of practice questions, interactive video lessons, and study tips.
By Allie Gross • June 3, 2015 -
Florida DOE approves Edmentum online courses
Twenty-six courses have been approved for the 2015–16 school year, under the Florida Approved Courses and Tests (FACT) Initiative.
By Allie Gross • June 2, 2015 -
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ITT fraud charges and online course actors: The week's most-read education news
Fall behind? Get caught up on the importance of human connections in online courses and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • May 15, 2015
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