online learning

Data analysis reveals keys to student success

With nearly 3 million datapoints, Trilogy Education says it knows exactly what it takes to keep students on track

Future of Learning

by  Tara García Mathewson  – February 14, 2019

When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

A reader asks: What’s the outlook for America’s middle class? And does a college degree still pave the way into it?

Map to the Middle Class

by  Caroline Preston  – February 7, 2019

A 17-year-old wants to spice up science classes and, eventually, democratize education

His startup offers virtual science labs, but he hopes that’s only the beginning

Future of Learning

by  Tara García Mathewson  – February 7, 2019

High School Reform

Experts often urge educators to catch struggling students "before it's too late," but high schools are charged with educating all students, regardless of their past. The Hechinger Report is spending two years exploring high schools successful with diverse groups or trying innovative approaches.
Jobs in information technology are growing quickly and employers are trying to find ways to get kids excited about careers in the field.

How do schools train for a workplace that doesn’t exist yet?

A reader asks: Not knowing what tasks will be automated or what future jobs will look like, how should schools prepare students now?

Map to the Middle Class

by  Caroline Preston  – January 31, 2019

Schools don’t have to reinvent the wheel

Organizations that share proven models with many schools could increase the pace of innovation

Future of Learning

by  Tara García Mathewson  – December 20, 2018

Oliver Francis, of Philadelphia, was placed in foster care because he was truant. He graduated from George Junior Republic, a residential school in Grove City, Pennsylvania, this spring.

New report underscores education problems in institutions for foster youth

Advocacy groups call for Pennsylvania state government to step up oversight of residential facilities

K-12

by  Caroline Preston  – December 13, 2018

Matthew Snyder applied for the job of superintendent in Cheraw, Colorado. The school board liked him (and the idea of saving money) so much that it asked if he’d serve as principal too.

The big jobs of small-town principals

Rural school leaders have some of the most complex roles in education — and some of the highest attrition

K-12

by  Caroline Preston  – December 6, 2018

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Designing accessible ed tech can be costly, but demand is on the rise

Schools are putting more pressure on developers to think about access

Future of Learning

by  Tara García Mathewson  – November 15, 2018

A man watches an artificial intelligence (AI) news anchor from a state-controlled news broadcaster, on his computer in Beijing on November 9, 2018. - China's state-controlled news broadcasters have long been considered somewhat robotic in their daily recitation of pro-government propaganda, and a pair of new presenters will do little to dispel that view.

COLUMN: The future includes good (human) teachers

Some things just can’t be automated, and a teacher who makes you think is one of them

Higher Education

by  Andre Perry  – November 13, 2018

Few preschool apps are developmentally appropriate, report finds

Apps marketed as educational don’t teach the way preschoolers need to learn

Early Education

by  Jackie Mader  – October 29, 2018

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