Many initiatives geared toward college and career readiness focus on a student’s early years and high school, but middle school may be the best time to intervene.
Digital resources that teach and measure “higher-order” competencies like critical thinking and problem solving, and character qualities like grit and adaptability, are in short supply.
A panel at the South by Southwest edu conference explored the potential for using data to match students with career interests and keep them on track to graduation.
A spirited debate erupted at SXSWedu about who should take responsibility for college graduates’ lack of preparedness for jobs that are available today.
Two national business organizations want annual tests kept in the rewrite of the No Child Left Behind Act.
The Mississippi department of education awarded an $8.3 million contract to Pearson, in a decision it said was compelled by a state board’s failure to act.
Chegg is offering $24-per-hour college counseling to high school students, which the company says is an alternative to costly services.
Forty-six percent of school administrators cite mobile device use as a “major factor” in college- and career-readiness instruction for students.
Most will be spent to wire city schools and purchase new hardware, while $20 million will buy new devices and software for classrooms.
A panel that included K-12 teachers gave attendees at a major education business a blunt view of their frustrations and worries about classroom technologies.