These web tables from the National Center of Education Statistics (U.S.) use data from the first follow-up of the 2008 Baccalaureate and Beyond study to display a wide range of information on demographic characteristics, teaching preparation, and educational experiences of 2007-08 first-time bachelor’s degree recipients who taught K-12 for the first time by 2009. In addition to undergraduate experiences, tables display information on teaching-related characteristics of K-12 employment one year…
A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age
January 24, 2013EdSurge discusses a Bill of Rights and Principles, newly developed by a group of people passionate about learning, serving today’s students, and using every available tool to respond better to the needs of students in a global, interactive, digitally connected world....
Digital Content: What Does the Future Hold for Education Systems?
January 23, 2013GETideas.org hosted this GooglePlus hangout on the future of digital content. The online discussion featured a panel of education experts, including Nicole Allen, affordable-textbooks advocate, Student PIRGS; Una Daly, communication college outreach director, OpenCourseWare Consortium; and Cable Green, director of global...
Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement: A Realist Analysis
January 22, 2013In Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement, author Roy Nash argues that a realist framework for the sociological explanation of educational group differences can, and must be, constructed. A move to such an explanatory framework will allow society to take into account the...
Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools
January 14, 2013In Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools, renowned educator and technology expert Jim Lengel provides a refreshing and hopeful picture of what schools should look like, including a groundbreaking seven-step process for envisioning and building them that draws on the...
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December 7, 2012Noting that nearly 70% of college mobile phone users will own a smartphone by year end, and 90% by 2016, Heather Huhman overviews four companies that are bringing higher education to mobile platforms–2U, Blackboard, Localist, and Verivo–for the Huffington Post.
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December 7, 2012EdSurge profiles EdLab, Columbia Teachers College’s technology-research unit. Founded in 2004 to develop software tools for Teachers College faculty and students, EdLab is expanding beyond Columbia to play a more public role in New York’s ed-tech community. For example, EdLab this week hosted its first start-up Demo Night, where ed-tech start-ups discussed their products and answered questions from the audience. Going forward, EdLab plans to host Demo Nights quarterly: ”We want…
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December 7, 2012Organization and Administration in Higher Education, edited by Patrick Schloss and Kristina Cragg, provides effective and proven strategies for today’s change-oriented leaders. Bringing together distinguished administrators from two-year, four-year, public, and private colleges and universities, this volume provide both practical and effective guidance on the intricacies of the institutional structure, its functional activities, and contingency planning. Coverage includes: Key leadership positions and expectations Faculty and student governance Accreditation and assessment Budget…
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December 5, 2012In this Morning Edition segment, National Public Radio (U.S.) examines how online college courses, now attracting hundreds of thousands of students, are forcing colleges and policy makers to rethink the delivery of higher education.
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December 5, 2012Showcasing a new infographic titled Professors, Peers, and Pinterest, EdTech Magazine looks at how students, administrators, and professors are finding creative users for the popular social media pinboard. The graphic includes user tips for educators and institutions new to pinning.
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December 4, 2012Blended learning—combining face-to-face instruction with technology-based learning—appears to be growing in popularity. Take, for example, the Khan Academy, which is used in approximately 15,000 classrooms around the world. To explore this trend, Edudemic’s Education Dive blog breaks down 13 examples of how blended learning’s proliferation has made an impact across the U.S., from virtual participation in multiple schools in Manchester, New Hampshire, to “Challenge Time” at Crocker Highlands Elementary in Oakland,…
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December 4, 2012Rice University-based OpenStax College is a nonprofit organization committed to improving student access to quality learning materials. Its free textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed by educators to ensure they are readable, accurate, and meet course scope and sequence requirements. Through partnerships with companies and foundations committed to reducing costs for students, OpenStax College is working to improve access to higher education for all.
