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  1. Tortoise walking slowly past rolled diplomas on a campus lawn, slow growth in college degreesHechinger Report: Number of Americans with college degrees growing more slowly than advocates wantSlow rate of growth threatens to leave a gap of 20 million degree-holders by 2025Nov 191 min readEdCircuit Staff
  2. Logo for Tuition.io with the text TUITION.IO above the tagline STUDENT LOANS MADE SIMPLE. The letters I and O are in orange and blue, respectively.Tuition.io Secures $5M in Series A Financing from MassMutual Ventures and Wildcat Venture PartnersEmployer Student Loan Contribution Platform Enables Companies to Attract & Retain Millennial Talent. At the intersection of Fintech and Education, Tuition.io Addresses the $1.3 Trillion U.S. Loan CrisisNov 185 min readEdCircuit Staff
  3. African secondary school students in white shirts sharing a textbook and reading at wooden desks in a brick-walled classroom, natural daylightUN News Centre: Access to higher education doesn’t always lead to lower unemployment — UN labour agency17 November 2015 – Workers with post-secondary education are more likely to be unemployed in lower-income countries, reflecting a “mismatch” between skilled persons and the number of available jobs matching their competencies and expectations, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO).Nov 181 min readEdCircuit Staff
  4. The logo for Education Management Corporation features the acronym EDMC in large blue capital letters above the full name Education Management Corporation in black text, separated by a horizontal line.For-Profit College System Expected to Pay MillionsThe nation’s second-largest for-profit college operator, Education Management Corporation, is expected to agree to pay nearly $90 million to settle a case accusing it of compensating employees based on how many students they enrolled, encouraging hyperaggressive boiler room tactics to increase revenue.Nov 161 min readEdCircuit Staff
  5. A group of people stand at the New York Stock Exchange podium, clapping and smiling, with a person in a panda costume. A colorful INSTRUCTURE banner hangs behind them. The display reads INSTRUCTURE, FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER, and NYSE.Instructure Goes PublicToday, Instructure became a public company (we’re INST on the NYSE). So what does that mean exactly?  Well, it really just means that instead of having a handful of venture firms and employees own stock it now means that a…Nov 131 min readEdCircuit Staff
  6. A green street sign reading EDUCATION in white letters mounted on a metal post, shot from below against a blue sky with soft white cloudsPost: A serious rant about education jargon and how it hurts efforts to improve schoolsIf you have ever had children in school, or read a story about education policy, or participated in a school meeting, or attended school (which is pretty much every one of you), you have been confronted with edu-speak. You know, words used to describe various education programs or initiatives or theories that often wind up sowing confusion or rendering important ideas incomprehensible.Nov 121 min readEdCircuit Staff
  7. A bronze statue of a man sitting with his chin resting on one hand, known as The Thinker, is displayed outdoors in front of a brick building with arched windows and surrounded by trees.The Telegraph: Michael Rosen: Questioning ‘squeezed out’ of educationFormer Children's Laureate says humans are "questioning creatures" but this inquisitiveness is being stifled by the education system.Nov 111 min readEdCircuit Staff
  8. Man and woman sitting at table using laptop computerFrom Fortune: Why Ed Tech Is Currently ‘The Wild Wild West’The massive disruption of the education industry is well underway, but the biggest tremors are yet to come—disruptions so dramatic that many universities will cease to exist in the next few years.Nov 111 min readEdCircuit Staff
  9. Two dictionaries joined by stacked coins, the economic value of bilingual educationFrom The Atlantic: The Economic Imperative of Bilingual EducationGarland Independent School District, a fast-growing suburb northeast of Dallas, has undergone a dramatic demographic shift. Like districts across Texas, Garland schools are blacker, browner, and more racially diverse than a generation ago. The multicultural panorama in Garland schools is reflected in its academic offerings. Still, in a school district with a Hispanic majority, and a state where more than a third of residents are Spanish speakers, Garland chose Mandarin Chinese as the focus of its newly launched language-immersion program at Weaver Elementary School. Increasing Garland students’ marketability in a global economy was the rationale. “It’s preparing students for the future and hopefully, lots of possibilities as they get older,” the school’s principal, Jennifer Miley, told the Dallas Morning News.Nov 111 min readEdCircuit Staff
  10. A man in a dark, pinstriped suit and light pink tie speaks at a podium in an indoor setting, with a microphone in front of him and a blurred background.Post: U. Missouri president resigns over handling of racial incidentsThe president of the University of Missouri system resigned Monday amid escalating protests over racist and other bias-related incidents on campus and concerns about how he responded when members of the community showed outrage.Nov 91 min readEdCircuit Staff
  11. A woman with long dark hair and hoop earrings listens attentively to someone off camera during a conversation, with two blurred figures in the foreground.The Arizona Republic: Arizona’s education woes galvanize business leadersRenewed urgency, political importance as neighboring states with more high-tech opportunities have grown faster than Arizona in recent years.Nov 91 min readEdCircuit Staff
  12. A round stone seal on red bricks features the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill emblem, with the words LUX, LIBERTAS, two torches, and the schools name engraved around the border.The News & Observer: UNC records show deep dependence on fake classesSix years ago, the head of the tutoring program for athletes at UNC-Chapel Hill paved the way for a valued employee to have her retirement party at a spacious, climate-controlled luxury box in Kenan Stadium. He persuaded the athletic department to waive a $1,000 rental fee and offered to pay the $575 tab for wait service and cleanup.Nov 91 min readEdCircuit Staff
  13. A man in a suit and yellow tie speaks in front of a blue backdrop with Center for American Progress logos printed on it.U.S. News & World Report: Education Department Beefs Up AccreditationThe Department of Education unveiled a slate of executive actions it's taking to beef up accountability in the higher education accreditation system, which Education Secretary Arne Duncan said is filled with "watchdogs that don't bite."Nov 91 min readEdCircuit Staff
  14. Resignation envelope and teacher badge on an empty classroom deskABC News: Special Education Teacher with Doctorate Degree Quits with Powerful Resignation LetterWendy Bradshaw has multiple degrees, including a doctorate, and years of experience in education, but she said she'd rather quit her job than have to teach her students from Florida's current curriculum for the public school system.Nov 51 min readEdCircuit Staff
  15. Boy sitting on chair beside table using tablet computerThe NY Times: Many Children Under 5 Are Left to Their Mobile Devices, Survey FindsA small survey of parents in Philadelphia found that three-quarters of their children had been given tablets, smartphones or iPods of their own by age 4 and had used the devices without supervision, researchers reported on Monday.Nov 41 min readEdCircuit Staff
  16. A young volunteer woman crouching with a large group of smiling African schoolchildren sitting close together inside a simple classroom, soft window lightFrom BBC News: Changing Kenya’s education by phone"I realised the burden of what teachers go through here when I was living in this rural village," says Toni Maraviglia, co-founder of Eneza Education, a mobile phone based education tool in Kenya.Nov 41 min readEdCircuit Staff
  17. Multi colored pencils on white surfaceFrom NPREd: Colored Pencils, Watercolors, Brushes: Art Supplies Add UpSheree Woods is sitting in her car in the parking lot of a mini-mall in a Los Angeles suburb, with the air conditioning blasting.Nov 21 min readEdCircuit Staff
  18. Students and a teacher in a classroom setting practicing social distancing and mask-wearingABC15: Arizona Board of Education votes to reject Common Core standardsPHOENIX - The Arizona Board of Education has voted to reject Common Core, but for the time being leave its standards in place.Oct 281 min readEdCircuit Staff
  19. Children actively participate in a classroom with teachers, showcasing diversity and engagementFrom Bloomberg: Ten Reasons Why Early Childhood Education Pays OffGet them while they're young: A baby forms 700 new neural connections per second.By Peter CoyBrain science and economics show that intervening to help children when they're very young is more cost-effective than waiting until they're in school. That's the conclusion of a new report from the Bridgespan Group and the Pritzker Children's Initiative. The report's lead author, J.B. Pritzker, is an entrepreneur and philanthropist; his sister, Penny, is the U.S. secretary of commerce.Oct 221 min readEdCircuit Staff
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edCircuit is a mission-based organization entirely focused on the K-20 EdTech Industry and emPowering the voices that can provide guidance and expertise in facilitating the appropriate usage of digital technology in education. Our goal is to elevate the voices of today’s innovative thought leaders and edtech experts. Subscribe to receive notifications in your inbox

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