The Teachers’ Unions’ Last Stand. Projections of Education Statistics to 2020 - About This Report. This edition of Projections of Education Statistics provides projections for key education statistics, including enrollment, graduates, teachers, and expenditures in elementary and secondary public and private schools, as well as enrollment and degrees conferred at postsecondary degree-granting institutions.
Included are national data on enrollment and graduates for the past 15 years and projections to the year 2020. Also included are state-level data on enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools and public high schools from 2002, with projections to 2020. This report is organized by the level of schooling with sections 1, 2, 3, and 4 covering aspects of elementary and secondary education and sections 5 and 6 covering aspects of postsecondary education. There are a number of limitations in projecting some statistics.
Similar methodologies were used to obtain a uniform set of projections for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. WHY DO WE NEED MARKET RESEARCH? Research Center: Achievement Gap. Published: August 3, 2004 Updated: July 7, 2011 The “achievement gap” in education refers to the disparity in academic performance between groups of students.
The achievement gap shows up in grades, standardized-test scores, course selection, dropout rates, and college-completion rates, among other success measures. It is most often used to describe the troubling performance gaps between African-American and Hispanic students, at the lower end of the performance scale, and their non-Hispanic white peers, and the similar academic disparity between students from low-income families and those who are better off. In the past decade, though, scholars and policymakers have begun to focus increasing attention on other achievement gaps, such as those based on sex, English-language proficiency and learning disabilities.
Students’ high school course-taking patterns provide a slightly more positive progress picture. Under President Barack Obama’s Administration, the U.S. By the Annie E. Annie E. Learn English, Spanish and German for free. Brain Games & Brain Training. The Wrath Against Khan: Why Some Educators Are Questioning Khan Academy.
An Explainer Post There's an article in this month's Wired Magazine about Khan Academy.
The headline speaks volumes -- "How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education" -- as do the responses I've seen to the article. As usual, there's plenty of praise for Sal Khan and his one-man-educational-video-making machine. But there's also push-back from some quarters, particularly from educators who are highly skeptical of what Khan Academy delivers and what it stands for. That dichotomy says it all, right? Technology Replacing Teachers If one person can create 2400 educational videos and these videos can in turn be viewed by anyone with an Internet connection then why do we need teachers?
While "technology will replace teachers" seems like a silly argument to make, one need only look at the state of most school budgets and know that something's got to give. The Bill Gates Connection "Retain qualified people. " What does all of this have to do with Sal Khan? Old Wine, New Bottles, Bad Pedagogy. Profile on TED.com. College from scratch - Scratch Wiki. [ edit ] See an idea you like?
Hate? Don't understand? Add a + or - or ? In the [+/-] box for any given entry. I would try to get the important parts right, then go ahead and start it. To @cshirky from @buildership - are you familiar with Debategraph.org wiki tool to visually map and discuss issues? [ edit ] Organizational Model Partial distillation of ideas: College 2.0: A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man 'Academy' on YouTube - Technology. By Jeffrey R.
Young The most popular educator on YouTube does not have a Ph.D. He has never taught at a college or university.