Surveys

SPEAK UP: Teachers and students won’t see eye-to-eye on everything, and the latest Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning shows perspectives about edtech are no exception. In the report, which asked more than 514,000 educators, students and parents about trends in technology, nearly half of high school students said their teachers assign homework that requires internet access daily, while less than 10 percent of teachers said they did so...

AMERICAN NIGHTMARE? The belief that higher education is the path to to achieving the “American Dream” appears to be wavering, according to a recent study by the think tank New America. According to the study, 78 percent of Americans believe “it’s easier to be successful with a college degree,” and only a quarter think higher education is "fine" the way it is...

THE FUTURE OF JOBS—AND CAPITALISM? “Training and learning systems will not meet 21st-century demands by 2026.” So states one of the five themes in a new Pew Research Center report, “The Future of Jobs and Jobs Training.” The exhaustive, qualitative survey of leading academics, thinkers and technologists questions not just whether today’s tools are preparing learners for tomorrow’s jobs—but whether there will be any jobs at all...

NATION’S TOP HIGH SCHOOLS: The BASIS Charter School Network is putting Arizona on the map, taking up four of the five top spaces on U.S. News and World Report’s National Best High Schools Rankings. 

Information technology instructors are the backbone of many K-12 schools. They often operate as both instructors and tech support gurus, and they’re key to keeping increasingly digital schools running smoothly.

LINKEDIN LEARNING: Chief Learning Officers—the folks who head-up learning and development initiatives for companies and organizations—are frequently tasked with delivering new and engaging learning opportunities for workers. But return on investment for special training isn't always easy to measure, making it difficult for CLOs to get other executives on-board with new resources and programs...

EDUCATION TRUMPS TECH: A new infographic from Coursera explored the relative popularity in different course subjects across states that voted Republican and Democrat during the 2016 election. More Coursera users in states that picked Donald Trump took courses in animal and veterinary science, medicine and education...

FAMILY LIFE AND GAMES: It’s a false dichotomy that kids love video games and parents don’t. (We think having an excuse to play is one of the many joys of parenthood!) The Joan Ganz Cooney Center’s latest infographic for its Digital Games and Family Life series, based on a survey of 696 parents, explores the most popular titles they enjoy with their kids...

SCREENS EVERYWHERE: A new report released today by San Francisco-based nonprofit Common Sense Media says that parents spend more than nine hours per day interacting with screen media—think tablets, phones and laptops. Ironically, the report also says that 56% of the 1,700 parents of children (age 8 to 18) surveyed are concerned that their children will or are becoming addicted to technology...

MONEY PROBLEMS: “Equity doesn’t mean the same for everyone; it means that everyone gets what they need,” says one Florida elementary school principal in Scholastic’s latest Pre-K–12 research project. But there’s a problem: the flow of money doesn’t seem to support the idea of equity...