- A Teach Plus survey of 1,015 teachers found that 71% of those with 10 or less years of experience–the “new majority”–said student performance should be part of their evaluations vs 41% of veteran teachers.
- The U.S. ranks 9th out of 18 countries in enrollment but last in completion rates.
- Venture capitalists gave $1.37 billion to 235 education technology companies from the second quarter of 2011 to the second quarter of 2012.
- A Common Sense survey of 685 teachers found that 71% of them said technology is hurting attention span “somewhat” or “a lot;” 60% said it “hindered students’ ability to write and communicate face-to-face,” and almost 50% said it hurts critical thinking and homework completion.
- According to Babson College, the number of U.S. college students who took at least one online course increased from 1.6 million in 2002 to 6.1 million, or about 33% of all students.