The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Black teachers were more than twice as likely as other teachers in the winter of 2021 to say they planned to leave their jobs at the end of the 2020-21 school year, according to a report released by the RAND Corporation. One of Talbott’s daughters graduated from Lusher in 2021; the other still attends the high school.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Although the majority of educator-preparation programs saw no or relatively small enrollment changes in fall of 2020 and fall of 2021, 20 percent of institutions saw a decline in new undergrad enrollment that exceeded 10 percent, according to survey data from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

She has learned to use technology-enabled woodcutting tools and is at work creating a virtual tour of her school, Laing Middle School in Charleston County, using another drone she built in the school’s Fab Lab. I know college isn’t for everyone, but I think in reality that statement has biased undertones,” O’Quinn said.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 14, 2021

To meet these goals, they start with the perspective of advocacy for all, especially BIPOC, high-poverty, LGBTQ, religious, and other populations within their schools. Dr. Grant serves as the lead for Richland Two’s AASA 2020-2021 Equity in Action cohort and for the district’s Equity Work Group. About the Host.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

At the beginning of 2021, The Hechinger Report’s members (individual readers who donated money to our nonprofit news organization) asked us if we would report on the best practices for helping the nation’s public school system recover from the pandemic. Your stories. When given the opportunity, then they will succeed.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Data released at the end of the 2021-22 school year showed the district increased math scores by double digits in grades 3-8, outperforming pre-COVID levels. Savvas is proud to call out Johnston County Public Schools as an outstanding example of K-12 success using enVision — a true “K-12 Hero” using its innovative education technology.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Our third Library 2.021 mini-conference: " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Her current research involves the deployment and study of emerging information technologies supportive of digital inclusion and resiliency.

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

Last week , Excel in Ed hosted Commissioner Morat h and Jennifer Esterline , founder and director of Educate Texas’ Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium , for a deep dive into about the state’s COVID-19 strategy and approach.? ? . Texas schools are facing two challenges that Commissioner Morath focused on: .

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Just a few days away, our third Library 2.021 mini-conference, " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Her current research involves the deployment and study of emerging information technologies supportive of digital inclusion and resiliency.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Just two weeks away, our third Library 2.021 mini-conference, " Libraries as Community Anchors ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, October 21st, 2021. Her current research involves the deployment and study of emerging information technologies supportive of digital inclusion and resiliency.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Tamiko Hatcher, a dedicated educator and the director of Special Programs at Akron Public Schools in Ohio, displays visionary leadership and steadfast commitment to implementing innovative education technologies to transform the educational experience for the students in his district. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

By 2021, it had committed to its most ambitious goal yet: overhauling the way Fairfax County Public Schools teaches students to read and supports struggling readers. They followed up on the NAACP’s literacy letter in spring of 2021 with a joint missive to the district.) “We This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

The 2021 Driving K-12 Innovation report released by CoSN selected the most critical Hurdles (challenges), Accelerators (mega-trends), and Tech Enablers (tools) that school districts are facing with personalized learning, innovation, and digital equity. By Eileen Belastock. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST. Tech Enablers.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2023

In summer 2021, Dollywood announced a partnership with WeeCare, describing it as an “unparalleled child care benefit for hosts working at the Smoky Mountains theme park.” In February, about six months after the CHIPS and Science Act was passed to strengthen research and manufacturing of semiconductors and other technologies in the U.S.,

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Districts and technology leaders may be held liable for network-security incidents, and the costs of these incidents can be extremely high. Therefore, school districts must do everything in their power to make sure that technology just blends into the background and helps, not hurts, teaching and learning.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

Bringing staff, students, and families along required these rural districts to add instructional technology positions, train and support teachers, and educate the local and school communities on the importance of linking their students’ education with their future employment opportunities. Matthew Dillon is a native of Columbia, Mississippi.

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Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 98

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

In the edWebinar, “Strategic Technology Planning and Investment: Priorities, Cost and Impacts in Today’s Learning Environments,” sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , three superintendents shared how they turn their stakeholders into advocates for a sustainable technology system in their districts.

EdTech 61

EdTech BYOD Training Advocacy 61

Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2021

“Between cooking meals to feed my children throughout the entire day, keeping up on household duties, ‘mommying,’ doing my own college courses, and teaching … there was never enough time,” says Memoree Skinner, an elementary special education teacher, graduate student, and mother of three. Census Bureau.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2022

Teaching may now be the most stressful profession period, according to a RAND survey from June 2021, which found, among other things, that teachers were almost three times more likely to report symptoms of depression than other adults. But there are indications that it has only gotten worse since COVID-19 entered the profession.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Technology costs have been the greatest, but PPE and safety expenses have played a part as well. For those that closed buildings or turned to a hybrid of in-person and remote learning, it meant buying one-to-one remote learning technology so that every student had a laptop or learning device.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2024

This article was originally published by The Markup , a nonprofit, investigative newsroom that challenges technology to serve the public good. An elementary schooler in the same district couldn’t access a picture of record-breaking sprinter Florence Griffith Joyner to add to a writing assignment. Do we really want that to be the case?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As times have changed, technology has advanced, and student needs have evolved—so, too, has the role of the librarian. During the 2021-2022 school year, the Reading School District saw over 13,000 ebooks and audiobooks checked out through the Sora K-12 reading app. What are the emerging technologies in a library?

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Sitting beside her, Candy Turner , a retired elementary school teacher who had brought Ziploc bags of pear slices and dried cranberries for the hours ahead, agreed. “I Then it appointed Susie Luckey, a popular elementary school principal, as interim superintendent until June. I think we are in trouble based on what I saw.”

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Elementary Report Meeting Policies 137

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2021

We’ve got to start early, in the elementary schools and middle schools, and say, ‘Math is not hard.’ ”. We’re on a path to lose our competitive advantage as a technology powerhouse.” If nothing gives,” Khandavalli said, “we’re on a path to lose our competitive advantage as a technology powerhouse.”. Fifty-three percent of U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2021

We’ve run into challenges where legislators are reluctant to pass an unfunded mandate,” said Nicole Gibson, the senior director for state policy and grassroots advocacy at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. He said he usually doesn’t handle that many evaluations over the course of an entire school year.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2021

But replacing aging ventilation systems with new versions of the same out-of-date technology won’t be enough, warned Tony Hans, an engineer specializing in green buildings. million homes, according to the climate advocacy organization Generation180. The firm currently constructing an elementary school in Washington, D.C.

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