Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Nine lawsuits filed in March, April and May against major textbook companies and retailers take aim at their bulk deals with colleges to offer online course materials, sometimes referred to as “inclusive access” programs. The new lawsuits argue that inclusive access deals strangle the used book market and therefore drive up textbook prices.

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Accessibility Pearson Advocacy Course 142

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

As a part of this initiative, MAP Growth data will transfer seamlessly into DMAC , enhancing this valuable tool used by Texas educators by providing quicker access to student data that supports instruction and student achievement. Learn more about MAP Growth here. Portland, Ore., About DMAC. About NWEA.

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Data Accessibility Education Advocacy 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2024

As someone who’s been a college access professional for nearly a quarter century, it was eye-opening. Then they must provide permission for FAFSA systems to obtain their tax information from the IRS. Those of us who do this work can learn from one another. The post OPINION: I’m a college access professional.

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Accessibility Advocacy Social Media Report 77

edWeb.net

JUNE 25, 2021

Looking through the lens of three district leaders, a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , highlighted how school districts are working with their staff and students to assure accessibility for all. Step 4: Conduct Regular Accessibility Audits. Step 3: Build Staff Capacity.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 4, 2024

However, inclusive access and equitable access aren’t the only models that automatically charge students a fee for their course materials. Well, late last week we learned that at least some of these advocates are perfectly aware that these institutional OER programs will be prohibited under the proposed rule.

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OER Advocacy Policies Course 96

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 1, 2021

How The English Language Learning System Is Failing in America. During my seven years of teaching at Raven Elementary in the Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS), I saw a significant increase in the number of Hispanic students and ELL students, so I know the shortcomings of our system firsthand. Here’s what I learned.

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System Learning Advocacy Elementary 80

edWeb.net

JANUARY 26, 2023

Sponsored by ClassLink While giving all students access to high-speed internet and a working computer are strong steps towards creating equitable learning opportunities, there’s one area schools often miss: technical assistance for students with learning differences.

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Technology Assistive Technology UDL Guidelines 76

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

When colleges sign deals with publishers to sell digital textbooks and homework systems directly to students, they’re required by federal regulations to offer those materials at discounted prices. These goals could “push the rapid adoption of access codes across the institution,” the report states. Using open-records requests, U.S.

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Pearson Accessibility Course Report 121

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Our overall objective was to expand access to literacy and use real-world data in curating and individualizing collections to better serve the needs of the district’s highly diverse student population. Our mission within the Office of Information and Analysis is to provide solutions that support more effective teaching and learning.

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Data Advocacy Libraries eBook 97

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

After an inquiry from The 19th, the Office of Child Care, the federal regulatory agency that oversees states’ child care systems, confirmed that eight states are out of compliance. Systems like background checks and data tracking are key safety mechanisms in any industry.

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System Meeting Data Report 79

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

For years, the parent advocacy group worked tirelessly to influence education policy and practices in Oakland. Young had already built considerable credibility with the district through earlier advocacy work and a city-wide literacy campaign conducted by the parent-powered organization.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2024

For more than a decade, Erin Farias has watched the low-income families who send children to the day cares she runs navigate America’s broken child care system. Subsidies are supposed to make care more accessible for those with the most need, but families in many states still struggle to pay child care bills. They were still too high.

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Advocacy Policies System Groups 93

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

These students rose to the challenges demanded by an ongoing global pandemic, and the real world skills that they learned and applied should not be ignored simply because they do not fit into the current framework of seat time or grading. We have the opportunity to provide students with agency to thrive during remote learning and beyond.

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Learning Advocacy System Assessment 177

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2020

It has also forced school leaders to become more creative, outspoken and innovative in their advocacy and leadership—lessons they will take with them to help drive change in 2021. The virtual nature of our education system today has allowed many to extend their reach even further, beyond the confines of their state.

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Learning Assessment Advocacy System 164

eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Key points: Without continued funding, schools and libraries may struggle to maintain or upgrade technological infrastructure See article: 3 ways the E-rate program helps level up learning See article: Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding?

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Digital Divide E-rate Advocacy Libraries 96

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Culture embodies our deepest collective social norms and beliefs, and provides the reference points for future learning. In one of the lessons , students accessed the Agriculture Department’s Food Access Research Atlas to locate food deserts in their city. The brain makes sense of the world, and mathematics, through culture.

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Analysis Advocacy Policies Accessibility 144

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Effective Advocacy. In 2002, UNESCO followed those leads choosing to name the subset of open content that was useful for teaching and learning “open educational resources,” instead of a name with “free” in the title.). Commercial publishers’ learning materials are trapped in a copyright thicket that prevents remixing – by them.

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OER Advocacy Software Company 86

Waterford

JULY 30, 2023

Check out Waterford’s on-demand webinar page and learn how to implement CARES, a framework for inclusive family communication, genuine relationships, clear and flexible expectations, and concrete support, in your schools. Email is also an option accessible to most. Want to maximize family engagement in your schools? Redding, S.,

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How To Strategy Survey Training 259

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

It’s time to acknowledge and address this narrative that adversely affects our youth’s learning experiences and the education system. Providing a safe dialogue space helps students learn how to communicate effectively, build empathy and establish trust with their peers and teachers.

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Advocacy System Accessibility STEM 98

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In another , located outside of Boise, a host of once-unavailable services — a food pantry, a Head Start preschool, a health center, and a migrant family liaison — are now housed under a single roof near the center of town, readily accessible to families in need. Yet that doesn’t reflect the reality of Idahoans.

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Education System Advocacy Policies 177

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

It’s a common story: the energetic principal who comes into a school, revamps the curriculum, creates innovative learning practices, and then leaves with no sustainability plan. Even before the pandemic and the shift to distance education, learning extended beyond the classroom. Another aspect of the digital divide includes teachers.

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System Digital Divide E-rate Education 54

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2024

A major IT challenge is providing equitable access to relevant technology for staff and students in meeting the instructional demands for today’s learners. The goal of the STEAM Lab is to increase students’ capacity to learn and construct knowledge through active, engaged, and social learning.

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Advocacy Secondary Elementary Meeting 56

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Why should professional learning be a part of every technology initiative? ” Every single student should have access to an educator who can integrate technology into the lessons, and every teacher should have the support of administrators who understand how technology can enhance the learning process. .”

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Professional Learning Technology Learning BYOD 82

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Creating equal learning opportunities for every student requires overcoming resource limitations, community values, staff culture, and more. The edLeader Panel “ Leveraging Technology to Provide Equitable Learning Opportunities for ALL ” was a prescriptive discussion offering practical steps for digital equity.

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How To Advocacy Accessibility System 100

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Institutions have access to more student data than ever before—but it's hard to really grasp what that means, since many of the digital tools that colleges use are from third parties or companies that keep their algorithms private. You had some experience in research and advocacy for privacy before you started there, while you were a student.

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Data Learning Advocacy System 132

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2023

We learn anywhere, anytime,” Valles told me, noting that she is looking for a new location so she can recruit more students for the so-called microschool. Interest is growing in these small, independently run “learning pods,” which are often operated by parents and enroll an estimated 1.2 We have ripped the doors off the classroom.

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Advocacy Conference System Report 130

edWeb.net

JANUARY 29, 2024

Experts during the edLeader Panel “ Proactive Leadership Regarding Cybersecurity in School Systems ” stressed schools need to know that it’s not a matter of IF a breach will happen but WHEN, and proactive planning is the most effective protection schools can provide right now. “It How do you protect your district? Dr. Mark D.

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Training Professional Learning Data Advocacy 92

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2024

The grandmother learned quickly from the Children’s Home Society of California that the state offers subsidies for family caregivers, but the pay might well be below minimum wage. In Colorado, a recent law makes it easier for immigrants and undocumented caregivers to access the subsidies, according to the BUILD Initiative report.

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Policies Advocacy Report Accessibility 80

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

It also enables the school to focus on providing tailored social-emotional learning. That means building a standalone community because, she says, it’s hard for students who don’t have homes to be themselves in the mainstream American school system. So why do critics say the very idea of a school for the homeless is “problematic?”

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RafranzDavis.com

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Academic excellence would not be based on test scores but on the backs of students excitedly learning and basking in the glow of the learning process. Also…these opportunities would be accessible to every child…EVERY.SINGLE.ONE. Also…these opportunities would be accessible to every child…EVERY.SINGLE.ONE.

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Advocacy Accessibility System Course 93

edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

Every two or three years, state and federal laws regarding accessibility in education change. However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. Highlights. Dr. Carol L.

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Accessibility Digital Badges Elementary BYOD 56

edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

For example, many schools used the funding to develop intensive tutoring programs that continue to help accelerate student learning. Finding success in providing new learning opportunities for all During the pandemic, school leaders had to get creative to help both teachers and students achieve success.

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Digital Citizenship Advocacy Company Assessment 107

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

That’s 14% of K–12 students in public schools in the United States who depend on additional—and often very specialized—services to support their ability to learn and live their lives fully. A whole-child approach to special education will help accelerate the learning of this unique population. A Whole-Child Approach for Every Child.

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Education Advocacy Survey Outcomes 127

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today! The newly released National Education Technology Plan from the U.S.

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Digital Divide Advocacy Policies Report 88

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

From this perspective, perhaps the most important innovation of the last twenty years was the idea of formatting open textbooks as course cartridges so they’re easier to upload into a learning management system. OER have also been used as part of personalized, interactive courseware systems, too. 2016; Koedinger, et al.,

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Strategy OER Education Policies 158

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

While the pandemic and the sudden shutdown of schools provoked fear, the teachers at this remote refugee camp in northern Iraq weren’t worried about how students would cope: They were confident their students were prepared to take their learning fully online. were struggling to adjust to remote learning. We saw it in our U.S.

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Learning Advocacy Report Google 144

Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

In our current education system, we continue to see gaps in graduation rates and unequal access to high-quality public schools. When an educator is unprepared and unable to access high-quality resources to meet our unique learners’ needs, the system penalizes the educator. These basic tenets can guide our stance: 1.

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EdTech Dropout Advocacy Outcomes 293