Digital Promise

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Our new report, Computational Thinking for a Computational World , draws from research and interviews with leaders around the country to answer the essential question: In a computational world, what is important to know and know how to do? Creating computational models that use data and algorithms to simulate complex systems.

Education 271

Education Advocacy Data Report 271

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Which technologies are collecting student data? How is that data being used? And how long is it kept? The nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), hoping to understand how these groups perceive issues surrounding privacy and technology, conducted surveys and focus groups from May to August of this year.

Student Data Privacy 160

Student Data Privacy Data Survey Advocacy 160

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

MORE FROM EDTECH : How to clear hurdles to foster true innovation in K–12 schools. We also invite you to come early for our deep-dive workshops on esports, becoming a new CTO, and data privacy practices. New resources on student data privacy. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. We hope you will join us!

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

MORE FROM EDTECH : How to clear hurdles to foster true innovation in K–12 schools. We also invite you to come early for our deep-dive workshops on esports, becoming a new CTO, and data privacy practices. New resources on student data privacy. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. We hope you will join us!

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : How to clear hurdles to foster true innovation in K–12 schools. We also invite you to come early for our deep-dive workshops on esports, becoming a new CTO, and data privacy practices. New resources on student data privacy. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. We hope you will join us!

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : How to clear hurdles to foster true innovation in K–12 schools. We also invite you to come early for our deep-dive workshops on esports, becoming a new CTO, and data privacy practices. New resources on student data privacy. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. We hope you will join us!

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : How to clear hurdles to foster true innovation in K–12 schools. We also invite you to come early for our deep-dive workshops on esports, becoming a new CTO, and data privacy practices. New resources on student data privacy. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. We hope you will join us!

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : How to clear hurdles to foster true innovation in K–12 schools. We also invite you to come early for our deep-dive workshops on esports, becoming a new CTO, and data privacy practices. New resources on student data privacy. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. We hope you will join us!

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : How to clear hurdles to foster true innovation in K–12 schools. We also invite you to come early for our deep-dive workshops on esports, becoming a new CTO, and data privacy practices. New resources on student data privacy. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. We hope you will join us!

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH : How to clear hurdles to foster true innovation in K–12 schools. We also invite you to come early for our deep-dive workshops on esports, becoming a new CTO, and data privacy practices. New resources on student data privacy. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. We hope you will join us!

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2019

Five powerful edtech accelerators are influencing the skills and needs of K-12 students and educators, according to a new CoSN report released during the advocacy group’s 2019 conference. The five accelerators are: learners as creators; data-driven practices; personalization; design thinking; and building the capacity of human leaders.

EdTech 111

EdTech Advocacy Trends Data 111

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2024

But the federal government has been so slow to process and share her data that, four months later, she still doesn’t know how much she’ll get in financial aid. As of late March, just over a third of high school seniors had successfully submitted the FAFSA, according to data tracked by the National College Attainment Network.

Data 56

Data Advocacy Report System 56

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

The desire to increase agency in the form of voice, choice, and advocacy should be viewed as just as important for educators (teachers and administrators) as it is for students. Advocacy Educators need to be put in a position where they can actively advocate for system improvements without the fear of repercussion.

Advocacy 178

Advocacy Digital Badges Education Meeting 178

eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

We need to prioritize discussions on how to effectively support multilingual students. School and district leaders will be actively seeking innovative approaches, leveraging data, and collaborating with advocacy organizations and policymakers to bring about meaningful changes in how we educate English Language Learners.

Robotics 98

Robotics Industry Elementary Training 98

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

The research used MAP Growth assessment data and revealed that while students with disabilities, English learners, and rural students make gains at rates equal to or faster than their grade-level peers during the school year, these students also experience greater learning loss in the summer, leading to persistent achievement gaps.

Advocacy 56

Advocacy Policies Study Data 56

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Key points: Virtual field trips can help engage students in critical STEM education 8 virtual field trips for STEM education How to elevate climate literacy for future scientists For more news on virtual field trips, visit eSN’s Digital Learning page Climate change is an increasingly important subject in school curriculums.

STEM 113

STEM Advocacy Digital Learning Examples 113

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Brennan McMahon Parton, Data Quality Campaign ’s associate director of state policy and advocacy, recently spoke with him about data literacy for teachers. Brennan McMahon Parton: Josh, thanks for talking to me about data literacy. Parton: It makes sense that data use is more of a challenge than data access.

Data 60

Data Analysis Assessment Training 60

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2023

A small group of students were trained to facilitate listening sessions and analyze data from conversations among the youth. The group of students decided they wanted to focus their advocacy on teacher practice. I will learn about resources for immigrants in the neighborhood, so I know how to support my students when they need it.” “I

Classroom 165

Classroom Advocacy Groups Meeting 165

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2022

According to national data, schools are not facing greater teacher vacancies this year than in years past. But if you’re reading this article—if you’re engaged enough in education to be reading EdSurge—you probably don’t believe that data. The Great Renegotiation is coming for schools. And for good reason.

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Secondary Elementary Advocacy Meeting 218

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

That’s how she first got to know Stephanie Young, the director of scholarships at the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga. Young focuses on helping students and families figure out how to pay for college. Those parents, she said, “may not have the wherewithal to walk through this process with them.

Advocacy 91

Advocacy Meeting Data Trends 91

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2023

According to the most recent data from 2020-21 school year, two thirds of the 7 million students with disabilities who receive special education services spent 80 percent or more of their time in traditional classrooms. . We ought to know more about how to best help them learn. Who would argue against it? It did not.

Analysis 124

Analysis Education Study Policies 124

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The trigger warning is buttressed by a more hopeful message accentuated in green: “& TIPS on how to deal with that.” Additionally, sustainability-minded architects encourage schools to include in their designs dashboard displays that show students how much energy or water is used in the building.

Survey 175

Survey Advocacy Study Social Media 175

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Summary: Patti West-Smith, an expert in pedagogy from Turnitin, explains that with a bit of up-front guidance, rubrics help students become self-directed learners who see exactly how to improve before turning in their paper or assignment. A Tool for Self-Advocacy. That is really the essence of what formative work should look like.”.

Learning 182

Learning Advocacy Assessment Meeting 182

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 12, 2022

2 Data Mining and Tracking. All images and information are being tracked by big data companies. Our children and students are now data points being tracked throughout their entire lives. Data is big money these days. Are we teaching our students how to protect themselves online? because they know a lot about you.”

Digital Citizenship 100

Digital Citizenship Social Media Advocacy Data 100

Reading By Example

OCTOBER 11, 2018

After I shared out my previous post , describing my confusion about making sense of certain types of data, the International Literacy Association (ILA) replied with a link to a recent report on this topic: This is perfect timing for our #ILAchat this Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Data-driven decision making is hard enough for professional educators.

Data 33

Data Secondary Analysis Assessment 33

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Long Beach, CA—Improving students success won’t hinge on shiny new gadgets or high-tech early alert systems based on AI or big data. One challenge is there’s no federal data to back up these trends. “We We need national representative data, and we don’t have it.” But not everyone in higher ed buys these numbers, she said.

Survey 154

Survey Advocacy Policies Data 154

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

She is the vice president of advocacy and engagement at the Mozilla Foundation, which today released a new report examining the privacy and security policies of 15 commonly used video-conferencing apps. lacked standard data encryption and password authentication features. It’s a problem that involves tradeoffs.

Report 153

Report Video Schoology Microsoft 153

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Data shows multiple disconnects between what parents pointed to as actual barriers to broadband adoption versus what teachers perceived as parents’ barriers to adoption. This valuable data will enable school leaders to better tailor communications around the ACP and direct families to resources that can assist in supporting Internet adoption.

Digital Divide 70

Digital Divide Broadband Survey Outcomes 70

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

this week to discuss how to get more nontraditional students—such as full- and part-time workers, parents and other underrepresented groups—to and through college. Others at the conference stressed that successful initiatives must also put emphasis on the student needs that data alone cannot solve, like housing and food insecurity. “Do

Strategy 104

Strategy Policies Advocacy Conference 104

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Data: National Center for Special Education Research. Data: National Council on Disability. I looked for other courses they might take, but most of the transition programming looked like it was from 1950 and was focused primarily on specific job skills: How to stack shelves, How to clean a toilet, How to dust.

Outcomes 161

Outcomes Advocacy Course Data 161

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

million students from fall 2019 to fall of 2021, according to state data leaving campuses worried about their future and potential students with fewer of the opportunities offered by higher education. In total, data showed students owed the district $10 million for all debts. The median debt forgiven was just $41. “If

Dropout 101

Dropout Policies Data Report 101

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2018

This story is Part I I of a two-part lo ok at parents and school data. Goya Diaz can’t pretend that school data is the first concern that comes to mind when she thinks about issues ailing her community in southwest Detroit. Data] is sometimes bringing us down, unfortunately.” Maribel Coreas, a parent in northern California.

Libraries 91

Libraries Data Learning iPhone 91

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Unfortunately, researchers don’t have good, long-term, national data on other elements that play a role in helping youth thrive: measures such as a young person’s access to green space, their relationship to their friends and family, or their sense of optimism and hope. That’s not setting our students up for success.

Smartphone 55

Smartphone Social Media Trends Report 55

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

If schools aren’t sure how to begin, they should work harder to connect with English learners’ families — in linguistically and culturally competent ways. American schools are overwhelmingly English-only environments — and too often, this can make them hostile spaces for English learners and their families.

Education 130

Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 130

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

This is likely due to several factors: increasing involvement from parents as schools moved online; advocacy from groups like Decoding Dyslexia; social media conversations and coverage in the popular press; and a push by state legislatures toward improving our nation’s stagnant and dismal reading scores.

Instructional Materials 114

Instructional Materials Training Advocacy Elementary 114

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2018

But since it wasn’t our house, they could use the bathroom first,” Kimberly, 12, told the child advocacy organization Children’s Defense Fund for their The State of America’s Children 2014 report. As a society, we’ve learned how to ignore the homeless’ extended hands and handwritten cardboard signs asking for help. in 2017. .

Advocacy 110

Advocacy Policies Report Secondary 110

edWeb.net

MAY 12, 2022

Dr. Danielle Thompson, President and Founder of the Transformative Reading Teacher Group, recommends beginning with an honest discussion of what the student data shows and how the results can be improved. First Steps and Long-Term Goals. Moving Forward.

Secondary 95

Secondary Professional Learning Advocacy System 95