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Online Education Advocacy Group Launches as Dept. of Ed Proposes Loosening Regulations

Edsurge

To advocate for and on behalf of effective online teaching and learning practices, four organizations are joining forces to establish the National Council for Online Education. Offering guidance about effective online learning in response to the pandemic has jumped to the top of the new council’s priority list.

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As Child Care Challenges Threaten the American Workforce, Business Leaders Call for Action

Edsurge

Also in May, Marshall Plan for Moms, a non-profit organization focused on women’s economic empowerment and promoting public and private sector policies that support mothers, organized a national business coalition for child care with the aim of expanding child care support for employees.

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Micro-credentials and COVID-19: Supporting Professional Learning When Schools are Closed

Digital Promise

As educators use technology to support their professional learning , they can earn micro-credentials to demonstrate how technology played a role in professional growth. Emphasizing digital equity and advocacy. Start earning micro-credentials.

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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles 

The Hechinger Report

This story also appeared in The Associated Press After more than a year of some form of pandemic online learning, students were all required to come back to school in person. I’m really taken aback that a district would set forth a series of policies that make it actually quite difficult to enroll your child.”

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They helped all schools get good internet, now they?re focusing on homes

The Hechinger Report

More than 99 percent of schools nationwide have access to speedy and reliable internet, making online learning an option for their students. School buildings are closed because of coronavirus, and the bandwidth that powered digital learning for kids is going unused. But he thinks long-term policy changes will be necessary, too.

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Resource: iNACOL’s Reports on Next-Generation Learning

Edsurge

The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) aims “to catalyze the transformation of K-12 education policy and practice to advance powerful, personalized, learner-centered experiences through competency-based, blended and online learning.” It does this through: Advocacy.

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Students Are Online Like Never Before. What Does That Mean for Their Privacy?

Edsurge

Among the key findings: K-12 teachers and parents have apparently not been deterred by the hurried transition to digital learning during the pandemic. For both groups, 76 percent support increased levels of online learning even after students return to school full time.