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JANUARY 12, 2021

Disconnection between teaching and learning: Teachers often confuse covering the material with teaching to the kids—if they teach to understanding, then the classroom becomes a different environment. Does everyone feel valued? To pursue equity, schools must understand three key principles. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A. Dr. Daniel A.

Secondary 68

Secondary Policies Professional Learning Outcomes 68

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

PRESENTED BY: Dr. Steve Albrecht, author, Library Security: Better Communications, Safer Facilities (ALA, 2015) DATE + TIME: Tuesday, November 20th, 2018, 4:00 pm US-EST (1-hour presentation + 30 minutes with special guests). His 2015 book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities , was published by the ALA.

Libraries 28

Libraries Advocacy Training Accessibility 28

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

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Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 71

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

With its jumble of slate-gray concrete buildings mixed in with the skyscrapers of downtown Atlanta, Georgia State now graduates more black students with bachelor’s degrees every year than any other nonprofit school in the United States ( 1,777 in 2015 ). When you sit down in the classroom, it’s more people like you than anything else.

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Advocacy System Meeting Report 40

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy? And I want to do it worldwide.”

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 63

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

The amount of time they’ve spent in the classroom (“seat time”) doesn’t matter, nor does the number of credits they’ve accumulated. In 2003, the Gates Foundation gave RISC $5.8 To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts.

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