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. She attended the local elementary and high school and now serves as a school board member. There are over 2,600 people already registered for this event. Disaster Strikes!

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Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 45

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2016

But since 2009, according to David Smith, the district’s chief of communications and government relations, the district has had to cut more than $50 million from its already tight budget because of state cutbacks, threatening progress in a district that had seen some significant and surprising gains for its students.

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Common Core Report Groups Meeting 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

When Ann Civitareale’s father passed away in 2009, she little fathomed that she would spend thousands of her inheritance on medical and educational testing for her two sons. Schools have to work under resource limitations. … She completely understands the frustration of many parents. Busby began the hunt again.

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Report Advocacy Policies Accessibility 23

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Since President Joe Biden took office in early 2021, three different giant federal spending packages have passed: the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act , the American Rescue Plan and the Inflation Reduction Act. We’ve saved $500,000 per year in electricity through conservation compared to 2009,” she said. Then transportation.

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Education Company Secondary Elementary 80

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I’m also limited by my experience as a secondary teacher; these conversations have less controversy in lower elementary, though discussions about appropriateness do surface more commonly in the upper elementary/middle school transition. May you take what you need and may it be useful to you. Supreme Court Case such as Roth v.

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Libraries Handbook Policies Study 93

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The primary goals of this event are to demonstrate the power of global connectivity in classrooms, schools, institutions of informal learning and universities around the world, and to introduce others to the tools, resources, projects, and networks that are available to educators today. A current listing of events you can join is below.

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Secondary Conference Survey STEM 73

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2024

In perhaps the only attempt to summarize the detracking literature, a 2009 summary of 15 studies from 1972 to 2006 concluded that detracking improved academic outcomes for lower-ability students, but had no effect on average and high-ability students. And all three did well in the district’s detracked courses.

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Trends Outcomes Report Study 119

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2021

In March, federal lawmakers approved $800 million to help school districts identify, enroll and support homeless students — about eight times the amount appropriated for the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Youth program in fiscal year 2021 and more than the combined funding for the program in the last 10 years. That’s true in St.

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Report Elementary Meeting Data 137

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Rotherham, a Democrat, also served a four-year term on the board from 2005 to 2009, when he was appointed by then-governor Mark Warner, a Democrat. “We Redrafting of the history standards started in 2021 under the administration of Ralph Northam, the former Democratic governor. Credit: Chen Mengtong/China News Service via Getty Images.

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Policies Outcomes Elementary Study 74