The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. in Communication from University of California, San Diego.

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JANUARY 28, 2018

Flagship universities are the jewels in the crown of public higher education systems — they have sought-after faculty, preeminent research facilities, the most resources and often the highest graduation rates, for all races. Higher Education. Andrew Nichols, director of higher education research and data analytics, The Education Trust.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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JULY 21, 2021

Before, librarians or education leaders could say, well, we think that most of the schools that have a high number of Hispanic students don’t have school librarians. Many librarians and education leaders will say that we’re losing school librarians because library aides and paraprofessionals are now being hired to run the library.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

In order to address education equity, administrators must first recognize the common barriers. Unequal access to external support: Staff can’t just assume students will have access to the same resources at home or that they will willingly talk about what they have and don’t have. I think for the last 20 years,” said Pedro A.

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APRIL 26, 2019

Department of Education. The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. Even low-income students with the highest standardized test scores are more than three times less likely to go to top colleges than higher-income students , according to the Education Trust.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education. Enrollments are down 15 percent since 2009 — even though more and more students want global experiences, such as international internships and study abroad programs, and a chance to practice languages they do speak. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

That meant he wouldn’t get wheelchair-accessible transportation, tuition help or voice-activated software from the agency — all of which he qualified for under federal law. “I Some VR agencies work well; counselors respond promptly to applications and help clients further their education and secure employment.

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APRIL 9, 2018

Higher Education. It’s too early to know how many students will take up the offer, which was mostly pushed by community colleges, said Patricia Shea, who oversees it for the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. Department of Education found. Sign up here for our higher-education newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Everyone has a physical education class, called “phy-ed” here, at least twice a week. Thirty years of focus on increasing academic minutes in the school day has resulted in reduced recess and physical education time at many schools. At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

But I don’t see my advocacy as a zero-sum game. Girls have easier access to same-gender reading role models (moms, pre-school and elementary teachers, school librarians and children’s librarians are typically female), and now they also have access to role models in male-dominated fields and professions.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next is a free after-school program designed to make tech more accessible to students of color, many of whom lack opportunities to explore STEM fields in middle and high school. It’s significant progress toward the goal of connecting more young people with educational and career opportunities in technology. “We

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JANUARY 26, 2019

It’s help teachers need: In 2016 , about 50,000 preschoolers were suspended at least once, and at least 17,000 were expelled, according to the Center for American Progress, a Washington-based liberal research and advocacy institute, which arrived at the estimate based on data from the 2016 National Survey of Children’s Health.

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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. Cassandra Archie, Advocates for Educational Equity & Excellence. Related: Sent home early: Lost learning in special education.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Unfortunately, many schools and districts are still relying on individuals or looking for that magic program rather than developing educational systems that provide a high-quality, modern education for all students. Even before the pandemic and the shift to distance education, learning extended beyond the classroom.

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MAY 15, 2023

These things “just reminded me of what I already knew about the politics of education and the lack of resources in low-income communities when it comes to schools,” said Ben, now 22 and about to graduate and go back to Chicago to teach while pursuing a master’s degree. The answer?

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MARCH 1, 2017

. — When Mary Fair became a teacher in 2012, her classes often contained a mix of special education students and general education students. Placing children with and without disabilities in the same classroom, instead of segregating them, was a growing national trend, spurred on by lawsuits by special education advocates.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Angie Burda, the program’s manager, developed a broad range of services, establishing support groups, educational workshops, and recreational activities for families with children of all ages. They have to make sure people are aware of them, are educated about them, and are using them,” Peterson Lent said.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

During a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , the presenters discussed the policies and practices that also keep data safe in a digital education environment. Gearing served as Superintendent of Dripping Springs ISD from 2012-2019 and as Superintendent of Marshall ISD from 2009–2012.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Of course cyber security is necessary in education. Lilly explained that his schools, for instance, have frequent administrative access audits to ensure they can’t see information, like social security numbers, they shouldn’t. With few on-site licenses, educators and students will have no access to their materials.

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MARCH 28, 2017

Yet throughout India, a number of digital initiatives are underway aimed at improving education in areas that lack sufficient trained and experienced teachers. Many believe it has to do with both the huge population of India, the country’s many education needs and its chronic shortage of qualified teachers.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

How can educators make their teaching more inclusive? For perspective and advice, we recently talked with José Vilson, co-founder and executive director of #EduColor , a nonprofit advocacy group dedicated to issues of race and social justice in education. Almost every education conference was predominantly white.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Universities, including Columbia, pay tax on properties they own that are not used for educational purposes.) The state’s tax breaks for nonprofits date to 1799, long before Columbia and other higher education institutions became vast enterprises with billion-dollar endowments. If you look at the budget deficits, they’re massive.”

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 18, 2021

I was introduced to Gerardo’s work through a podcast he co-hosts with Kevin Adams called “Too Dope Teachers,” and his advocacy for equity and antiracism. How has that shaped the way you think about education? Their zip codes, for example, still determine the type of educational support they receive.

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Hack Education

APRIL 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. Board of Education and it barely registered as a story. ” Education in the Courts.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Veterans in College Source: National Veteran Education Success Tracker. percent of veterans using GI Bill benefits who arrived on campus in the fall of 2009 had graduated within six years, compared to 52.9 Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. The Topic: Student veteran graduation rates. The report says 53.6

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JULY 10, 2019

Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning.

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APRIL 21, 2017

billion a year in GI Bill benefits that come with them offer nowhere near as much support, and their student veterans rarely get degrees, according to data obtained from the Departments of Defense, Education and Veterans Affairs. This first-of-its-kind report, called the National Veteran Education Success Tracker , says 53.6

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 31, 2017

But don’t let that good news distract from the Trump budget’s deeply damaging proposals that target higher education and student aid — including raiding the Pell surplus. Congress also made the Pell award more generous through three infusions of funding in 2007, 2009, and 2010. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Join me Thursday, September 15th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Sam Chaltain, DC-based writer and education activist, on his new book Faces of Learning: 50 Powerful Stories of Defining Moments in Education. Sam Chaltain is a DC-based writer and education activist. psid=2011-09-15.1730.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The ninth annual Global Education Conference starts this coming Monday! This is an amazing and free online event that brings together educators and innovators from around the world. Click here to register to attend the conference live or to have access to the conference recordings afterwards. LOTS of information below!

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

But a troubled school system is nothing new in a state that has long failed to provide all of its children with an equal, integrated education. Holmes decision, black students in the Mississippi Delta remain shut out from an equal education. The effects of these inequalities in public education ripple throughout children’s lives.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

Students in Dillon had little access to Advanced Placement courses, art and music; and teacher salaries were much lower than in other parts of the state. Once he became president, Obama made education, and narrowing the achievement gaps between poor students and their better-off peers, one of his major priorities.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Education Secretary Arne Duncan, briefs President Barack Obama for an interview in the Oval Office July 22, 2009. Former Education Secretary John King has voiced concern about her commitment to protecting civil rights, and the organization he now runs, Education Trust , is firmly opposed to her nomination.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. ” Many educators were angered , insisting that this wasn’t their fault. I get that.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

The business of education technology overlaps with the politics of ed-tech. One of the flaws, I think, of much of the reporting on education technology is that it treats “ed-tech” as a product without a politics and without a practice. The politics overlap with privacy. The US Presidential Campaign.

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