Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

In 2010, Lower Merion School District in Philadelphia was caught— and successfully sued when it was discovered that school officials were taking photos of a student through a school-issued laptop. In an interview with EdSurge, ACLU’s Advocacy and Policy Counsel, Chad A.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

For example, community members may use school computers to fill out necessary online paperwork with assistance from school staff or help local civic organizations set up alumni databases and communications networks. He then transitioned to the role of Instructional Technology Resource teacher at the same school, which he continued until 2010.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: “It matters who’s enrolled at flagships, because they tend to go on to be leaders in their states, particularly in politics and in business,” said Andrew Nichols, director of higher education research and data analytics at The Education Trust, an advocacy group that focuses on college access.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

And since 2010, Native enrollment in higher-ed institutions also has declined by about 37 percent, the largest drop in any student demographic group. If her daughter, for example, a Eugene middle schooler, maintains a 3.0 The University of Maine, for example, has had a tuition waiver option since the 1930s.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Most charter operators did not come close to hitting their targets, predicting, for example, that they could move students from 50 percent proficiency to 80 or even 100 percent in four or five years. 10 Percent — Yearly increase in the percent of students achieving basic scores on state tests required by No Child Left Behind Act in 2010.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam: One of the things that’s pretty interesting since the last time we talked, Vicki, is that I was part of a group originally in 2010 that started lobbying of superintendents. So you wouldn’t find, for example, with technology — Albemarle has been in a one-to-one environment for a number of years now, as has Charlottesville City.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

“It’s essentially a vestige of colonialism,” said Roberto Jiménez Rivera, a rare example of a native Puerto Rican from modest means who went to college on the mainland, where he now is an assistant director of admissions at Tufts University. Examples abound of college graduates who work in retail stores and as receptionists.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

More than 800,000 people with disabilities found eligible for services received no assistance between 2010 and 2014, according to federal data. Some people need a hearing aid, for example; others require voice-activated note-taking software or screen-readers for college. Part of the problem, advocates say, is high caseloads.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

In 2010 the FCC appointed her to the USAC board representing the nation’s schools and libraries on ERATE. She is a past board member and chair of CoSN and is Vice President of Advocacy and Programs for LACUE. Cynthia Schultz, Esq. Join the Community. Velocity Fiber builds Networks for the Next Generation.

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

For example, both the Open Learning Initiative at Carnegie Mellon University and Lumen Learning use OER this way. From my perspective, the pivot of many in the OER movement to an insistence that educational materials be free has trapped them in that 2010 world of traditional-looking, openly licensed textbooks. 2016; Koedinger, et al.,

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The growth has largely been driven by advocacy from white, affluent families, as well as by districts responding to an influx of immigrant students. There are at least 2,000 of these programs in U.S. schools, experts say — up from about 260 in 2000. But research shows dual-language programs may actually enhance students’ learning in English.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 8, 2016

Kitty and Lindsay are among the eight founding members of the recently launched kidcasting advocacy platform, Kids Listen , a new grassroots organization of advocates for high-quality audio content for children. Whether it’s music, science, bedtime stories, or literature, we crave feedback from teachers on the front lines.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

There were no Advanced Placement courses, for example, and little help was available with college and financial aid applications, said Ben, who is Black. “I That’s down from 66 percent in 2010. “In I understood that a lot of the things I did to prepare for college I would have to do myself.” It’s just the way society is.”

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Laid out most fully in his 2010 book Making Learning Whole , the idea goes something like this: Let students do something big and useful, from start to finish — perhaps a simplified version, but keep it intact. Mehta said the best examples he has seen during the school day are in science classes. There’s no way around that.'[/pullquote].

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 9, 2016

The cuts endanger the school’s unique mission of equipping its students with the language skills and self-advocacy that enriches their Deaf identity, the school’s administrators and teachers say. Superintendent Dr. Sandra Edwards says she would like to see it replaced with carpet. Photo: Imani Khayyam.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

In 2010, it gave $200,000 each to Portland and two other districts to develop plans for “district level system change” focused on “student-centered approaches,” including proficiency-based education. 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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edWeb.net

AUGUST 19, 2021

In Desert Sands, for example, they wanted to make sure all students could be connected no matter where they lived, but using different service providers—the typical solution—would prove costly over the years. In 2010, he was appointed to the Baldrige Board of Examiners by the U.S. Innovation. Department of Commerce.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

However, for students transitioning from under-resourced high schools, and without self-advocacy skills, legal knowledge or access to medical resources and insurance, pursuing accommodations in college can be daunting, prolonged and expensive.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2023

I interviewed five women — all Central American immigrants — in Spanish, and with support from Early Edge California , a statewide policy and advocacy organization I interned for, I paid each participant a stipend for their time. I would leave her my card so she could call me if she wished to learn more,” Martinez offered as an example.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

For example, the pandemic and forced distance learning have impacted social-emotional learning for many children. citizen in 2010. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation. However, it’s about the right data in the right hands.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

Still, since at least 2010, a small group of Seattle parents have tried to convince friends and neighbors to practice what many here preach about equity and voluntarily divert some of their wealth to high-poverty schools. PTAs with less than $50,000 in revenue, for example, typically don’t need to file federal nonprofit reports.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Still, there are some stalwart critics, notably Benjamin Riley, who visited many personalized-learning classrooms from 2010 to 2014 as the policy and advocacy director for the NewSchools Venture Fund. Shortly after leaving that post, Riley planted his skeptic’s flag with an oft-cited blog post titled, “Don’t Personalize Learning.”. “I

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Since 2010, the number of city students enrolled in Columbia’s undergraduate ranks has declined by 37 percent. Programs serving inmates at the troubled Rikers Island jail complex were cut, for example, and the budget for free preschool for 3-year-olds was reduced.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

For example, Phoenix Union is primarily funded through a state-based formula, with the opportunity for local bonds and overrides (tax levies), and some federal dollars. During the Great Recession, state funding declined 6 percent in 2010, according to an analysis by Tyton Partners, a consulting firm.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

For example, in 2010, the hate watch group the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and other advocacy organizations filed a federal lawsuit against the Louisiana Department of Education. But lawsuits have pushed equity when independent schools were slow to act. But black teachers are underrepresented in New Orleans.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Whatever the Justice Department decides to do, disability advocates are prepared to pursue the GNETS case as a class action lawsuit if necessary, said Alison Barkoff, advocacy director at the Center for Public Representation , a public-interest disability law firm. A 2010 state audit of the program reached many of the same conclusions.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2022

From 2005 to 2010, I was part of an official evaluation of a voucher plan called the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program, or MPCP , in Wisconsin. My work has been funded by the Walton Family Foundation, for example, which has acknowledged ties to school choice reform. Here’s how I know. Finally, we need to talk about money.

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Hack Education

APRIL 3, 2017

Every year since 2010, I’ve undertaken a fairly massive project in which I’ve reviewed the previous twelve months’ education and technology news in order to write ten articles covering “the top ed-tech trends.” It ignores what happens in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for example: the site of Harvard and MIT.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. But in 2010, the company, co-founded by Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen, announced that it would no longer offer a free version. Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. Bundling Textbooks with Tuition. “To

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Credit: Joan Morse for The Hechinger Report For example, “transgenderism” (described by one candidate as “boys in girls bathrooms, boys in girls sports, ‘gender-affirming care,’ and related absurdities”) became a top issue in this November’s school board race. Hall’s campaign signs were later tagged with rainbow stickers.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I think it’s safe to say, for example, that venture capital investment has fallen off rather precipitously this year. But it appears that the massive growth that the sector has experienced since 2010 stopped this year. USC professor Morgan Polikoff’s research on textbook adoption, for example, has made this painfully clear.

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