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Learn how the Alliance for Excellent Education can help you and your students! | @All4ed

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The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington based advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all students are ready for success in college. Resources Discussed on the Podcast * [link] ([link] * [link] ([link] * live.digitallearningday.org * #DLday * [link] ([link] * [link] ([link].

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OPINION: Ending the stigma for college students with learning disabilities

The Hechinger Report

Earlier this year, our organizations, along with the American Association of University Administrators , partnered to release new resources focused on actions that college leaders and faculty can take to empower students with disabilities. But there is more to accomplish, and we are committed to helping campuses achieve positive change.

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‘It’s OK to not be OK:’ How One High School Saved Lives with a 34-Question Survey

MindShift

It was co-created by a University of Northern Colorado psychology professor and has been used in Boston Public Schools since 2012-13. Murray said when the district launched the screening, there were 29 secondary students receiving counseling in their schools through providers like Solvista. It’s as important as learning how to read.”.

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Seeing the Pandemic as an Opportunity for Change

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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. From 2009–2012 he served as a trustee for the State University of New York as an appointee of the governor. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A.

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Inside Maine’s disastrous roll out of proficiency-based learning

The Hechinger Report

The only thing most everyone agrees on is this: The roll out of the 2012 law, LD 1422, was a disaster, plagued by insufficient funding and inadequate guidance from the top. 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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How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education

The Hechinger Report

That’s due to a new teaching approach here called “proficiency-based education,” that was inspired by a 2012 state law. For report cards, they convert those scores into letter grades to make it simple for parents, colleges and other post-secondary institutions to understand. This year Payne doesn’t expect to lose Kylee or anyone else.

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Developing Systems for Effective, Equitable Education for All Students

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In her district, Dr. Anderson’s staff have access to a variety of resources, including a video series where teachers model lessons with students and professional development courses using webinars and other tools that teachers will use with their students. Tiffany Anderson, Superintendent of Topeka Public Schools (KS).

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