A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

In our attempt to identify these youngsters, we hope to better serve them through our advocacy for a school-wide framework to support their learning needs. Why we have chosen to title this work Beyond Core Expectations is twofold. First, we offer a much-needed framework for the education of diverse learners. Struggling Learners.

Common Core 239

Common Core Assessment Strategy Advocacy 239

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. Implications of the access hypothesis : Why do most comparisons of OER to traditional materials fail to find a positive effect of OER? They had an important role to play in OER advocacy. call this “the access hypothesis.”

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OER Outcomes Comparison Study 147

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

At two-year institutions, admission is accessible, tuition is affordable, and flexible coursework fits into schedules complicated not only by jobs and families, but counseling, support groups and doctor visits. “I I don’t know why we weren’t trying to do this years ago,” Miller said.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2018

“When these programs were designed, it was an acknowledgment that there were low-income students who had need, and of the importance of going to college,” said Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy at the nonpartisan National College Access Network. One of the easiest places to cut the budget is in financial aid.

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Advocacy Policies Report Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. We need to change that.”. “We We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 110

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2022

“Until we had a deep look at ourselves, we didn’t realize that we were selling them [students] short,” said James Capp, assistant provost for academic operations and planning at Florida Atlantic University, which Dickinson attends and where, as recently as 2014, fewer than one in five students was managing to graduate within four years.

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Dropout Report Advocacy Accessibility 116

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

In 2014, the state had the highest percentage of preterm births as well as the highest infant mortality rate. These programs “really change the future for the most vulnerable babies born into poverty,” said Sarah McGee, national director of advocacy at Nurse-Family Partnership.

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Outcomes Advocacy Training Accessibility 76

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Documentation depends on the information families can access to prove their lineage. Oregon , for example, allows members of Washington’s Chinook Indian Nation , which is fighting to regain its federal recognition, to at least access in-state tuition because the Chinook have tribal boundaries in Oregon. Her credit score took a hit.

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Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 83

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

The magazine’s “30 Under 30” list, which highlights young leaders in fields such as technology, music and healthcare, added education to the list in 2013 and since then has grown from nearly 90 nominations in 2014 to more than 450 last year. Shanyn Ronis (29), founder of Education Global Access Program.

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Education Learning Advocacy Blended Learning 121

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2017

There are 11,900 at-risk 0- to 4-year-olds in New Orleans who do not have access to a publicly funded, early childhood education program. According the Louisiana Department of Education, enrollment of African-American students decreased from 93 percent of total enrollment in 2004 to 87 percent in 2014.

Education 81

Education Analysis Advocacy Trends 81

Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Such claims have caught the attention of consumer-protection advocacy groups like the Student Borrower Protection Center, which has found marketing language that it contends is deceptive and predatory. Part of the problem lies in the marketing language, which can border on hype. Is it a loan? Something else?

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Comparison Study Data Advocacy 209

eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Common Sense Kids Action, the advocacy arm of Common Sense Media, and SETDA will work together this year and in 2016 and 2017 to encourage digital leaders to file applications for E-rate program funding. “It is essential that every child in our country be able seamlessly access digital resources.

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E-rate Broadband Libraries Advocacy 40

edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

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. They need to develop relationships with each student, learn about their individual situations, and help them as needed. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A.

Secondary 61

Secondary Policies Professional Learning Outcomes 61

The Hechinger Report

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 More than 800,000 people with disabilities found eligible for services received no assistance between 2010 and 2014, according to federal data.

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Advocacy Training Software System 40

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam: I think that one of the things that particularly — in states like Virginia where the resources that localities have access to can be wildly different. In 2014, Albemarle County students had the second highest SAT scores among 133 school divisions in Virginia in critical reading and the third highest SAT scores for writing and math.

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Chromebook Study Company Assessment 190

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2017

Overall, the number of students who were held back in third grade dropped from 3,064 at the end of the 2014-15 school year to 2,307 at the end of 2015-16. In this 2014 photo, literacy coach Kristen Wells works with students at Emmalee Isable Elementary in West Jackson. That’s what the state has put in place.

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Elementary Training Advocacy Strategy 76

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

Enrollment at the beginning of the academic year just ended was up 13 percent from 2014 , to 2,038. That comment came in response to a rare endeavor by a higher-education institution: a survey emailed to 10,555 of them in 2014 by the University of Washington to learn why some students left before graduating. Nobody noticed.”.

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Dropout Report Policies Data 99

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

You also might know that Thinkfinity changed its format in the summer of 2014. A click on resources will bring up a host of ideas including advocacy, programs, statistics, and STEM news. As you might know, Thinkfinity from Verizon has some amazing content from a collection of outstanding content providers.

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Resources STEM Learning Conference 125

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Dana is an Ashoka Fellow, was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 under 40 Progressive American Leaders, and was the winner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in public advocacy in 2014. All learners deserve access to quality education that prepares them to succeed in an increasingly global society.

Advocacy 49

Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 49

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

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Conference 44

Conference Classroom Libraries Common Core 44

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

All students with disabilities need to develop strong self-advocacy and communication skills to make sure they’re getting the supports they’re due, especially in the sink-or-swim real world. When he got to Purdue University in 2014, he didn’t have a system for organizing his deadlines.

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Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 88

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Smith is not one for silence ( he delivered a TED talk about the “danger of silence” in 2014 , in fact) and has used digital venues including Twitter to encourage others to speak up and recognize how history shapes the present. There’s also something else he brings up—his beliefs, specifically his concerns that educators across the U.S.

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Twitter Technology Learning Advocacy 94

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Only 1 percent of African-American students and 2 percent of Latino students who enrolled in the lowest level of remedial math in 2014 made it through an entry-level college math class within two years (the amount of time it’s supposed to take to earn a full associate’s degree). The results have been promising.

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Report Course System Data 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

By 2014, for lower-income students (those eligible for a federal Pell grant), it reached 51 percent — nearly the same as for non-Pell students. Its graduation rate for first-generation students went up 32 percent between 2010 and 2014. For Hispanic students, it went from 22 to 54 percent.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy System Meeting Report 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 4, 2016

Martyn Wade, Chair of the IFLA Freedom of Access to Information and Freedom of Expression (FAIFE) Committee , on the IFLA Statement on the "Right to be Forgotten." Jessamyn West , the rural "rarin' librarian" on "Approaching the Privacy Topic with Patrons."

Conference 28

Conference Libraries Survey Advocacy 28

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

BRUNSWICK, Maine — Kate Lord didn’t have a plan when she graduated from Brunswick High School in 2014. Kate worked with one local group to develop a career plan and spent three weeks in Minnesota at a life skills program which her parents hoped would introduce her to the idea of being away from home and improve her self-advocacy.

Outcomes 92

Outcomes Education Report Survey 92

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

One nonprofit advocacy group calculates that 10 states spend more on employee pensions than on higher education; in Illinois, more than half of the $4.1 Seventy percent of students in Pennsylvania now graduate with debt that averages $33,264, higher than the national average of $29,000 , The Institute for College Access and Success reports.

Education 40

Education Policies Report Advocacy 40

edWeb.net

APRIL 22, 2019

While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was last reauthorized in 2004, with amendments in 2015, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) were updated back in 2008, the demand for accessibility and equality in education continues to grow. Step 4: Conduct regular accessibility audits.

Accessibility 40

Accessibility PowerMyLearning Guidelines Policies 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

By 2014, the latest year for which data is available, that number had risen to 2.7 million in 2014. “We The Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), a nonprofit child advocacy and research organization, has been fighting for more financial support for relatives caring for children outside of the formal system for years.

Policies 67

Policies System Groups Advocacy 67

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. All of the supplies, equipment and tools, everything is open, and kids have access to it,” Kurani said.

Industry 135

Industry STEM Education Survey 135

Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

My previous two posts have described how schools can improve access for students of color and students living in poverty to follow their passions and have more voice in choice in their learning. Everson does not advocate for any one approach over another in providing access to more engaging and authentic learning experiences for students.

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Student Engagement Assessment Survey STEM 28

Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

My previous two posts have described how schools can improve access for students of color and students living in poverty to follow their passions and have more voice in choice in their learning. Everson does not advocate for any one approach over another in providing access to more engaging and authentic learning experiences for students.

Student Engagement 28

Student Engagement Assessment Survey STEM 28

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

Supports can include services, such as access to a special education teacher, or accommodations and modifications, such as having test questions read aloud, or being allowed to sit in a certain part of the classroom. His twin daughters, now in seventh grade, were placed in an inclusion classroom beginning in fifth grade.

Training 40

Training Elementary Report Course 40

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2023

The workforce, which is predominantly made up of women, many of them Black and Latina, often receives little to no compensation and has minimal access to resources to support their work. What difference might it make if these child care providers had access to support networks, training and financial resources?

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Meeting Resources Accessibility Policies 118

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Smartphones don’t equal home access: Students may have a phone, but that doesn’t mean they have home WiFi, unlimited data, or live in an area with a strong signal. Teachers have access issues too: Not all teachers have high-speed internet or unlimited data either. Adjust access and support accordingly.

BYOD 63

BYOD Smartphone Accessibility Advocacy 63

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 29, 2020

She also served as WCPSS’s 2014-15 Teacher of the Year, has been a member of the WCPSS Strategic Planning team, and was awarded the CoSN NextGen Emerging EdTech Leader in 2019. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Professional Learning Technology Learning Lenovo 98

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

When asked about the hurdles that happened due to schools closing on March 13th, 2020, all four presenters agreed that broadband, not devices, challenged their districts to provide equitable access to learning no matter their districts’ geographic location or demographics. ClassLink Analytics gives decision makers the usage data they need.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 80