The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2018

But since it wasn’t our house, they could use the bathroom first,” Kimberly, 12, told the child advocacy organization Children’s Defense Fund for their The State of America’s Children 2014 report. In 2014-15, the rate of homelessness among U.S. Sometimes we had to go to school late, because we had to wait for the bathroom.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Policies Report Secondary 111

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

She knew that unless she learned how to deal with her stressors, she wasn’t going to make it as a special education teacher. According to a 2014 report by the Alliance For Excellent Education, a national policy and advocacy organization, roughly half a million U.S. Breathe for Change student Kimberley Rose in a yoga session.

Exercises 167

Exercises Education Learning Advocacy 167

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

She learned how to take care of herself during pregnancy and how to prepare to have a child. “As After her daughter was born, Valentin’s nurse continued to visit, teaching the teen mother how to care for her newborn. In 2014, the state had the highest percentage of preterm births as well as the highest infant mortality rate.

Outcomes 76

Outcomes Advocacy Training Accessibility 76

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.

Dropout 116

Dropout Report Advocacy Accessibility 116

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.

Education 115

Education Learning Advocacy Blended Learning 115

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

In 2014, schools had a new way to give students free breakfast and lunch, paid for by Uncle Sam. Measuring poverty in each school remains critical for calculating how to distribute state and federal aid. Participation in the federal lunch program is used to track student poverty rates. Photo: Tovin Lapan. percent under the new system.

Data 89

Data Analysis Advocacy Policies 89

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

How to Get Buy-in For Transformational Change from Teachers. 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. Congress to accelerate innovation in education.

Chromebook 190

Chromebook Study Company Assessment 190

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

We’ve had some kids in the county that have co-created curriculum with teachers around things that are of interest to them, such as how to create music in a sound studio, and building an elective for that. And their job is to teach all the other kids how to fly this drone.”. Drones in the Classroom. Vicki: Ohhhh! Pam: Teacher.

Elementary 188

Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 188

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Decades of chronic underfunding is often at the root of the struggles in districts like Cleveland to serve high proportions of Black and Latino students from low-income backgrounds, said Allison Rose Socol, a vice president at The Education Trust, an education advocacy group. Related: How to make Cleveland ‘great again’?

Education 97

Education Report System Meeting 97

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A decorated educator of 21 years, Monica has received honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations for her leadership, advocacy, and classroom instruction. Monica is the 2014 Texas Teacher of the Year. She is a 2015 Milken Unsung Hero Fellow and a 2015 NEA Foundation Global Fellow. Kelisa honorably served in the U.S.

Strategy 40

Strategy Policies Advocacy Secondary 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

But high schools often neglect to teach these students the soft skills that will help them in higher education — like how to study, manage their time and self-advocate. Students with other disabilities, such as autism, may have trouble knowing how to act in social situations. It’s a crisis. Our kids are graduating to the couch.”.

Study 88

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 88

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. It really is a wonderful place to learn how to change you STEM equation!

Resources 125

Resources STEM Learning Conference 125

Educator Innovator

JUNE 29, 2017

Research the chosen issue and decide how to change or improve the situation. Plan an action, including determining a goal for change; identifying who or what body in the community has power to make the change; and deciding how to approach that person or those people. Have students work in small groups to create draft surveys.

Advocacy 69

Advocacy Examples Survey Groups 69

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. Yet colleges remain focused on recruitment, “which they already know how to do,” said Andrew Nichols, senior director of higher education research at The Education Trust. It’s harder work to retain students.”. Nobody noticed.”.

Dropout 99

Dropout Report Policies Data 99

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2016

Its 2014-15 arrest rate of 1.5 By 2014, 30 percent of public schools had school resource officers, or SROs, the most common type of law enforcement on campuses. In the 2014-15 school year, the number of student arrests at Terry High School was more than triple that of the year before, increasing from 6 to 20. 06 percent.

Report 40

Report Training Handbook Study 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

For over two decades, CoSN has provided leaders with the management, community building, and advocacy tools essential for success. Wednesday, April 30th in Binghamton, NY CoSN 2014 New York CTO Clinic , Join us for the first annual New York CTO Clinic! Learn how to collect and share data that connects your library to student learning.

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Conference Classroom Libraries Common Core 44

Educator Innovator

JULY 14, 2014

At the end of the 2014 school year, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) honored 24 graduating seniors from 12 different high schools. In each of the above examples, students’ passions led them to express themselves in some powerful way, whether that was video, blog, advocacy, or research.

Dropout 42

Dropout Advocacy Groups Strategy 42

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

aren’t adequately teaching about the history of inequality and how it has come to manifest itself in this country. 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.

Twitter 90

Twitter Technology Learning Advocacy 90

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

AUGUST 16, 2016

College Possible is one of many college advocacy groups hoping that technology will jumpstart the slow growth of low-income students in higher education. Abdi was at the top of her class, and Collins had worked with about 200 students like her in a new virtual advising program by College Possible , a nonprofit founded in 2000.

E-rate 40

E-rate Training Advocacy Mobility 40

MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

And yet, there are proven ways to teach people with dyslexia how to read that are not new or controversial. “I remember her saying, like, ‘See if you can teach this kid how to spell these words.’ The problem is that many teachers do not know how to teach reading effectively. The reading wars.

Training 78

Training Report Groups System 78

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

But they know how to ask for a “manzana ,” or apple, at snack time and recognize that when Kendrick says “fila ,” that’s their cue to form a line. Sanders, who is African-American, first presented the idea for a dual-language program at Houston to the District of Columbia Public Schools in 2014.

Elementary 40

Elementary Advocacy Study Analysis 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

She is an Ashoka Fellow, was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 Under 40 Progressive American Leaders, and was winner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in public advocacy in 2014. ori students.

Conference 31

Conference Secondary Study Digital Badges 31

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Read the whole series, “ Willing, able and forgotten: How high schools fail special ed students,” here. BRUNSWICK, Maine — Kate Lord didn’t have a plan when she graduated from Brunswick High School in 2014. Sign up for our newsletter. For two years, she was unemployed. For 20 hours a week, she lines muffin pans and preps dessert trays.

Outcomes 92

Outcomes Education Report Survey 92

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

But in those early days, Fair had no idea how to handle her students with disabilities, whose educational challenges ranged from learning deficits to behavioral disturbance disorders. Over time, Fair figured out how to navigate these situations and talk students “down from the ledge.” Photo: Jackie Mader. Inclusion done right.

Training 40

Training Elementary Report Course 40

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. They laugh and joke, listening to Beyoncé and Rihanna on built-in speakers.

Industry 128

Industry STEM Education Survey 128

Reading By Example

AUGUST 19, 2015

The more that students are led to focus on how well they’re doing in school, the less engaged they’ll tend to be with what they’re doing in school. What Waiting for a Second Marshmallow Doesn’t Prove ( Education Week , 2014). Words to live by.

Guidelines 28

Guidelines Outcomes Elementary System 28

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. At the personal level, I learned how to better communicate with my children.

Meeting 112

Meeting Resources Accessibility Policies 112

Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

The headings I use to organize my thinking come from Appendix A of Regie Routman’s excellent resource Read, Write, Lead: Breakthrough Strategies for Schoolwide Literacy Success (ASCD, 2014). I also partnered with a classroom teacher who was exploring how facilitating conversations about reading might increase student engagement.

Student Engagement 28

Student Engagement Assessment Survey STEM 28

Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

The headings I use to organize my thinking come from Appendix A of Regie Routman’s excellent resource Read, Write, Lead: Breakthrough Strategies for Schoolwide Literacy Success (ASCD, 2014). I also partnered with a classroom teacher who was exploring how facilitating conversations about reading might increase student engagement.

Student Engagement 28

Student Engagement Assessment Survey STEM 28

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Familiarity does not equal experience or understanding: Just because staff have some knowledge about technology does not mean they understand how to scale it for effective digital learning. Administrators need to have a detailed home survey for every student to understand how to serve them.

BYOD 60

BYOD Smartphone Accessibility Advocacy 60

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

While they may be proficient in using edtech, they don’t know how to create comprehensive lessons to use it in the classroom. With not all kids having the same access, they need to figure out how to develop lessons to accommodate all students. Ann earned her bachelors, masters, and Ed.S.

BYOD 54

BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 54

edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2020

With all of the back-to-school plans, administrators are also preparing to go into quarantine again, and they need input on how to make sure all students are moving forward. She began serving as Director of Schools for Wilson County Schools in 2014. Dr. Donna Wright was named Tennessee’s 2020 Superintendent of the Year.

EdTech 59

EdTech BYOD Accessibility Advocacy 59

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

In Township High School District 214 (IL), where Dr. David Schuler is Superintendent, they doubled down on how to personalize the pathway for every child and enhance the student voice and student choice. In Wilson County, they focused on students by understanding them intimately and identifying their strengths before determining their needs.

Learning 77

Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 77

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2016

“It’s disheartening to families, and it fosters the ‘check mentality,’ ” said Carrie Guiden, executive director of The Arc of Tennessee, a nonprofit disability advocacy group, referring to government checks. This will inform how the state will pursue additional federal dollars.”. More advocacy.”. It’s a start,” said Hammett.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Meeting Report Training 40

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

School leaders should have a plan for each system: how the information is backed up, how to shut down the affected system and disengage it from the network, and how and what recovery will look like. Dr. Donna Wright began serving as Director of Schools for Wilson County Schools in 2014.

Strategy 53

Strategy Student Data Privacy Data Policies 53