Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. They are essentially media comparison studies or, to be more precise, license comparison studies. It should surprise no one that media comparison studies find no significant difference in student learning.

OER 153

OER Outcomes Comparison Study 153

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

Deb : Using the NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) data from 2015/2016 school year to the 2018/2019. Is that academic leadership and advocacy being spread those through universities to their school librarian alumni? Pennsylvania district comparisons [link] Advanced Search Tool data options. District Profiles.

Study 99

Study Libraries E-rate Data 99

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

My favorite comparison I see a lot is about asking a fish to climb a tree. Candace Cortiella, the director of The Advocacy Institute. And that’s not the case,” said Candace Cortiella, the director of The Advocacy Institute, a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., I’m not asking Matthew to climb a tree.

Dropout 81

Dropout Advocacy Outcomes Report 81

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Most districts didn’t budget in a way that allowed comparisons of school-level spending. The transparency mandate was tucked into the 2015 update of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act but didn’t require states to report that data until June 30 of this year. Some districts have defended spending less on higher-poverty schools.

Data 145

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

According to a 2015 report by the advocacy non-profit Child Care Aware, the average cost of center-based infant care in Louisiana—one of the four poorest states in the nation—was roughly $110 a week in 2014. The average state, by comparison, spends half its welfare dollars on those goals, according to the LBP report.

Policies 40

Policies Report Comparison Advocacy 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2017

The findings “demonstrate more can be done to support the needs of these non-traditional students,” said Barrett Bogue, spokesman for the advocacy organization Student Veterans of America. And San Diego State’s figures go through 2012, while Florida State’s cover the period through 2015. Things do not appear to be improving.

Report 71

Report Data Study Comparison 71

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Hillary Clinton reads “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” to a preschool class at a YMCA in Rochester, New Hampshire on June 15, 2015. As a young attorney, she worked for the Children’s Defense Fund, an advocacy group. Photo: Melina Mara, The Washington Post via Getty Images. Read the whole series. For the first time in U.S.

Policies 67

Policies Advocacy Study E-rate 67