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What Happens When Low-Income College Students Borrow Free Laptops?

Edsurge

Low-income students really feel out of place at Michigan,” says Camille Mancuso, a junior and the vice president of the Michigan Affordability and Advocacy Coalition student group. Hopefully the laptop will help them enough with their studies that they’re able to stay and graduate and be successful.”

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Students sick of ‘lip service’ from universities over racism

The Hechinger Report

Torrey enrolled at the university fully aware that the student body president had been called the same epithet in 2015; she hoped things had changed. They say that, despite endless commissions and study groups, the monuments of Confederate and pro-segregation leaders remain lodged on their campuses. Credit: Brandon Lewis.

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A shocking number of young people can’t separate fact from fiction online

The Hechinger Report

The overwhelming majority of young people are unable to sift through online information and separate fact, fiction and opinion, according to a new study from Stanford University. The study, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning , was produced by researchers at the Stanford Graduate School of Education.

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Educational Leadership for Social Good

EdTechTeam

EdTechTeam is a California Benefit Corporation , dedicated to effecting positive change in schools, and currently supporting a number of advocacy programs including the Our Voice Academy and the nonprofit Student Voice Foundation. An early adopter of iPads Jennifer remains dedicated to using technology in schools for a social purpose.

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#getESEAright: Make some noise for school library funding on Thursday night

NeverEndingSearch

Here’s how you can help: On Thursday, April 9, 2015, between 7-8pm , post one or all of the tweets below, or create your own: School libraries receive over 1.3 Studies show test scores trend higher in schools with full-time, certified school librarians. activism advocacy twitter' billion student visits a year!

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REINVENTING.SCHOOL - Episode 8 Today, "Home as a Place for Learning" #reinventingschool

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

More about this week's guests: Patrick Farenga brings more than 34 years of fieldwork, advocacy, and personal experience (he and his wife unschooled their three daughters) to help parents and children learn in their own ways. Social media: @organiccowboy.

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Do protocols for school safety infringe on disability rights?

The Hechinger Report

Since then, three main programs have emerged that follow similar approaches, said Dewey Cornell, a professor of education at the University of Virginia and principal author of the most-studied model. Two studies show students with disabilities are up to four times as likely to be subjected to threat assessments as others.