Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

But as soon as more people showed up to campuses in 2015, Tennessee higher ed leaders discovered a problem: Students were surprised by the additional costs of going to college. It even inspired President Obama to pitch a similar federal program. There’s no free-and-reduced lunch at college.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In fact, many school technology plans fluctuated depending upon the latest fads and what someone learned at a conference and had little connection to curriculum or learning goals. The Five Imperatives of Technology Leadership , the presenters explored how they have shifted their approaches to integrating edtech in the classroom.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2023

The story started in 2015, after a student captured video on her cellphone of a white school resource officer violently flipping over a Black student in her desk and dragging her across the room before arresting her. A lawsuit that has been playing out in South Carolina offers a powerful example of the systemic issues involved.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

And you know, I’m kind of technology agnostic in some ways. I like technology. I was a science educator, so I’m pretty comfortable and confident using technologies of all kinds, although the kids have really surpassed me when we start to get some of the newer tools that their using, particularly as part of their Maker Work.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

So you wouldn’t find, for example, with technology — Albemarle has been in a one-to-one environment for a number of years now, as has Charlottesville City. 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.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

On the heels of news that the Education Department would consider if schools can use federal funds to arm teachers with guns, Congress is asking if the same block grant that could go toward firearms can also be used to purchase surveillance technologies such as security cameras and metal detectors. Why the cap? Department of Education. “I

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 7, 2016

The move adds about 50 percent more members to that division, the Education Technology Industry Network. Early in 2015, Steve Pines—who had been EIA executive director for 10 years— announced his plans to retire later in the year. Terms of the agreement were not released. and GSV Advisors, she said. .”

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

In 2015, a national survey organization ranked Albemarle County Public Schools in the top five of all school divisions in Virginia and among the top two percent of all school divisions in the county. Under her guidance, Albemarle County Public Schools was selected in 2015 for membership in the League of Innovative Schools.,

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Wynzleen Lee Technology as a possibility to value language teaching profession: yes, there is a choice!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. a nonprofit organization authorized by the U.S. Congress to accelerate innovation in education.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

In 2015, Vanessa Ford’s 4-year-old came out as transgender. In March, at ASCD Empower, which is a conference for educators with a focus on equity, she presented with Becca Mui, an education manager at GLSEN , an LGBTQ advocacy group focused on schools. Even though she had spent 14 years as an educator at D.C. Learn more here.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

It just goes against everything we know about child development and what’s best for children,” said Josh Golin, executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. In 2013, the Waterford Institute received an $11.5 million federal grant to expand the program to rural children in Utah.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Senior Officer – Training & Facilitation How to be an Equitable Education Champion: Lessons for Everyday Activists - Noel Schroeder, Deputy Director, Advocacy and Capacity Building Taking the Mystery Skype to the Next Level - Mr. Rhett Oldham 11:00 AM A Critical Look at the World Bank and Education - Steven J. Mohammad Dayem Adnan.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

I love the idea of crowdsourcing content and how technology can pull together so many voices. Join me and countless others as we celebrate LitWorld’s World Read Aloud Day on March 4th, 2015 and throughout that entire week. Check out the shared Google Doc to find a connecting class or post your own schedule.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

The sixth annual Global Education Conference , our free four-day online event bringing together educators and innovators from around the world, runs today Monday, November 16 through Thursday, November 19, 2015 (November 20th in some time zones). We invite all to attend! A full listing of sessions is below. You're going to be blown away.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and wi-fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

In 2015, she started Breathe for Change. According to a 2014 report by the Alliance For Excellent Education, a national policy and advocacy organization, roughly half a million U.S. Nankin explained that her students started using the yoga, wellness and social-emotional practices she was teaching them with their own students.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Work on the platform began within the charter network Summit Public Schools and was transformed when Facebook began to lend engineering support in 2015. The development of the technology platform has been run by CZI since 2017.) I am excited by that—and by how different our model and approach here is.

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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. Elijah Mayfield (27), Vice President of New Technologies at Turnitin.

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EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

While there are many factors that play into this dismal outcome, according to the 2015 ACT College Choice Report , research has shown that one issue is the alignment (or lack of alignment) between a student’s core interests and their chosen major. In my previous role as the Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

This is especially the case when it comes to education technology and curricular innovation. Worrying over questions about culture, data and technology could easily constrain our thinking from the start. Then consider constraints. Welcome talented student contributors.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

At Whittier, only 30 of the 141 graduates in 2015 had gained full-time employment that required passing the bar. Second, schools could use online learning technologies as a sustaining innovation to improve learning and control costs. And, finally, innovative law schools could build new, non-J.D.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I am almost booked through August and am already taking fall dates for 2015 – Mike. Mike ( [link].

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

In this role, she works to fill current gaps in research, policy, and advocacy to ensure that schools holistically support the well-being and development of students, and especially for low-income students and students of color. Nancy is a P-12 Research Associate and leads the Social, Emotional, and Academic Development work at EdTrust.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The researchers created 56 tasks for students in 12 states, and collected 7,804 student responses from January 2015 until June 2016. And young teachers are not always as technologically adept as some might think.). They measured the ability of students to accurately gauge the validity of information they encounter online.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 14, 2021

To meet these goals, they start with the perspective of advocacy for all, especially BIPOC, high-poverty, LGBTQ, religious, and other populations within their schools. In August 2015, Dr. Helen Nelson Grant became Richland Two’s first Chief Diversity and Multicultural Inclusion Officer. Dr. Helen Nelson Grant. Join the Community.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

We saw the first big leap of results in the 2015-16 year,” Marwell remembered. “I There is still a digital divide in classrooms based on what technology is being used and how. EducationSuperHighway’s advocacy supported the district’s efforts perfectly. I said ‘OK, this actually could happen.’”. It was a well-timed initiative.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 28, 2015

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I am almost booked through August and fall dates for 2015 are now over half full.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 25, 2020

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. He is the author of 24 books and several hundred articles about technology, learning, business, and human progress.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

PRESENTED BY: Dr. Steve Albrecht, author, Library Security: Better Communications, Safer Facilities (ALA, 2015) DATE + TIME: Tuesday, November 20th, 2018, 4:00 pm US-EST (1-hour presentation + 30 minutes with special guests). His 2015 book, Library Security: Better Communication, Safer Facilities , was published by the ALA.

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Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. They had an important role to play in OER advocacy. One example of a study with stronger controls is Allen, Guzman-Alvarez, Molinaro, and Larsen (2015). But that’s no reason not to share it. Why Would Adopting OER Change Student Outcomes?

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2015

Despite a focus on using technology to prepare for education’s future, discussions about specific devices or applications were completely absent. The Future Ready Summit in Northern California was the seventh out of thirteen Regional Summits scheduled for 2015.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In 20 states, more than one-third of cases stretched past the 90-day limit in 2015. But in the Bronx, for example, the average caseload rose to 270 in 2016, up from 222 in 2015. Statewide, 30 percent of casework-related staff left between 2012 and 2015, according to a state audit. Close to 14,000 cases stretched past a year.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

TechSoup for Libraries is a free national library online information resource that covers library technology news, how-to content and information on TechSoup product donations and services for libraries. on nonprofit, foundation and library technology. The free monthly TechSoup for Libraries newsletter has over 40,000 subscribers.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

He has delivered keynotes, papers, and workshops throughout the US and internationally on topics related to creative and open uses of technology to support and drive library services and learning. Garcia-Febo is the recipient of the 2015 REFORMA Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement Award.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

TechSoup for Libraries is a free national library online information resource that covers library technology news, how-to content and information on TechSoup product donations and services for libraries. on nonprofit, foundation and library technology. The free monthly TechSoup for Libraries newsletter has over 40,000 subscribers.

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