The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Experts say that’s common, and parents often don’t realize what rights their children have when it comes to accessing a full day of school. In 2016, following requests from her group, the U.S. And so, in 2012, they made a heartbreaking decision to send their son to a group home in Salem, Oregon, four hours away.

Pearson 145

Pearson Education Learning Report 145

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Provide access to integrated wraparound services and supports, which should include partnering with community officials like law enforcement and hospitals to ensure that students receive support wherever and whenever they need it. SEL should be integrated into the materials; Develop inclusive discipline and dress code policies.

Education 94

Education Secondary Policies Professional Learning 94

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Black parents hold more student debt than parents or nonparents of any other racial or ethnic group. Department of Education’s Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program. But just 3,300 of the more than 4 million student parents received assistance through the program in the 2016-17 school year.

Policies 140

Policies Survey Advocacy Accessibility 140

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

MARCH 22, 2016

I’m beyond excited to finally announce that I’m a 2016 Library Journal Mover and Shaker. When I found out that I made the 2016 list, I immediately started wondering which category I would be placed in. We took many different group shots along with our individual pictures. The library has never been just mine.

Libraries 28

Libraries Meeting Conference Social Media 28

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In September 2016, that all changed abruptly. Smith’s center, A Jubilee Academy, was chosen to participate in an improvement program by PRE4CLE, a city initiative with the goal of expanding access to high-quality preschool across Cleveland. Her teachers did not have enough training.

Advocacy 77

Advocacy Report Social Media Training 77

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam: One of the things that’s pretty interesting since the last time we talked, Vicki, is that I was part of a group originally in 2010 that started lobbying of superintendents. 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.

Chromebook 200

Chromebook Study Company Assessment 200

Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The college with the biggest experiment in ISAs is Purdue University, which in 2016 became the first major public college to offer ISAs. 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.

Comparison 214

Comparison Study Data Advocacy 214

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

But this group has something many other prospective job-switchers can’t find: hyperfast training to help them do it quickly. Lucinda Rex got a bachelor’s degree in art in 2016 and proceeded to work 60 to 70 hours a week as a restaurant server to pay off the $60,000 she said she owed in student loans. Even if they weren’t forced to, 4.2

Training 139

Training Industry Report Company 139

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities. To do this well, they often need small-group or one-on-one teaching, which is non-existent in many schools’ math instruction. Experts say that there are ways that all schools can make math instruction more accessible.

Report 135

Report Training Elementary Strategy 135

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. Cindy Aden has been the Washington State Librarian since 2016.

Libraries 56

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 56

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

percent decline in course offerings between 2013 and 2016. Several recent surveys show that employers need multilingual workers; a study by New American Economy, a bipartisan immigration policy group, found that the number of job postings seeking bilingual employees doubled from 2010 to 2015. It is every day.”.

Course 90

Course Study Report Policies 90

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2019

she asked the group. She’s been working with this group and 20 other preschool teachers and directors in the area since the beginning of the school year. In 2016 , 50,000 preschoolers were suspended at least once, and at least 17,000 were expelled, according to the Center for American Progress. Crying ones,” one responded. “I

Training 111

Training Report Survey Strategy 111

Iterating Toward Openness

MAY 8, 2019

Despite popular rhetoric along the lines of “you can’t learn from materials you can’t afford,” their rather ingenious experiment showed that increasing access to learning materials by adopting OER instead of traditionally copyrighted resources (TCM) will almost never measurably improve learning. Research at CMU.

Khan Academy 109

Khan Academy OER Case Study System 109

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

In 2016 Purdue University announced an income-share agreement program as a new guinea pig experiment in which students could get money for college in exchange for a share of their future earnings. Whitney Barkley-Denney of the Center for Responsible Lending said her group sees ISAs as high-risk alternatives to student loans.

Company 79

Company Report Survey Industry 79

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. She was a corporate trainer and entrepreneur before moving to a rural community ten years ago.

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 41

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

During a group science lab in Giebel and Jolma’s class, Anna Wang, 13, sat on one of the wobbly chairs the school purchased for classrooms this year. “It At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It But the kids themselves “don’t notice it,” she added. Some even took action.

Exercises 106

Exercises Elementary Report Study 106

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. Cindy Aden has been the Washington State Librarian since 2016.

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 41

techlearning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Drug addiction, just like any addiction, isn’t limited to one group of people or community,” said Sean Fearns, chief of community outreach, DEA. Since launching during the fall of 2016, Operation Prevention’s immersive English and Spanish-language tools have reached more than three million students ages 8 to 18. Real Stories.

Education 43

Education Advocacy Elementary Learning 43

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

So unrelentingly are the cards stacked against them that only 694 high school graduates from all of Puerto Rico went to college on the mainland or abroad in 2016 , the last year for which the figure is available from the U.S. The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

As of 2016, Louisiana and 23 other states had alternative diploma or certificate options specifically for students with disabilities, each state with its own system. Candace Cortiella, the director of The Advocacy Institute. They “didn’t bring up his ability to do the work,” Comeaux said of that January 2016 meeting.

Dropout 82

Dropout Advocacy Outcomes Report 82

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s that fewer than one in five of adults in the entire surrounding Humphreys County have at least an associate degree, according to census data analyzed by the nonprofit advocacy organization Complete Tennessee. That’s a really good thing to have on your resume.

Industry 104

Industry Report Company Training 104

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 10, 2020

Jennifer’s background includes over 10 years working for OCLC where she honed her skills in library advocacy, marketing and public relations. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program. Cindy Aden has been the Washington State Librarian since 2016.

Libraries 36

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 36

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

In 2016, Hernandez decided to go back to school for her associate degree in nursing at BMCC. I spoke with a group of students in the program, and I told them, ‘I’m not withdrawing, I’m just going to push through,’ ” Hernandez said. This year, foundations and policy groups put together $1.5 I want to be a nurse.’ ”.

Study 107

Study Report Course Dropout 107

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Discovery Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, is among a growing group of “net zero” K-12 schools, which produce as much solar energy as they use (or more) over the course of the year.

Elementary 110

Elementary Learning Data Report 110

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

During this 60 minute session, AdmitHub CEO Andrew Magliozzi will reveal insights from his company’s 2016 trial with Georgia State University, where a chatbot exchanged 185,000 messages with more than 3,100 students. Monday, March 6 9:30 a.m. When Public Education Data Isn’t Really Public : The U.S. 2:00 p.m. 11:00 a.m.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

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 But in the Bronx, for example, the average caseload rose to 270 in 2016, up from 222 in 2015. The situation is most severe in urban centers.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Training Software System 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2019

That’s in part because the net price, or the amount students actually pay after discounts and financial aid, has increased nearly twice as fast for graduate as for undergraduate programs in the 10 years ending in 2016. Graduate school is way more expensive than undergrad,” Rivero said. Tuition and fees at the law school at St.

Report 108

Report Survey Study Strategy 108

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

I realized that my students were accepting, or had accepted, or assumed that [the violence and] these socio-political realities of their community… are somehow an inevitability, or somehow reflective of the group of people who live in those communities—which is a predominantly black and immigrant community.

Twitter 102

Twitter Technology Learning Advocacy 102

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

“There’s a really tremendous gulf,” said Katie Berger, senior policy analyst for higher education at the nonprofit advocacy organization The Education Trust. “Because the demographics are changing so rapidly, if your system excludes this group of people, you are condemning your system to mediocrity.”

Report 92

Report Company Study Advocacy 92

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

MAY 4, 2016

— Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) May 4, 2016. The students came to the library in small groups to decorate a box to put their books in. Thanks to Get Georgia Reading , all students in Georgia also have access to MyOn from Capstone for the summer. Hooray for the public library sharing their summer reading program.

Libraries 35

Libraries Survey Elementary Groups 35

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2017

“We’re happy fewer kids are being held back, but they should track that data to see how well kids are doing [after they are held back],” said Monty Neill, executive director of the National Center for Fair & Open Testing (also known as FairTest), the advocacy group that has long fought against the widespread use of standardized tests. “In

Elementary 81

Elementary Training Advocacy Strategy 81

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 49

Accessibility PowerMyLearning Guidelines Policies 49

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

But courseware and related efforts have been shunned by many in the OER community because during the 2010s much of the community changed their focus from ‘improving access to educational opportunity’ to ‘ensuring that course materials are free for students.’ 2016; Koedinger, et al., 2018 ; Van Campenhout, et al.,

Strategy 161

Strategy OER Education Policies 161

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

MAY 4, 2016

— Andy Plemmons (@plemmonsa) May 4, 2016. The students came to the library in small groups to decorate a box to put their books in. Thanks to Get Georgia Reading , all students in Georgia also have access to MyOn from Capstone for the summer. Hooray for the public library sharing their summer reading program.

Libraries 28

Libraries Survey Elementary Groups 28

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Whether in response to the students’ arguments or not, the state did, in fact, raise spending for higher education for the coming 2016-2017 year, by 2.5 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

Education 40

Education Policies Report Advocacy 40

edWeb.net

AUGUST 19, 2021

Every year, CoSN awards a school district with the Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity to encourage and recognize those districts that are working to eliminate inequities and narrow the digital access gap. Once leaders could show how the changes worked for this group, they were able to get more staff on board.

Advocacy 98

Advocacy BYOD Accessibility Strategy 98

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. The 2016 Ghost Ship fire that claimed 36 lives occurred a few blocks from the Code Next lab. And that in turn affects people’s career choices.

Industry 148

Industry STEM Education Survey 148