Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

More than 40 colleges have said they do not use facial recognition technology on campus and stated they have no plans to do so, according to a new “ scorecard ” published Tuesday by an advocacy campaign titled Ban Facial Recognition on Campus.

Groups 83

Groups Advocacy Company Mobility 83

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

This partnership is a direct response to student advocacy. In 2016, local students and climate justice advocates reached out to the Portland Public Schools Board of Education to ask for comprehensive climate literacy including understanding the root causes of climate change and potential solutions to address its effects.

Advocacy 73

Advocacy Company Accessibility Education 73

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

In this era of fake news, covfefe, and biased advocacy journalism outlets like Fox News and MSNBC, how can news consumers surf through this wave of information that bombards us daily? When I ask my students whether they’ve received training in media literacy, they respond with shrugs and blank stares.

Training 83

Training Advocacy Policies Study 83

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

Will Hubbard, the interim chief policy officer at the advocacy group Veterans Education Success, said a veteran is different from someone actively serving, but it’s impossible to decouple the two. He said veteran studies is more about the long-term impacts of war than the logistics of arming and deploying forces.

Study 121

Study Advocacy Course Policies 121

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Carvalho garnered local, state, national and international recognition for his work including Florida’s 2014 Superintendent of the Year; the 2014 National Superintendent of the Year; the 2016 winner of the Harold W. ALAS has nearly 8,000 members across 18 state affiliates with several more states soon to be a part of the ALAS Familia.

Advocacy 52

Advocacy Professional Learning Policies Technology 52

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2019

That upward trend has continued: Since 2016, such requests have increased 117 percent. Keya Wondwossen, the director of advocacy and public partnerships at DonorsChoose, drew on personal experiences to explain to reporters why this campaign is so important to her. And DonorsChoose is taking note. classrooms.

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Classroom Google Advocacy Robotics 160

Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

According to Census Bureau data from 2016, nearly 82 percent of all households in the U.S. Hear a teacher’s experience with cultivating agency and self-advocacy in her students to better understand what they needed from their learning environment. have an internet subscription of some kind.

Accessibility 334

Accessibility Technology E-rate Data 334

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

In 2016, following requests from her group, the U.S. In 2016, the federal Department of Education, under Secretary Arne Duncan, released guidance that addressed the issue of shortened school days. Smith Howard has been advocating for years to have the federal government address shortened school days.

Pearson 145

Pearson Education Learning Report 145

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

A 2016 study of 67 students from researchers with Disney, University of Plymouth, University of Lincoln and Ghent University found that the children who used robots saw scores “improve significantly between a pre- and a post-test” on French language skills. Anything involving video and audio and children is uniquely sensitive,” she adds.

Robotics 130

Robotics Company Education Data 130

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Even as FAST Funds help to fill gaps in social services today, labor leaders think that in the future, the movement has the potential to organize faculty and staff around advocacy for campus policies that actually close those gaps for low-income students and educators. What if you were not just disseminating aid to students?” Kirtley says.

Advocacy 172

Advocacy Survey Study System 172

The Web20Classroom

JUNE 26, 2016

Early Learning Network -Part of my advocacy work revolves around helping educators discover the power of connected professional learning. If you are going to be at ISTE 2016 in Denver you can also learn more about Tiggly and loads of other Early Childhood technology in the Early Childhood Playground.

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Resources Technology Learning Digital Citizenship 139

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. — Sue Kowalski (@spkowalski) January 9, 2016. — Sherry Gick ; (@SherryGick) March 16, 2016.

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Libraries Meeting Conference Social Media 28

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Mangum then took the floor to take the attendees back to 2016 and talked about the important edtech trends of that time. Through a broad array of programs and advocacy, SETDA builds member capacity and engages partners to empower the education community in leveraging technology for learning, teaching, and school operations.

Technology 76

Technology Common Core EdTech Trends 76

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Indeed, in 2016, the U.S. Moreover, the movement has yet to form an advocacy arm that calls for specific changes and a reform agenda. In national surveys of opt-out activists (conducted with Nancy Green Saraisky) in 2016 and 2018, we found concerns that go beyond the narrow features of standardized testing itself.

Common Core 110

Common Core Advocacy Policies Survey 110

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

We have to engage in a movement,” Susan Patrick, CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group known as iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning), told the cheering crowd of 3,000 true believers. No more simply “sitting on your butt in class,” as one educator put it. Why are we so stuck in an age-based, grade-based era?

Advocacy 94

Advocacy Learning Conference Common Core 94

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning and the Latino student advocacy group Excelencia in Education have joined forces to introduce an initiative this academic year to shrink this gap by helping working, adult students. percent in 2016. Santiago, a co-founder of Excelencia, in a statement about the initiative.

Advocacy 83

Advocacy Trends Survey Report 83

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

A past gubernatorial appointee to the State Council on Higher Education for Virginia, Dr. Moran was selected by her peers across the Commonwealth as Virginia’s 2016 Superintendent of the Year. She subsequently was one of four statewide superintendents of the year to be selected as a finalist for 2016 National Superintendent of the Year.

Dropout 266

Dropout Company Twitter Maker Movement 266

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

The challenge in presenting a program as ‘free’ is it may cause people to underestimate the full cost of attendance,” said Carrie Welton, director of policy and advocacy at the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, in an interview with EdSurge.

E-rate 143

E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Since 2006, the share of California Hispanic 19-year-olds with a high school diploma has increased from 74 percent to 86 percent, according to the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California advocacy group. There’s still work to be done. Photo: Iris Schneider for The Hechinger Report.

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Groups Advocacy Report Study 103

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 3, 2016

It’s time for us all to start making plans and building excitement for Litworld ‘s World Read Aloud Day 2016. This year, World Read Aloud Day takes place on February 24, 2016, but many of us will celebrate the entire week of February 22-26 and into the next week for Read Across America.

Social Media 28

Social Media Tablets Libraries Google 28

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

These programs “really change the future for the most vulnerable babies born into poverty,” said Sarah McGee, national director of advocacy at Nurse-Family Partnership. In 2016, 160,000 children and parents nationwide were served through a home-visiting program funded by MIECHV.

Outcomes 83

Outcomes Advocacy Training Accessibility 83

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2017

The flurry of new state laws over the past five years is in large part the result of pressure from Decoding Dyslexia, a parent advocacy group with chapters in all 50 states. “Intensive advocacy falls on parents who have nothing to lose but the promising future a good education ensures our children,” said Cooper.

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Advocacy Training Report Analysis 103

The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2019

His “quiet and relentless advocacy brought hundreds of African Americans into space industry jobs in the Deep South, helping to shift perceptions of black people in ways both subtle and profound,” wrote Michael Fletcher in the story. Source: The Census Bureau’s 2016 Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs. Source: IPEDS 2016-17.

STEM 98

STEM Industry Data Survey 98

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

A past gubernatorial appointee to the State Council on Higher Education for Virginia, Dr. Moran was selected by her peers across the Commonwealth as Virginia’s 2016 Superintendent of the Year. She subsequently was one of four statewide superintendents of the year to be selected as a finalist for 2016 National Superintendent of the Year.

Chromebook 191

Chromebook Study Company Assessment 191

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2018

“When these programs were designed, it was an acknowledgment that there were low-income students who had need, and of the importance of going to college,” said Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy at the nonpartisan National College Access Network. Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy, National College Access Network.

Advocacy 101

Advocacy Policies Report Accessibility 101

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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Report Broadband E-rate Advocacy 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

Leila Schochet, research and advocacy manager for Early Childhood Policy at the Center for American Progress, said Head Start is not only important for families, it’s also critical for rural economies. It’s important that children have access to safe and quality childcare while their parents are working,” Schochet said.

Advocacy 109

Advocacy Outcomes Report Study 109

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

But just 3,300 of the more than 4 million student parents received assistance through the program in the 2016-17 school year. At Generation Hope, we are building a policy and advocacy agenda driven by student parents all over the country that will prioritize removing financial barriers to college completion for Black parents.

Policies 137

Policies Survey Advocacy Accessibility 137

eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

One educator even contributed excerpts of his how-to article from the February 2016 issue of Tech & Learning magazine.”. Travis Rink, an assistant high school principal who also manages Boxlight’s global training as the educator advocacy leader. This is up-to-date, boots-on-the-ground knowledge.

How To 75

How To Advocacy Tools Survey 75

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The model stems from an idea laid out in a paper almost a decade ago by Emily Ayscue Hassel and Bryan Hassel, co-presidents of Public Impact, an education advocacy organization. Already, though, the district is seeing results from its early adopters on standardized test scores.

Elementary 111

Elementary Advocacy Trends STEM 111

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

A past gubernatorial appointee to the State Council on Higher Education for Virginia, Dr. Moran was selected by her peers across the Commonwealth as Virginia’s 2016 Superintendent of the Year. She subsequently was one of four statewide superintendents of the year to be selected as a finalist for 2016 National Superintendent of the Year.

Elementary 188

Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 188

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. As I eventually wrote in Open educational resources: Undertheorized research and untapped potential : Many of the articles reviewed in Hilton (2016), including some articles on which I was an author, are woefully undertheorized.

OER 147

OER Outcomes Comparison Study 147

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2018

A 2016 study found that among African-American children especially, Head Start has a positive impact on social, emotional and behavioral development and also increases positive parenting practices for the families of all students, regardless of race.

Report 61

Report Advocacy Outcomes Policies 61

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Above the fireplace hangs a portrait of her daughter Emily, who overdosed in 2016 after a years-long struggle with a heroin addiction. But for grandparents raising grandchildren, that’s not possible, said Jaia Peterson Lent, deputy executive director of Generations United, a nonprofit advocacy group. Critical Condition.

Advocacy 121

Advocacy Report Groups Policies 121

Doug Levin

MARCH 10, 2016

I recently availed myself of the chance to join and learn from many of the leading innovators and thinkers in the emerging blockchain industry at the Chamber of Digital Commerce’s DC Blockchain Summit 2016 , which billed itself (accurately, I think) as “a dialogue at the intersection of industry, regulation, and innovation.”

Education 281

Education Industry Sony Policies 281

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

She is a co-founder of #TXLchat on Twitter, which provides a forum for (but is not limited to) Texas librarians to create collaborative connections, share educational resources, and foster lifelong learning.

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Symantec Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Social Media 46

techlearning

JUNE 24, 2018

It partnered with advocacy organizations to produce white papers at the 2017 and 2016 Digital Citizenship Summits. It also released an Online Safety Handbook in 2017 which provides resources and best practices for schools that are using Impero Education Pro.

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Software Digital Citizenship Handbook BYOD 40