eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2016

A new report details the importance of state advocacy in connecting schools, students to broadband internet. The report highlights the pivotal role state leaders and policymakers play in helping districts and schools implement high-speed broadband and wi-fi in schools. . State Advocacy for Federal Support of Broadband.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Other parents report simply being called almost every day to pick up their child early. In 2016, following requests from her group, the U.S. Department of Education released guidance that clarified regularly sending a child home early was likely akin to a suspension, and should be reported by the school.

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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. The post Saint Leo University plans the nation’s first veteran studies bachelor’s degree program appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Credit: Lillian Mongeau for The Hechinger Report That’s slowly changing — for some disabilities. This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. 17 at 8 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m.

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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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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

According to Census Bureau data from 2016, nearly 82 percent of all households in the U.S. The district collects data through a School Climate Survey, a Getting to Know You Survey, and an MPS Cares self-reporting tool. Disparities in internet access are tied to geographic isolation and differences in income, among other factors.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Photo: Iris Schneider for The Hechinger Report. 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. Photo: Iris Schneider for The Hechinger Report. NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Photo: Emily Hanford | APM Reports. But in many states across the country that’s not happening, according to an examination by APM Reports. Scores of people responded to the report, sharing stories of frustration with their schools. schools about the reading disability. schools about the reading disability.

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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.

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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. This walkout is just the beginning,” Ragan Toppan, a student at Deering High , wrote in a Hechinger Report op-ed last week.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

Photo: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report. This is common in rural areas, according to a new report by the Center for American Progress, which found in some states, the federally-funded program accounts for one-third of all child care centers. on The Hechinger Report ?and A child plays at a Head Start program in Mississippi.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2018

Last year alone, more than 900,000 low-income students who applied for and were found eligible for state financial aid for college never received it, because states ran out of money, according to a new analysis of state data by The Hechinger Report. Related: Report: Universities relying more on tuition than state and local money.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report Photo by Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Alison Yin for the Hechinger Report. said Mendoza.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Gaisford spoke about the State Educational Technology Directors Association and the EdTech Trends Report , which was created to track the impact of technology on education across the country. Mangum then took the floor to take the attendees back to 2016 and talked about the important edtech trends of that time.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report Gordon is getting a lot of that: plaques, thank-yous, T-shirts, goodbye hugs from parents, teachers and current and former students. Credit: Grace McConnell for The Hechinger Report The strategy was bolstered in 2019 when Gordon attracted a national college-promotion program called Say Yes.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020. Gary Miron, an education researcher who co-authored a National Education Policy Center report on for-profit charter schools. At Stride Inc.,

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Credit: Tina Russell for The Hechinger Report Cory Orr’s accelerated training program meets seven hours a day, four days a week; it will take him 22 weeks instead of the usual two years to earn the certifications he needs to become an industrial maintenance technician. Credit: Tina Russell for The Hechinger Report.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

“You have teachers who give everything for children — sometimes spending more time than parents — but society doesn’t respect or pay teachers what they are worth,” Michelle Santos told the Hechinger Report. Yet, according to a 2016 press release from the U.S. You can’t overstate the impact teachers have on society.

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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. The post Using teacher-leaders to improve schools appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. In September 2016, that all changed abruptly. Literacy scores for children have increased and kindergarten teachers have started to report back to Smith that her graduates are “kindergarten ready.” You can read more about PRE4CLE’s work in their five-year report, available here.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2019

Andre Perry/The Hechinger Report. The Hechinger Report receives financial support from Lumina. Students who lack food and shelter are at greater risk for dropping out than those who have a steady home to go to, according to a new report published by The Hope Center at Temple University. Many of us have been there.

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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. Some of those closing shop report lack of interest. Back a Boiler,” it was called, in a nod to the school’s Boilermaker nickname.

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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. ” Not at all.

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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. “And appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2019

Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report. Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report. Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report. In 2016 , 50,000 preschoolers were suspended at least once, and at least 17,000 were expelled, according to the Center for American Progress. SAN JOSE, Calif. What kind of kids really push your buttons?”

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report. A student leaps during a game at Horizons Elementary School.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Photo: Jon Reis for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. The Modern Language Association reported a 9.2 percent decline in course offerings between 2013 and 2016. Photo: Jon Reis for The Hechinger Report. ITHACA, N.Y. And few of them learned it in school. It is every day.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

Photo: Trxlation for The Hechinger Report. 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. Photo: Trxlation for The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

It’s also a mindset that many teenagers appear to lack, according to research Damon carried out at the Stanford Center on Adolescence: About 20 percent of high school kids report being purposeful and dedicated to something besides themselves.

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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. The report suggests that schools must teach students the skills they need to be savvy consumers of news and information they encounter online. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

I’m Jon Marcus with The Hechinger Report … Kirk: And I’m Kirk Carapezza with GBH. Massachusetts has seen nine nonprofit colleges close or merge since 2016, giving it the rather dubious honor of being first in the nation for nonprofit college closings. Kirk: This is College Uncovered from GBH and The Hechinger Report.

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