ProfHacker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

This CFP comes by way of Kirsti Cole, who with Holly Hassel has just published Surviving Sexism in Academia: Strategies for Feminist Leadership (Routledge, 2017).

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techlearning

MAY 10, 2018

Through the partnership, MHA will help Impero build its new keyword library, which contains terms specific to mental health issues. MHA will also help Impero further develop its keyword libraries relating to suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. Impero works with partner organizations to develop the keyword libraries.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Common Sense Kids Action, the advocacy arm of Common Sense Media, and SETDA will work together this year and in 2016 and 2017 to encourage digital leaders to file applications for E-rate program funding. Common Sense Kids Action and SETDA will collaborate to help connect every U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. In 2017, he left teaching to work in education technology at Clever, a digital platform for schools. OAKLAND, Calif.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Starting several decades ago, several powerhouse groups and individuals invested in recruiting a more diverse teacher workforce, says Richard Ingersoll, a professor of education and policy at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and an expert on teacher demographics.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Undergraduates, on average, end up taking 15 credits more than they need to get degrees — a full semester’s worth — according to the advocacy group Complete College America. A committee gathers every Thursday morning in a conference room in the library to review these cases. “To All of this takes a toll on graduation rates.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

If you brought a pencil to class or not, that would be factored into your grade,” the high school senior said during a study period in the library. The idea, popular among well-funded education philanthropies and education advocacy groups, is gaining ground across the United States. percent between 2009 and 2017. percent to 89.1

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 29, 2017

Carry out the action through letters, talks, meetings with officials, policy proposals, and activities, depending on the specific goals of the project. For example, providing warm clothing for the homeless can grow into advocacy for more essential programs to end homelessness. Have students work in small groups to create draft surveys.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2020

In the midst of such disruption — with hastily prepared classes delivered remotely, and without professors’ office hours, libraries or advisors — students were demanding the option to pass or fail their courses this semester, instead of getting letter grades. This story also appeared in PBS Newshour. Many universities and colleges agreed.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 25, 2021

Step 2: Develop and Communicate a Districtwide Policy for Accessibility, Including Guidelines for Accessible Purchasing. Dr. Salvatore, who is the former superintendent of Long Branch Public Schools (NJ), said, “As a superintendent, I started to realize that we had significant policies coming about, particularly around accessibility.”

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

And if you leave a vendor, what is their policy for destruction and disposal of data? Overall, schools are moving on from acceptable use policies to coverage from exposure. That doesn’t mean, though, that those original policies are dead. It’s not just one policy for the librarian anymore. Everyone is at risk.”.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Despite universal concerns about student data privacy, communicating school policies can quickly overwhelm school leaders. When writing policies, rather than restating the laws and all the legal jargon, administrators need to ask themselves what each group needs to know, and what do they need to do. Then, start with the basics.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

For instance, one barrier to access was library cards. The school streamlined the process and included library card registration with overall school registration. The library staff constantly communicates with community leaders to find out how they can assist them; again, technology is the tool, not the end goal.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 22, 2019

Administrators and teachers, who want to help every child reach their potential, can’t afford to wait for new laws and policies. Step 2: Develop and communicate a district-wide policy for accessibility including guidelines for accessible purchasing. Starting with the district office, all staff need to follow the accessibility policies.

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Accessibility PowerMyLearning Guidelines Policies 40

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

Even though the per-item costs with the bulk courseware arrangements are usually lower than the retail price, the switch eliminates the ability for students to find a used or free alternative from a friend or library. I never thought of myself as a college type of guy because of the cost,” he said. Concern About Lock-In?

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

Dr. Doug Brubaker has served as Superintendent of Fort Smith Public Schools, an Arkansas district with over 14,000 students, since January 2017. ClassLink® OneClick® includes a library of over 5,000 single sign-on apps and instant links to file folders at school and on Google, Office 365, and Dropbox cloud drives. About the Presenters.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In my recent post I asked us each to consider what “what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?” — Ismael Peña-López (@ictlogist) November 16, 2017. That’s why we (still) need libraries, and cost-free digital copies, and the rest of it. As an educator, I like #OER as a tool for transforming learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Northern Cass’s reforms rely on North Dakota’s 2017 decision to let districts apply for waivers from requirements such as hours of instruction. Jaguar Academy is often library-quiet. “I’d love to tell you we have every answer,” Steiner said, but “we’ve got a long way to go.”. We’ll do whatever we have to do for testing,” said Steiner.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Jaelyn Deas and her four best friends shared everything, including late-night study sessions in the library at San Jose State University and a never-ending preoccupation with how they’d pay for their tuition there. “It took a burden off my shoulders,” Deas says. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. SAN JOSE, Calif. Those spending more?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Jared Cook, Doane University | Dr. Lorie Cook-Benjamin Programming for Perspective: Promoting Reflection and Discussion on the Immigrant Experience , J B Hill, Ottenheimer Library Director, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Proyectos telecolaborativos y acciones positivas hacia los ODS (Sustainable Development Goals). Gaudino, Ed.D.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 24, 2019

We're excited to announce the keynote panel for our second Library 2.019 mini-conference: "Open Data," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 5th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join this Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2021

To the surprise of many students and parents, public colleges in every state in the country except Louisiana use for-profit debt collection agencies to retrieve overdue tuition, library fees and even parking fines. Sánchez, senior associate at the public policy group HCM Strategists. “I I don’t know that anyone is winning.

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Policies Company Report Advocacy 139

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 22, 2019

We've added information on the accepted sessions for the second Library 2.019 mini-conference: "Open Data," which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, June 5th, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Daylight Time (click for your own time zone). Please also join the Library 2.0 network to be kept updated on this and future events.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. The United States leaves it to states to set policy, and, absent statewide bans, local school districts make their own rules.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. with Pigeons.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” ” Via The Student Loan Report : “Halfway Through 2017, Here Are the Best & Worst Student Loan Servicers.” Edsurge reports that “Fueled by Big Rounds, US Edtech Funding Surges to $887M in First Half of 2017.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2016

State waivers under the old No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) also gave rural schools needed flexibility, said Ellerson, the associate executive director for policy and advocacy at the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). Dillon was lucky to have the president personally invested in improving its schools.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2019

And in the summer of 2017, Taheem’s 16-year-old sister, Naveha Gibbs, was shot and killed in a city a 20-minute drive to the north. Bayard Middle School, when he arrived there, had a library, but no librarian, so most of the day it’s a dark, unused room. Earlier this year, Taheem witnessed a shooting as he was walking to school.

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Elementary Report System Training 119

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

It treats “ed-tech” as the result of markets and industry and “innovation,” and not as the result of policy or history. And now, the final weeks of 2016 revolve around what will happen after January 20, 2017. The US Presidential Campaign. “Tech” and the Presidential Election. Take criminal justice.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

The lying did not start on Inauguration Day – 20 January 2017. Can we expect that – the science or the journalism – to alter public policy in an administration that does not believe in either science or journalism? Facebook said it would work with the ed-tech advocacy group Digital Promise to teach digital skills.

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