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OPINION: Left out: Dreamers miss too may education opportunities that could change their lives

The Hechinger Report

Too often, though, that advocacy for the future overshadows immediate opportunities to expand Dreamers’ college access despite state and local policies. Too often, advocacy for the future overshadows immediate opportunities to expand Dreamers’ college access. Advocating for policy change is essential.

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Inside Canada’s 50-year fight for national child care

The Hechinger Report

This movement came after decades of structured, organized advocacy , much of which started after the commission’s report. That argument has helped build support, said Morna Ballantyne, executive director of Child Care Now, an advocacy association in Canada.

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Colleges Are Missing Out on Students Who Start — But Don’t Finish — Their Applications

Edsurge

During the last pre-pandemic college application cycle, 2018-19, nearly 1.2 Overall, they found that 24 percent of students who started the Common App in 2018-19 did not complete it. When filling out financial aid forms, her mother had the needed documents prepared, for example. But barriers to completion predate the pandemic.

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If we don’t engage online, we cede mindshare to others who will

Dangerously Irrelevant

Tales of “Bad Twitter” are legion, for example. They are great models for how to use social media in empowered ways for research dissemination, policy advocacy, and educational impact. Increasing the visibility and impact of our work [July 2, 2018]. I would encourage you to see how the following scholars are engaging online.

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Homeless Students Are Missing School. Does Having a Separate School for Them Help or Hurt?

Edsurge

For example: The school has on-campus showers, food pantries, licensed clinicians and social programs. That includes Barbara Duffield, executive director of SchoolHouse Connection, a nonprofit focused on homeless education advocacy. Some people are convinced that homeless-only schools are a bad idea.

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With New Scorecard, Group Seeks Promises That Colleges Won’t Use Facial Recognition on Campus

Edsurge

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. We have no current plans to use facial recognition technology in the future,” Samson said.

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Want to Humanize Classrooms? Take a Page From Youth Organizers.

Edsurge

Here are two examples that illustrate the possibilities youth organizing can offer for classroom teachers. Community Impact and Student Leadership In 2018, I worked with a group of students who inspired the creation of MIStudentsDream , a community organization focused on immigration and education justice.

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