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As Student Need Rises, More College Faculty Set Up Emergency Aid Funds

Edsurge

When Karli Hinman enrolled at Stony Brook University in fall 2018, she knew her family couldn’t help her pay to continue her education. From Aid to Advocacy Seven years after the movement began, FAST Funds are starting to measure their results. The FAST Fund is part of a strategy to show students how college is an opportunity agent.”

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Sent home early: Lost learning in special education

The Hechinger Report

Delilah’s first several weeks of school in the fall of 2018 had been marked by discipline incidents and suspensions, as she got in trouble for not listening to instructions and hitting staff members. Credit: Google Maps. This story also appeared in USA Today. The district, at first, resisted, McBride said.

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The Challenges of Broadband Access in Rural Schools

edWeb.net

He founded Esports Alaska in 2018 that had over 30 teams compete in its inaugural season. Tim’s passion is helping educators and administrators integrate modern practices and digital-age, instructional strategies into their classrooms and schools in meaningful ways.

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Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

The Hechinger Report

How Forest Fires Are Prompting California to Rethink Strategies. In the 2018 school year, roughly one in every five California school children missed at least one day because of a natural disaster, school maintenance issue, shooting or other emergency, according to an analysis by CalMatters.

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To teach, protect and serve

The Hechinger Report

In a survey conducted by Educators for Excellence, a teacher-led advocacy group, gun violence ranked as teachers’ No. As educators settle into the 2018-19 school year, we asked nine teachers and administrators how they wrestle with one persistent truth about American gun violence: It can happen anywhere. 1 school safety concern.

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Going on the Offensive: Cyber Security Strategies for Schools

edWeb.net

Presenters in the recent edWebinar, “ Cyber Security: Concerns, Strategies and Solutions for Schools, ” warned that with the increasing variety and strength of cyber attacks, most schools will face incursions. They offered key strategies for going on the offensive against hackers.

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

She is an Ashoka Fellow, was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 Under 40 Progressive American Leaders, and was winner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in public advocacy in 2014. Abdel-Kader is a trustee of the Longview Foundation for International Education & World Affairs.