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Epilepsy Foundation Partners with Vector Solutions to Offer Seizure First Aid Trainings to Educators

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” In 2018, Kentucky led the charge to pass the nation’s first-ever law requiring school personnel to complete seizure recognition and first aid training. The Epilepsy Foundation continues to focus on serving the epilepsy community through advocacy, education, direct services and research for new therapies.

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OPINION: School leaders must come forward to help Latino students after the pandemic set back long-awaited progress

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Between 1995 and 2018, the percentage of Latinos with a high school diploma rose from 53 percent to 72 percent. Amanda Fernandez is CEO and founder of Latinos for Education ; Dr. Feliza Ortiz-Licon is chief policy and advocacy officer. The purpose behind all of this is to set up our students — all students — for success.

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Education Technology Industry Network and StartEd Will Host Ed Tech Growth Event in New York

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October 4, 2018 (Washington, D.C. and New York, NY) — The Education Technology Industry Network ( ETIN ) of the Software Information Industry Association ( SIIA ), the largest non-profit software industry policy and advocacy association, announced today a partnership with StartEd Inc., October 4, 2018 (Washington, D.C.

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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

Courtney Harritt, a spokesperson for ACCEL, wrote by email that OHDELA’s enrollment surge hit just as the school year started, creating operational challenges, and that ACCEL is making changes after taking over the school from another company in 2018. She wants to see online learning taken out of the hands of for-profits altogether.

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

The Hechinger Report

His schools have been scrambling to set up online learning, connect students with virtual counseling and get laptops into the hands of families — steps McKneely says will be invaluable if another hurricane disrupts education. “We We don’t have a distance learning plan that is operating on all cylinders,” he said in April.

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Massachusetts Mayflower Academy Celebrates Its First Graduates

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Massachusetts Mayflower Academy (MMA), a nonprofit full-time online private high school powered by The Virtual High School (VHS Inc.), is honoring the Class of 2018, its very first cohort of graduates. Though small, our first graduating class is a perfect representation of the reason online learning can be so valuable.

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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and Discovery Education Launch ‘Speak Truth To Power’ In School Initiative to Engage the Next Generation of Human Rights Defenders

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Wednesday, August 22, 2018) – Robert F. During the winter of 2018, the program will host RFK Human Rights Day , a virtual viewing event that will facilitate an intergenerational dialogue between human rights defenders at www.speaktruthtopowerinschool.com. Silver Spring, Md.