ExcelinEd

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Code.org recently released the 2019 State of Computer Science Education report, and the latest findings are very encouraging. Code.org and members of the Code.org Advocacy Coalition – of which ExcelinEd is a member – have been working on improving access to high-quality computer science opportunities for all students.

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Microsoft Advocacy STEM Accessibility 47

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. OpenStax Director of Research Philip Grimaldi and other authors asked the same questions in their 2019 article Do open educational resources improve student learning? They had an important role to play in OER advocacy. Grimaldi et al.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

For the most part, however, schools are not required to justify their decisions to send students home early, nor is any significant data collected on this practice, allowing the problem to remain largely hidden. Instead, schools must support and address these issues in the classroom.

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Pearson Education Learning Report 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

At two-year institutions, admission is accessible, tuition is affordable, and flexible coursework fits into schedules complicated not only by jobs and families, but counseling, support groups and doctor visits. “I Right now,” he said, “the data that says we must be doing this just isn’t out there.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

The idea started in September 2019, based in part on Seldin’s observation that many students were unaware of the different kinds of financial aid available to them, such as dependent care allowances for students with children. The service is free, and Seldin says the website does not share or sell personal data.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

At an event in April 2019, Diane Jones, the Education Department’s principal deputy undersecretary, said the department was considering an experiment to help colleges offer income-share agreements (ISAs), a form of financing where students who borrow money promise to pay back a percentage of their future income as repayment. Is it a loan?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Because of this outdated notion, very few colleges even keep data on whether their students are parents. But we know from an analysis of federal data that nationally, one in five college students is parenting, more than a third of Black college students are parents, and nearly half of all Black female undergraduates are mothers.

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Policies Survey Advocacy Accessibility 134

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2022

Coalition members have expressed an interest in pursuing solutions that equitably provide child care supports for employees such as increasing transparency by sharing their child care policies, data and best practices, and speaking out publicly on the importance of child care to U.S.

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Policies Company Survey Industry 175

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

Joyce : What’s different about this study and why is sharing these data so important? We actually have been working since 2017, to try to get this data project funded. This is a piece of hard data relating to equity. Deb : Using the NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) data from 2015/2016 school year to the 2018/2019.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

A new interactive data tool from the Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University shares access to information about academic performance across public schools and districts throughout the United States. Included data. Stanford’s Educational Opportunity Project.

Education 41

Education Data Advocacy Assessment 41

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2024

In August 2019, she opened Miss Tiffany’s Early Childhood Education House, a child care center run in her home in Weirton, West Virginia. By serving these families, Gale got access to federal child care subsidies. Low wages lead to other problems for her staff, like securing access to reliable transportation.

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Policies Industry Accessibility Advocacy 123

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

At Northeastern Illinois, only 11 percent of Black students graduated within six years in 2019. White students at Northeastern Illinois University are five times more likely to graduate than Black students and more than three times more likely to graduate than Latino students, according to federal data. That’s unusual.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2020

According to recent data from InsideTrack’s Crisis Support Services team , students seeking support to help meet basic needs such as housing, food and medicine have increased by 203 percent from 2019. The number of students requesting assistance to navigate mental health crises has also more than doubled during the same period.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

At the University of Utah, just 121 students have participated in the school’s ISA program since it started in 2019, at a university that enrolled more than 34,000 last year, Rebecca Walsh, a university spokesperson, said by email. In 2019, Sean Linehan cofounded Placement Holdings. Some of those closing shop report lack of interest.

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Company Report Survey Industry 74

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2020

It’s restructuring the relationship between a student and his or her institution,” says James Toscano, president of Partners for College Affordability and Public Trust , the nonprofit advocacy organization that is taking the lead in promoting the bill of rights. This is a consumer-protection agenda. That principle is absolutely correct.”

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Dr. Schuler is the 2018 Illinois and National Superintendent of the Year, and Dr. Gaines is the 2018-2019 president of AASA. For 25 years, CoSN has provided leaders with the management, community building and advocacy tools they need to succeed.

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Student Data Privacy Advocacy Online Assessments Mobile Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

The number of undergraduates dropped by nearly 4 percent in the fall compared to the fall of 2019, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, because of families’ financial circumstances, dissatisfaction with online learning and other reasons. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. Fifteen U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2020

Plus, federal data won’t reflect recent changes in a student’s household income. Some HBCU advocacy organizations have launched emergency funds to help the institutions and the students they serve. In 2019 there were 101 HBCUs. Justin Draeger, president and CEO, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.

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Policies Advocacy Report Data 95

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Provide access to integrated wraparound services and supports, which should include partnering with community officials like law enforcement and hospitals to ensure that students receive support wherever and whenever they need it. The key to all of this, said Dr. Smith, is to think of data as a flashlight and not a hammer.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Such data points are not barometers of success, she argues, because they are more about “sending students off to the next institution” than helping them work through individual needs, skills and desires. Early data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center shows college enrollments down this fall for the second year in a row.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2021

Students from across the country and even the world now have access to Jamestown like never before,” said Mark Summers, director of youth and public programs, Jamestown Rediscovery. The Jamestown project began in summer 2019, as Cox installed over 13,000 linear feet of directional boring, pedestals, ground vaults and fiber runs.

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Broadband Advocacy Video Elementary 53

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. At one point, third-graders were set to learn graphing with the school’s daily energy tally, but the plan was scrapped because the dashboard gives that data in bar graphs. Or they simply distribute screen grabs of dashboard data.

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Elementary Learning Data Report 107

edWeb.net

APRIL 14, 2021

They started with four squares—learning, community, character, and joy—leading to five principles of practice meant to prepare children to be the global leaders of tomorrow: innovation, data-informed decisions, diversity and inclusion, partnering, and communication. This allows them to be intentional about spending resources (time and money).

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Differentiated Instruction Professional Learning Meeting Advocacy 91

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This story was produced jointly by inewsource San Diego, a data-focused investigative news organization, and The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. A Hechinger Report/inewsource analysis of California community college data yielded stark results.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Of course, there are technical aspects to protecting data, and as many schools have learned during the pandemic, district IT staff need to stay on top of evolving efforts to compromise systems. Based on CoSN’s “ Student Data Privacy: A School System Priority. However, it’s about the right data in the right hands.

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Data Student Data Privacy Policies Training 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

It’s an app that collects publicly available data so that you can compare and contrast colleges across the country. Rachel Burns: So I work on all of our projects related to financial aid, data and research and finance. Kirk: Come on. Will you text me that? It’s a little clunky and it’s not exactly scientific.

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Report Trends Accessibility Advocacy 76

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. But despite its low performance and its students’ needs, O’Neal received $9,094 per student in 2019 in state and local funding compared to Centennial’s $10,559. At Ronald D. That’s a problem.

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Data Elementary Trends Analysis 144

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Data released at the end of the 2021-22 school year showed the district increased math scores by double digits in grades 3-8, outperforming pre-COVID levels. Cleveland’s leadership and vision for equitable healthcare access have been instrumental in expanding access to healthcare services for students across the district.

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Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 123

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We’ve had families who just needed some layer of support or to continue to access their education, and the online environment provided immediate response to that,” shared Mr. Hatcher. In fall 2019, Michelle became the Content Lead for CRCSD’s 32 school libraries. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5

Edmentum 96

Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 96

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Using online surveys to gather data helps leaders understand what their schools are doing well, which specific parts of their programs are effective, and where they have gaps. Of course, having one-on-one conversations is also important, but in order to move forward—and to get community support—data is key.

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Technology BYOD Learning Advocacy 97

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Despite universal concerns about student data privacy, communicating school policies can quickly overwhelm school leaders. CoSN has stepped in with guidance for superintendents and principals to help them with several aspects of student data privacy, including best practices for informing the community. Then, start with the basics.

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Student Data Privacy Data Policies BYOD 40

edWeb.net

AUGUST 19, 2021

Every year, CoSN awards a school district with the Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity to encourage and recognize those districts that are working to eliminate inequities and narrow the digital access gap. He was recently recognized as a 2019 Superintendent to Watch by the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA).

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Advocacy BYOD Accessibility Strategy 95

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Last year, a similar data breach of the Los Angeles school district led to thousands of students’ psychological records uploaded to the dark web. In 2020, Baltimore County Public Schools was hit with a cyberattack that disrupted the district’s remote learning programs, froze its operations and cost the school system nearly $10 million.

E-rate 112

E-rate Advocacy Data Libraries 112

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Yasmina Vinci, the executive director of the National Head Start Association, an advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start explains that Head Start’s mission has always been to “to give everyone in the family an education mindset.” To do that, Head Start programs works with families as much as children.

Education 162

Education Training Advocacy Study 162

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Show stakeholders that when investing in technology, you need to examine all costs from the impact on bandwidth to teacher training and student-home access. Gather qualitative and quantitative data. Of course, student outcomes matter, and schools should collect and share data that analyzes the impact of technology.

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EdTech BYOD Training Advocacy 65

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

Mothers Gwyn Hainsworth, far left, Vernee Fletcher, Jamie Zimmerman, Katy Strange and Leticia Bazemore pose at Jefferson Park in Seattle during a June 2019 soccer scrimmage. Parents from the Green Lake and Rising Star elementary schools in Seattle meet for a spaghetti dinner in late 2019. It was never about the money,” she said. “We

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Elementary Education Report Groups 144

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

million kids as homeless in 2020-21, the most recent school year for which data was available. But beyond declaring that homeless children should have access to the same public education as other kids, the McKinney-Vento Act contained few protections for elementary and secondary students experiencing homelessness.

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Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 121