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Inspiring Action through Storytelling on Earth Day 2019

Digital Promise

Since the first Earth Day in 1970, these actions have taken many forms, from advocacy to direct action to storytelling. This year, in observance of Earth Day 2019: Protect Our Species , we’re sharing a story from students at Churchill High School in San Antonio, Texas.

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Celebrating the Future of Learning, One Region at a Time

Digital Promise

The kind of learning that supports this growth is hands-on, experiential, and student-centered. More often than not, it looks different than the kinds of learning many parents and caregivers experienced when they were in school. Where to find Remake Learning Days Across America events in your region.

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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

As the COVID-19 pandemic upended nearly every aspect of life, how school districts leveraged technology, engaged students in powerful learning, and supported learners and their families fundamentally shifted. Located in Mississippi, Columbus Municipal School District is committed to advancing advocacy of learners’ parents.

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Online Education Advocacy Group Launches as Dept. of Ed Proposes Loosening Regulations

Edsurge

To advocate for and on behalf of effective online teaching and learning practices, four organizations are joining forces to establish the National Council for Online Education. The collaborative effort stems in part from each organization’s participation in 2019 in rulemaking negotiations with the U.S.

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PROOF POINTS: A third of public school children were chronically absent after classrooms re-opened, advocacy group says

The Hechinger Report

If correct, this means that one out of every three public school children was chronically absent during the second full school year of the pandemic, when most children were learning in person and should have been catching up from the disrupted year of 2020 and the first half of 2021. Before the pandemic, only about 16 percent of U.S.

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301: Fine-tuning the conversation about failure with Jessica Lahey

The Thinking Stick

Jessica Lahey is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed and The Addiction Inoculation: Raising Healthy Kids in a Culture of Dependence. Learn more about them: Mackin Want to discuss your thoughts on this episode? Join us at our camp!

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Progress Made on K–12 Connectivity, But Work Remains

EdTech Magazine

Tue, 02/12/2019 - 11:41. The nonprofit broadband advocacy group found nearly 45 million students enjoy in-school access to high-speed internet connectivity, up from 39 million in 2017. million students and 1,356 schools lack basic infrastructure needed for digital learning, according to the report. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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