Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

More than a third of student respondents to a 2019 survey by the National Association of College Stores reported showing up for the first day of class without any of their assigned texts. And in February, nonprofit advocacy organization U.S.

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Accessibility Pearson Advocacy Course 160

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

Our large district summit, which received rave reviews at the 2019 conference, returns for its second year. In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. Our Driving K-12 Innovation: Hurdles & Accelerators report.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Our large district summit, which received rave reviews at the 2019 conference, returns for its second year. In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. Our Driving K-12 Innovation: Hurdles & Accelerators report.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Our large district summit, which received rave reviews at the 2019 conference, returns for its second year. In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. Our Driving K-12 Innovation: Hurdles & Accelerators report.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Our large district summit, which received rave reviews at the 2019 conference, returns for its second year. In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. Our Driving K-12 Innovation: Hurdles & Accelerators report.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Our large district summit, which received rave reviews at the 2019 conference, returns for its second year. In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. Our Driving K-12 Innovation: Hurdles & Accelerators report.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Our large district summit, which received rave reviews at the 2019 conference, returns for its second year. In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. Our Driving K-12 Innovation: Hurdles & Accelerators report.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Our large district summit, which received rave reviews at the 2019 conference, returns for its second year. In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. Our Driving K-12 Innovation: Hurdles & Accelerators report.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Our large district summit, which received rave reviews at the 2019 conference, returns for its second year. In preparation for CoSN2020, we plan to release a number of new resources , including: 2019-2020 IT Leadership Survey results. Our Driving K-12 Innovation: Hurdles & Accelerators report.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It is paying off: Over a five-year span ending in 2019, the number of students reading at grade level in the district grew at a rate that outpaced the state as a whole. Six newsrooms joined together to report on the problem and find solutions for America’s reading problem. Credit: Ariel Gilreath for The Hechinger Report.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2019

Five powerful edtech accelerators are influencing the skills and needs of K-12 students and educators, according to a new CoSN report released during the advocacy group’s 2019 conference. They vary in speed, speed, the report notes, with some suddenly appearing and others gradually becoming more important over several years.

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EdTech Advocacy Trends Data 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

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. So far, more than 30 of the contacted colleges have yet to respond or have declined to comment.

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Groups Advocacy Company Mobility 82

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

Credit: Leah Fabel for The Hechinger Report Collegiate recovery programs began appearing at four-year institutions in the late 1970s, offering services like sober-living dorms, life skills classes and recovery coaches. Credit: Leah Fabel for The Hechinger Report But the toughest scrambles are often for staff and funding.

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Report Groups Meeting Advocacy 97

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

As temperatures began to dip this fall, Allen Blackwell III says he and his colleagues at Baltimore City Public Schools kept watch on weather reports hoping to see it hit 32 degrees. The organization aims to help students overcome homelessness through education, policy advocacy and practical support to educators. “I It’s school.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

This past winter, she attended a precursor event to the camp in Philadelphia, at which students got an introduction to the Sunrise Movement and climate advocacy. Rajbhandari said he’s witnessed a big shift in the level of advocacy for schools and climate since he attended his first Sunrise event in 2019, a protest at the Idaho state capitol.

How To 73

How To Advocacy Learning Policies 73

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. A report published Thursday by the Student Borrower Protection Center , a nonprofit advocacy group focused on student debt, attempts to quantify the scope of this problem.

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Dropout Policies Data Report 100

The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2023

” Credit: Noah Willman for the Hechinger Report The rules that govern these barriers to entry are patchwork, scattered across federal, state and regulatory codes, and they can vary from field to field within a state. Credit: Noah Willman for the Hechinger Report Wiese, now 45, went to prison for armed robbery of a bank.

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Advocacy Training Policies Study 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

Even before the pandemic, far too many Americans were struggling to manage their student loan debt: At the start of 2020, one-quarter of Direct Loan borrowers were either behind on payments or in default, and over a million borrowers entered default in 2019 alone. Families cannot afford to wait. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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System Advocacy Accessibility Policies 141

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2024

In California, Child Care Providers United, which represents more than 40,000 home-based providers, won the right to collective bargaining in 2019 , and last year secured a second substantial reimbursement increase from the state for many home child care providers. Yet there have been union victories in recent years.

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Strategy Advocacy System Social Media 115

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

In March 2019, McBride finally succeeded in getting her daughter identified as having an emotional impairment and given an individualized education program, or IEP. Other parents report simply being called almost every day to pick up their child early. Selene Almazan, legal director of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates.

Pearson 145

Pearson Education Learning Report 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The special education system can be “incredibly difficult for everybody,” said Ramona Hattendorf, director of advocacy for the Arc of King County , which promotes disability rights. In the 2019-20 year, the district spent about $175,000 on interpretation and translation services, she said; last school year, that figure was more than $450,000.

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Meeting Training Advocacy Accessibility 145

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

That’s the conclusion of a new report from U.S. Public Interest Research Group , a nonprofit advocacy organization that takes a skeptical view of publishers’ efforts to automatically bill students for pre-packaged commercial course materials. “We PIRG report, however, says the actual contracts tell a different story.

Pearson 137

Pearson Accessibility Course Report 137

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

A 2019 Department of Education report found evidence that English learners suffered from these divides before the pandemic; the crisis has only made them more consequential. The post OPINION: Creating better post-pandemic education for English learners appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Education 130

Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 130

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

For example, the focus of last summer’s global virtual camp was leadership and advocacy through the power of storytelling. The Hechinger Report is based at Columbia University’s Teachers College.). A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

Learning 144

Learning Advocacy Report Google 144

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Credit: Lillian Mongeau for The Hechinger Report That’s slowly changing — for some disabilities. This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. 17 at 8 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m.

Report 128

Report Training Elementary Strategy 128

eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

public school students in grades 3-8 from fall 2021 compared to students in the same grade in fall of 2019, the last quarter unaffected by COVID-19. Student gains across the pandemic (from fall 2019 to fall 2021) lagged norms for pre-pandemic growth, especially in math.

Outcomes 95

Outcomes Education Advocacy Policies 95

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2022

Marshall Plan for Moms also released a new report in May, with McKinsey & Co., The report also offered a four-step process by which businesses can create their own child care benefits and five solution areas for companies to help improve child care options. on the impact of the U.S.

Policies 184

Policies Company Survey Industry 184

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

Launched in 2019 and established as an independent nonprofit association in 2021, SELPA aims to advance high-quality SEL implementation by bringing together SEL providers for networking, shared learning, collective promotion, and advocacy.

Advocacy 56

Advocacy Education Assessment Strategy 56

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

At Northeastern Illinois, only 11 percent of Black students graduated within six years in 2019. In some states, the graduation rate gaps are particularly acute: At every four-year public college in Illinois and Missouri with data available, for example, there was a gap of at least 14 percentage points between white and Black students in 2019.

Report 144

Report Course Advocacy Policies 144

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

That year, 2019, the district changed its policies to allow Indigenous students to wear cultural items along with their caps and gowns. Credit: Shae Hammond for The Hechinger Report. Across the country, some state lawmakers have begun to respond to the demands of student activists and Native advocacy organizations.

Policies 145

Policies Advocacy Report System 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020. Gary Miron, an education researcher who co-authored a National Education Policy Center report on for-profit charter schools. At Stride Inc.,

E-rate 121

E-rate Pearson Company Report 121

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report This year, Harpeth Valley flagged just 12 third graders as needing extra reading support, but the requirements of the expansive Tennessee law could put far more students at risk of retention. But students who are in third grade now were most affected.

Elementary 103

Elementary Policies Advocacy Report 103

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. Even more, the report noted that schools “are not required to inform students about the dependent care allowance.”

Tools 151

Tools Advocacy Study Company 151

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.

Microsoft 47

Microsoft Advocacy STEM Accessibility 47

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In April 2018, privacy advocacy groups filed a complaint stating that YouTube had been illegally collecting personal data about minors who use its service without their parents’ consent, and used that information for advertising purposes. million fine levied against TikTok, a social video app, in February 2019. That was a $5.7

Google 76

Google Company Advocacy Data 76

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

It’s a sign of fraught times for these schools and for the training boot camps that offer ISAs, with lawsuits mounting, federal and state governments imposing restrictions and students reporting mixed satisfaction. Some of those closing shop report lack of interest. In 2019, Sean Linehan cofounded Placement Holdings.

Company 69

Company Report Survey Industry 69

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report Photo by Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Charlotte West for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Who is the school board really representing?” said Mendoza.

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Kaplan Policies Report System 140