Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A 2020 report for the U.S. That includes Barbara Duffield, executive director of SchoolHouse Connection, a nonprofit focused on homeless education advocacy. But critics allege that this argument is self-serving, and the 2020 Senate report listed Monarch School as having a higher than average chronic absentee rate , at 58.8

Outcomes 178

Outcomes Advocacy Report Study 178

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments.

UDL 168

UDL EdTech Student Engagement Advocacy 168

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Cole-Ochoa is among the educators nationwide who are trying new approaches to social-emotional learning in hopes of helping students deal with the continuing mental health struggles that took shape or worsened during the isolation of remote learning that started in 2020.

Advocacy 204

Advocacy Chromebook Exercises Groups 204

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Through advocacy on campuses and in communities and ongoing state and federal investment in the real cost of higher education—including housing, food and other supports—we can and should make a firm commitment to students who are doing everything they can to become economically self-sufficient. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Advocacy 199

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

percent for students who started in fall 2014, according to a 2020 report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The measure aims to fix a longstanding problem in American higher education: Many more people start college than finish on time, within six years—or ever. The national six-year college completion rate was 60.1

Advocacy 183

Advocacy Policies Course Accessibility 183

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. Ramos knew there were many kids like her, eager to keep up with school but lacking the technology to do so. OAKLAND, Calif.

Digital Divide 109

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

million students accessed the Common App, created a profile and began working on at least one application. He and Preston Magouirk, chief data officer at the nonprofit DC College Access Program, took that step back. This underscores the fact that people who access the Common App at all have a high baseline enrollment rate.

Survey 200

Survey Analysis Advocacy Report 200

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2021

After nearly a decade of organizing, advocacy, planning and hand-wringing, we passed a Preschool for All initiative. Nearly a year ago now, in my corner of the country—Multnomah County, Ore., which encompasses the city of Portland—something remarkable happened. We did get the balance right.

Policies 179

Policies Advocacy Strategy Groups 179

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Even as FAST Funds help to fill gaps in social services today, labor leaders think that in the future, the movement has the potential to organize faculty and staff around advocacy for campus policies that actually close those gaps for low-income students and educators. What if you were not just disseminating aid to students?” Kirtley says.

Advocacy 173

Advocacy Survey Study System 173

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

‘Appalling and unacceptable’ School closures took students and teachers out of the classroom, and the switch to remote learning exposed various inequalities in education— including issues like broadband access. 2019 and 2020 were unconventional years that literally threw the world into disarray,” she says. This was already well known.

Report 136

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NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

He understands that digital equity doesn’t simply mean access to broadband or computers. It also means access to school librarians. It means access to someone who can teach the skills that students need to be successful. 2020) is available on the NCDE website.

Advocacy 81

Advocacy Libraries Broadband System 81

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Over the past two years, the consortium has created open-access materials intended to make it easy for universities to start offering coursework on the topic of early childhood policy. Most recently, early childhood education won big during the 2020 election , with voters in Colorado and Portland, Ore.,

Policies 155

Policies Study Handbook Advocacy 155

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

NEW ORLEANS—Before the 2020-21 school year, Christa Talbott, a 20-year veteran of New Orleans schools, had never considered leaving the profession she loved this early. By the end of 2020, the 44-year-old was agonizing over whether the school year might be her last teaching there. This story also appeared in Time. Into a burning house.

Report 143

Report Meeting Groups Data 143

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2022

This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy. Early childhood educators are tired and burned out from the onslaught of changes since early 2020.

Advocacy 153

Advocacy Meeting Policies Course 153

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. Back in 2020 I was invited to write a very brief piece about how OER research might inform pandemic practice. Implications of the access hypothesis : Why do most comparisons of OER to traditional materials fail to find a positive effect of OER?

OER 150

OER Outcomes Comparison Study 150

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

The organization aims to help students overcome homelessness through education, policy advocacy and practical support to educators. “I But Baltimore City Public Schools recorded only 2,100 homeless students in the fall of 2020, he says, compared to 3,500 in fall 2019. It’s school.”

Report 186

Report Advocacy Meeting Resources 186

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 27, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries. President of the American Library Association 2018-2019.

Libraries 70

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 70

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries. President of the American Library Association 2018-2019.

Libraries 68

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 68

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2020

At ACTE’s CareerTech VISION 2020 conference, Xello is also hosting a panel session, “ Using Work-based Learning to Prepare Students for Career Success.” ACTE is committed to excellence in providing advocacy, public awareness and access to resources, professional development and leadership opportunities.

Future Ready 52

Future Ready Advocacy Resources Strategy 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 31, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries. President of the American Library Association 2018-2019.

Libraries 73

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 73

edWeb.net

JUNE 26, 2019

The program will leverage CoSN’s expertise and network of district leaders to help rural districts with the unique challenges and opportunities that they face with acquiring and implementing technology. The program will begin in the 2019-2020 school year. About CoSN. cosn.org.

Broadband 43

Broadband Advocacy Survey Technology 43

NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 14, 2020

While students in nearby largely suburban schools regularly engage in information-rich learning opportunities and access to a wide variety of high-quality resources, others do not. Deb Kachel, Co-Chair, Advocacy Committee, PSLA. This injustice to SDP students hampers their success in career, college, and life. And there’s more.

Libraries 52

Libraries Advocacy Resources Google 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

on March 18, 2020. School buses provide Wi-Fi access for downloading homework assignments, as well as lunches, at various locations in South Carolina. With everything shut down, the chronic issue of home internet access became an immense and acute challenge. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., Mackey Pendergrast.

Learning 67

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 67

NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Our students are granted the opportunity to flourish with access to knowledge, resources, the world of literature and the creation of school community. Approximately 50 schools have libraries with catalog systems, and all schools have a subscription to PA Power Library, which makes libraries virtually accessible to all schools.

Resources 106

Resources Libraries Advocacy Accessibility 106

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries. President of the American Library Association 2018-2019.

Libraries 73

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 73

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

EducationSuperHighway wanted 99 percent of students to have that level of bandwidth by 2020. The early finish hasn’t changed the organization’s planned closing date of August 2020. And Marwell wants all of them to experience the types of teaching and learning high-speed internet access facilitates.

E-rate 48

E-rate Digital Divide Classroom Laptops 48

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 29, 2011

Today I gave testimony in favor of the passage of Texas SB 6 , which institutes an Instructional Materials Allotment (IMA) in lieu of the textbook allotment and the former Technology Allotment. Everything I accessed was an instructional material with content relevant to my course of study.

Instructional Materials 92

Instructional Materials Advocacy Accessibility Resources 92

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 2, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries. President of the American Library Association 2018-2019.

Libraries 63

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 63

edWeb.net

APRIL 14, 2021

To meet these goals, they start with the perspective of advocacy for all, especially BIPOC, high-poverty, LGBTQ, religious, and other populations within their schools. They’ve applied these questions to something seemingly insignificant like changing bus routes to more typical challenges like which students have access to which classes.

Differentiated Instruction 79

Differentiated Instruction Professional Learning Meeting Advocacy 79

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Susan Gentz, a partner at K20Connect, provided a guide to the types of emergency federal funding that became available during the summer of 2020, as well as some of the issues that districts receiving funding will need to work through. in media and technology from Boston University, and a bachelor’s in early childhood education from India.

EdTech 96

EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 96

EdTechSandyK

APRIL 5, 2011

The following is a legislative action alert I received today from Jennifer Bergland and TCEA Advocacy. This bill is vital for technology funding for Texas school districts. advocacy educational technology instructional materials legislation Texas Texas legislature textbook txedbudget' It is reposted here with permission.

Instructional Materials 61

Instructional Materials Advocacy Exercises Technology 61

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

This week, the FAST Fund named its 2019-2020 cohort: professors Ryan Gamba of California State University at East Bay, Karr? The hope is that this approach will raise awareness among students about other support they might have access to and also raise awareness among college officials of the needs of those students. “I

Advocacy 141

Advocacy Guidelines Accessibility Tools 141

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2023

We no longer have the luxury of going to college for college’s sake,” said Yolanda Spiva, president of the advocacy organization Complete College America. Students need to get out there and work. Not everyone is ready for three-year degrees. We have a number of our areas where it is increasingly difficult to recruit.

Survey 81

Survey Course Report Advocacy 81

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

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Libraries 56

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

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Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 41

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s that fewer than one in five of adults in the entire surrounding Humphreys County have at least an associate degree, according to census data analyzed by the nonprofit advocacy organization Complete Tennessee. About three-quarters of Colorado jobs will require some education beyond high school by 2020, Baer said.

Industry 95

Industry Report Company Training 95

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 16, 2020

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Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Pearson Advocacy 41