Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2019

An open-access advocacy group on Wednesday sent a formal filing to the U.S. Department of Justice opposing the proposed merger of two of the world’s largest textbook publishers, Cengage and McGraw-Hill Education. Cengage and McGraw-Hill’s proposed merger is a step toward forming a monopoly over higher education data." —The

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

From the point of view of education organizations like the National Center for Families Learning and the Southern Regional Education Board, early reading is only one piece of the much larger literacy puzzle—a puzzle we must solve as a nation.

Trends 131

Trends Advocacy Study Analysis 131

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Lourie Center’s therapeutic nursery program offers a comprehensive early childhood program that provides education and clinical services. Lucas’ teachers and therapeutic staff at the Lourie Center were able to provide remarkably nurturing, attentive care and education for Lucas. He is happily preparing for kindergarten next fall.

Education 197

Education Survey Advocacy Outcomes 197

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

While the mental health of students remains a top concern of many in the education field, federal data reveals that it’s not all bad news. The National Center for Education Statistics released its biennial Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Department of Education says that $275.7 Your mileage is going to vary.”

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Resources Advocacy Secondary Report 175

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Even though federal law requires states to provide public education to homeless students, delivering on this has proven troublesome. Monarch School, a public-private K-12 school, is an arrangement between the San Diego County Office of Education and a local nonprofit. Monarch School argues that it provides a quality education.

Advocacy 175

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

BB2C fosters student, business, and civic relationships to inspire career choice through experience, entrepreneurship, and education. With BB2C’s first micro-credential, they verify the educator’s skill in developing and implementing real world, problem-based learning with community partners.*. Delaware Department of Education.

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STEM Advocacy Robotics Strategy 201

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

As an education community, we are beginning to understand the depth of the pandemic’s impact, especially on our students of color, our English Language learners and our students with disabilities. We, as an education community, must commit to the principles of Universal Design for Learning for the benefit of all learners.

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UDL EdTech Student Engagement Advocacy 166

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.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2022

More than 300 buses across Berks and Lehigh counties will be outfitted with automated enforcement technology to detect the license plates of vehicles that fail to stop for school buses, putting children at risk. In 2020, Allentown School District captured more than 200 illegal passings on just two school buses over a 47-day stop-arm study.

Technology 52

Technology Advocacy Study Report 52

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2021

In February, Philadelphia-based early childhood educator Adrienne Briggs found herself in a quandary. Partially in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, state licensing rules had changed in December 2020. She attended a webinar, but the presenter didn’t provide documentation for attendees to reference.

Education 174

Education Policies Industry Advocacy 174

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

However, that image demeans the dire situation of students experiencing food and housing insecurity in higher education. Indeed, as of 2020, the national student debt crisis reached a striking $1.6 But it doesn’t have to be this way. Students who self-identified as Black and first-generation faced higher rates of food insecurity (65.9

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2023

In the winter of 2020, I participated in a two-day youth organizing retreat in Detroit. Young people from organizations across the city came together to learn about community organizing, build community and develop a city-wide education justice campaign. Over 25 educators showed up and listened to these powerful stories.

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Classroom Advocacy Groups Meeting 165

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Department of Education launched an unusual marketing blitz. And the group found that in the fall of 2020-21, 20 percent of undergraduate teacher-education programs had seen enrollment drops of 11 percent or more because of the pandemic. Earlier this month, the U.S. So how are teacher prep programs responding?

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Advocacy Robotics Training Elementary 129

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Educational technology is on a fast path of continuous change, but leaders’ mindsets don’t always follow. One key shift is that educational technology leaders need to adopt a more strategic focus instead of a break/fix approach. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. Children experience this too.

Student Data Privacy 150

Student Data Privacy E-rate Conference Advocacy 150

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

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. percent for students who started in fall 2014, according to a 2020 report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Colleges have been like sieves,” said U.S.

Advocacy 180

Advocacy Policies Course Accessibility 180

eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Rivera, who is the former Pennsylvania Secretary of Education and currently serves as president of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Pennsylvania, was named the Director of Region 6 Northeast. Rivera has served as president of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Pennsylvania since October 1, 2020.

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Secondary Advocacy Future Ready Elementary 85

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

Sarah Powell, an assistant professor of special education at the University of Texas at Austin, is one of the founders of the science of math movement. For Sarah Powell, an associate professor of special education at the University of Texas at Austin, the question was this math problem: Donna and Natasha folded 96 paper cranes.

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Report Groups Study Advocacy 145

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2021

June 17, 2021 (Washington, D.C.) – The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) announced that Dr. Karen Richardson, Executive Director, Virginia Society for Technology in Education (VSTE) was selected as the recipient of the inaugural Candice Dodson Influencer Award (CDIA).

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

And the early childhood educators who remain in the field have done so despite low wages, rising inflation and high-stress working conditions. Since 2020, HHS has been monitoring data from the field, including data that showed a strained workforce. “It In order to recruit and retain educators, you have to address compensation.

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Policies Trends Advocacy Outcomes 155

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2021

After nearly a decade of organizing, advocacy, planning and hand-wringing, we passed a Preschool for All initiative. And not just any initiative—one that was carefully and thoughtfully designed to put families with the least support at the front of the line and put early childhood educators on par with their K-12 counterparts.

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Policies Advocacy Strategy Groups 175

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The GoGuardian Research and Insights team today announced its comprehensive findings on the factors that create an engaging learning experience in K-12 schools, both online and in-person, in its 2020 State of Engagement Report. To learn more about the 2020 State of Engagement Report and GoGuardian Research and Insights, click here.

Student Engagement 66

Student Engagement Advocacy Outcomes Report 66

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Non-submitters” were more likely than students who submitted applications to have lower educational-occupational aspirations, be racial minorities, have parents who completed lower levels of education and live in communities with lower socioeconomic status — but they were not less academically qualified. Department of Education.

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Survey Analysis Advocacy Report 197

EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

Our teammate and Events Director, Al Thomas , a former principal himself, ran the Education Leaders Network Playground, which featured 28 sessions for leaders by leaders, and one session in particular stood out when we talked about it… a session called Leading EdTech Initiatives for Social Good by Jennifer Williams , author of Teach Boldly.

Education 71

Education Social Media EdTech Advocacy 71

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. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, in a briefing with reporters, called the results “appalling and unacceptable.”

Report 132

Report Assessment Broadband Advocacy 132

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2022

As trauma-informed education expert Alex Shevrin Venet points out in her recent book, Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education : This is the uncomfortable truth: schools cause trauma and harm. These students carried those outside stressors into the classroom when in-person schooling resumed.

Policies 150

Policies Advocacy Examples System 150

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.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

As educators, we would tell our students they could become anything, while simultaneously teaching them in a school building that had no soap in the bathrooms, broken computers and a nurse for half a day, only on Fridays. Tougher for parents, for students and for educators. The inequity in the system was tragic and profound.

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Advocacy System Policies Classroom 168

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2022

But if you’re reading this article—if you’re engaged enough in education to be reading EdSurge—you probably don’t believe that data. Teachers report being more stressed as the pandemic goes on, and much more likely to leave the profession than they were before March 2020. And for good reason. So let’s imagine.

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Secondary Elementary Advocacy Meeting 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

When Karli Hinman enrolled at Stony Brook University in fall 2018, she knew her family couldn’t help her pay to continue her education. As of fall 2022, Stony Brook is one of 33 higher ed institutions where students can apply for money through a local FAST Fund to help cover an education expense or address a basic life need.

Advocacy 171

Advocacy Survey Study System 171

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

She brought to the role practical expertise, having spent more than two decades working as an early childhood educator. Most recently, early childhood education won big during the 2020 election , with voters in Colorado and Portland, Ore., approving taxes to support universal preschool programs.

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Policies Study Handbook Advocacy 154