The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

He had to get help from an advocacy group called College Possible to pay his rent. An athlete while he was in college, Agyei had to work to pay some of his expenses and needed help from an advocacy group to keep paying his rent as his tuition increased. Meanwhile, he noticed that his bills from the college kept going up. Miguel Agyei.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 29, 2022

Like most rural communities, this created a significant digital divide when COVID-19 forced schools nationwide to close in March 2020. Louisa County Public Schools is committed to supporting the success of all students and families, and a perfect example of that commitment is the district’s Wireless on Wheels units, also known as WOW.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 19, 2021

In a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , representatives from Desert Sands Unified School District, CA (the 2021 winner) and Santa Fe Public Schools, NM (the 2020 winner) presented their keys to success. She plans to continue impacting students’ lives through advocacy and consultancy. Leadership.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2018

For example, a folio on Cushing Syndrome would gather information such as medical trials and patents on the hormonal disorder. The tool has won funding from a variety of sources including the National Science Foundation, the Robinhood Foundation and NewSchools Venture Fund. It hopes to run the service in all 50 states by 2020.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With his transformative efforts, Mr. Hatcher has propelled Akron Public Schools to the forefront of educational excellence, becoming a shining example of how innovative education technologies can truly make a difference in students’ lives. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The isolation of spring 2020 sent Lindsay Richmond’s 13-year-old son AJ into severe depression. For example, in Virginia, where the use of threat assessment protocols is mandatory, team members are required to get up to a full day of instruction. But like any tool, it can also be abused,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. on March 18, 2020. At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020. on April 10, 2020. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C.,

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

School libraries have evolved from strict, quiet, hush-hush rooms to more interactive spaces with flexible seating, readily-available edtech tools, and educators on hand to help with research, critical resource evaluation, makerspaces. What are the emerging technologies in a library? Evolve your programming.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 22, 2020

As educators, we are part of a collective , responsible to arm our students with tools of agency and self-advocacy. Merry provides an example of how a book, such as The Invisible Boy by Patrice Barton, can become an invitation into collaborative knowledge building. This post is part of our 2020 Summer Book Study.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

In addition, all kindergarten through third grade classrooms have classroom libraries with age-appropriate reading materials, with all fourth and fifth grade classrooms gaining libraries by the end of the 2019-2020 school year. Are we doing enough to make our examples of effective practice truly visible to the public?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Although the majority of educator-preparation programs saw no or relatively small enrollment changes in fall of 2020 and fall of 2021, 20 percent of institutions saw a decline in new undergrad enrollment that exceeded 10 percent, according to survey data from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. “Our

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

JANUARY 1, 2020

Happy holidays and welcome to 2020! I have often talked in Edtech Elixirs how digital tools should help us serve an academic objective. For our district, the need for effective standards based grading (SBG) began a search for a transformative digital tool. Let me give you an example. That's eight percent more effort." "Oh

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

Similarly, before the crisis all of the presenters were working with their boards and communities to show them edtech in a positive light and help them understand the importance of using tools in school that students will use in college and the workforce. Today, the parents see the value and are more supportive of the digital transition.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

For example, teachers most likely know they can’t just download an app and start using it with their students. Keep the conversation centered on how you’re helping the students rather than what educational tool someone else uses. Then, write policies that help each group enact the laws.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

For example, if a district’s finance system is attacked, it can affect their bond rating and negatively impact the district’s ability to be good stewards of the community money. In November 2020, Dr. Reid was named 2021 State Superintendent of the Year by the Washington Association of School Administrators. P rofessional Reputation.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2019

For example, CoSN counts phishing (sending fraudulent emails from seemingly credible accounts) as a top security threat to schools. In September of this year (2019), Dr. Donna Wright was named the 2020 Tennessee Superintendent of the Year. Education programs need to be more comprehensive and ongoing throughout the year.

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edWeb.net

JULY 31, 2019

For example, in many schools, the bulk of users sign off at 3 p.m., The book is due to be released in 2020. By empowering students and staff to have a growth mindset through design thinking, while implementing digital tools, we better prepare them for the profound shifts that they will encounter in life. About the Host.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

For example, while Linson’s district avoided grants for most of their initiative, they knew that many teachers would need assistance using the new digital tools. For example, his district decided to stop hosting the tech applications on site and moved them to the cloud.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

She has learned to use technology-enabled woodcutting tools and is at work creating a virtual tour of her school, Laing Middle School in Charleston County, using another drone she built in the school’s Fab Lab. In 2020, the C.E. Photo: Stephanie Strom for The Hechinger Report.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

In her district, for example, they have four goals related to providing students the equal opportunity to learn. The library staff constantly communicates with community leaders to find out how they can assist them; again, technology is the tool, not the end goal. Most important, said Holland, is avoiding one-time sessions.

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MindShift

MARCH 28, 2020

” Jeanne Allen, who founded the Center for Education Reform, an advocacy group that promotes school choice, said she was relieved to get the guidance, as there’s been, “confusion about what schools, school districts and educators were permitted to do.” ” Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit [link].

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

For example, instead of desks, consider a room with small discussion areas, whiteboard writing surfaces, and multiple teachers moving around the space engaging students in their lessons. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

I think the best thing you can do as a leader moving in that way is to actually use the tool,” said Dr. Hank Thiele, Superintendent, Community HS District 99, IL “I believe strongly if you’re going to make the kids use it, you better use it too. You better know what their experience is, and you better be able to operate in that world.

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MindShift

JULY 7, 2019

She has learned to use technology-enabled woodcutting tools and is at work creating a virtual tour of her school, Laing Middle School in Charleston County, using another drone she built in the school’s Fab Lab. In 2020, the C.E. Patrick Shell, a teacher at C.E. “In But we’re working on it.”.

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Robotics Elementary Training STEM 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2022

It was the Fall of 2020, and I delivered my testimony on Zoom to the Texas State Board of Education. Take, for example, Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Teacher Shortage Taskforce, where teachers make up only 2 of the 28 seats on the task force. Elected officials always share stories from their constituents about the impact of a policy.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Schools kick students out but call it a ‘transfer’ In 2020, nearly every school district in the nation was forced to come up with a way of providing education online. When the kids are academically on target, for example, you don’t want them to lose that momentum, and we allow [virtual] as an option.” Related: Hidden expulsions?

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

For example, NCES reported that in 2021, Asian students earned 13.6 explains that “racial triangulation” is a tool that has embedded assumptions that Asian Americans are “inferior to Whites and superior to Blacks (in between Black and White) and as permanently foreign and unassimilable (apart from Black and White)” (Kim, 2000, p.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 18, 2021

I was introduced to Gerardo’s work through a podcast he co-hosts with Kevin Adams called “Too Dope Teachers,” and his advocacy for equity and antiracism. In other words, you recognize that who you are as a person matters just as much, if not more than what you actually do with students in terms of specific tools and strategies.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Ashley Harrington, federal advocacy director, Center for Responsible Lending. The high default rates and low repayment rates — they factor that in as the cost of doing business, and the students are the ones who lose out,” said Ashley Harrington, federal advocacy director for the Center for Responsible Lending. Hidden Debt Trap.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 28, 2020

Families who earn more than poverty-level wages but still live on a subsistence budget account for about 33 million American households, according to Laura Bruno, a spokesperson for United for ALICE , a research and advocacy organization focused on America’s working poor. Related: Will election 2020 be the working moms’ moment?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2021

We’ve run into challenges where legislators are reluctant to pass an unfunded mandate,” said Nicole Gibson, the senior director for state policy and grassroots advocacy at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Related: Another tool to improve student mental health? During the 2020 legislative session Rep.

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