eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The new statistics come from the 2021 State of Computer Science Education: Accelerating Action Through Advocacy , released by Code.org, the Computer Science Teachers Association, and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance. For the first time, a slim majority of all U.S.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

Many of the micro-credentials we launched in 2021 focus on topics such as learner variability, digital fluency, STEM, flexible mindsets, early literacy, and more. NAGC’s mission is to support those who enhance the growth and development of gifted and talented children through education, advocacy, community building, and research.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Too often, though, that advocacy for the future overshadows immediate opportunities to expand Dreamers’ college access despite state and local policies. Too often, advocacy for the future overshadows immediate opportunities to expand Dreamers’ college access. Advocating for policy change is essential.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2020

It has also forced school leaders to become more creative, outspoken and innovative in their advocacy and leadership—lessons they will take with them to help drive change in 2021. We are going to need to focus in 2021 on finding them and to accelerate their learning. Our education system can do this too.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2021

A new Gallup poll, commissioned by two advocacy organizations, finds that fraternity and sorority members were more likely to say they formed relationships with mentors and professors, were extremely active in extracurricular activities and worked in internships where they could apply what they were learning in their college classes.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That’s according to the 2021 State of Computer Science report jointly released last week by the Code.org Advocacy Coalition, Computer Science Teachers Association and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance. The figure is based on data from public high schools in 37 states, a first for the report.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

For years, the parent advocacy group worked tirelessly to influence education policy and practices in Oakland. Young had already built considerable credibility with the district through earlier advocacy work and a city-wide literacy campaign conducted by the parent-powered organization.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — NWEA — a not-for-profit, research and educational services provider serving K-12 students — today released new research that illustrates the scale and disproportionate nature of the disruption in student learning resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. PORTLAND, Ore.,

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2022

in 2021 about the lives they’re working toward and the choices they’re making to get there. After graduating in spring 2021, Dino enrolled at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he now studies. After graduating from high school in spring 2021, Spencer embarked on that church mission. They want good lives.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Related: Simpler FAFSA complicates college plans for students and families “As much staff as government has, it’s not enough for students right now,” said Yolanda Watson Spiva, president of the national advocacy group Complete College America. She wants colleges to do more to directly help applicants still struggling to fill out the forms.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

A year later, a November 2021 survey by the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates—an advocacy group for students in special education and their families—found that 86% of parents reported that their child experienced learning loss, skill regression or slower-than-expected progress in school.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

Fifty-five percent of students in that district are non-white, 62% receive free or reduced-price lunches, 25% are identified as English language learners, and the district’s per pupil spending in 2021 was below the state average. Visit NWEA.org to learn more about how we’re partnering with educators to help all kids learn.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2021

A new report examines some of the biggest challenges related to assessments and accountability, and offers recommendations for educators and policymakers as they move past spring 2021 and aim to improve student success rates.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Clairsville-Richland City School District The idea for the scholarship giveaway was born in 2021, when, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SHP was unable to hold an OSBA reception at all. Instead, the firm decided to randomly award 26 Ohio school districts for a total of $26,000.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

In the 2018-2019 academic year, the university enrolled 6,763 undergraduate students, compared to 5,372 in the 2021-2022 academic year (the most recent year available from the National Center for Education Statistics). It has six campuses in Michigan along with its online program.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

This year marks the first time since 2012 that a majority of undocumented high schoolers who are graduating won’t be able to apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known simply as DACA, according to a new report from the immigrant advocacy group FWD.us. analysis of augmented 2021 American Community Survey data.

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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.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A 2021 RAND study found that nearly half of Black teachers reported that they were likely to leave their jobs at the end of the school year because of stress and challenging working conditions. You might also send people beyond your school walls to other schools, to advocacy organizations, and to district or state offices.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

30, 2021) – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) has elected Pedro Rivera and Dr. Frank Rodriguez to its Board of Directors. WASHINGTON, D.C. ALAS has nearly 8,000 members across 18 state affiliates with several more states soon to be a part of the ALAS Familia.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2023

In 2021, more than 99,000 courses and videos were completed, which is equivalent to approximately $15M in accredited professional development courses. ABOUT COX CAMPUS The Rollins Center for Language & Literacy, and its online Cox Campus , are part of an 84-year-old success story that began in 1938 with the Atlanta Speech School.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In March, 2021, Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz first reported on the way that direct-to-student loans were used by for-profit colleges to bolster their business models while ensnaring students in practices that blocked them from getting jobs or transferring to other colleges.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2021

13, 2021) – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) congratulates Alberto M. WASHINGTON, D.C. Carvalho on being named the next Superintendent of Schools of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). By the year 2026, Latino children will make up 30 percent of the school-age population.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2022

This critical funding for SEL is part of a $2 billion increase over the fiscal year 2021 enacted level for students’ learning and development in K-12 education, including students with disabilities.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2024

million former students as of 2021. Supporting and expanding these initiatives through advocacy and philanthropy would directly benefit the completion rates of historically marginalized students. The recent $100 million gift to Spellman College , three-quarters of which will go to scholarships, embodies this mandate.

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N2Y

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Communication and self-advocacy (the ability to express wants and needs). When given a color-coded folder system with assigned activities or tasks organized in each folder, Marta will independently complete at least 4 assignments on 6 out of 8 days by September 15, 2021. Communication and Self-Advocacy. Note-taking.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Since January 2021, 44 states have proposed legislation or sought other means to restrict the ideas teachers can present in the classroom. Many of the advocacy groups that filed challenges did so multiple times in different school districts. Not all teachers have this luxury.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

Robinson concluded they weren’t and resigned in June 2021. 14, 2021, in Elko, Nevada. 28, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada. 15, 2021, in Elko, Nevada. 15, 2021, in Elko, Nevada. 14, 2021, to discuss the appointment of an interim superintendent in Elko, Nevada. A student walks toward Elko High School on Dec.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

In 2021, the country’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S. In 2021, the country’s leaders committed $30 billion (about $24 billion in U.S. a proposal in President Joseph Biden’s Build Back Better legislation in 2021 — was dropped from the final version of the act. Could Milwaukee provide the answer?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

billion in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan in April 2021 to enable school districts and libraries to provide internet access and connected devices to students and educators during the pandemic. The homework gap could worsen for millions of U.S. The program received $7.17 Funding runs out on June 30. As of Dec.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

Related: Training people recovering from substance abuse disorders to be part of treatment teams Genevieve Ward, 42, enrolled at Skagit Valley in the summer of 2021 after spending time in prison on a drug conviction. Typically, the sentences include a work or education component, making Skagit Valley a natural fit.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2021

NEW YORK – JULY 28, 2021 — Let Grow , a nonprofit promoting childhood independence, and Dr. Peter Gray, a professor of psychology at Boston College, recently published their study results on the positive effects of the lockdown on children in April and May 2020. Jonathan Haidt, co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A Pew Research Center poll from 2021 found that adults in Generation Z were more likely than Americans belonging to older generations to have donated money, contacted an elected official, volunteered or attended a rally to try to help address climate change in the prior year. That can come in many forms.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s September 2021 and as one of the district’s instructional technology content leaders, I have finally been given the green light to host in-person professional development (PD) for this group of eager teachers after months of meeting online.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2023

Her advocacy for rich and juicy text and her support for the highest standards in language instruction has inspired not only the Great City School staff and membership, but teachers and researchers the world over. Casserly received the inaugural award in 2021 and Rep. Bobby” Scott (D-Va.) received the award in 2022. “We

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

A Tech Exchange employee works in the nonprofit’s warehouse in May 2021. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report Boxes of #OaklandUndivided devices wait for student pickup at Castlemont High School in May 2021. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

In the spring of 2021, $600 stood between Endele Wilson and his dream of achieving a teaching credential from Long Beach City College. million students from fall 2019 to fall of 2021, according to state data leaving campuses worried about their future and potential students with fewer of the opportunities offered by higher education.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. As we’ve reported in the past, some teachers have clearly expressed that tech tools should support and not replace their expertise.

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