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Council of the Great City Schools Selects Dr. Lily Wong Fillmore as the 2023 Recipient of the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice

eSchool News

The Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS) has named Dr. Lily Wong Fillmore as the 2023 recipient of the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice. WASHINGTON, D.C.—

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Partner Spotlight: United Way of Greater Cincinnati

Education Superhighway

In September 2023, EducationSuperHighway convened twelve FCC ACP outreach grantees from across the country to participate in an ACP Learning Cohort. One cohort member, the United Way of Greater Cincinnati (UWGC), has been advancing ACP advocacy work in southwest Ohio and the tri-state area.

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The State of Computer Science Report Reveals Progress and Challenges in US Education

eSchool News

Future Prospects: The report predicts that, in the next three to four years, more states will make computer science a graduation requirement, leading to increased access for students and the closing of gender gaps in the field. public high schools offer foundational computer science (up from 53% last year), but disparities in access persist.

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ISTELive, Abbott Elementary, and a push for Black educator representation

eSchool News

This advocacy is especially critical for Black teachers and Black male teachers in particular, he added. Immediately after we wrapped Season 1, we had an overwhelming respect for what educators do and felt a need to advocate for educators,” Williams said.

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New Masterclass with Loida Garcia-Febo: "Preventing Burnout and Fatigue"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Conditions of being short-staffed and overworked, of doing more with less, of managing personal difficulties, and then facing challenges related both to access to information and to polarization--these can really get to be too much for librarians. Unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins. or in Niche Academy).

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Colleges Are Missing Out on Students Who Start — But Don’t Finish — Their Applications

Edsurge

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.

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What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

Edsurge

The state partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago (AAAJ Chicago) — a local advocacy organization focused on advancing civil rights and racial equity, which advocated for the passage of the TEAACH Act — to support implementation. It’s not even guaranteed that district- and school-based staff are aware of the mandate at all.

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