The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. The campaign was able to bring in big donors like Twitter’s co-founder and then CEO Jack Dorsey, who pledged $10 million to help meet the goal. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 112

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 112

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Read about the three 2023 winners here. Our online school and EdOptions Academy, Edmentum Services, has really provided us with the flexibility to meet the needs of families as soon as they arrive. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 Listed here in alphabetical order by school/district name are 10 of the awards program finalists.

Edmentum 88

Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 88

edWeb.net

AUGUST 18, 2022

During the edLeader Panel, “ Leading Learning in the 2022-2023 School Year: Ready, Set, Go ,” superintendents discussed how they’re preparing for the upcoming year, the main challenges they’re facing, and what they’re doing to move their staff and students forward with optimism and excitement. Join the Community.

BYOD 78

BYOD Advocacy Professional Learning System 78

edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. In May 2018, in part due to broad-based support for Vision 2023 goals, the district passed its first millage referendum in over 30 years.

Accessibility 56

Accessibility Digital Badges Elementary BYOD 56

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Edtech is no longer a one-time purchase or a luxury item—it’s integrated across every system in school districts from the central office to classrooms to school buses. Many stakeholders may still see technology as replacing teachers—or they see it just as a fun addition to the classroom. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

EdTech 60

EdTech BYOD Training Advocacy 60

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Everyone has been to school and has their own image of what a classroom should look like. Yet, 1:1 classrooms, BYOD, and tech-supported education are today’s reality. Next, once the mission is clear, leaders should work with the tech team and teachers to ensure that the technology will meet those goals.

Technology 53

Technology BYOD Advocacy Guidelines 53

edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2019

At the beginning of the edtech wave, superintendents saw many benefits from using digital resources in the classroom. Before, for instance, it was possible that each third grade classroom would have a science app of varying quality. In addition, develop security benchmarks, and don’t use any program that doesn’t meet them.

EdTech 40

EdTech PowerMyLearning Software BYOD 40

edWeb.net

JUNE 16, 2023

CCISD has been striving to bring its vision of digital equity to life through a broad approach to meet all student needs, including devices, curriculum integration, and processes and systems to access and effectively use technology easily. Installing classroom charging cabinets to secure the devices and keep them charged.

Accessibility 85

Accessibility LMS Chromebook Digital Divide 85

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

AP) – One Thursday morning in May, instead of sitting at a desk in her sixth-grade classroom in the Oregon mountains, Khloe Warne sat at a table in her mother’s bakery, doing her schoolwork on a laptop and watching her favorite clips of anime. She described the fight to get her daughter back in the classroom as exhausting, stressful and sad.

Advocacy 100

Advocacy Elementary Training Report 100

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The growth has helped it stay competitive within the Ivy League and meet its broader ambitions to become a global institution. Saturday 2nd September 2023 New York, NY Credit : Amir Hamja/ The New York Times Credit: Amir Hamja/The New York Times Even as Columbia has swallowed up more land, it has taken fewer students from New York City.

Policies 120

Policies Meeting Study Advocacy 120

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2022

Woods said he won’t stop having those conversations when Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which limits classroom discussion about sexual orientation and gender identity, takes effect this summer. Related: What do classroom conversations around race, identity and history really look like? Credit: Image provided by Michael Woods.

Survey 22

Survey Elementary Advocacy Report 22

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Buildings are infrequently cleaned; an elementary school principal reported at an October school board meeting that mice were running over children’s feet and hallways smelled of urine. Parents expressed concern at a public meeting that the district would cut sports and extracurricular activities; some worried about teacher retention.

Elementary 137

Elementary Report Meeting Policies 137

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Flipped Classroom". It was probably Sal Khan’s 2011 TED Talk “Let’s Use Video to Reinvent Education” and the flurry of media he received over the course of the following year or so that introduced the idea of the “flipped classroom” to most people. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. They’re distracted.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It hit us like a ton of bricks,” said Laura Foster, a local mother who helped create the progressive advocacy group the Ridge Network to fight the right-wing dominance of Pennridge’s schools. If we don’t make the most of this chance,” he said, “we’re not going to get another one.” “It We could have and should have led on this.”

Policies 141

Policies Education Elementary Advocacy 141