The Jose Vilson

MAY 23, 2024

I was still a classroom teacher then, imbued in the idea that teachers, particularly those doing STEM-related topics, should continuously seek professional development and stay curious about the math they didn’t know. Restricting access to any knowledge is a societal failure in that light.

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Common Core Policies Advocacy STEM 172

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Rural school districts face many unique trials, and access to educational technology is no different. But in order to take advantage of edtech, they first need broadband access. Thus, the price tag for getting connectivity can be expensive; in fact, the schools and some businesses may be the only place with reliable access.

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Broadband Accessibility Advocacy Elementary 75

eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2024

OTs are trained to be holistic, big-picture thinkers, enabling them to meet clients where they are and assist them in achieving their individual goals. While one client may want to pursue a skill like handwriting, another may be more interested in developing self-advocacy, decision-making, or goal setting skills.

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Advocacy Secondary Study Training 126

Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2021

Particularly, she points to the ones that asked questions such as, Do you have access to technology? Leveling the (Virtual) Playing Field When parents traditionally head over to schools for meetings on students’ IEPs, which outline learning goals and support for their children, their experiences haven’t been altogether pleasant.

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Technology Education Meeting Analysis 196

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2024

A major IT challenge is providing equitable access to relevant technology for staff and students in meeting the instructional demands for today’s learners. The spotlight is on David Jarboe , Director of Instructional Technology and STEAM in Colorado’s Harrison School District Two. What is your biggest IT challenge today?

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Advocacy Secondary Elementary Meeting 59

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report After ruling out stressors in Antonio’s family environment, the Yale team learned more about the challenges he was facing at school, including severe learning difficulties in the classroom and bullies outside of school. Department of Health and Human Services invested $1.6

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Advocacy Report Study Training 107

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

Based on classroom observation and in-depth interviews with the school staff, 10 instructional strategies were identified as effective instruction that helps students grow, and fell into three main categories: Optimizing instructional time 1.

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Study Strategy Advocacy Assessment 103

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

But once the pandemic set in and schools closed their doors, the elaborately precarious systems that have been constructed to meet the needs of these students collapsed. Too often, students in special education are marginalized and lack access to the supports they need to develop academically, let alone as full human beings.

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Education Advocacy Survey Outcomes 131

eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

While some of the recent efforts focused on recruiting more teachers of color have paid off, keeping those teachers in our schools and classrooms is an urgent challenge. First, access is a game changer. At our school, we schedule leadership and board meetings in the evenings, when our whole staff can attend.

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Advocacy Accessibility Conference Meeting 122

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2022

This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy. Meet four of them below. The local level is where the rubber meets the road.

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Advocacy Meeting Policies Course 160

Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Please respect the essence of the Montessori classroom. But also, please use your brilliance to help modernize Montessori (in the appropriate ways) and make this great pedagogy more accessible to all. And, of course, please buy the classrooms science kits! This information is then fed into the teacher’s observations.

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Advocacy Competency Based Learning Training Robotics 154

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

When we got into the classroom, the students were shy. Some approaches include “advocacy centers” where students are coached through strong emotions with activities like yoga, breathing exercises or calming music. Students have access to both a female and a male counselor and a social worker. They didn't want to work in groups.

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Advocacy Chromebook Exercises Groups 207

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2023

Specifically, every classroom included spaces where students could decompress, take a break, or meditate to be productive in the classroom setting. After we reached the pandemic's peak and students could return to the classroom, we also knew it would be important to help them identify the significance of their place in the community.

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Advocacy Student Engagement Resources Classroom 127

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2023

What’s more, only 22 percent of educators surveyed strongly agree that administrators in their school districts are equipped with the necessary information to communicate options for high-speed internet access at home. Ensuring all ACP-eligible families are signed up is equally important in supporting district connectivity goals.

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Digital Divide Broadband Survey Outcomes 90

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Catalyze Challenge was created to meet this moment, with grants funding inventive ideas for career-connected learning at middle and high schools and programs supporting the transition to early college coursework. They drive public conversation, craft policy, and inspire action through education and advocacy.

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Classroom Social Media Mobility Advocacy 105

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

In addition, partner with the education technology provider in developing a plan that will meet your district’s curriculum and strategic goals. Choose a company whose experience meets your needs The edtech market is complex, which can make potential choices seem overwhelming. University of Oxford Study Proves the Mathletics Advantage.

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EdTech Resources Advocacy Data 155

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Built from the Aperture DESSA suite, these assessments complement Committee for Children’s Second Step ® programs, which are research-based social-emotional learning (SEL) curricula developed to nurture SEL in children’s daily lives, both in and outside of the classroom. As our programs impact the lives of more than 26.9

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Assessment Outcomes Education Advocacy 59

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Sometimes it has to do with the environment that students are going into in terms of the classroom, the actual setting itself. It would be as simple as just having more representation in the classroom that shows women that there are people who are doing this job, and they’re in this industry, and they’re just like you. Angela: Right.

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STEM Company Industry Accessibility 345

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

They didn’t have a high-tech classroom with fancy equipment — in fact most students didn’t even have laptops or access to the internet. At the start of the program, students are given an inexpensive smartphone with internet access, which they get to keep once they complete the program.

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Learning Advocacy Report Google 145

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Over the past two years, the consortium has created open-access materials intended to make it easy for universities to start offering coursework on the topic of early childhood policy. But most college programs that address early childhood education still focus on classroom teaching, not policy.

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Policies Study Handbook Advocacy 158

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2024

With access to programs designed to help them transition beyond high school, more neurodivergent students will have the skills they need to succeed when they get there, Elliot said. Socialization can pose significant challenges for these students outside the classroom, too, as they navigate community living, friendships and dating.

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Report Training System Accessibility 132

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Students will meet the various STEAM professionals with diverse skills and backgrounds that help make Country Music’s Biggest Night a reality. Our hope is for students to see themselves in these roles, inspiring their ambitions beyond the classroom.” Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Industry Advocacy Education EdTech 95

eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2022

Premiering on January 25 th at 1 PM ET, Winning with STEM: A Virtual Field Trip with Katie Ledecky and Panasonic will take students behind-the-scenes at five STEM innovation centers across North America to meet teams of Panasonic scientists, engineers, and immersive design experts using their passion for STEM to make a difference in the world.

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Panasonic STEM Technology Advocacy 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2024

Just to be able to know that you can meet your monthly bills on time and not juggle money. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic toppled the country’s long-eroding child care system, policymakers in Washington had a vision for tackling the sector’s most intractable challenges, including access, recruitment, retention and pay.

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Advocacy Policies Report Data 114

Neo LMS

MARCH 22, 2018

Cybercriminals take advantage of any accessible information and, since adolescent identities and credit profiles are monitored less frequently, activity can go unnoticed until the victim is old enough to access credit. What are the risks. Conclusion. When it comes to data privacy, it’s important to remain aware and be proactive.

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Data Internet Safety LMS Student Data Privacy 150

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — At a late August meeting in a windowless room at Minneapolis College, a handful of students barely a week into classes sat back on couches, took a breath and marveled that they were there at all. While she was out, two student workers ensured the recovery program room stayed open, emails went out and weekly meetings happened.

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Report Groups Meeting Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

“We see kids whose challenges don’t show up on their report card, so they aren’t getting services,” said Jennifer Choi, a parent and founder of the advocacy group 2eNYC and a trustee of the nonprofit Twice Exceptional Children’s Advocacy. The school opened in the basement of a synagogue with three students; today, it serves 113.

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Advocacy Elementary Training Report 111

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

It appears that much of the focus for improvement has been on creating rigorous classroom instruction to increase student achievement measured by the highly contested standardized tests. In our attempt to identify these youngsters, we hope to better serve them through our advocacy for a school-wide framework to support their learning needs.

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Common Core Assessment Strategy Advocacy 255

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

She invited me to meet with Jason, who filled me in on his situation. The Evolution of Response to Intervention When President Gerald Ford signed the Education for All Handicapped Children’s Act in 1975, it was because public schools had a history of systematically denying students with special needs access to a public school education.

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Assessment Education Handbook Data 165

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2019

Now, Tom is a 10-year classroom veteran who is working to make his classroom (and help others) connect with kids in new ways. And I’ve been in the classroom now for ten years. Tom: You know, I think one of the best ways in 2017 is to meet new people, and to really have good access to quality of text in front of us… is Twitter.

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How To Twitter Moodle Elementary 248

The Jose Vilson

MAY 3, 2020

Contrary to my own public activism and advocacy, I propose that we move the nation’s largest public school system into a completely online endeavor forever and a day. Gone are the days of standing in line for hours at local supply shops for classroom aesthetics and materials. Oh, and it’s a boon for parents, too.

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Advocacy Social Media Microsoft Company 196

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

In school-provided gloves and masks, they try to meet students and parents outside on front porches or at a neighborhood park to follow social distancing rules. Previously, if teachers were worried about a student, they could ask school mental health professionals to come into a classroom to observe.

Technology 126

Technology Broadband Meeting Advocacy 126

edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

The goal of digital equity is to ensure that all students have access to devices, high-speed internet, and opportunities to learn both in school and out. One of the struggles in Wisconsin is digital learning days, where students with limited or no access to WIFI at home cannot access their education.

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Edcamps Accessibility Advocacy Mobility 72

NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Our students are granted the opportunity to flourish with access to knowledge, resources, the world of literature and the creation of school community. Approximately 50 schools have libraries with catalog systems, and all schools have a subscription to PA Power Library, which makes libraries virtually accessible to all schools.

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Resources Libraries Advocacy Accessibility 106

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Now, Tom is a 10-year classroom veteran who is working to make his classroom (and help others) connect with kids in new ways. And I’ve been in the classroom now for ten years. Tom: You know, I think one of the best ways in 2017 is to meet new people, and to really have good access to quality of text in front of us… is Twitter.

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Twitter Company Elementary Advocacy 276

Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Together they discuss how inclusive learning is meeting the needs of all learners. Mike shares tips and strategies to help teachers shake up inclusive learning in their classrooms. Every student brings their own unique learning needs to the classroom. Every teacher should fight exclusion!

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Assistive Technology Learning Strategy Resources 100

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

There are plenty of hands-on sessions with practical tips to apply in the classroom. EdSurge Sessions In between hearty servings of Tex-Mex and meat, won’t you have time to stop by and meet? Online education was supposed to provide access to quality education for those who can’t attend or afford traditional college.

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Social Media EdTech Industry Pearson 108