The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2020

The new ( Re)Defining STEM learning module from TGR Foundation and Discovery Education is the first of several courses to support educators to integrate STEM in new and powerful ways. Every STEM educator should take a look at these resources and integrate them into their blended or online learning environment. Who is TGR Foundation?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

They also must allow students to opt out of buying bundled books so they can find resources on their own if they prefer. Yet the contract terms for these subscription arrangements—which some publishers call “inclusive access” programs—raise questions about whether publishers and colleges pressure students into participating.

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Pearson Accessibility Course Report 133

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2019

An open-access advocacy group on Wednesday sent a formal filing to the U.S. The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, in a brief opposing the merger of two of the largest textbook publishers. The group joins others who have spoken out against the merger, including a letter sent last month by the U.S.

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The Jose Vilson

MAY 23, 2024

Of course, I hadn’t taken into account that people would call into the show because a gentleman called in to proclaim the virtues of rudimentary math. Restricting access to any knowledge is a societal failure in that light. In critiquing the Common Core State Standards, he said, “Can’t we just get back to basics?

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Common Core Policies Advocacy STEM 168

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2024

Brian Johnsrud Global Head of Education Learning and Advocacy at Adobe The past two years have witnessed a notable surge in the use of artificial intelligence within education, marked by increased investment, deployment and integration into various educational practices. Stacie Johnson AI can bring access in a way that we've never had before.

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Khan Academy Adobe Advocacy Assessment 176

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Offering every high school student access to college-level courses while in high school is one critical way to do so. The courses can also provide a confidence boost to young adults uncertain whether college is for them. Related: High schoolers can take dual-enrollment courses for college credit.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 21, 2023

At some point over the last decade, open educational resources (OER) advocacy in US higher education became zero textbook costs (ZTC) advocacy. This is why I refer to this line of advocacy as “free no matter the cost.” There are plenty of practical reasons why this might have happened.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

In partnership with the United Nations Refugee Agency, the institute published Teaching for Refugees: Building Knowledge , where educators demonstrate their knowledge of students’ backgrounds and identify resources for individual student needs. WGU is focused on expanding access to education around the country. STEM Minds.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

While they are completing digital worksheets, their peers in better-resourced schools are coding, collaborating, and designing and building tech tools. Department of Education aims to highlight that disparity and many other inequities in the use and design of ed tech, as well as access to it.

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Digital Divide Advocacy Policies Report 88

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. As I eventually wrote in Open educational resources: Undertheorized research and untapped potential : Many of the articles reviewed in Hilton (2016), including some articles on which I was an author, are woefully undertheorized. Grimaldi et al.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

These proposals could help address the fact that colleges serving the highest number of low-income students and students of color tend to have the fewest financial resources. It follows the reintroduction this summer of the Community College Student Success Act , which would also pay for support services for students.

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Advocacy Policies Course Accessibility 170

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

To improve career readiness outcomes for students, American Student Assistance® (ASA), a national nonprofit that changes the way kids learn about careers and navigate a path to postsecondary education and career success, today announced the expansion of its free suite of digital resources that advance career readiness by launching EvolveMe TM.

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Mobility Advocacy Smartphone Accessibility 111

eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2023

Our partnership with the Ohio Department of Education is a significant step toward providing early learning educators with free evidenced-based courses and resources that will help the teachers build a language-centered and culturally responsive foundation for every child,” said Dr. Ryan Lee-James, Chief Academic Officer of the Rollins Center.

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Education Advocacy Learning Outcomes 93

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Sean underscores the report’s findings including the significant growth in the number of schools offering computer science courses, emphasizes the importance of foundational computer science education, and outlines the challenges, including the persistent gender gap in the field. Dig in to the whole report here. Across 35 states, 5.8%

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Report Policies Education Advocacy 89

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

To address the problem, more than a dozen researchers across the country are collaborating to develop resources to prepare future policymakers for success designing, building and evaluating programs for young kids. They’re not stopping at resources, though. approving taxes to support universal preschool programs. “We

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Kayla recognizes librarians’ contribution to instruction, witnessing the relief of teachers who rely on their expertise in designing assignments and integrating resources. Our students are granted the opportunity to flourish with access to knowledge, resources, the world of literature and the creation of school community.

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Resources Libraries Advocacy Accessibility 106

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Through advocacy on campuses and in communities and ongoing state and federal investment in the real cost of higher education—including housing, food and other supports—we can and should make a firm commitment to students who are doing everything they can to become economically self-sufficient. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Advocacy Survey System Industry 184

eSchool News

AUGUST 8, 2023

. — The Epilepsy Foundation announced a five-year collaboration with Vector Solutions, the leading provider of training and software solutions for K-12 and higher education institutions, to offer the Epilepsy Foundation’s Seizure Recognition & First Aid Certification training in the Vector Safety and Compliance Course Library.

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Training Advocacy Education Software 87

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

It’s an economic concern, as schools consider how they can ensure equal access for all. DEFINING EQUITY: EMPATHY, AUTHENTICITY, AND ACCESS Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, William J. Wybrant cites the North Dakota Access Pipeline as an example. The people who had the problem didn’t have access to solve it.”

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Accessibility STEM Robotics Elementary 86

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

Davenport’s tuition prices will apply to the Casa Latina programs, but accepted students will be awarded scholarships of $9,200 per year to help make the program more accessible financially. Those enrolled part time will receive a proportionate amount of scholarship funding, Sanchez said.

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Advocacy Groups Report Data 98

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Today, Angela Cleveland talks about the tips, resources, and ideas to help encourage young women to go into Computer Science. For school counselors, what’s key is that school counselors have the ability to look at the demographics of a school, to look at where students are going in terms of course placement. Listen Now.

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STEM Company Industry System 339

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2023

The time has come to face up to a troubling fact: Affirmative action is a policy designed to affect access to higher education, but many colleges have never sufficiently addressed their role in preparing students for a successful transition to life in college or gone beyond a laissez-faire approach to providing supports once they get in.

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Accessibility Advocacy Study System 102

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

VPS students have access to diverse courses such as coding, Python, robotics, and electronic applications, to name a few. The Python courses have supported students transitioning into International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced Placement (AP) pathways and exist at all three high schools. Community Engagement and Advocacy.

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Maker Movement Robotics Education Advocacy 224

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2021

After nearly a decade of organizing, advocacy, planning and hand-wringing, we passed a Preschool for All initiative. Another foundational element of our success was understanding and taking advantage of all of the diverse resources at our fingertips, not just money or positional power. Of course, our work is not done yet.

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Policies Advocacy Strategy Groups 165

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. And I want to do it worldwide.”

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 63

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

She attends a highly resourced school with computer science courses, well-trained teachers and one computing device per student. She shares one computer with her family of five, lacks home internet access and uses a smartphone to connect online. She has her own computer, educational software and high-speed internet.

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EdTech System Digital Divide Education 127

Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2018

But also, please use your brilliance to help modernize Montessori (in the appropriate ways) and make this great pedagogy more accessible to all. Montessori teachers need rigorous science in their training, and—after they graduate—an online resource they can refer to for inspiration. However, these children need computer science.

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Advocacy Competency Based Learning Training Robotics 128

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2023

If anything, the issue shed light on the lack of investment in the local communities where our students live and exposed the gap in mental health resources for students and their families. When students saw the results of the work they had done, this affirmed how identity, advocacy and doing the work yields positive results.

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Advocacy Student Engagement Resources Classroom 109

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2023

But college courses? It’s an undertaking from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), a philanthropy that supports HBCUs through scholarships to students, grants to higher ed institutions and advocacy for educating African Americans. Of course, there are plenty of tools already out there that support online higher education.

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MIND Research Institute

JULY 20, 2023

In a culture where disclosure feels like a risk, creating safe spaces for colleagues with disabilities to share experiences and resources becomes crucial. This space has also served as a way for employees to gather resources and support without having to disclose to a nondisabled manager or leader.

Education 52

Education Advocacy Accessibility Policies 52

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

With the movement for no-tuition community college gaining momentum in more states and earning top billing in President Biden’s education agenda , experts in college access and affordability advise caution about using that potent four-letter word: f-r-e-e. Don’t just think about access and enrollment,” Jackson says.

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E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 129

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

There’s great news out of the recent UNESCO meeting in Paris, where member states unanimously adopted the draft Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER). Resources in the public domain or released under an open license are OER. First, and it will surprise no one that this is the first item on my list, is the definition.

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OER Advocacy Resources Accessibility 121

The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2023

At other times, as in Wiese’s case, people have no choice but go through time-consuming and often expensive courses before discovering whether they can work in their chosen field. Caitlin Dawkins, co-director for the national re-entry resource center at the American Institutes for Research. Such advocacy has bipartisan support.

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Advocacy Training Policies Study 98

Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

Of course, issues of privacy and security are related, but not the same. In general, privacy-related matters address what information can be collected by schools (whether via technology or not), for what purposes, with whom it can be shared, and under what circumstances. “ Information security “). and compliance.

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Internet Safety Student Data Privacy Policies Company 295

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

The organization aims to help students overcome homelessness through education, policy advocacy and practical support to educators. “I It seemed homeless students faced barriers to resources at every turn. You have the issue of: We have the resource, but the kid is unable to access it,” Blackwell says. “If It’s school.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 24, 2019

Then, being announced today, is " Library Advocacy: Everyday Marketing Tools and Techniques " with Dr. Sue Alman on February 21st. Webinars gives you access to the live Webinar, as well as any-time access to the recording afterward. More details on both are below. Registering for one of the Library 2.0

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Libraries Advocacy Social Media MOOC 28

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

This is one of the principles championed by Future Ready Schools (FRS), a project of the policy and advocacy organization, Alliance for Excellent Education. FRS helps district leaders plan and implement personalized, research-based digital learning strategies to help all students achieve their full potential. What the program offers.

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