The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2024

Yes, there’s the federal definition: a student is first-generation if neither parent has a bachelor’s degree. Despite the narrow federal definition, many believe these are students who need to be identified and given added resources and support both to get through the college application process and to thrive once they get on campus.

Analysis 86

Analysis Advocacy Report Data 86

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2024

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Libraries 41

Libraries Advocacy Accessibility Strategy 41

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

He had to get help from an advocacy group called College Possible to pay his rent. An athlete while he was in college, Agyei had to work to pay some of his expenses and needed help from an advocacy group to keep paying his rent as his tuition increased. Meanwhile, he noticed that his bills from the college kept going up. Miguel Agyei.

Advocacy 137

Advocacy Data Trends Report 137

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.

E-rate 147

E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 147

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Related: While white students get specialists, struggling Black and Latino readers often get left on their own That incipient definition characterized a lot of early thinking about dyslexia. was creating its own special education categories and definitions to prepare for the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975.

Learning 145

Learning Study Report Elementary 145

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. Moving Forward There are definitely some initiatives from 2020 we need to continue to move forward.

Learning 190

Learning Assessment Advocacy System 190

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. Implications of the access hypothesis : Why do most comparisons of OER to traditional materials fail to find a positive effect of OER? They had an important role to play in OER advocacy. call this “the access hypothesis.”

OER 147

OER Outcomes Comparison Study 147

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 10, 2020

I posted the first installment yesterday, explaining how a fundamental failure to understand copyright makes the definition of OER in the new UNESCO recommendation nonsensical. Affordability seems to have become the end goal of OER advocacy, instead of being an important step on the path to improving student learning.

OER 78

OER Advocacy Course Report 78

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. We won’t even need to mettle in emotions and bonds because the only relationship we need is between ourselves and Wi-Fi access, no matter how unevenly distributed.

Advocacy 194

Advocacy Social Media Microsoft Company 194

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Self Advocacy and Resources for Students. Teachers can access audio texts from no-cost resources like Bookshare.org and Learning Ally.org to help impacted students keep growing in those three areas. Additionally, many people believe that all individuals with dyslexia see letters or words backward.

Advocacy 130

Advocacy STEM Resources System 130

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2020

The nation has 539 colleges and universities that meet the federal definition of a Hispanic-serving institution, or HSI, and most Latino college students attend an HIS, according to Excelencia in Education. Some HBCU advocacy organizations have launched emergency funds to help the institutions and the students they serve.

Policies 98

Policies Advocacy Report Data 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2017

A recent study of the Memphis Nurse-Family Partnership program by economist James Heckman found that access to one-on-one help from a nurse provides many benefits to mothers and babies, including higher birth weights for boys, better socio-emotional skills for girls, and more positive parenting attitudes.

Outcomes 79

Outcomes Advocacy Training Accessibility 79

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2020

It’s restructuring the relationship between a student and his or her institution,” says James Toscano, president of Partners for College Affordability and Public Trust , the nonprofit advocacy organization that is taking the lead in promoting the bill of rights. This is a consumer-protection agenda.

Advocacy 163

Advocacy Policies Conference Data 163

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Credit: Neal Morton/The Hechinger Report The assistance came thanks to a Washington state program — one of the first of its kind in the country — that aims to help children who aren’t considered homeless, and unqualified for help, under a strict federal definition. The National Alliance to End Homelessness, an influential Washington, D.C.,

Elementary 126

Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 126

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

Jon: Mount Ida is definitely part of a bigger trend, one that’s being felt around the country. Kirk: Definitely. An independent guide from the advocacy organization Third Way about how to use the federal government’s financial responsibility scores. Lisa McLean: If this is the case, why are they being offered?

Report 75

Report Trends Accessibility Advocacy 75

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2019

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. It may be not full of earthly riches, but definitely full of meaning and full of legacy. And what kind of books do we pour into our mind to help us stay motivated to do this job?

How To 237

How To Twitter Moodle Elementary 237

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2017

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. It may be not full of earthly riches, but definitely full of meaning and full of legacy. And what kind of books do we pour into our mind to help us stay motivated to do this job?

Twitter 260

Twitter Company Elementary Advocacy 260

The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2021

It takes the average student at a four-year university nearly five years to graduate, the advocacy group Complete College America reports , and the typical bachelor’s degree recipient takes and pays for an average of 15 credits — an entire semester’s worth — more than was required. We definitely have people say, ‘Just tell me.

Survey 142

Survey Study Report Advocacy 142

Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Such claims have caught the attention of consumer-protection advocacy groups like the Student Borrower Protection Center, which has found marketing language that it contends is deceptive and predatory. From our interviews, students definitely conceptualize this as a type of debt or loan. Is it a loan? Something else?

Comparison 212

Comparison Study Data Advocacy 212

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

Deb : Definitely. Is that academic leadership and advocacy being spread those through universities to their school librarian alumni? Is there an infiltration of leadership and advocacy coming from those universities that also helps to encourage school librarian employment in those states? Lance, Keith Curry and Debra E.

Study 99

Study Libraries E-rate Data 99

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: “It matters who’s enrolled at flagships, because they tend to go on to be leaders in their states, particularly in politics and in business,” said Andrew Nichols, director of higher education research and data analytics at The Education Trust, an advocacy group that focuses on college access.

Advocacy 106

Advocacy Data Groups Report 106

ProfHacker

AUGUST 26, 2016

…the true benefit of the academy is the interaction, the access to the debate, to the negotiation of knowledge — not to the stale cataloging of content. When we look at common definitions of Open Educational Resources or OERs (e.g., Slideshare available here. – Dave Cormier and George Siemens.

OER 40

OER MOOC Conference Advocacy 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

CZI aims to be a different type of philanthropy looking to integrate grantmaking, advocacy and technology to serve others. Because, while we know that education remains our greatest lever for social and economic mobility, we still grapple with challenges of access and equity.

Education 112

Education Khan Academy Facebook Advocacy 112

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 29, 2011

No longer would they be compelled to purchase textbooks each year, but they would have freedom to choose digital content and the technological equipment necessary for students to access the digital content. Everything I accessed was an instructional material with content relevant to my course of study. However, when the 2.1%

Instructional Materials 92

Instructional Materials Advocacy Accessibility Resources 92

The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 18, 2023

Self-advocacy, union participation, and quiet quitting are some possible responses for teachers. Quiet quitting is a fairly new label whose definition is still in flux, but the general idea is simply opting out of any extras for the sake of healthy work-life boundaries, something the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek practiced before it was cool.

Classroom 52

Classroom Company Course Outcomes 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act , or ESSA, also provides increased access to funding for physical education by including the subject in its definition of a “well-rounded education.”. “At At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It

Exercises 106

Exercises Elementary Report Study 106

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

But payment caps can be as high as three times the funded amount, according to a 2020 report by the Student Borrower Protection Center, an advocacy group. In its March announcement, the Department of Education declared that ISAs are by definition private education loans.

Company 72

Company Report Survey Industry 72

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s that fewer than one in five of adults in the entire surrounding Humphreys County have at least an associate degree, according to census data analyzed by the nonprofit advocacy organization Complete Tennessee. My parents definitely want me to go for those two free years,” he said. It’s not smart not to do that.”.

Industry 99

Industry Report Company Training 99

SpeechTechie

MAY 2, 2014

Tony Vincent , an amazing resource on technology integration and the author of Stick Around (in partnership with Explain Everything creators Morris Cooke), definitely sees these connections between language and learning, and has presented for our peeps at conferences such as those held by the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities in Florida.

iPad 98

iPad Advocacy Libraries Conference 98

ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

I have to say that the conference organizers’ really welcoming attitude towards the involvement of Virtually Connecting showed true commitment to expanding access and openness (thank you Clint Lalonde and David Wiley). Access is an issue. I wrote last week about a global South view of copyright and open access.

OER 40

OER Wiki Conference Advocacy 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. The only way I know that this can be changed is when there’s access to higher education.”. It impedes access to institutions they might be qualified for, because it’s not being accepted.”. How is it going to be accessible?

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

All students with disabilities need to develop strong self-advocacy and communication skills to make sure they’re getting the supports they’re due, especially in the sink-or-swim real world. The transition going from high school to college was definitely difficult,” he said. I utterly failed it. I got three words right.”.

Study 89

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 89

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

A click on resources will bring up a host of ideas including advocacy, programs, statistics, and STEM news. visit to this site will definitely shine the light on new and powerful Math education possibilities. It really is a wonderful place to learn how to change you STEM equation! There are lessons, activities, and interactives.

Resources 125

Resources STEM Learning Conference 125

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And if you click www.coolcatteacher.com/edpuzzle , Edpuzzle will give your school access to the 50,000 best lessons from Edpuzzle, organized in folders and ready to be used by teachers. 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.

Twitter 90

Twitter Flipped Classroom Elementary Advocacy 90

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The sense I got is that reducing textbook costs isn’t enough anymore, the advocacy has moved on to eliminating them. For many years now what people call OER advocacy has actually been “zero textbook cost” advocacy. The policy will end up being something like a national zero textbook cost policy.

Policies 99

Policies OER Advocacy Education 99

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2019

The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students and other advocacy groups are lobbying Congress to mandate training for graduate mentors and advisors. It definitely needs more attention,” Stevens said. Thomas University Provost Jeremy Moreland. I feel like I have more options now by doing this,” said Stevens.

Report 106

Report Survey Study Strategy 106

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

The advocacy group estimates that a California student starting at a community college who does manage to transfer to a four-year university and get a bachelor’s degree pays $38,000 more for it than a student who starts as a freshman at the four-year school, forced to take the same courses again and again. It was definitely a grind.”

Report 101

Report STEM Course Comparison 101