Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

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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Training Advocacy Resources Instructional Materials 153

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Yale survey of more than 300 undergrad and graduate students ages 18 to 35 found that students who participate in “collective action” — like involvement in advocacy groups or educating others about climate change — report lower levels of climate anxiety than those who only take part in individual actions like recycling or saving energy.

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Survey Advocacy Study Social Media 178

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. We need to change that.”. “We We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 112

NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Under these conditions, it is especially difficult to push forward critical information skills and to engage in the kind of collaborations that enable librarians to integrate these skills. He understands that digital equity doesn’t simply mean access to broadband or computers. It also means access to school librarians.

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Advocacy Libraries Broadband System 81

Hapara

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

voices have been rising up to limit the content learners can access in school. And that is not only discriminatory, but it is a matter of life or death when a student cannot access suicide prevention lifelines, affirming resources that are vital to students navigating their queer identities. A voice is powerful. We have to show up.

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Hapara Company Meeting Accessibility 130

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2018

But that hasn’t stopped Diaz from advocating for parents like her to have better access to and understanding of school data. Both attend Dover Elementary School where student achievement in math and English decreased significantly during the last year. For people to go into the library to be able to access that data, that’s hard too.

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Libraries Data Learning iPhone 102

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.

Learning 144

Learning Advocacy Report Google 144

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

In a spring survey in California, nearly one-third of Spanish-speaking families said that they could not understand the distance learning information sent home by their children’s schools. American schools are overwhelmingly English-only environments — and too often, this can make them hostile spaces for English learners and their families.

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Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 133

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

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. When building an assessment system , we want to avoid over-assessment.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 26, 2020

We have already made the most informed choices with the information that’s available. Research repeatedly indicates that schools and students with access to high quality music education perform better in a multitude of academic, social and emotional ways. Music teachers need your advocacy and your help.

Online Learning 144

Online Learning Learning Advocacy Personalized Learning 144

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The condition impedes a person’s ability to process written information and can negatively affect their career and well-being. During her first couple of years of elementary school “her nervous system was like a pressure cooker because she wasn’t being given appropriate help,” Chittenden said. For the child, the results were wounding.

Learning 145

Learning Study Report Elementary 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

Taylor School District officials said they could not discuss student information without authorization. Experts say that’s common, and parents often don’t realize what rights their children have when it comes to accessing a full day of school. But my kid matters, too. Her education, her everything, matters, too.”.

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Pearson Education Learning Report 145

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 18, 2022

The School of Information at San José State University is the founding sponsor of the Library 2.0 LeBlanc Memorial Library, Springfield Oregon Rosa Rodriguez, Deaf Literacy Center Manager, Pinellas County Library, Florida Marti Goddard, Access Services Manager, San Francisco Public Library Concluding Remarks (2:40 – 3 p.m.

Libraries 36

Libraries Advocacy Social Media Study 36

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

In March, at ASCD Empower, which is a conference for educators with a focus on equity, she presented with Becca Mui, an education manager at GLSEN , an LGBTQ advocacy group focused on schools. A gender-neutral bathroom is a really critical bathroom that students should have access to. Why was that important to your family?

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Policies Advocacy Conference Survey 148

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2021

Today, Historical Jamestowne Island and Cox Business will present a virtual trip for King’s Grant Elementary School from Virginia Beach, VA. Students from across the country and even the world now have access to Jamestown like never before,” said Mark Summers, director of youth and public programs, Jamestown Rediscovery.

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Broadband Advocacy Video Elementary 53

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. Inconsistent cell phone access isn’t uncommon among low-income Americans. He was no longer enrolled, they said.

Policies 82

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 82

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded.

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

Now, some school districts are pushing this job exploration into middle and even elementary school, convinced that helping students connect what they are learning to careers will not only deepen their engagement but also help them make more informed decisions about their educational paths. “In

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Robotics Elementary STEM Training 112

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

Libraries 50

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 50

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., School buses provide Wi-Fi access for downloading homework assignments, as well as lunches, at various locations in South Carolina. With everything shut down, the chronic issue of home internet access became an immense and acute challenge. on March 18, 2020. Mackey Pendergrast.

Learning 69

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 69

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

Libraries 45

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 45

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

Libraries 48

Libraries Conference Broadband Digital Divide 48

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Provide access to integrated wraparound services and supports, which should include partnering with community officials like law enforcement and hospitals to ensure that students receive support wherever and whenever they need it. SEL should be integrated into the materials; Develop inclusive discipline and dress code policies.

Education 66

Education Secondary Policies Professional Learning 66

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Katherine Cribbs, a second-grader at Discovery Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, explores the online “energy dashboard” that tracks her school’s energy consumption and production. With a flurry of touch-screen taps, she explored the “energy dashboard” of Discovery Elementary in Arlington, Virginia.

Elementary 107

Elementary Learning Data Report 107

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. A report published Thursday by the Student Borrower Protection Center , a nonprofit advocacy group focused on student debt, attempts to quantify the scope of this problem.

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Dropout Policies Data Report 105

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

. — This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. billion on elementary and secondary education. Access to technology is another funding-related struggle. “If

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Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 55

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

based education advocacy group. “It Other paths to tech know-how include a district’s office of information technology and workshops such as those hosted by Future Ready. And it’s not just districts looking to “save” their librarians that are adopting the new model. And if it bombs, it’s not on you.”.

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Future Ready Libraries Software Advocacy 111

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.”. My school counselor was terrible.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

edWeb.net

APRIL 14, 2021

They started with four squares—learning, community, character, and joy—leading to five principles of practice meant to prepare children to be the global leaders of tomorrow: innovation, data-informed decisions, diversity and inclusion, partnering, and communication. This allows them to be intentional about spending resources (time and money).

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Differentiated Instruction Professional Learning Meeting Advocacy 80

techlearning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

PT, providing middle and high school students with information on how addiction starts through first-hand accounts from survivors of drug misuse. As part of DEA’s Red Ribbon Week campaign , Opioid Crisis: Real People. Real Stories. Real Science. will broadcast on Thursday , October 25, 2018 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m.

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Advocacy Education Elementary Learning 41

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

More information on each of the shows is below. Information on hosting or joining a book is at bookschangelives.org. As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount. SHOW LINK BIO: Rebecca’s dedication to exceptional learners started in elementary school when she was a “special friend” to the mainstream class.

Classroom 36

Classroom Advocacy Learning Conference 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

We had a great opening day of sessions and keynotes, and the recordings of any sessions that have taken place are accessible on the conference recordings page. Sign up and information here. Join the movement to all children everywhere access to education. The list of Tuesday''s sessions, in US-Eastern Standard Time, is below.

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Conference Education STEM Adobe 71

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Our overall objective was to expand access to literacy and use real-world data in curating and individualizing collections to better serve the needs of the district’s highly diverse student population. Our mission within the Office of Information and Analysis is to provide solutions that support more effective teaching and learning.

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Data Advocacy Libraries eBook 101

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Students with disabilities process information differently, so they need more explicit instruction to develop and use these skills than general education students do. This plan uses student interests and other information about a student to outline post-high school goals. In the end … a lot of the onus will come back on the school.

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Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 89

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Free, online teacher and parent training designed to improve the executive functioning of elementary school-aged children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), is now accessible across the nation. Aurora, Colo. The availability of this training is possible due .

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Training Accessibility Advocacy Facebook 95

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

General conference information is posted here. Information about certificates for volunteers, presenters, and attendees is here. Today we need help particularly with the early morning and then the evening sessions. A step-by-step guide to getting started is also available here.

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PLE Conference Advocacy Case Study 57

Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

But I don’t see my advocacy as a zero-sum game. I see it as imperative for both genders to thrive, not just survive, in the global, knowledge-based, information/technology-driven world they’ll live and work in together as adults. Unfortunately, this lack of access usually leads to a lack of reading. So, What About Girls?

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Advocacy Knowledge Base Accessibility Report 40