eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

From detailing various funding sources to providing insights into statewide and regional partnerships and offering practical examples of cybersecurity training, the document is a must-read for everyone involved in helping districts improve their cybersecurity posture. About SETDA SETDA is the principal association representing U.S.

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Resources Microsoft Advocacy OER 98

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

On April 1, the same day the council launched, the Department of Education announced proposed rules that would make it easier for colleges to offer new models for online programs, and also allow more kinds of higher education providers access to aid money, reports the Washington Post. And for-profit education in the U.S.

Advocacy 131

Advocacy Groups Education Online Learning 131

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. Data and research show that access to college coursework while in high school increases college enrollment, success and graduation rates and has a positive impact on academic performance.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

The findings, based on surveys conducted last spring by the RAND Corporation, shed light on the uneven access students have to advanced math classes in middle school, which can have lasting effects on their higher education and job prospects. Are a lot of students of color, for example, in the lower track? What’s happening there?”

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Survey Elementary Policies Report 108

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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OER Advocacy Outcomes Instructional Materials 108

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

However, 39 percent of schools reported that lack of access to licensed professionals and mental health funding were major roadblocks to their efforts supporting student mental health. Nearly 90 percent of schools reported increased social and emotional support for students during the 2021-22 academic year.

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Resources Advocacy Secondary Report 180

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

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. As an example, the report highlights the experience of Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation in Indiana, which has embraced universal design for learning in a variety of ways.

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Digital Divide Advocacy Policies Report 94

eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2024

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. This gives me hope that other schools can broaden access to OT services for their students, too.

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Advocacy Secondary Study Training 124

Waterford

JULY 30, 2023

For example, if a student is falling behind in math you can suggest to their family that they attend an after-school math lab. Email is also an option accessible to most. One example would be implementing community-centric training for personnel. Keep an eye out for specific ways your school could help students and families.

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How To Strategy Survey Training 259

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

For years, the parent advocacy group worked tirelessly to influence education policy and practices in Oakland. Young had already built considerable credibility with the district through earlier advocacy work and a city-wide literacy campaign conducted by the parent-powered organization.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 24, 2017

Additionally, only 55% of rural America has broadband access versus 94% of urban America. ” In today’s show, we’ll discuss: Promoting more broadband access. The need for more rural education advocacy. An example of a rural program from the Farm Bureau that is an exemplary idea we can use in education.

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Broadband Advocacy Digital Divide Education 177

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2022

There’s been a lot of consolidation in edtech since the pandemic, with players like Renaissance making big moves, says Anna Edwards, chief advocacy officer and cofounder of Whiteboard Advisors. Last year, for example, Renaissance acquired Nearpod, a platform that allows teachers to create interactive digital lessons, for $650 million.

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Data Advocacy Company Education 156

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

million students accessed the Common App, created a profile and began working on at least one application. He and Preston Magouirk, chief data officer at the nonprofit DC College Access Program, took that step back. This underscores the fact that people who access the Common App at all have a high baseline enrollment rate.

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Survey Analysis Advocacy Report 199

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 90

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

For example, Georgia State University, which serves many students of color and low-income students, has improved its graduation rate by investing in academic advising and a predictive analytics system that identifies students who may be struggling. Several institutions have already had success putting these kinds of programs into action.

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Advocacy Policies Course Accessibility 182

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

For example: The school has on-campus showers, food pantries, licensed clinicians and social programs. That includes Barbara Duffield, executive director of SchoolHouse Connection, a nonprofit focused on homeless education advocacy. Some people are convinced that homeless-only schools are a bad idea.

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Advocacy Outcomes Report Study 177

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 54

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Virtual reality can spark interest in climate change and unleash the creativity of students by giving kids access to information in innovative ways. For example, teachers can use VR to simulate extreme weather conditions that affect drivers like snow, heatwaves, and flooding.

STEM 118

STEM Advocacy Digital Learning Examples 118

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments. percent to 22.5

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UDL EdTech Student Engagement Advocacy 167

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2024

Widespread improvements in educational equity and economic mobility will happen only when minority-serving and broad-access institutions receive our respect and support. Supporting and expanding these initiatives through advocacy and philanthropy would directly benefit the completion rates of historically marginalized students.

Education 86

Education Advocacy Mobility Report 86

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

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Teachers have access to opportunities and resources that guide the effective implementation of CBE in their classrooms and have an intimate understanding of its power. Student advocacy reinforced Kettle Moraine’s implementation of CBE and expanded opportunities around personalized learning.

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Social Media Education Advocacy Personalized Learning 229

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 198

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Unfortunately, two decades after the Internet became accessible to the masses, many educators still are slow to realize the possibilities that accompany our new digital tools and online environments. Tales of “Bad Twitter” are legion, for example. I can attest that there is great power in being engaged in relevant online communities.

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Social Media Advocacy Twitter Facebook 262

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.

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Even as FAST Funds help to fill gaps in social services today, labor leaders think that in the future, the movement has the potential to organize faculty and staff around advocacy for campus policies that actually close those gaps for low-income students and educators. What if you were not just disseminating aid to students?” Kirtley says.

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Advocacy Survey Study System 172

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example: Eighth graders saw a large drop, in math scores especially. Appalling and unacceptable’ School closures took students and teachers out of the classroom, and the switch to remote learning exposed various inequalities in education— including issues like broadband access. Eighth graders fell eight points.

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Report Assessment Broadband Advocacy 136

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

She shares one computer with her family of five, lacks home internet access and uses a smartphone to connect online. As the years pass, the gap between Jennifer’s and Maria’s access to technology widens: Jennifer has everything she needs at her fingertips, while Maria does not. I think we all know the answer.

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System EdTech Digital Divide Education 143

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.”

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OER Outcomes Comparison Study 147

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Elizabeth Forward School District leaders, for example, knew it was time to innovate when local employers informed them the district had hundreds of entry-level coding jobs that needed to be filled. VPS students have access to diverse courses such as coding, Python, robotics, and electronic applications, to name a few.

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Maker Movement Robotics Education Advocacy 211

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.

Accessibility 104

Accessibility Advocacy Study System 104

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

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.

Survey 177

Survey Advocacy Study Social Media 177

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

While the online curriculum has recently been successfully received and implemented by 200 elementary school teachers in a pilot study in the southeastern region of the United States, the researchers hope that, with additional federal funding, the online curriculum can be soon accessed by teachers nationwide.

Advocacy 135

Advocacy Case Study Study Elementary 135

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 138

Advocacy Data Trends Report 138

MIND Research Institute

JULY 20, 2023

More than a Month: Strategies for Increasing Accessibility and Inclusion A culture of disability inclusion and accessibility does not happen by accident. For example, the larger font sizes on your slide deck benefit those with low vision but also those sitting at the back of the room, who forgot their glasses, or who have a headache.

Education 52

Education Advocacy Accessibility Policies 52

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. They’ve strengthened their resolve as leaders and set the example for other decision-makers in their communities. People are resilient.

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Learning Assessment Advocacy System 185