The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

We bonded over our shared experiences of constant self-advocacy and financial uncertainty, including the challenges of unannounced tuition hikes, unclear billing statements and programs that required additional expenses, like study abroad and certain majors. I’ve also encountered peers misusing the term FGLI to describe their own situations.

Policies 117

Policies Advocacy Report Groups 117

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources. Remind is a good example of this because professors can easily and privately share with a whole class, or groups within a class, relevant course materials.

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Mobility OER Technology BYOD 88

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities.

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Report Training Elementary Strategy 128

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Since 2006, the share of California Hispanic 19-year-olds with a high school diploma has increased from 74 percent to 86 percent, according to the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California advocacy group. Counselors routinely invite parents to Spanish-language workshops on college applications and financing.

Groups 98

Groups Advocacy Report Study 98

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.”.

Future Ready 110

Future Ready Libraries Software Advocacy 110

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Now in its seventh year, the annual gathering brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, educators and industry experts from around the world for four days stacked with panel discussions , workshops , an expo hall , meetups , film screenings —plus plenty of after-hours shindigs. When Public Education Data Isn’t Really Public : The U.S.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2017

Students and alumni of the Access English microscholarship program will share their leadership success stories as posted on this group. The Stevens Initiative is an international effort to expand access to virtual exchange to build global competence for young people in the United States and the Middle East and North Africa.

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Conference Social Media Twitter Facebook 51

Reading By Example

MAY 5, 2017

This is the preferred approach, as you get full access to the author for at least a day. The author can read aloud his/her book to the students, lead workshops on the writing process, and share personal experiences that led them to want to become an author in the first place. Invite an author to your school.

Libraries 37

Libraries Study Video Meeting 37

Learning With Lucie

MARCH 2, 2016

I recently did a workshop that helped teachers understand the potential of using technology to support Next Generation Science Standards around these 4 approaches: How can technology help drive the conversation to support 3D Learning? How can technology support making connections with Cross Cutting Concepts?

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Groups Technology Support System 40

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next is a free after-school program designed to make tech more accessible to students of color, many of whom lack opportunities to explore STEM fields in middle and high school. Code Next is a perfect example of how better spaces can create social justice,” Kurani said.

Industry 131

Industry STEM Education Survey 131

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” Indeed, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has paid for some of that very press coverage, funding for example “an EdSurge Research series about how personalized learning is implemented in different school communities across the country.”

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

All students need to have the same access to WiFi, and thus the ability to use the device, whether they are at school or not. Equitable access should be a part of a larger discussion about how the schools are serving their students’ needs. For instance, one barrier to access was library cards.

Libraries 41

Libraries Elementary Accessibility BYOD 41

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

It’s a stark example of how children who haven’t even learned to brush their own teeth may already suffer due to the color of their skin or the language that they speak. * * *. The nonprofit offers workshops, one-to-one advocacy, and a monthly Spanish-speaking support group for families. years , respectively.

Advocacy 82

Advocacy Study Report Groups 82

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

But access to home support is arguably even more important. A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. For example, his high schoolers organized their own morning “huddles” online, where they share progress and goals for the day.

Khan Academy 57

Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Schools also have access to professional development gatherings in the fall and spring, a Summit “success manager” assigned to their schools and online support, all at no cost. Facebook has not been one of them since 2017, but the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has full access to the Summit Learning platform’s content and traffic data.

Learning 122

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 122

EdTechTeacher

MAY 20, 2019

We are experiencing a rising tide of advocacy for high quality civic education across the nation. Fortunately, online game-based learning can provide students with greater access to these experiences while also taking more traditional class simulations to the next level. Examples of Game-Based Learning for Civics.

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Game-Based Learning Gamification Education Learning 138

EdTechTeacher

JULY 9, 2020

We are experiencing a rising tide of advocacy for high quality civic education across the nation. Fortunately, online game-based learning can provide students with greater access to these experiences while also taking more traditional class simulations to the next level. Examples of Game-Based Learning for Civics.

Game-Based Learning 136

Game-Based Learning Gamification Education Learning 136

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As librarians, our job is to not only give students and teachers access to resources they need to succeed, but to be their guide when choosing these resources. Prioritizing equitable library access for students As school libraries evolve and best practices shift accordingly, there is one constant to solve for: equity.

Libraries 97

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 97

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2021

We’ve run into challenges where legislators are reluctant to pass an unfunded mandate,” said Nicole Gibson, the senior director for state policy and grassroots advocacy at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. However, teaching teachers and students how to spot and act on warning signs won’t be enough by itself, experts caution.

Education 122

Education Policies Survey Training 122

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. Um, they do.)

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

Via NPR : “Months after the Obama administration advised school districts that transgender students should be given access to bathrooms based on their gender identity, a federal judge in Texas has blocked the guidance from going into effect – for now.” Me, I guess.). ” More via The Atlantic.

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Education Khan Academy MOOC Company 40