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. While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “We We need to change that.”. We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 109

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof. I’ll be a bit more tidy going forward. I know you are going through a bit of a funk yourself. I’m sorry. Hope you get better soon. I’ll always fondly remember the good times we had.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof. I’ll be a bit more tidy going forward. I know you are going through a bit of a funk yourself. I’m sorry. Hope you get better soon. I’ll always fondly remember the good times we had.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Show stakeholders that when investing in technology, you need to examine all costs from the impact on bandwidth to teacher training and student-home access. When stakeholders look at the tech budget, they might not see where all the funding has gone because they don’t understand how tech is used and supported in your schools.

EdTech 59

EdTech BYOD Training Outcomes 59

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

The current crisis has highlighted the disparity between students with and without equitable access to technology, especially in rural schools. One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. With not all kids having the same access, they need to figure out how to develop lessons to accommodate all students.

BYOD 54

BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 54

RafranzDavis.com

JULY 1, 2016

I have no idea how to go back to normal. I thought that I was pretty “woke”, but I realized how much of the world that I have ignored and issues that I dealt with more passively than I should have. It’s easy to stay out of union based conversations when I live in a state without such advocacy.

Advocacy 60

Advocacy Secondary System Professional Learning 60

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. She pointed out that the legislation was passed quickly and without a lot of accountability, leaving a lot of the details to be figured out later.

EdTech 96

EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 96

edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Using CoSN’s blueprint for smart IT decisions as a guideline, the three superintendents explained how to align priorities, and balance choice with cost and outcomes to creative sustainable programs. ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources.

EdTech 51

EdTech Digital Badges Software Outcomes 51

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I made what was probably the clearest statement of my vision for the future of learning materials in my Shuttleworth Fellowship application several years ago: My long-term goal is to create a world where OER are used pervasively throughout primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools. Let me explain again in two points. First point.

OER 73

OER Course Company Smartphone 73

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

But high schools often neglect to teach these students the soft skills that will help them in higher education — like how to study, manage their time and self-advocate. Students with other disabilities, such as autism, may have trouble knowing how to act in social situations. It’s a crisis. Our kids are graduating to the couch.”.

Study 87

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 87

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

You will want access to this library long-term, I promise! Lock in now for the best deal if you want "forever" access to all of the content. EPISODE 9: How Do I Navigate My Family’s Fall Homeschool Options? Check them out! Sessions are free to watch for five days, then become part of the Home Learning Summit library.

Learning 36

Learning Conference Libraries Broadband 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Click here to register to attend the conference live or to have access to the conference recordings afterwards. Ozelle Stephen, Rev/Director of Education, Miridians Elementary School, Centre of Enabling Support Foundation, Uganda Access to Quality education Opportunities, Good Health + Well-being for all. Sharon Tjaden-Glass (M.A.

Conference 72

Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2016

Topics have included how to use a syllabus, job interviews and resume writing, as well as social skills. Classes have also discussed self-advocacy, including if, when and how to disclose a disability. Joanne D’Onofrio, associate director of the Center for Student Accessibility at CSI. “I

Meeting 40

Meeting Advocacy Report Groups 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

But in those early days, Fair had no idea how to handle her students with disabilities, whose educational challenges ranged from learning deficits to behavioral disturbance disorders. Over time, Fair figured out how to navigate these situations and talk students “down from the ledge.” Photo: Jackie Mader.

Training 40

Training Elementary Report Course 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Karla Pobke Coordinator Personalised Learning Born Accessible STEM: Making Sure Accessibility is Not Just an Afterthought - Anh Bui Director of Product Strategy for Global Literacy Project-Based Learning: You''re almost doing it already! Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

hours a day.

Conference 34

Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

That lack of support, according to advocates, comes from the fact that colleges don’t give the same kinds of support to students who have learning disabilities that elementary and secondary schools are required to provide. More funding and a new bill in Congress might change that. One in five U.S.

Policies 155

Policies Outcomes Advocacy Meeting 155

The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2020

The district confirmed that they are denied any access to the bilingual instruction happening in the same building. That understanding of how to turn around a school, how to do inclusion, and do inclusion right, is really going to be beneficial to the district,” Cassellius said.

Elementary 141

Elementary Secondary Policies Advocacy 141

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) But new technology hasn’t made it easy.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

He’s not going to be up in front of people talking about [how] we’re going to charge together. He knows how to engage people, bring people to the table, knowing you can’t solve any of these complex problems singularly. You know when we talk about preparing students for the jobs of the future, it’s critical thinking, it’s self-advocacy.

Education 120

Education Elementary Common Core System 120

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2020

But now, as educators everywhere try to figure out how to do their jobs remotely, the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the instability of relying on one counselor, or just a few, to guide hundreds of students through new academic hurdles, prepare them for an uncertain future and triage their mental health crises.

Survey 145

Survey Report Elementary Exercises 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2017

Homeschool advocates and practitioners have overcome opposition from the National Education Association; they’ve cleared the restrictions, regulations and other hurdles erected by state or local school officials; and they’ve developed a network of support for parent-instructors who otherwise have little access to professional development.

Advocacy 80

Advocacy Elementary Assessment Secondary 80

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

It’s the difficulty of finding safe, high-quality child care in a country that offers parents limited choices of questionable quality and little guidance on how to make those choices. But next to nothing is done to provide access to child care for 2-year-olds or to regulate it. It’s a pretty threadbare system.”.

Report 85

Report Policies Data Trends 85