Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Nine lawsuits filed in March, April and May against major textbook companies and retailers take aim at their bulk deals with colleges to offer online course materials, sometimes referred to as “inclusive access” programs. The new lawsuits argue that inclusive access deals strangle the used book market and therefore drive up textbook prices.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2024

As someone who’s been a college access professional for nearly a quarter century, it was eye-opening. The support that counselors and other college access professionals provide will continue to be essential in keeping students engaged and motivated to pursue their postsecondary goals during this FAFSA upheaval.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Over the last two-and-a-half years, students’ math and reading scores saw a historic decline, according to the results of a Congressionally-mandated test—known as the “nation’s report card.” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, in a briefing with reporters, called the results “appalling and unacceptable.” This was already well known.

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Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Benjamin Herold of Education Week has put together a real cracker of a series on the challenges of ensuring school broadband access in rural communities – and how E-rate (pre- and post-modernization) is helping to address the situation. We should demand more of our political leaders and from our education advocacy organizations.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Prior to the pandemic, students participating in College Connect gathered at a local school after school to access applications and resources while receiving support from staff, including the superintendent. Located in Mississippi, Columbus Municipal School District is committed to advancing advocacy of learners’ parents.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Yet the contract terms for these subscription arrangements—which some publishers call “inclusive access” programs—raise questions about whether publishers and colleges pressure students into participating. That’s the conclusion of a new report from U.S. PIRG report, however, says the actual contracts tell a different story.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2024

Brian Johnsrud Global Head of Education Learning and Advocacy at Adobe The past two years have witnessed a notable surge in the use of artificial intelligence within education, marked by increased investment, deployment and integration into various educational practices. Stacie Johnson AI can bring access in a way that we've never had before.

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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. Historically, students from low-income families have had less access to algebra in eighth grade, too.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2018

A federal report on students’ home access to digital learning resources is months late, and ed-tech groups say the delay is impeding efforts to close the homework gap. ” Next page: Why low-income students could be even more at risk for losing internet access. “This is critical.”

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Public Schools report covering the 2021-22 academic year. Nearly 90 percent of schools reported increased social and emotional support for students during the 2021-22 academic year. Nearly 90 percent of schools reported increased social and emotional support for students during the 2021-22 academic year.

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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. The report also offers ways that those digital divides can be mitigated. “We The report also emphasizes that students need to be given chances to actively, creatively use ed tech.

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Digital Divide Advocacy Policies Report 92

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

Many students do not have access to the resources needed to address their mental and emotional concerns, and they do not have the proper tools to deal with everything they go through in their lives. In marginalized communities, where access to mental health support is often limited and stigmatized , restorative justice can be a lifeline.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2023

The way we access information and interact with each other is new. Girls everywhere need access to STEM learning beyond the classroom that gives them the freedom to be curious and explore and gain confidence in STEM. We are growing up in a world completely different from that of our parents, teachers and leaders.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Those are the findings of a report recently released by researchers at the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. The post Few preschool apps are developmentally appropriate, report finds appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

She also pointed to a research study conducted by the school — with The Jacobs Institute for Innovation in Education at the University of San Diego — that reported greater feelings of belonging and self-esteem among students. A 2020 report for the U.S. But that study did not track academic outcomes or chronic absence rates.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

Davenport’s tuition prices will apply to the Casa Latina programs, but accepted students will be awarded scholarships of $9,200 per year to help make the program more accessible financially. The post Smoothing the path for immigrants to finish their college degrees appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The new statistics come from the 2021 State of Computer Science Education: Accelerating Action Through Advocacy , released by Code.org, the Computer Science Teachers Association, and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance.

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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

This year marks the first time since 2012 that a majority of undocumented high schoolers who are graduating won’t be able to apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known simply as DACA, according to a new report from the immigrant advocacy group FWD.us. before they were 2 years old,” according to the report. “By

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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. Compared to applicants, non-submitters were also less likely to report having a parent with a college degree.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2024

Still, per reports, just 4.7 Related: Simpler FAFSA complicates college plans for students and families “As much staff as government has, it’s not enough for students right now,” said Yolanda Watson Spiva, president of the national advocacy group Complete College America. But after a problematic soft launch on Dec.

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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.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Here are three simple ways to advocate for ACP renewal: Step One: Share Your Story Our most powerful tools for ACP advocacy are personal stories about the impact of the ACP. The quickest and easiest way to participate in ACP advocacy is by sharing your story through the EducationSuperHighway story collection form. Want to help?

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Teachers and students are well on their way to fulfilling the mission of seeing 99 percent of all schools connected to next-generation broadband, according to the “2018 State of States Report” from EducationSuperHighway. million students and 1,356 schools lack basic infrastructure needed for digital learning, according to the report. .

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Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2019

That was the thought the Chicago Learning Exchange (CLX) had when creating their most recent report, “ Engaging Youth in a Connected World ,” in partnership with the University of Chicago’s Outlier Research. Furthermore, OST programs are uniquely equipped to provide students with access to experiences with DMTT.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In March, 2021, Meredith Kolodner and Sarah Butrymowicz first reported on the way that direct-to-student loans were used by for-profit colleges to bolster their business models while ensnaring students in practices that blocked them from getting jobs or transferring to other colleges. It raises really important questions.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

Credit: Leah Fabel for The Hechinger Report Collegiate recovery programs began appearing at four-year institutions in the late 1970s, offering services like sober-living dorms, life skills classes and recovery coaches. Credit: Leah Fabel for The Hechinger Report But the toughest scrambles are often for staff and funding.

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Waterford

JULY 30, 2023

3] Engaged families report trusting teachers more and understand more clearly the role school plays in their child’s life.[2] Email is also an option accessible to most. Topics should include relationship building, advocacy, and culturally relevant strategies.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

percent for students who started in fall 2014, according to a 2020 report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. The measure aims to fix a longstanding problem in American higher education: Many more people start college than finish on time, within six years—or ever. The national six-year college completion rate was 60.1

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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.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

A year later, a November 2021 survey by the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates—an advocacy group for students in special education and their families—found that 86% of parents reported that their child experienced learning loss, skill regression or slower-than-expected progress in school. A Whole-Child Approach for Every Child.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

In addition, the federal government, states and colleges too often impose a series of harsh penalties that are unrelated to collecting payments, including restricting access to further federal aid, withholding a student’s academic transcripts and suspending professional and even driver’s licenses. Families cannot afford to wait.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2018

Head Start centers make up one-third of the center-based child care programs available in some of Mississippi’s most rural areas, providing critical child care services, access to health care, and early intervention services that children may not otherwise get, according to a new report. Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

billion in federal funds from the American Rescue Plan in April 2021 to enable school districts and libraries to provide internet access and connected devices to students and educators during the pandemic. Online access for families has also helped the district engage parents. “I The homework gap could worsen for millions of U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A 2021 RAND study found that nearly half of Black teachers reported that they were likely to leave their jobs at the end of the school year because of stress and challenging working conditions. First, access is a game changer. Next, it’s time to build on access with resources, information, and opportunities.

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