Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2020

It’s restructuring the relationship between a student and his or her institution,” says James Toscano, president of Partners for College Affordability and Public Trust , the nonprofit advocacy organization that is taking the lead in promoting the bill of rights. This is a consumer-protection agenda.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 18, 2023

Self-advocacy, union participation, and quiet quitting are some possible responses for teachers. Quiet quitting is a fairly new label whose definition is still in flux, but the general idea is simply opting out of any extras for the sake of healthy work-life boundaries, something the 40 Hour Teacher Workweek practiced before it was cool.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Websites, articles, feeds, and newsletters Facilitating Challenging Conversations in the Classroom (by the Teaching Center at Washington University in St. Louis): This article features best practices for prepping classrooms to have tough conversations about cultural and political issues.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

A recent edWebinar led by Bobbi Bear, Director of Customer Advocacy for Achieve3000, identified effective ways to integrate SEL with reading instruction, through classroom conversations about nonfiction and fiction texts. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. This edWeb broadcast was sponsored by Achieve3000.

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ProfHacker

AUGUST 26, 2016

When we look at common definitions of Open Educational Resources or OERs (e.g., Some examples of open scholarship based on this definition can be publishing an article in an open access journal, teaching a MOOC, and joining a Twitter hashtag to chat about an educational issue. – Dave Cormier and George Siemens.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

Deb : Definitely. Is that academic leadership and advocacy being spread those through universities to their school librarian alumni? Is there an infiltration of leadership and advocacy coming from those universities that also helps to encourage school librarian employment in those states? 5 position for every 500 students.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 6, 2020

Those things are intentional and are things we can definitely correct within the system.”. At the heart of anti-racist early childhood education, she emphasized, is institutional critique combined with advocacy and transformation. We very well can help it because those things are explicit,” Dr. Durden urged.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. " Sponsored content on Edsurge , paid for by the Gates Foundation , this week includes an article on office hours. (Of All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. Watch and see).

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SpeechTechie

MAY 2, 2014

Tony Vincent , an amazing resource on technology integration and the author of Stick Around (in partnership with Explain Everything creators Morris Cooke), definitely sees these connections between language and learning, and has presented for our peeps at conferences such as those held by the Center for Autism and Related Disabilities in Florida.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

According to the CoSN report, the standard definition of hurdles is a roadblock that forces schools to slow down, prepare themselves, and then make the leap. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 77

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

I know you will find this must read article, one that you will also want to share. A click on resources will bring up a host of ideas including advocacy, programs, statistics, and STEM news. visit to this site will definitely shine the light on new and powerful Math education possibilities.

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Reading By Example

AUGUST 26, 2017

This article serves as a closing post for our online study group Becoming a Literacy Leader by Jen Allen. However, I was thankful that as a faculty we were learning about promising practices together and would be better educators for our students.

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Reading By Example

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Something I am definitely going to communicate with faculty this week. This topic is on my mind right now because of a recent article in ASCD Education Update. I’ve got it written in my planner: start the teacher evaluation cycle. Okay, probably. It’s not that I don’t take it seriously.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 29, 2011

Jennifer Bergland has written about the companion bill in the House, HB 6, at the TCEA Advocacy blog here and here if you would like more detailed information. advocacy instructional materials legislation Texas Texas legislature textbook txedbudget' Thank you, Senator Davis, for your dedication to our state! Used with permission.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 6, 2010

But if I look up Hashtag or QR code there, all I get are a few articles (one by Chris Harris! No definition. Another step forward in Web Presence and Advocacy - & yes, Socialnomics: be where your customers are. I also love me my research databases Heck, I even made a animation video for them! but no explanation.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

This is part one of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Last year, I started this series – my annual review of the year in education technology – with an article on wishful thinking. That’s another story for another article.). Why was so much ed-tech “fake news”?

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Technology Education Facebook Social Media 71

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

These have all been separate articles in each series. I’ve already made references to for-profit higher education in the second and third articles in this year-end series – on the “ innovation gospel ” and on the business of student loans. The prison market. “The new economy.”

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Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 22, 2017

I wrote about this company, along with its better known competitor ClassDojo, in an article in The Baffler. And what does it mean (for the future of civic participation, if nothing else) if schools entrust this definition to for-profit companies and their version of psychological expertise? It’s “ fake news ,” sure.

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Technology Education Facebook Company 67

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Though the state definition of proficiency is changing, for years proficiency was measured by how many students reached a passing, or “basic” score on the math and English portion of state tests.). Of the dozen or so school leaders interviewed for this article, not one had a definitive answer for why the projections were so inflated.

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Elementary Report Meeting Advocacy 66

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

For over two decades, CoSN has provided leaders with the management, community building, and advocacy tools essential for success. Partner Announcements Center for Teaching Quality : Share your definitions of what #TeachingIs to honor teachers this Teacher Appreciation Week! More information at [link]. Thanks for sharing, Katy!

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” From the article: Zuckerberg revealed that he wants to ensure that education has a chance to flourish in VR. ” Definitely no one I trust more on this topic, no siree. iNACOL has released a report on advocacy for competency-based education. (Dead) Lady Macbeth? Also dead) Ophelia? ” Mindset all the things.

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Education MOOC Report Khan Academy 63

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

To offset all this double counting, there is the separate issue of the many “whole course” OER that OTL refuses to index because they don’t meet the OTL’s definition of “textbook.” So, imagine a deduplicated OTL collection, and then add in all the “whole course OER” that OTL refuses to index. A Path to the Other 93%?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) And everyone clicks and rages and snipes all over again.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

They’re experiencing trauma, and trauma has a pretty significant impact,” said Darla Bardine, executive director of the National Network for Youth, a policy and advocacy group focused on youth homelessness. And then there’s the gulf between what people commonly think of as homeless and the more expansive definition Congress uses for students.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Meanwhile on Campus… There are currently over 100 HBCUs in the US, but an article in HBCU Digest predicts “About 50 HBCUs Will Survive the Next Decade. .” Boy, it seems as though “personalized learning” is really just code for “virtual charter schools.” of Florida.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” ” asks The Economist in an article about coding bootcamps. .” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). What could possibly go wrong?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

There’s really no agreed-upon definition of “personalized learning” after all , and as such no real way to measure how many or how well schools are actually implementing it. The article takes that assertion at face value; many readers probably did too. Whatever “it” is.

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Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 18, 2021

I was introduced to Gerardo’s work through a podcast he co-hosts with Kevin Adams called “Too Dope Teachers,” and his advocacy for equity and antiracism. I was reading an article about when you were awarded Colorado Teacher of the Year for 2021, and one of your students in the article named Sofia, said, “Mr.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Whatever the Justice Department decides to do, disability advocates are prepared to pursue the GNETS case as a class action lawsuit if necessary, said Alison Barkoff, advocacy director at the Center for Public Representation , a public-interest disability law firm. Leslie Lipson, counsel to the Georgia Advocacy Office.

Education 79

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2018

He and many other experts also note that because of legitimate fears of overlooking kids at risk and vague definitions of abuse and neglect , school workers may sometimes be overzealous, calling in allegations over relatively minor issues such as broken eyeglasses, inappropriate clothing or small scratches. .

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