The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Melissa Knapp is Harpeth Valley Elementary School’s only literacy coach. Melissa Knapp, the literacy coach for Harpeth Valley Elementary School, answers a first grade student’s question. Third graders work through a reading assignment at Harpeth Valley Elementary School in Nashville. NASHVILLE, Tenn.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Somehow, he connected with books though and became a high school and college graduate. Tom: You know, I read a really good book lately by a professor at UT at Knoxville, from Dr. Amy Broemmel. And the book is called Learning to be Teacher Leaders. In the book, she identified three characteristics of the really great teachers.

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Twitter Company Elementary Advocacy 259

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2019

These include items like books written by authors of color, or other resources featuring figures from diverse backgrounds. Keya Wondwossen, the director of advocacy and public partnerships at DonorsChoose, drew on personal experiences to explain to reporters why this campaign is so important to her. classrooms.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

OCTOBER 20, 2017

For the first quarter of the year, I’ve been exploring how to start book clubs in our school in a variety of ways. I hoped that by offering a variety of ways to engage with a book, that we would support many different interests, availabilities, and format preferences. The students enjoyed this time out of the noisy lunchroom.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Being raised in a bilingual Finnish/English home and having attended elementary school in Finland for several months at a time, I chose to apply to teaching positions in my mother’s native country of Finland. In 2003-2004, I taught a first grade English immersion classroom for the City of Espoo’s Jalavapuisto elementary school.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

We are nearing the end of November, which means the close of Picture Book Month. Jenny Lussier, Cathy Potter, Shawna Ford, Kathy Kaldenberg, and I created the very first Picture Book Smackdown which was held via Google Hangout on November 21, 2013. For one hour, we all shared as many picture book talks as possible.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The 2018 Picture Book Smackdown was held on November 29, 2018. This has been a yearly tradition since November became Picture Book Month. During a smackdown, we hold a Youtube Live event where students and authors in multiple states book talk as many picture books as possible across 45-60 minutes. We look forward to more!

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Calls for book banning and censorship have become common. We must do this through teaching, learning and advocacy — as well as social activism and civic engagement. These dangerous culture wars will wreak havoc on education and education policy for years to come. I have trained in, taught and led educator preparation programs.

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Education Policies Advocacy Outcomes 106

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A majority of states have passed laws that mandate screening early elementary students for the most common reading disability, dyslexia, and countless districts train teachers how to recognize and teach struggling readers. Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

One professor reached out to tell me how impressed he was by the self-advocacy that students from our district demonstrated. Every state now has policies on the books that provide the flexibility needed for more learner-centered approaches. But the true indicator of impact came directly from students and their eventual professors.

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Competency Based Learning Policies Advocacy Report 113

NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I’ve read their books and articles. And, I think a lot of the of us who are doing this understand what particular kind of advocacy is critical right now–advocacy on behalf of the learner. I’ve heard them speak. We hope our responses will push and represent larger thinking.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

This past winter, she attended a precursor event to the camp in Philadelphia, at which students got an introduction to the Sunrise Movement and climate advocacy. Rajbhandari said he’s witnessed a big shift in the level of advocacy for schools and climate since he attended his first Sunrise event in 2019, a protest at the Idaho state capitol.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. It’s because we’re mostly women,” she explained. Women’s work in general is undervalued.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Somehow, he connected with books though and became a high school and college graduate. Tom: You know, I read a really good book lately by a professor at UT at Knoxville, from Dr. Amy Broemmel. And the book is called Learning to be Teacher Leaders. In the book, she identified three characteristics of the really great teachers.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

And I was thinking to myself, “Kids can get an immersive experience that takes them places that you could never envision in a 2-D movie or in images in a slideshow or a PowerPoint or any way shape or form, or book. They truly become a part of the environment. Where does this technology fit? How they are discussing VR now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

I’ll shelve books. Dr. Moran has appeared on the cover of Education Week’s Digital Directions magazine as a “National Mover and Shaker” for her advocacy of a curricular digital integration model, which will be featured in an upcoming profile by Edutopia. Thank you, Pam, for all that you’ve done, and for all your inspiration.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

After a few hours, the elementary school called: Come pick up your son, they told her. Credit: Bianca Vázquez Toness/Associated Press “This was about balancing the number of students in schools,” says Tiffany Fick, director of school quality and advocacy for Equity in Education, a policy organization in Atlanta. Communities such as St.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

These are vital skills for a generation of children who look beyond printed books carefully curated by librarians. And that work must begin early, the authors say – in elementary school, ideally. “Many assume that because young people are fluent in social media they are equally savvy about what they find there.

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Reading By Example

MARCH 8, 2017

Put away the flashcards and take down the sticker charts for number of books read. Two books reference much of the research on reading aloud: In Defense of Read-Aloud by Dr. Steven L. It was a book I relied on when I taught elementary school. It was a book I relied on when I taught elementary school.

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Handbook Smartphone Libraries Elementary 58

MindShift

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The spread of information and advocacy is increasing awareness around dyslexia, and many who have experienced reading struggles are beginning to find their way through school—and life beyond it—more easily. In elementary school, “I didn’t understand what was going on,” she says. “I VOICES OF DYSLEXIA: FOUR DIFFERENT PATHS TO SUCCESS.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 15, 2017

This gives kids a chance to follow the model, interact with classmates, and I can see what books interest them and also get an idea of their reading abilities as I observe. These are all things I do for free anyway, but it should be a great education/advocacy opportunity. She will have students.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Even before COVID-19 , recent studies found that 93% of elementary school teachers and 94% of middle school teachers experience high stress. In March, Zayas volunteered to facilitate a teacher support group organized by Teach Plus Texas , an organization that trains teachers for policy leadership and advocacy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

Next week we'll be announcing the book groups that are starting. Information on hosting or joining a book is at bookschangelives.org. She is the author of eight books, including Liberating Genius , The Habitudes and The Passion Driven Classroom. As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

. — This fall, students at Enterprise Attendance Center in the small city of Brookhaven may get to draw, paint and make crafts in an elementary art class — the first the school has had in 12 years. billion on elementary and secondary education. But the opportunity comes at a cost: larger class sizes for third-graders. Not anymore.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The teenager would write down the wrong number when solving a math problem, even knowing the right answer, or read the same page of a book several times to pick up basic details. Not all districts have complied, said Dustin Rynders, a supervising attorney with the advocacy group Disability Rights Texas. “In

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MindShift

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Many of these critical thinking concepts are not difficult but need to become habits adopted early in life, which is why Oxman first tried them out in his children’s elementary school classrooms. The comic book begins by describing how one child — who has burned his finger — sticks his wound into dung to heal it.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

But I don’t see my advocacy as a zero-sum game. Girls have easier access to same-gender reading role models (moms, pre-school and elementary teachers, school librarians and children’s librarians are typically female), and now they also have access to role models in male-dominated fields and professions. Parents as Reading Role Models.

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Advocacy Knowledge Base Accessibility Report 40

Reading By Example

AUGUST 26, 2017

When I first became a principal at an elementary school, I thought I had the requisite knowledge to be a literacy leader. Instead, I should have been conferring with kids regarding what they were reading independently, as well as facilitating more book reviews and recommendations.

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Professional Learning Elementary Study Conference 62

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., What works for a high school in a major urban area may not fit the needs of a rural elementary school. of the Aurora Institute, formerly known as iNACOL, an advocacy organization promoting competency-based education. Volunteers from Sherrelwood Elementary School in Westminster, Colo.,

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 68

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

In a survey conducted by Educators for Excellence, a teacher-led advocacy group, gun violence ranked as teachers’ No. High school teacher Harley Brook has pondered using the books on this shelf as weapons in the case of an active shooter scenario. Lockdown instructions posted in Nivia Vizurraga’s elementary school classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 6, 2020

Tasha Ring is a licensed early childhood and elementary educator specializing in multisensory-based methodologies. She received an early childhood credential from the American Montessori Society, one of the premier Montessori advocacy organizations. She has tutored and taught students of all ages with varied gifts and abilities.

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 3, 2020

Last week , Excel in Ed hosted Commissioner Morat h and Jennifer Esterline , founder and director of Educate Texas’ Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium , for a deep dive into about the state’s COVID-19 strategy and approach.? ? . The TEA also mailed books directly to students’ homes this summer. .

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Digital Divide E-rate Laptops Assessment 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

He was founding chairman of the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition, founded in 2009, as a DC-based advocacy organization promoting government policies and programs to assure gigabit fiber to libraries and other community anchor institutions(CAI’s). Her community elected her to this position at the beginning of this year.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 His approach, focused on equitable access to books and engaging the community, has left a remarkable mark. One of his standout achievements was creating a committee consisting of teachers, parents, and students to handpick summer take-home books from Lerner Publishing Group.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Creating excitement Librarians and teachers routinely review usage statistics such as books opened, time read, reading sessions, average time per session and per book, total unique users, and achievements earned. Staying close to the data has helped the district bolster both enthusiasm for and competency in reading.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

MAY 4, 2016

Families decorated book boxes, learned some reading strategies, and talked about the importance of a home library. The Junior League will be putting 6 books in each of those boxes to go to families who participated. For the summer reading incentive, students earn a button for every 10 books or 5 hours that they read.

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