The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2020

Advocacy in the home, school, community, state, and country.” This week of legislative advocacy with CEC has me revved up for more grass-roots advocacy in the home, school, community, state, and country. We might talk about artificial intelligence, esports, PBL, STEM and more! Connect with him on Twitter @JustinAglio.

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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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How To Advocacy Learning Policies 76

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Even as FAST Funds help to fill gaps in social services today, labor leaders think that in the future, the movement has the potential to organize faculty and staff around advocacy for campus policies that actually close those gaps for low-income students and educators. What if you were not just disseminating aid to students?” Kirtley says.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

So, administrators might say, “Well, I’m getting rid of the librarian, because I can have somebody else check books in and out.” ” Actually the reason a professional is checking books in and out, is because you’re not supporting the program as it should be supported.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2020

NEW YORK — Countless ideas about getting students to and through college have come from policymakers, lawmakers and any number of advocacy groups. I had been scheduled to talk with author Paul Tough at SXSW EDU about his book “ The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us.”

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Social Media Advocacy Conference Report 81

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

The retention policy is part of a state law passed in 2021 that was meant to boost long-lagging reading scores and stem pandemic learning losses. Related: Third graders struggling the most to recover in reading after the pandemic The retention law is not entirely new: A version has been on Tennessee’s books for more than a decade.

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Elementary Policies Advocacy Report 105

MindShift

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In addition to her new lunch routine, Zayas, who teaches STEM and social studies at a public school in Leander, Texas, has set a regular time when she turns off her computer at night. “I’m The book follows a June to May calendar and includes an accompanying workbook. The support group met twice weekly in the spring.

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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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Classroom Advocacy Learning Conference 36

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Related: When the punishment is the same as the crime: Suspended for missing class To many observers, Tameka’s troubles stem from Atlanta’s rapid gentrification. The little girl should be in second grade, learning to master chapter books, spell, and add and subtract numbers up to 100. But it was also about race and class.”

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Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 79

Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

But I don’t see my advocacy as a zero-sum game. More women than in the past are graduating from college in the STEM fields, and for the first time, women make up the majority of law school students. I also encouraged dads to have a book club with their son and to include other males (adults or son’s friends), too.

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Advocacy Knowledge Base Accessibility Report 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Kolleen Bouchane, Policy and Advocacy Director Turning Interests into Insights: Using Data Visualizations to Teach Global Issues - Ann Marie Gleeson, Ph.D., Mystery Skyping: Why We love It - Ruth Valle, teacher SelfDesign Leads to Global Consciousness - David Marshak, Dean SPOTLIGHT: Get #UpForSchool!

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Conference Education STEM Adobe 71

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

For week 2, we have been exploring these stems: Pick a question to answer with a partner. For this week’s challenge, I interviewed my Facebook friends to see what they would say about these stems. Each time I read this book, it makes me feel good and makes me want to go out and explore my community. Amy Fowler James).

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Facebook Advocacy STEM Google 28

MindShift

DECEMBER 21, 2017

He and a global team of researchers at Informed Health Choices developed a study of some 10,000 Ugandan fifth-graders to see if a simple comic book on evaluating health claims could provide students with the skills to make better choices about their health. The study was financed by an environmental advocacy group, not an unbiased source.

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Digital Citizenship Study Social Media Report 75

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Jackson directed the Carnegie Corporation’s Task Force on the Education of Young Adolescents which produced the groundbreaking report Turning Points: Educating Adolescents in the 21st Century, and co-authored the seminal follow-up blueprint Turning Points 2000, considered one of the most influential books on middle school reform.

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Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 49

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 4, 2020

[link] Loida Garcia-Febo International Library Consultant @loidagarciafebo Loida Garcia-Febo is an international library consultant, researcher and expert on topics such as human rights, advocacy and services to multicultural populations. She is the Immediate Past President of the American Library Association.

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Libraries Conference Training Advocacy 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Among other things, Talbott says the book contained grammatical errors and introduced instructional ideas that teachers did not think supported students’ needs.) They have not spent a second thinking about what kind of environment they are recruiting people to,” says El-Mekki, who invokes Martin Luther King Jr.’s

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 23, 2016

#gadoeteachertakeover #librariesofinstagram #makered #makerspace #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #robot #robotics #stem #steam #technology #coding #hourofcode #tlchat #proudtobeccsd. Students used the green screen in the library to film a skit about a Big Nate book that they read. Post 2-5 photos per day.

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

In my other life, I'm a poet, I'm a writer… I do freelance work, through different magazines, and had a poetry book come out less than a year ago. Sometimes, I think the best advocacy on behalf of the communities can be simply to listen and lift up voices that aren't often lifted up—to amplify the voices of those who are often on the margin.

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Twitter Technology Learning Advocacy 93

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The implementation also helped address challenges with certifications and staffing for their early college high school and STEM high school–when they no longer had a university partner providing physical education credits, Edmentum filled that gap with highly qualified, state-certified teachers and award-winning curriculum.

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Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 95

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Information about certificates for volunteers, presenters, and attendees is here. 8:00am Our school, a planet! . Because we live in a global village Create a flat world! Technology connects us all To make light from a spark!

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

percent of STEM undergraduate and 17.4 percent of STEM master’s degrees.[i] offer succinct conceptual frameworks in their 2022 book : “The Racialized Experiences of Asian American Teachers in the US: Applications of Asian Critical Race Theory to Resist Marginalization.”[ii] Jung Kim, Ph.D., and Betina Hsieh, Ph.D.,

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

In English classes, you see students reading books about exotic animals and dinosaurs. Under the Common Core, students are encouraged to read more nonfiction books to get ready for the reading they’ll do in college someday. Test scores, however, haven’t budged.

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Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

We use the instructional walk approach suggested by Regie Routman from her book Read, Write, Lead. We promoted books we enjoyed, taught students how to recommend titles to their peers, and gave them ample amounts of time to read and discuss their books with peers. Maybe the journey led us to an unexpected destination.

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Student Engagement Assessment Survey STEM 28

Reading By Example

MAY 3, 2016

We use the instructional walk approach suggested by Regie Routman from her book Read, Write, Lead. We promoted books we enjoyed, taught students how to recommend titles to their peers, and gave them ample amounts of time to read and discuss their books with peers. Maybe the journey led us to an unexpected destination.

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Student Engagement Assessment Survey STEM 28

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 11, 2018

Kate Allender, of Tesla STEM High School, has designed a course integrating AP Psychology with a hands-on study of forensics. At most high schools, however, the book learning and hands-on experiences are kept separate. Christine Lee, a 17-year-old junior at Tesla STEM High School. Photo: Amadou Diallo, for The Hechinger Report.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

You are invited to connect with him on Twitter and share your favorite leadership book at @pj_aiken. ALL students have access and are engaged in robust STEM activities, preparing them for a career of their choice. Aiken now resides in Lancaster, PA, with his wife and three kids.

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Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Over the summer, photos began to circulate of children, bundled in warm coats, mittens and thick hats, reading books at their desks, outside, in the New York City winter. So Teller, the district’s STEM coordinator and science coach, was tasked with finding out if teachers were open to holding class outdoors.

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Learning Analysis Assessment Groups 218

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

The series provides grade-appropriate literary, science and social studies content and each book contains a text at a higher level with extra support to expedite students’ achievement. Students learn to think critically, solve problems, work collaboratively and creatively, and become confident in their ability to learn STEM subjects.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 19, 2021

In addition to leading the Meriden Public Schools to its highest academic scores in district history, Dr. Benigni has presented at national conferences, taught doctorate classes, and published a book and numerous articles. Dr. Van Heukelum serves on CoSN’s Superintendent Advisory Panel.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Levett is a published author, nationally known speaker, and consultant, named the 2020 University of Georgia College of Education Lifetime Achievement awardee, 2019 Georgia Outstanding Woman, and 2019 Georgia Department of Education’s STEM and STEAM Advocate of the Year, and received awards from numerous community and education organizations.

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EdTech BYOD Training Advocacy 61

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Jackson directed the Carnegie Corporation’s Task Force on the Education of Young Adolescents which produced the groundbreaking report Turning Points: Educating Adolescents in the 21st Century, and co-authored the seminal follow-up blueprint Turning Points 2000, considered one of the most influential books on middle school reform.

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Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 3

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Please consider becoming part of this elite team by signing up at [link] and using the booking calendar to schedule volunteer time. Lori Trent, STEM Coordinator - Innovator of Inspiration and Magic RADIO SOLIDARIA AMIGA, ONLINE, UNA HERRAMIENTA INNOVADORA - Mª Magdalena Galiana Lloret. Huge thanks!

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In my recent post I asked us each to consider what “what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?” The publisher (in cooperation with the universities) creates demand for the work by making it a required text (and then releasing edition after edition after edition of the work to discourage used book sales).

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Most states have something on the books to encourage competency-based options, but only about a half-dozen have loosened seat-time dictates enough to dispense with grade levels, according to Matt Williams, chief operating officer and vice president of policy and advocacy for the personalized-learning nonprofit KnowledgeWorks.

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Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 16, 2013

There are eight conference strands covering a wide variety of timely topics, such as MOOCs, e-books, maker spaces, mobile services, embedded librarians, green libraries, doctoral student research, library and information center "tours," and more! We have 146 accepted conference sessions and ten keynote addresses.

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Libraries Conference MOOC E-rate 51

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 24, 2023

EL , Design39 , or EPiC ), most of the schools that are featured in deeper learning research, advocacy, and publicity conversations often are at the secondary level (e.g., However, with some exceptions (e.g., The Met or High Tech High ).

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Kathy Schrock

DECEMBER 1, 2018

In addition, besides the informational infographic they can create, they can also make an advocacy infographic for promoting this career. The Texas Labor, Market and Career Information group, part of the Texas Workforce Commission, has a wonderful activity book for elementary students titled “ Careers are everywhere! “.

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