eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2024

For example, a book may say, “I see the police officer. Take the high-frequency word “said,” for example. Supply classrooms with appropriate materials for phonics , including a wide range of decodable texts that align specifically with your school’s phonics scope and sequence. I see the firefighter. I see the mail carrier.”

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Edsurge

JULY 27, 2021

For others, it’s “ political advocacy ” and “ anti-American theories. ” We like to think that it happens in school in civics class, or the social studies classroom. During World War II, for example, conservative activists rallied against the textbooks of progressive historian Harold Rugg for lacking patriotic fervor.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 21, 2023

At some point over the last decade, open educational resources (OER) advocacy in US higher education became zero textbook costs (ZTC) advocacy. This is why I refer to this line of advocacy as “free no matter the cost.” There are plenty of practical reasons why this might have happened.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For example, in following the data on average-time-per-book by format we learned that our students were spending more time in audiobook texts than in ebooks. Using data for advocacy Increasing funding to expand our collection of audiobooks is just one example of the many ways we’re using data for advocacy.

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Data Advocacy Libraries eBook 109

The Jose Vilson

JANUARY 26, 2024

I carry that example to this day. When I logged in, I saw a beautiful mix of children sitting on the classroom floor, many of whom gasped and jumped when I saw my rectangle come on screen. Advocacy takes time and persistence, but the more you keep advocating this way, the more likely you are to achieve your goal.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

This tech can even take students on virtual field trips, meaning they can virtually visit climate-affected areas from the safety and comfort of the classroom. Laura McGinty, a high school biology teacher in Seattle, learned this firsthand when she incorporated VR tech in her classroom.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2024

Presented by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, the Meritorious Service Decorations recognize remarkable Canadians for their extraordinary accomplishments and contributions that bring honor to Canada — from advocacy initiatives and health care services to research and humanitarian efforts.

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Advocacy Company Trends System 57

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

For years, the parent advocacy group worked tirelessly to influence education policy and practices in Oakland. But as the pandemic pushed students outside the classroom, an opportunity emerged for families chronically underserved by their schools—specifically for Black and Brown families.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

More than 40% of elementary school principals told RAND researchers that their school grouped kids based on their math levels, mostly within the classroom. Are a lot of students of color, for example, in the lower track? That could shortchange kids who don’t have a parent who can step in and do that kind of advocacy, Kaufman noted.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2022

There’s been a lot of consolidation in edtech since the pandemic, with players like Renaissance making big moves, says Anna Edwards, chief advocacy officer and cofounder of Whiteboard Advisors. Last year, for example, Renaissance acquired Nearpod, a platform that allows teachers to create interactive digital lessons, for $650 million.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2024

While one client may want to pursue a skill like handwriting, another may be more interested in developing self-advocacy, decision-making, or goal setting skills. The reality is that OTs can assist people in many areas depending on clients’ needs and environments.

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Advocacy Secondary Study Training 125

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Savvas is proud to call out Johnston County Public Schools as an outstanding example of K-12 success using enVision — a true “K-12 Hero” using its innovative education technology. For example, in one activity, she supercharges a regular lesson by having students record explanations of what they’ve learned on their iPads.

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Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 131

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

As a classroom teacher, I always tried to improve my practice by reading academic and practice-based articles, attending trainings and connecting with fellow educators to share resources and troubleshoot challenges. Perspective-taking Skits: My students chose two examples of actions to avoid and developed skits to act out with the teachers.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Through my experiences as a classroom teacher and a youth organizer, I know students who lost family members during the pandemic, students who struggled with food insecurity and students whose anxiety and depression spiraled during the fear and isolation of the pandemic’s onset.

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Policies Advocacy Examples System 151

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

The desire to increase agency in the form of voice, choice, and advocacy should be viewed as just as important for educators (teachers and administrators) as it is for students. Choice In the classroom, agency empowers a shift where students can choose the right tool for the right task to demonstrate conceptual understanding and mastery.

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Advocacy Digital Badges Education Meeting 179

Waterford

APRIL 10, 2020

In fact, practicing self-care can be in the best interest of everyone in your classroom. Self-care activities can be small- to large-scale habits, with examples ranging from packing a healthy lunch to waking up early every day to do a mindfulness meditation before work. National Immigrant Women’s Advocacy Project, June 2014, pp.

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How To Handbook Strategy Advocacy 360

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments. percent to 22.5

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UDL EdTech Student Engagement Advocacy 168

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Teachers have access to opportunities and resources that guide the effective implementation of CBE in their classrooms and have an intimate understanding of its power. Student advocacy reinforced Kettle Moraine’s implementation of CBE and expanded opportunities around personalized learning.

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Social Media Education Advocacy Personalized Learning 288

Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

To better understand how using technology can create equity in schools, we’ll outline how technology creates more equitable situations in the classroom. One of the most straightforward ways that technology contributes to equity in schools is ensuring that every student has access to learning materials, even outside of the classroom.

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Accessibility Technology E-rate Data 336

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

For example, kids with a stutter or kids that may walk or talk differently than their neurotypical peers often get mimicked, which could actually be a violation of federal civil rights laws related to disability-based harassment.” Students with disabilities often get bullied more than their peers without a disability.

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Advocacy Case Study Study Elementary 136

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

This workshop is part of a tech ambassador program, which builds technology advocacy across the district. Behind the scenes of each classroom in our district, there are many hands at work. This shortage has impacted many areas of our schools’ day-to-day practices, and is now impacting how teachers learn.

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Professional Learning Elementary Meeting Survey 201

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2023

policy has urged schools to keep students with disabilities in the same classrooms with their general education peers unless severe disabilities prevent it. Some children thrived while others did very badly in regular classrooms. For some, it could be a classroom separate from their peers, but that is rarely the case.”

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Analysis Education Study Policies 124

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

We were able to transform the learning culture of a traditional school and in the process got results while becoming an example that others emulated. It is driven by choice, voice, and advocacy. Advocacy, choice, and voice should occur in the classroom as well as the school setting. What would you add?

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Advocacy Edmodo BYOD Assessment 150

Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

For example: Eighth graders saw a large drop, in math scores especially. Appalling and unacceptable’ School closures took students and teachers out of the classroom, and the switch to remote learning exposed various inequalities in education— including issues like broadband access. Eighth graders fell eight points.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Each of us -- teachers and students alike -- enter classrooms from different perspectives and points of view. Challenging or Difficult Conversations Controversial and difficult conversations are unavoidable in classrooms, especially those grappling with important cultural, social, and political issues.

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Resources Classroom Video Strategy 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2020

It has also forced school leaders to become more creative, outspoken and innovative in their advocacy and leadership—lessons they will take with them to help drive change in 2021. They’ve strengthened their resolve as leaders and set the example for other decision-makers in their communities. People are resilient.

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Learning Assessment Advocacy System 189

The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 18, 2023

We might think of the following as examples of student autonomy: Playlists and self-paced learning. For example, it is hard to focus on what choices we do maintain as teachers when so many parts feel inequitable. Self-advocacy, union participation, and quiet quitting are some possible responses for teachers.

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Classroom Company Course Outcomes 52

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 6, 2017

For example, when a hurricane is approaching, a meteorologist on TV may use a computational model to demonstrate the various paths that the storm may take as any number of interdependent variables change. Using and comparing computational models to develop new insights about a subject. Supporting educators to teach computational thinking.

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Education Advocacy Data Report 271

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

“The first two pages of her dissertation, where she describes her classroom and students, speaks volumes about her commitment to diversity,” he said. The passage he refers to reads: “The community college classroom is unlike any other classroom in America. Diversity, rather than homogeneity, is the norm.

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Education Advocacy Survey Industry 217

eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

It’s back-to-school season across the country, and while this is met with mixed emotions, like it or not, classroom doors are open and welcoming students. Here are some back-to-school tips, advice, and valuable insights from educators, stakeholders, and industry experts.

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Robotics Industry Elementary Training 98

Edsurge

MAY 18, 2022

Tommy Sheridan, the deputy director of the National Head Start Association (NHSA), a nonprofit advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start, was hearing stories about just how challenging it is to be in early childhood education right now. And it’s not because of COVID-19—not directly, anyway.

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Report Conference Survey Advocacy 153

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. We hope the reach spreads more organically. It is challenging.

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Training Advocacy Resources Instructional Materials 153

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2023

For example, its annual Homecoming celebrations were hard to pull off virtually, she says. It’s an undertaking from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), a philanthropy that supports HBCUs through scholarships to students, grants to higher ed institutions and advocacy for educating African Americans.

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Education Course Blackboard System 159

EdTechTeacher

JULY 9, 2020

We are experiencing a rising tide of advocacy for high quality civic education across the nation. The ability to have students travel off-site has logistical roadblocks, and some experiences are simply too difficult to replicate in a live classroom environment. Examples of Game-Based Learning for Civics.

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Game-Based Learning Gamification Education Learning 136

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Our hope is for students to see themselves in these roles, inspiring their ambitions beyond the classroom.” An accompanying educator guide and multiple classroom activities provide teachers with materials and activities for before, during, and after the virtual field trip. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Industry Advocacy Education EdTech 89

Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2021

Just a Text Away Parents got immediate, first-hand experience with their children’s learning when classrooms moved from in-person school to virtual at home. One example she set forth was, pre-pandemic, how to address an issue if her seventh grade son came home crying from school. If the adults want to keep talking, they can.”

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Technology Education Analysis Meeting 191

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In each of these examples, ingenuity, creativity and initiative were exercised outside of the formal context of the classroom. Pedagogy of Remote Learning Remote learning should not be viewed as a virtual recreation of the in-person classroom. caretaking for a newborn sister with a single working parent at home.

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Learning Advocacy System Assessment 190