The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

I was over in one of the elementary schools the other day, and three years ago we were all in awe and kind of gaga about a high school student who was all in with drones, and sort of building and flying, and learning about aviation and drones with his high school peers. Drones in the Classroom. He’s actually been back, He’s taking a gap year.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

And I think sometimes that when we see the final product of a school, or a teacher, or a school system that looks really good and has been done really well, it feels insurmountable… Vicki: It does. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Dropout Company Twitter Maker Movement 266

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

It’s a virtual charter school, the tuition paid with taxpayer dollars, run by the for-profit charter management company ACCEL Schools. Pearson, the parent company of Connections Education, the second largest for-profit online charter operator, reported enrollment growth in its virtual schools division of 20 percent in 2020. Stride Inc.,

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E-rate Pearson Company Report 128

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

were underfunded by $580 billion in federal dollars alone — money that was specifically targeted to support 30 million of our most vulnerable students,” says a new report published by the education advocacy nonprofit, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools. These systems prohibit states from distributing tax dollars where there is greater need.

Secondary 72

Secondary Report System Advocacy 72

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Telecom companies often forget about rural areas because they don’t have high population density. in elementary education from the University of Virginia. He has previously taught at both the middle and high school levels and has served as an elementary and secondary administrator. Jamie holds a B.A. in psychology and an M.T.

Broadband 54

Broadband Accessibility Advocacy Elementary 54

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2020

Steps to encourage a school culture that promotes executive functioning includes analyzing current systems, assessing physical or social learning environments, and providing teacher training and executive function professional development opportunities. Fostering a Culture That Promotes EF. WATCH THE EDLEADER PANEL RECORDING.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

One of the things that we really spend a lot of time doing is trying to help people “unlearn” some of what I think that we built into the system over time that people just came to accept. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product.

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Education Examples Maker Movement Company 247

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. So systems are really trying to figure out, ‘How do we do that?’ ”. “It’s not something we’re going to make up in a summer or in a year.

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Study Data Report Elementary 136

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. A report published Thursday by the Student Borrower Protection Center , a nonprofit advocacy group focused on student debt, attempts to quantify the scope of this problem.

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Dropout Policies Data Report 107

techlearning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Operation Prevention efforts have expanded through the Operation Prevention Pledge – which brings together educators, advocacy organizations, businesses, think-tanks, and social impact groups – to encourage millions more young people to learn about the science behind addiction. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc.,

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Advocacy Education Elementary Learning 41

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many public school districts don’t have the resources to partner with an education technology company to develop customized digital learning tools for their classrooms. LPS set out to develop a home-grown ed-tech tool to make this personalized learning system more efficient. Photo: Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images.

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Technology Blended Learning iPad Advocacy 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

She arrived as an elementary teacher in 2008, drawn by the school’s racial diversity and stellar record in academics and the arts. Robert Mills Lusher had been a tax collector for the Confederacy and had resigned as state superintendent of schools in Louisiana rather than oversee a system that would not remain 100 percent segregated. (In

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cleveland recognized the need and became a strong advocate for Hazel Health, a telehealth company that provides mental health services to students at no cost to families. However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

Education 125

Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 125

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Tom Webster, the VP of strategy at the market research firm Edison Research, argued that the report should be viewed as “an extremely effective piece of content marketing,” pointing to the number of slides that cite data about or by a portfolio company of Meeker’s employer, the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Smith Caulfield.

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

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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Learning Elementary Advocacy Training 46

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

The Global Leadership Summit will provide participants with the unique opportunity to: Develop the capacity to lead classrooms and educational systems that foster in students the will and the skill to tackle problems of real-world significance locally and globally. Department of Education.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Of those who do enroll at universities on the island, fewer than half earn degrees, even after six years , the advocacy group Excelencia in Education reports, compared to more than 58 percent of college students nationwide. An estimated $132 million of repairs are needed system-wide. That is very touching for me,” Morales said.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

She says it is not unusual for dyslexics to go unrecognized until adolescence and beyond, a systemic shortcoming that effectively abandons struggling young readers during the most critical years of learning. When Billy Gibson, 18, was in elementary school, he couldn’t spell his own name. Disagreements Over Reality .

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Training Report Groups System 78

MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. So systems are really trying to figure out, ‘How do we do that?’ ”. When given the opportunity, then they will succeed.

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Study Advocacy Training Groups 42

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 She is responsible for establishing the district’s partnership with Hazel Health, a telehealth company that provides mental health services to students at no cost to families. The collections also were lacking in materials that reflected the diversity of the students in the Cedar Rapids Schools.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Institutions have access to more student data than ever before—but it's hard to really grasp what that means, since many of the digital tools that colleges use are from third parties or companies that keep their algorithms private. You had some experience in research and advocacy for privacy before you started there, while you were a student.

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Data Learning Advocacy System 141

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2023

A version of this story appeared in USA Today But someone has to do all that charming, and not everyone has the magic touch, explains Tim Berry, vice president of human resources for the Dollywood Company. We have to be more to them than just a job,” Berry says, noting that the Dollywood Company views its staff as its “differentiator.”

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Company Policies Advocacy Accessibility 116

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Everybody is yearning for a return to normalcy, and yesterday offered hope after a major drug company announced that early data suggest its coronavirus vaccine is more than 90 percent effective. We need to frame it differently, as, ‘this is what we know is the right thing to do for our children.’”

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System Advocacy Elementary Company 203

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.” Who Isn’t Being Served?

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Industry STEM Education Survey 126

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2022

The final straw was when school leaders decided to overhaul the school’s grading system at the height of the pandemic, and denied her request for extra planning time. Along with anxiety, Charlene Boles, an elementary teacher in Westminster, Colorado, had headaches, stomach problems and a racing heartbeat she could never quite explain.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

Partnering with local cable companies, internet providers, and community organizations, they expanded broadband to the school parking lots and community centers. He received his bachelor’s degree from The University of Southern Mississippi in elementary education. Matthew Dillon is a native of Columbia, Mississippi.

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Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 97

edWeb.net

AUGUST 6, 2020

Dr. Iheoma Iruka contended that the early childhood classroom, even with well-meaning teachers and inclusive approaches, still rests in a system that was designed to “fix” Black children assumed to not be faring as well as their white counterparts. Those things are intentional and are things we can definitely correct within the system.”.

Kaplan 98

Kaplan Education Policies System 98

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. This follows the company’s recent integrations with Canvas and Schoology and its OneRoster alignment.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 72

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2017

India’s education system has long lagged behind others, despite the country’s enactment of the 2009 Right to Education (RTE) ACT , which was supposed to give every child in the country the right to a full-time elementary education “of satisfactory and equitable quality.”. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

Blended Learning 40

Blended Learning Learning Tablets Training 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

We can’t keep structures that would allow us to fall back into a more traditional system,” said Steiner. “If Our conversation went from Jaguar Academy to ‘What if we tore the whole system down?’ ”. But California’s district-accountability tracking system is based on grade-level achievement tests.

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Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

“I am overwhelmed with joy for my students because I know now they each stand a better chance of being a successful student,” said Regina Trout, who teaches the second-year kindergarteners at Maple Hill Elementary School in Middletown. And they suspect that education technology companies may be promising more than they can deliver.

Trends 40

Trends Study Knewton Personalized Learning 40

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. “Never in the modern history of our education system has the importance of family engagement been more apparent,” says Alejandro Gibes de Gac, the founder of Springboard Collaborative.

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Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Shelby Villegas, sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix. Shelby Villegas, a sixth grade math teacher at Whispering Wind Academy Elementary School in Phoenix, is in her third year with Summit. Hillman was the principal of Prairie Heights Elementary School during its first two years using Summit.

Learning 121

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 121

MindShift

JANUARY 25, 2017

“I am overwhelmed with joy for my students because I know now they each stand a better chance of being a successful student,” said Regina Trout, who teaches the second-year kindergarteners at Maple Hill Elementary School in Middletown. And they suspect that education technology companies may be promising more than they can deliver.

Personalized Learning 28

Personalized Learning Technology Knewton Learning 28

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Indeed, last week saw the launch of “ Ban Facial Recognition on Campus ,” a nationwide campaign from the nonprofit advocacy organizations Fight for the Future and Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Your system is only as strong as its weakest link. Yet proof that these applications are effective is hard to come by.

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Advocacy Policies Software Company 113

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Simultaneous crises of a pandemic and recession are further straining a special education system that has long struggled to effectively serve students with disabilities. Meghan Whittaker, director of policy and advocacy at the National Center for Learning Disabilities. And this gives us a chance to rethink that.”

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Education Advocacy Policies System 145