Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

this week to discuss how to get more nontraditional students—such as full- and part-time workers, parents and other underrepresented groups—to and through college. For instance, which groups of students are getting flagged more, or which students receive more kudos.) Examples of what that might look like already exist at some campuses.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

They give companies another reason to stop relying principally on academic degrees when hiring, since candidates who are Black are less likely than white candidates to have one , according to the U.S. Caitlin Storhaug, director of global recruiting communications, McKinsey & Company. Steve Yadzinski, Jobs for the Future.

Company 144

Company Assessment Report Gamification 144

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

We have to engage in a movement,” Susan Patrick, CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group known as iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning), told the cheering crowd of 3,000 true believers. More than a thousand parents have joined a Facebook group called Mainers Concerned About Proficiency Based Learning.

Advocacy 87

Advocacy Learning Conference Common Core 87

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

For example, James* has a 20-year-old daughter named Christina, who has severe cognitive delays. James wants to see his daughter living on her own, in a group home and earning money to help support herself. For example, some high schools have alternate high school diploma programs. Building Self-Advocacy. Yeah, right.”

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Self Advocacy and Resources for Students. For example, as previously mentioned, many students with dyslexia tend to read less because it’s so hard for them. at Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company. That way, teachers know how to tailor instruction and help students find resources. About the Author.

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Advocacy STEM Resources System 130

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

Two other Vemo clients — Messiah University and Colorado Mountain College — also reported that the company has shut down, though the company doesn’t appear to have made a formal announcement. A sample contract on the Back a Boiler website, for example, notes that “ This is not a loan or credit.”.

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Company Report Survey Industry 69

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

In particular, many students, for whom these efforts intend to protect, are still unaware of their rights when it comes to how their online footprints are tracked—whether by third-party companies or sometimes the school districts themselves. In an interview with EdSurge, ACLU’s Advocacy and Policy Counsel, Chad A.

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Social Media Student Data Privacy Facebook Data 115

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 123

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Attending trade shows seems like an absolute must for educational publishers; the cost, personnel, and logistics can be obstacles for even the larger companies. First, since no company can attend every event, staff should meet to discuss event strategy every year ahead of trade show season. She currently serves as the Sr.

Company 53

Company Industry Meeting Advocacy 53

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This back-to-school season, the Education Reporting Collaborative, a coalition of eight newsrooms, will be documenting the enormous challenge facing our schools and highlighting examples of progress. Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities. It’s not the fault of schools.

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Report Training Elementary Strategy 130

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. Host Rebecca Muller, Special Educator and Advocate. Let's get together and discuss how we all CAN make a difference!

Advocacy 36

Advocacy Classroom Conference STEM 36

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

While some districts have prioritized the mental health of their students, Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, the director of policy and advocacy for the National Association of School Psychologists, said such districts are the exception. In total, her group estimates there are approximately 35,000 practicing school psychologists.

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Technology Broadband Meeting Advocacy 125

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam: One of the things that’s pretty interesting since the last time we talked, Vicki, is that I was part of a group originally in 2010 that started lobbying of superintendents. So you wouldn’t find, for example, with technology — Albemarle has been in a one-to-one environment for a number of years now, as has Charlottesville City.

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Chromebook Study Company Assessment 190

Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2016

In 2015 the University of Michigan established the Digital Innovation Greenhouse (DIG) as part of the Office Of Academic Innovation—a group charged with fostering a culture of innovation in learning in order to reimagine the 21st century public research university. Establish clear values and guiding principles.

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Advocacy Software MOOC Learning Analytics 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s that fewer than one in five of adults in the entire surrounding Humphreys County have at least an associate degree, according to census data analyzed by the nonprofit advocacy organization Complete Tennessee. With worker shortages hitting industries nationwide, their companies — and many states’ economies — depend on it. “No

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Industry Report Company Training 96

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

Each show will be held in Zoom, will be listed in the Learning Revolution SCHEDULE calendar, and then posted as a recording on the RECORDINGS page and also on the individual show's page or group. Next week we'll be announcing the book groups that are starting. As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount.

Classroom 36

Classroom Advocacy Learning Conference 36

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

Remind is a good example of this because professors can easily and privately share with a whole class, or groups within a class, relevant course materials. But companies might not be attuned enough to how the user experience shifts from one device to another.

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Mobility OER Technology BYOD 87

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. For example, she had trouble finding the area of a triangle and other math involving shapes. It’s a long road of recovery.”

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Study Data Report Elementary 138

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In most cases, schools are turning to third parties for help building out their core and non-core content right now, said Allison Powell, VP for new learning models at iNACOL , the nonprofit blended learning advocacy group. Powell points to Facebook’s recent move into the K-12 space as an example.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

Those entrepreneurs have created a platform, and company, called Siembra — a Spanish word for sowing seeds — that reaches out to low-income, first-generation and racial and ethnic minority high school students on their ever-present smartphones, nagging them to stay on track the same way college-educated parents of wealthier kids do.

Report 83

Report Company Study Advocacy 83

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

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. Schools can refer students to state tax collectors to have their tax refund garnished or send them to debt collection companies, which often charge high fees.

Dropout 102

Dropout Policies Data Report 102

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

“It’s essentially a vestige of colonialism,” said Roberto Jiménez Rivera, a rare example of a native Puerto Rican from modest means who went to college on the mainland, where he now is an assistant director of admissions at Tufts University. Examples abound of college graduates who work in retail stores and as receptionists.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

a managing member of the Broadband Law Group, said there is “a lot going on at the state level with digital equity and getting the right connectivity.” She is a past board member and chair of CoSN and is Vice President of Advocacy and Programs for LACUE. Application processes vary, based on the state, as do disbursements.

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E-rate EdTech Broadband Digital Divide 42

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

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?

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Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

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. Cleveland relentlessly advocated for equitable access to Hazel’s mental health services in all district schools rather than limiting services to a small group.

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Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 131

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

During a group science lab in Giebel and Jolma’s class, Anna Wang, 13, sat on one of the wobbly chairs the school purchased for classrooms this year. “It At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It A slow walk for example, does little to make anyone smarter.

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Exercises Elementary Report Study 106

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

When “families can speak in their native tongue, they feel more connected to school—no longer a guest, but part owner, like they have stock in the company,” said Dr. Van Heukelum. Leaning on local advocacy groups or representatives for regular updates saves time and keeps you informed.

Advocacy 105

Advocacy Education Learning Digital Divide 105

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2018

The United States is facing a dramatic shortfall of skilled workers , and the economic-modeling company Emsi says a huge wave of retirements will hit blue-collar industries particularly hard in the next few years. The problem threatens not just colleges and local economies, but the national economy as well.

Industry 55

Industry Report Training Advocacy 55

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

One group was just starting on probability. When they understood the concept, Ross moved on, giving another group a lesson in operations with square roots. To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts. Then she moved on again.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Jahliel Thurman (Vice President of Uplift Entertainment) and Shalon Bell (Director of Strategic Alliances at the Atlanta Voice)—will discuss how despite limited monetary capital, these institutions continue to boost students’ potential in graduate education, entrepreneurship and advocacy through human capital. Monday, March 6 9:30 a.m.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

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. For example, she had trouble finding the area of a triangle and other math involving shapes. When given the opportunity, then they will succeed.

Study 42

Study Advocacy Training Groups 42

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2017

During Global Leadership Week, partner organizations, companies, school districts and individual schools have designed and are hosting virtual or face-to-face events to showcase global thought leadership. Students and alumni of the Access English microscholarship program will share their leadership success stories as posted on this group.

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Conference Social Media Twitter Facebook 51

MindShift

MARCH 29, 2018

Those entrepreneurs have created a platform, and company, called Siembra — a Spanish word for sowing seeds — that reaches out to low-income, first-generation and racial and ethnic minority high school students on their ever-present smartphones, nagging them to stay on track the same way college-educated parents of wealthier kids do.

Company 31

Company Report Study Advocacy 31

MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

That’s one reason schools have avoided using the word dyslexia, according to Fran Bowman, a former special education teacher who now runs an educational services company that works with school districts to train teachers. Whole language was big in the 1920s, for example, as progressive education became influential.

Training 78

Training Report Groups System 78

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 8, 2016

Kitty and Lindsay are among the eight founding members of the recently launched kidcasting advocacy platform, Kids Listen , a new grassroots organization of advocates for high-quality audio content for children. Whether it’s music, science, bedtime stories, or literature, we crave feedback from teachers on the front lines.

Edcamps 40

Edcamps Advocacy Exercises Survey 40

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Stay tuned, because the second group of finalists will be featured on eSchool News next week! With his transformative efforts, Mr. Hatcher has propelled Akron Public Schools to the forefront of educational excellence, becoming a shining example of how innovative education technologies can truly make a difference in students’ lives.

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Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 121