The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

He recalls finding (and paying a considerable amount for) an outside company that could convert his transcripts into something more comparable to the U.S. Latinos are the fastest growing demographic group in the United States , but data shows they are less likely than other racial and ethnic groups to have earned a college diploma.

Advocacy 99

Advocacy Groups Report Data 99

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2022

The last bell of the school day is when the work truly begins for staff at the Wisconsin Youth Company. Unlike some after-school programs, Wisconsin Youth Company does not focus on academic tutoring or instruction. The company has had to temporarily shut programs because of staff absences.

Company 111

Company Elementary Advocacy Report 111

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

According to the Code.org Advocacy Coalition , across 24 states, only 27 percent of schools serving low-income students offer computer science courses, compared to 41 percent of schools serving their high-income peers. And it means funding companies and founders who are committed to closing the digital divide.

System 154

System EdTech Digital Divide Education 154

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Sarraf hopes the robot and her company of the same name can reach homes and families, just as they have reached the wallets of two angel investors who have injected $4.2 The company did not disclose their names. The robot is not yet available; when it is, the company says it will retail for $299. Courtesy of Roybi the company.

Robotics 137

Robotics Company Education Data 137

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 9, 2016

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has joined the board of directors for Pluralsight , a Utah-based ed-tech company that provides online courses in various subjects, including software development and information technology, the news site Fast Company reported Thursday.

Company 40

Company Dropout Advocacy Facebook 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 13, 2024

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Libraries 45

Libraries Strategy Advocacy Accessibility 45

Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

Instead, advocates have focused almost exclusively on the practices of companies serving education. While that’s part of the solution, it is in no way sufficient to addressing the privacy and security concerns being raised by parents and in the media.

Internet Safety 295

Internet Safety Student Data Privacy Policies Company 295

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

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Libraries 73

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eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2022

He was also closely involved in STEM-related product launches and liaising with industry advocacy groups. Before BrainPOP, Glovin held a number of business development roles for educational technology companies. In his early career, he held marketing roles with a number of media and publishing companies. Glovin has a B.A.

EdTech 59

EdTech Advocacy Education Company 59

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. This in turn helped the Chilean edtech ecosystem by helping edtech companies scale and subsequently invest in smaller markets. “In

Technology 151

Technology EdTech Education Mobility 151

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2024

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Libraries 41

Libraries Advocacy Accessibility Strategy 41

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2018

Your success as a company depends every bit as much on growing your customer base as it does on attracting the right talent to engage those customers. There’s a general assumption that all companies have two separate audiences—namely, the customers and the potential hires—and that their branding should cater to each group distinctly.

EdTech 104

EdTech Company Advocacy Industry 104

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Public Interest Research Group , a nonprofit advocacy organization that takes a skeptical view of publishers’ efforts to automatically bill students for pre-packaged commercial course materials. That’s the conclusion of a new report from U.S. Using open-records requests, U.S.

Pearson 151

Pearson Accessibility Course Report 151

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

She is the vice president of advocacy and engagement at the Mozilla Foundation, which today released a new report examining the privacy and security policies of 15 commonly used video-conferencing apps. Researchers also reached out to the companies to clarify confusing policies and for additional information, she added.

Report 174

Report Video Schoology Microsoft 174

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

Launched in 2019 and established as an independent nonprofit association in 2021, SELPA aims to advance high-quality SEL implementation by bringing together SEL providers for networking, shared learning, collective promotion, and advocacy. I’m proud to serve for a second term on the board of directors for this passionate group of providers.”.

Advocacy 59

Advocacy Education Assessment Strategy 59

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Jivani had jump started a career in self-care advocacy. The company has also enlisted artificial intelligence to track hate speech on the platform. Both companies have also published policies around so-called “deepfakes” of manipulated and altered media on their platforms. I was never alone.”

Digital Citizenship 150

Digital Citizenship Facebook Social Media Edmodo 150

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In April 2018, privacy advocacy groups filed a complaint stating that YouTube had been illegally collecting personal data about minors who use its service without their parents’ consent, and used that information for advertising purposes. But is it really all that much? That was a $5.7 she raises hypothetically.

Google 81

Google Company Advocacy Data 81

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 28, 2023

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Libraries 41

Libraries Advocacy Outcomes Accessibility 41

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Turner works as the head of human resources for a flooring manufacturer and her husband works as an environmental health and safety manager for a field turf company. Because of the government’s delays in launching and in processing the forms, Turner’s family is among the many still waiting for their applications to be processed.

Advocacy 93

Advocacy Meeting Data Trends 93

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Today, people are working in groups. Angela’s advocacy has earned her recognition, most recently the “2017 NJ State School Counselor of the Year” award and was featured in Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls blog. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend.

STEM 339

STEM Company Industry System 339

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

It just goes against everything we know about child development and what’s best for children,” said Josh Golin, executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. The groups also criticized the inability of online preschool programs to provide relational learning opportunities. “[The]

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Data Report Groups 111

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.) College advisors and education leaders gathered in Nashville, Tenn.,

Strategy 113

Strategy Policies Advocacy Conference 113

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 13, 2023

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Libraries 41

Libraries Advocacy Strategy Accessibility 41

MIND Research Institute

JULY 20, 2023

We asked Challenged to Challenger, MIND’s affinity group for colleagues with disabilities, to share why they view their disability as prideful. Disability Community and Culture at MIND Companies report that 4-7% of their employees have disclosed a disability. Follow disabled creators. Learning is a continuous journey.

Education 52

Education Advocacy Accessibility Policies 52

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 88

Advocacy Learning Conference Common Core 88

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The report released by GoGuardian , an education technology company supporting thousands of K-12 schools and over eight million students through powerful tools and research, captures field research from the GoGuardian Research and Insights team, with insights from more than 450 students, teachers, administrators and policy leaders across the U.S.

Student Engagement 73

Student Engagement Advocacy Outcomes Report 73

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 9, 2023

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Libraries 41

Libraries Advocacy Accessibility Groups 41

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. The company provided ISAs to help people move into higher-paying cities where they could earn more.

Company 71

Company Report Survey Industry 71

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.,

E-rate 124

E-rate Pearson Company Report 124

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.

Social Media 128

Social Media Student Data Privacy Facebook Data 128

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Josh Golin, executive director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, a nonprofit advocacy group, said many apps have been “falsely marketed as educational” for years, even though there is no evidence that the apps actually help children learn.

Report 111

Report Android iPhone Advocacy 111

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Self Advocacy and Resources for Students. Accordingly, the intensity of instruction (number of days designated for intervention, the length of sessions, or group size) should vary according to students’ skill level and rate of progress. at Lexia Learning, a Rosetta Stone company. which will support their reading comprehension.

Advocacy 130

Advocacy STEM Resources System 130

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 27, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries. She holds both MLIS and PhD in information science from the University of Zagreb.

Libraries 70

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 70

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries. She holds both MLIS and PhD in information science from the University of Zagreb.

Libraries 68

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 68

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 31, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries.

Libraries 73

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 73

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

But this group has something many other prospective job-switchers can’t find: hyperfast training to help them do it quickly. He says graduates have gone on to work at Tesla, Amazon and the aerospace companies RUAG and Blue Origin. Orr learned of it from a speaker at a Christian men’s group breakfast he was catering.

Training 135

Training Industry Report Company 135