Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Jivani had jump started a career in self-care advocacy. Policing Policies in Headlines Most of the event focused on the positives of social media’s role in students’ lives. The company has also enlisted artificial intelligence to track hate speech on the platform. I was never alone.”

Digital Citizenship 126

Digital Citizenship Facebook Social Media Edmodo 126

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2020

You have these women working in industries that are traditionally underpaid and undervalued,” said Quianta Moore, a fellow in child health policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, who co-authored a report on coronavirus and low-income mothers in April. Programs & Advocacy.

Advocacy 120

Advocacy Report Policies Data 120

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 147

Report Video Schoology Microsoft 147

Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

It is why Camelback has invested in companies like Tiny Docs (media to advance health and wellness for families), Raheem (tech to create a world without police violence), MadeBOS (tech to create career pathing for retail workers) and Liberate (meditation app for people of color). This is not the time to simply double down on your portfolio.

Advocacy 154

Advocacy Company Policies System 154

Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Real change can come from our unanimous stance against ineffective edtech, including predatory companies who make baseless claims in order to sell their products. And like every business, edtech companies are driven by people, many of whom have the best intentions—and many of whom are also focused on profit margins.

EdTech 303

EdTech Dropout Advocacy Outcomes 303

The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2023

Related: ‘Wasted money’: How career training companies scoop up federal funds with little oversight Although licensing requirements vary from state to state, about one in five people in this country need occupational licenses to do their jobs — licenses they get only after completing a designated amount of training and education in their fields.

Advocacy 98

Advocacy Training Policies Study 98

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 Extending access to education technology beyond schools is also key.

Technology 136

Technology EdTech Education Mobility 136

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 117

Robotics Company Education Data 117

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2024

The job fairs are already at capacity — the company has an attractive offer of benefits, a 401(k), and paid time off — and expects more than 750 new jobs to come to the area , including in manufacturing, operations, human resources and administrative roles.

Policies 133

Policies Industry Accessibility Advocacy 133

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.

E-rate 119

E-rate Pearson Company Report 119

eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

However, I am hopeful that this year we will witness a renewed commitment towards providing resources, policies, and initiatives that cater to English Language Learners and promote multilingualism in schools. –Dr.

Robotics 98

Robotics Industry Elementary Training 98

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Later, during an afternoon session, Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of higher education policy at Temple University, shared findings from a 2017 study that found more than half of the 33,000 students surveyed were housing insecure, while 56 percent face food insecurity and 14 percent are homeless. “We So what’s the policy solution?

Strategy 103

Strategy Policies Advocacy Conference 103

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 95

Student Engagement Advocacy Outcomes Report 95

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Buoyed by examples of new and significant commitments to OER by companies large and small, governments of all levels, and schools, it is easy to see that the future of instructional materials over the next decade will look very different than it has over the last decade.

OER 170

OER Instructional Materials Meeting Advocacy 170

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 It may be easy when you’re talking about nursery rhymes.

Google 74

Google Company Advocacy Data 74

Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2022

He also continues to work part-time at a logistics company. “I Instead, the New Orleans resident was excited to start a job in the human resources department of a Fortune 500 energy company. He was considering studying business in college, having started to reconsider his previous goal of working in medicine. I love it so far!”

Training 154

Training Study Advocacy Company 154

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. The education nonprofit Learning Policy Institute has estimated that state funding for education could decrease by around 20 percent. “We

System 200

System Advocacy Elementary Company 200

The Jose Vilson

MAY 3, 2020

Contrary to my own public activism and advocacy, I propose that we move the nation’s largest public school system into a completely online endeavor forever and a day. I know this may come as a shock to everyone who’s been following me for years, but I might have developed outright envy for some of my most fervent detractors.

Advocacy 194

Advocacy Social Media Microsoft Company 194

techlearning

OCTOBER 4, 2018

and New York, NY) — The Education Technology Industry Network ( ETIN ) of the Software Information Industry Association ( SIIA ), the largest non-profit software industry policy and advocacy association, announced today a partnership with StartEd Inc., to New York, and hosts more than 200 regional and national ed tech companies.

Industry 41

Industry Technology Advocacy Software 41

MIND Research Institute

JULY 20, 2023

Disability Community and Culture at MIND Companies report that 4-7% of their employees have disclosed a disability. To answer that question, we must reflect on how disability is represented in the media, the history of disability discrimination, how we frame accommodation policies, the stigma around certain disability types, and more.

Education 52

Education Advocacy Accessibility Policies 52

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 108

Social Media Student Data Privacy Facebook Data 108

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 12, 2022

All images and information are being tracked by big data companies. Will your child appreciate your advocacy when they are overcoming handicaps, obstacles, or just throwing a fit and you hit their face with a slice of cheese? Rethink your school policies when it comes to information shared online. See: Copyright Policy.

Digital Citizenship 100

Digital Citizenship Social Media Advocacy Data 100

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

“One of the great paradigm shifts that has occurred with colleges that are really making headway is they no longer consider the students to be broken who come to them,” said Sugar, who was a co-founder of the advocacy group Complete College America. And when you start seeing that change, then we’ll know that we’ve made it as a community.”.

Advocacy 91

Advocacy Policies Training Accessibility 91

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 89

Advocacy Meeting Data Trends 89

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. Changing and shifting ways of thinking about education and the policies that come with change has always been difficult.

Advocacy 84

Advocacy Learning Conference Common Core 84

The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2017

In addition, Loud was one of 50 Teachers in Tennessee selected to participate in an Educator Fellowship through SCORE, (The State Collaborative on Reforming Education), an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan advocacy and research institution that drives collaboration on policy and practice to ensure student success across Tennessee.

Twitter 260

Twitter Company Elementary Advocacy 260

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

But new research suggests colleges’ policies around unpaid balances may also be contributing to the decline while creating lasting financial harm for the institutions and students. 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 99

Dropout Policies Data Report 99

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 4, 2015

Plus we need hundreds of millions of dollars to give to companies so that they can create a dozen or so jobs. State department educational policy advocacy: “Evidence-based” or puffery? But it’s a tough road to becoming America’s best again, particularly since we have to face up to Iowa’s dire budget situation.

Advocacy 100

Advocacy Policies STEM Outcomes 100

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 CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2019

In addition, Loud was one of 50 Teachers in Tennessee selected to participate in an Educator Fellowship through SCORE, (The State Collaborative on Reforming Education), an independent, nonprofit, and nonpartisan advocacy and research institution that drives collaboration on policy and practice to ensure student success across Tennessee.

How To 237

How To Twitter Moodle Elementary 237

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 Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

In subsequent years, Purdue’s program won a think tank’s award for most innovative public policy proposal, and at least 14 other colleges or universities launched their own programs. But payment caps can be as high as three times the funded amount, according to a 2020 report by the Student Borrower Protection Center, an advocacy group.

Company 70

Company Report Survey Industry 70

Doug Levin

MARCH 10, 2016

It is for all these reasons that many of the experts at the Blockchain Summit predicted that companies and institutions new to blockchain would first deploy private (permissioned) blockchains , at least until they are more comfortable with the technology. According to IBM, these include: eliminating paperwork. creating transparency.

Education 281

Education Industry Sony Policies 281

EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

We can''t make it happen with state policy. We spend rediculously large sums of money to the same companies every few years for repackaged content. also need to get telecommunications companies to run fiber to rural areas which they are reluctant to do because it is not profitable for them. It has to come from the ground up.

Advocacy 49

Advocacy Mobility Assessment Social Media 49

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. But going shouldn’t be booth or bust, though.

Company 53

Company Industry Meeting Advocacy 53

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

Budgets reflect policy priorities. I don’t know what the answer is, particularly since educators in Iowa can’t strike and don’t want to put policy interests above the day-to-day needs of their students. Roark is correct about our tone but I will also note that educators’ current policy advocacy is not working.

Policies 100

Policies Advocacy Social Media Conference 100

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. McInerney said the school tried to be “as cost conscious as possible and save in other areas.”

Technology 119

Technology Meeting Broadband Advocacy 119