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. education system. When he tried to enroll, he found that colleges had no idea how to handle his international transcripts and credentials.

Advocacy 96

Advocacy Groups Report Data 96

Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

One cannot be said to have secure IT systems in the absence of a meaningful privacy policy; likewise, one cannot ensure privacy if one’s IT systems also are not secured. Instead, advocates have focused almost exclusively on the practices of companies serving education. “ Information security “).

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Internet Safety Student Data Privacy Policies Company 295

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.

Advocacy 55

Advocacy Education Assessment Strategy 55

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. I’ve been engaged in thinking deeply about the promise and opportunity afforded the U.S. Even within the U.S.

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OER Instructional Materials Advocacy Meeting 170

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

When colleges sign deals with publishers to sell digital textbooks and homework systems directly to students, they’re required by federal regulations to offer those materials at discounted prices. They also must allow students to opt out of buying bundled books so they can find resources on their own if they prefer.

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Pearson Accessibility Course Report 144

eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

Unfortunately, our education system often struggles to provide adequate support for these students if they don’t know English. 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.

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Robotics Industry Elementary Training 98

MIND Research Institute

JULY 20, 2023

We see this language baked into our education systems and materials with terms like “differently abled,” “impaired,” “deficit,” and “low functioning.” 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

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Structured literacy instruction consists of the following components: Phonology (the sound system of language). Orthography (the writing system of language). Self Advocacy and Resources for Students. 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

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The organization behind the event was Achieving the Dream, a nonprofit that has provided grant support to colleges working to implement student success technologies like degree planning systems, early-alerts and predictive analytics. At the conference, the organization stressed another strategic focus: equity.

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Strategy Policies Advocacy Conference 109

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. Garcia-Febo has a long history of service with library associations.

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Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 70

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2019

Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. The Urkund system is highly accurate, cost-effective , and even better, doesn’t sell licenses to students or others.

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How To Twitter Moodle Elementary 236

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. Garcia-Febo has a long history of service with library associations.

Libraries 68

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 68

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

What rights do parents, students and teachers have in an educational system increasingly awash in data and technology? In an interview with EdSurge, ACLU’s Advocacy and Policy Counsel, Chad A. However, with limited promotion, it is unclear whether these types of resources will reach students.

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Social Media Student Data Privacy Facebook Data 116

EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

State can faciltate and provide resources, but educators have to make it happen. We spend rediculously large sums of money to the same companies every few years for repackaged content. Barriers include the system we are in and the fact that teachers don''t send lobbyists to Austin. iTunes University is also an amazing resource.

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Advocacy Mobility Assessment Social Media 49

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The Newark Board of Education (NBOE) has joined forces with Prudential Financial , Schools That Can , and Discovery Education to create an innovative public-private partnership that supports student academic achievement and builds confidence in math skills through a unique suite of dynamic digital resources.

Education 56

Education Social Media Professional Learning Resources 56

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2024

Gale discovered she would have to move two HVAC systems, which could cost $12,000 apiece. Her advocacy has started to take on a larger role in her life: She recently accepted a position as the executive director for the West Virginia Women’s Alliance. But then the permitting and construction process grew complicated.

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Policies Industry Accessibility Advocacy 143

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Post resources, highlight successes, and create a place where students can report problems like cyberbullying. She is a co-founder of #TXLchat on Twitter, which provides a forum for (but is not limited to) Texas librarians to create collaborative connections, share educational resources, and foster lifelong learning.

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Symantec Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Social Media 46

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

He believes executive function skills should be taught early on through a “marriage” with SEL so that students have as many tools and resources as possible. Sucheta is the founder of ExQ®, a patented research-informed system designed to enhance executive function through game-based personalized training.

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Learning Training Advocacy Strategy 92

EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

EdTechTeam is a California Benefit Corporation , dedicated to effecting positive change in schools, and currently supporting a number of advocacy programs including the Our Voice Academy and the nonprofit Student Voice Foundation. Check out Jen’s website [link] for more ideas, resources and inspiration. Wagner earned a Ph.D.

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Education Social Media EdTech Advocacy 71

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources. These mobile messages keep students connected to course material and let students know we care about them, but the system is still too one-size-fits-all.

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Mobility OER Technology BYOD 85

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.

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Secondary Report System Advocacy 68

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Collegiate Edu-Nation is a Texas-based network that facilitates the transformation of rural student outcomes and rural workforce development by partnering with local school, community and business leaders to establish and support regionally relevant education systems. Crowder College – Digital Pathways in the Rural Heartland (Missouri).

Classroom 96

Classroom Social Media Mobility Advocacy 96

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.

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Company Industry Meeting Advocacy 54

edWeb.net

MARCH 11, 2020

Beth Holland, Digital Equity and Rural Project Director for the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), points out that it becomes a very complex issue given the challenges within rural schools and systems. CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) is the premier professional association for school system technology leaders.

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Edcamps Accessibility Advocacy Mobility 54

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Telecom companies often forget about rural areas because they don’t have high population density. He then transitioned to the role of Instructional Technology Resource teacher at the same school, which he continued until 2010. But in order to take advantage of edtech, they first need broadband access. Jamie holds a B.A.

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Broadband Accessibility Advocacy Elementary 54

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

After a career working at tech-centric companies including Google and Quora in product roles, Liu Huang joined CZI in 2017 to oversee the product development, notably the Summit Learning platform. CZI aims to be a different type of philanthropy looking to integrate grantmaking, advocacy and technology to serve others.

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Education Khan Academy Facebook Advocacy 104

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Effective Advocacy. They understood the outsized influence that billion dollar behemoths like Microsoft would continue to have, and knew that the only way the open source model could “win” would be if proprietary software companies adopted it. These are huge companies that compete directly with each other in many ways.

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OER Advocacy Software Company 80

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Pandemic-related hardships have propelled many students to choose jobs over education and online classes have been barriers for low-income students without digital resources. Researchers projected estimates for the system based on the percentage of students affected in Compton, Lake Tahoe and Peralta Community College Districts.

Dropout 100

Dropout Policies Data Report 100

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. Management of student privacy and parental opt in/opt out permissions.

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Education Industry Sony Policies 281

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. It’s not the resources that make the biggest difference, it’s the relationship. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Education Examples Maker Movement Company 247

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 4, 2020

TechSoup for Libraries is a free national library online information resource that covers library technology news, how-to content and information on TechSoup product donations and services for libraries. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program.

Libraries 56

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 56

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

Tens of millions of dollars are going to companies like Iowa Fertilizer (a subsidiary of Orascom, the CEO of which is billionaire Nassef Sawiris, the wealthiest man in Egypt), which just requested additional tax breaks despite already receiving hundreds of millions of dollars from local, state, and other sources. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

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Policies Advocacy Social Media Conference 100

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 132

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

And while core course content is often housed on the district’s internal learning management system (LMS), the extracurricular content—advanced placement (AP), English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), honors, homeschool, and blended learning content—must also be factored into the equation. Taking the DIY route.

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LMS Blended Learning Advocacy Company 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 19, 2020

TechSoup for Libraries is a free national library online information resource that covers library technology news, how-to content and information on TechSoup product donations and services for libraries. While at OCLC Jennifer helped to develop and then manage the Geek the Library advocacy program.

Libraries 41

Libraries Conference Advocacy Pearson 41

Iterating Toward Openness

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Both the wider internet and the narrower education space are filled with companies and organizations that provide value-added services around openly licensed software and content. Open Up Resources provides teacher training, professional development, and related for-fee, value-added services around openly licensed K-12 content.

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OER LMS Learning Moodle 60

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