The PL2C Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Digital Learning Coach, Instructional Technology Facilitator and Research Associate at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. The implication is that the most transformative learning experiences will be those that are directed by the learner’s own endeavors and curiosities.” By Jaclyn Stevens, M.Ed.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

For example, one of the things that we learned was that the majority of Hispanic school districts are twice as likely not to have school libraries as the majority non-Hispanic districts. Can you describe what this is going to look like and what you hope to learn? This is a piece of hard data relating to equity. Joyce : Thanks, Deb.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 19, 2017

This is the name of a public blog I administrate and is something that I use for early childhood educator professionalism advocacy. My work with Fractus Learning has opened a whole other avenue of communication and advocacy. When Fractus Learning recommended “Rewards of Blogging” I jumped at the opportunity to write.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2019

His “quiet and relentless advocacy brought hundreds of African Americans into space industry jobs in the Deep South, helping to shift perceptions of black people in ways both subtle and profound,” wrote Michael Fletcher in the story. Data suggests that this trend will continue, particularly in comparison to non-STEM positions.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

You could have learned your lesson.” You can’t learn if you’re not feeling safe or nurtured.” We are punishing them without giving them the support to learn.” A tutor began coming to his home for a few hours a week, but Martinez says he learned very little. Yet the legislation has never made it out of committee. “A

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

My favorite comparison I see a lot is about asking a fish to climb a tree. Candace Cortiella, the director of The Advocacy Institute. In practice, this process is more complicated and sometimes relegates capable students into diluted settings, stunting their ability to not only learn in school but also to achieve later in life.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

.'” At La Verne, by comparison, he said in a cafe in the student union, “There was one person in charge of everything , and she put me in touch with the people I needed to talk to by the next day.” Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. ” He managed to finish the rest of his degree in three semesters.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

Colleges and universities usually require 120 credits for a bachelor’s degree but students graduate with about 135, on average, according to data compiled by Complete College America, a nonprofit research and advocacy group. Most administrators will want to review a syllabus from your former school for comparison. students.

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Reading By Example

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Regardless, gaining a clearer understanding of the instructional pulse of the school or a classroom only happens when we are a consistent presence and enter each learning environment with an open mind. Having the context from the previous instructional walk, I felt in a better position to observe what was happening and document the learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

A child rides a bike on the playground at Global Connections Learning Center in Jackson. Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. By comparison, the national average is about 20.4 Photo: Jackie Mader. JACKSON, Miss. Census data.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

The open question is whether there are things those cities can learn from New York or if the city’s success is mostly the result of its improving economy. Researchers have linked suspensions with lost learning time and lower test scores. Her teachers use that time to collaborate, plan and learn from each other. I need help.’

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2016

They say it’s easier to learn the odds of winning Powerball than of graduating, or to comparison-shop for a mattress than to compare the actual cost of tuition, fees, and other expenses among schools. The graduation rate is only one of the measures of a university or college that consumers can’t always easily or accurately learn.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

They’re experiencing trauma, and trauma has a pretty significant impact,” said Darla Bardine, executive director of the National Network for Youth, a policy and advocacy group focused on youth homelessness. Advocacy groups and researchers , too, have surfaced examples. That’s not the only reason to suspect an undercount.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Nearly 90 percent of the school population is considered low-income and nearly three-quarters are labeled English learners, meaning that the state language arts test assesses their reading and writing ability in a language they’re still trying to learn. Most districts didn’t budget in a way that allowed comparisons of school-level spending.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

Parents from both schools believe they learned how to share power and advocate together for greater change within a system that often rewards a vocal minority of white voters. “It Over the decades, however, local PTAs shifted their attention and efforts away from advocacy work to fundraising for individual schools. Credit: Dawn Larson.

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Elementary Education Report Groups 145

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In my recent post I asked us each to consider what “what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?” And I want to do it worldwide… Personally, my goal is not to provide less expensive access to the same teaching and learning experience to more people – access and affordability have never been my end game.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Four year-olds at Beary Cherry Tree use magnetic blocks with instructor Fredericka Bellard, 24, to learn about counting, sorting and patterns. The 25-year-old single mom thinks her daughter would do well in an early-learning facility. Photo: Della Hasselle. But Gobert only makes $21,000 a year and cannot afford the cost.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

However, at each level—middle school, high school, and college—these variations paled in comparison to a stunning and dismaying consistency. These tasks are perfect for learning across the curriculum and especially for librarian-led learning. That was certainly the case in our experience. What do other sources say?

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

After his high school on the Hopi Reservation in Arizona shut down in March, he finished about three weeks of distance learning via his family’s computer. The coronavirus pandemic closed schools and launched a national experiment in remote learning that has been chaotic and stressful for millions of American families.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2019

As an example, she pointed to the Accelerated Learning Program, or ALP, which she spearheaded in her role as a senior VA advisor under the Obama administration. The most trumpeted new approach focuses around a complaint system and a separate GI Bill comparison tool that flags schools the department determines are in trouble.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” ” The Parent Coalition for Student Privacy has thoughts on the pushback , making the comparison between Zuckerberg ’s corporate and philanthropic efforts and inBloom. .” ” (State and Local) Education Politics. .”

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2016

By comparison, Medina said he met with the overworked college counselor in his school only twice in four years. Only after he finally got one did he learn he couldn’t use it to cover the $6,500 he owed Cornell from last year, including late fees. It died without being taken up in the Senate.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Here are the areas that have seen the most ed-tech investment activity so far this year: Learning to code : Investments include Galvanize ($45,000,000), Codecademy ($30,000,000), Andela ($24,000,000), Wonder Workshop ($20,000,000), Revature ($20,000,000). Who’s to blame that companies aren’t selling enough stuff to schools?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

We report on how climate change emergencies are disrupting student learning, exacerbating mental health problems , devastating school infrastructure , and how the coronavirus pandemic is a preview of what education looks like in a climate emergency. Learning about climate change outside the classroom. Are We Ready?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

See, what might be even more significant than how frequently (or infrequently) Americans learn about science news (or how well that science is explained) is how their personal beliefs influence whether or not they believe that science to be valid. ” Sites of indoctrination , not learning. But what are Americans learning online?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Challenges to accreditation and certification and the steady drumbeat of “everyone should learn to code” are connected to politics as well as to the business of ed-tech. At the end of 2016, the most pressing question is not, as a recent Edsurge headline asked , “Who Thinks Tech Makes Learning More Fun?”

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