Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

See Code.org’s comparisons of CS curricula by grade level: elementary curricula. See a sample letter to principal, advocacy slide deck , and additional resources. Attend the CSTA Annual Conference (July 7-10, 2019 in Phoenix, AZ). middle school curricula. high school curricula. Start a club. Advocate to bring CS to your school.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Community Engagement and Advocacy. For instance, Indian Prairie School District held a four-hour Maker Day to garner community support for computational thinking and maker learning in elementary schools. . … Now we combine everything we do with objects and the ability to have an emotional connection with a device.”.

Maker Movement 211

Maker Movement Robotics Education Advocacy 211

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks.

Competency Based Learning 141

Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 141

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Tuesday, November 18th, is day two of the fifth annual Global Education Conference. We had a great opening day of sessions and keynotes, and the recordings of any sessions that have taken place are accessible on the conference recordings page. Follow the conference through Twitter using the hashtag #globaled14.

Conference 71

Conference Education STEM Adobe 71

N2Y

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Before the IEP meeting, the teacher helping prepare the student should schedule a few conferences to practice going through the agenda and getting used to the structure of the meeting. Consider these questions when preparing younger elementary students to attend an IEP meeting: What do you like about school?

Meeting 98

Meeting Advocacy Elementary Examples 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

Here she is training math teachers on how to teach children to solve word problems at an elementary school in Brooklyn, New York. In early 2020, at an academic conference just before the pandemic hit, Powell commiserated with other experts in special education and students who struggle in math. Sometimes, it’s a simple question.

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Report Groups Study Advocacy 145

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

Now a board member for the National Center for Transgender Equality , she's sharing hers and 8-year-old Ellie’s story at conferences, teacher trainings and in outlets like the Washington Post. Vanessa, you are the parent of a transgender child and you've spoken about the desire to make your story an advocacy piece.

Policies 141

Policies Advocacy Conference Survey 141

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2022

The Afterschool Alliance – an advocacy group – was instrumental in securing the 1 percent set aside for afterschool and making sure that after-school programs would qualify for learning loss. The Afterschool Alliance also cited an unpublished conference paper from 2013, which tracked 1,000 elementary school students over time.

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Analysis Advocacy Instructional Materials Examples 88

MindShift

JUNE 5, 2019

Nine counselors, psychologists, and therapists sat around a table in a conference room at Cañon City High School in southern Colorado. In classrooms around the building, the school’s ninth-graders whizzed through an online mental health survey that would soon deliver real-time data to the group in the conference room.

Survey 53

Survey Advocacy Secondary Conference 53

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 18, 2022

conference series, a partnership we have had for 12 years. Special thanks to our iSchool advocacy interns Cybell Garcia Koehl, Heidi Miller, and Leigh Carroll for their work on putting this altogether. The School of Information at San José State University is the founding sponsor of the Library 2.0

Libraries 36

Libraries Advocacy Social Media Study 36

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

But for grandparents raising grandchildren, that’s not possible, said Jaia Peterson Lent, deputy executive director of Generations United, a nonprofit advocacy group. Jaia Peterson Lent, deputy executive director of Generations United, a nonprofit advocacy group. Roznowski now takes turns minding Carter between conference calls.

Advocacy 121

Advocacy Report Groups Policies 121

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount. SHOW LINK BIO: Rebecca’s dedication to exceptional learners started in elementary school when she was a “special friend” to the mainstream class. This work drove the importance of advocacy for education programs for all children.

Classroom 36

Classroom Advocacy Learning Conference 36

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Today is day three of the 2013 Global Education Conference. To receive the daily conference schedule, be sure to join the Global Education Conference network. Our free conference runs all week and is open to anyone to attend--spread the word with Twitter hashtag # globaled13. General conference information is posted here.

PLE 57

PLE Conference Advocacy Case Study 57

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

The Global Leadership Summit is a pre-conference special event at ASCD’s Empower19: The Conference for Every Educator and part of the Global Education Conference Network’s fourth annual Global Leadership Week. He has presented at many conferences in North America, Asia, and Europe. Department of Education.

Conference 31

Conference Secondary Study Digital Badges 31

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Pat Farenga: Trusting Every Child's Unique Learning Path THE AERO CONFERENCE Yong Zhao Keynote at the 2016 AERO Conference Peter Gray: Self Directed Education. Webinar #2: The Elementary-School Years Webinar #3: What Will We Do Now That We’re Learning at Home? What Is It, How Does It Work? More to come. hours a day.

Learning 36

Learning Conference Libraries Broadband 36

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In fact, many school technology plans fluctuated depending upon the latest fads and what someone learned at a conference and had little connection to curriculum or learning goals. She is a frequent presenter at state, national and international education conferences. “If it’s edtech, it must be good,” used to be the mantra in schools.

Technology 40

Technology PowerMyLearning Learning EdTech 40

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A decorated educator of 21 years, Monica has received honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations for her leadership, advocacy, and classroom instruction. She is a 2015 Milken Unsung Hero Fellow and a 2015 NEA Foundation Global Fellow. Kelisa Wing has been an educator for 12 years. Kelisa honorably served in the U.S.

Strategy 40

Strategy Policies Advocacy Secondary 40

Reading By Example

AUGUST 26, 2017

When I first became a principal at an elementary school, I thought I had the requisite knowledge to be a literacy leader. Instead, I should have been conferring with kids regarding what they were reading independently, as well as facilitating more book reviews and recommendations.

Professional Learning 62

Professional Learning Elementary Study Conference 62

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

As an elementary principal, I cannot remember the last time I attended a conference for administrators. NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) is not my first literacy conference. It all comes back to literacy. I just cannot seem to rationalize going to one of these over a literacy-focused experience.

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Conference Elementary Meeting Study 28

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 21, 2015

I made many new friends at the New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL) Fall Conference this week and I will be sharing some highlights and featuring emerging leaders. One of those leaders is Jennifer Latimer of Clinton Elementary School Library in Maplewood, NJ, who blogs as Anywhere Librarian and tweets as @jenlatimer.

Libraries 40

Libraries Elementary Conference Classroom 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

These students are increasingly the children of parents who helicoptered them through elementary, middle and high school or who didn’t go to college themselves and can’t provide much help with it. A committee gathers every Thursday morning in a conference room in the library to review these cases. “To

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Course Report Policies Study 130

Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

But I don’t see my advocacy as a zero-sum game. Girls have easier access to same-gender reading role models (moms, pre-school and elementary teachers, school librarians and children’s librarians are typically female), and now they also have access to role models in male-dominated fields and professions.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Knowledge Base Accessibility Report 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Of those who do enroll at universities on the island, fewer than half earn degrees, even after six years , the advocacy group Excelencia in Education reports, compared to more than 58 percent of college students nationwide. A handful of mainland institutions have teamed up with Puerto Rican ones on programs that include student exchanges.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

MindShift

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

When Billy Gibson, 18, was in elementary school, he couldn’t spell his own name. “And then you go into Jemicy and you have a teacher conference and the teachers sit down and say, ‘You know, we think your child would benefit from this, this and this. Students at or above proficient reading level.

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Training Report Groups System 78

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. CoSN also holds a national conference each year. URL: www.digitalpromise.org.

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Future Ready EdTech Advocacy Data 100

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

He received his bachelor’s degree from The University of Southern Mississippi in elementary education. Dr. Dillon has taught in elementary and junior high schools and coached on the high school level. Matthew Dillon is a native of Columbia, Mississippi. He received his M.Ed. from The University of Mississippi in educational leadership.

Broadband 98

Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

For years, it was a battle getting Guadalupe to his Phoenix elementary school in the Washington Elementary School District. Arizona places pressure on schools to reduce chronic absenteeism, evaluating elementary and middle schools in part on the number of their students who miss at least 10 percent of school days.

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Dropout Analysis Policies Report 102

edWeb.net

APRIL 19, 2021

In addition to leading the Meriden Public Schools to its highest academic scores in district history, Dr. Benigni has presented at national conferences, taught doctorate classes, and published a book and numerous articles. Benigni served as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and Mayor of the City of Meriden.

Learning 54

Learning Blended Learning BYOD Professional Learning 54

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

The firms will sponsor school board or leadership conferences and take school leaders out to dinner. About half the tickets went to school superintendents and one-third to school board members who stopped by its booth at the annual Missouri School Boards’ Association conference and filled out a piece of paper with their contact information.

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Report Industry Company Conference 75

Hack Education

DECEMBER 29, 2017

” He has backed these initiatives financially; and he has backed the publications and conferences that promote these sorts of efforts. The policy and the discourse. In October, Gates announced to the attendees at the Council of the Great City Schools that his foundation plans to spend $1.7

Trends 56

Trends Coursera Company Personalized Learning 56

edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, IL, explained, this isn’t about deciding what technology a district uses. Kelley is superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, a PreK–8 public school system in Oak Park, IL, with 6,150 students. Create a Common Vision : As Dr. Carol L. Dr. Carol L.

Libraries 41

Libraries Elementary Accessibility BYOD 41

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2021

His district used social media and “micro-campaigns” to provide messaging to parents about ways to support their children academically and in other ways, and his district found virtual parent-teacher conferences and career nights had much more attendance than in-person events. About the Presenters. Dr. Carol L.

Technology 90

Technology Blended Learning BYOD Assessment 90

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2018

He just had a national conference in San Francisco that was entirely sponsored and had 110 teachers in to provide three days of training. It’s a really fun way to introduce financial literacy quiz questions, like Quiz Bowl format, questions in classrooms, anywhere from elementary to high school students. He has a blog post.

Future Ready 162

Future Ready Company Twitter Resources 162

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

For low-income kids it’s really hard for programs to run in person,” said Jodi Grant, executive director of Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit advocacy group. “It If you’ve got kids who are supposed to be on a classroom conference at 9 a.m., Jodi Grant, Afterschool Alliance. The kids are all on different [school] schedules.

Survey 140

Survey Laptops Accessibility Report 140

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Elementary Years ? Steve Steve Hargadon steve@learningrevolution.com [link] @stevehargadon CURRENT SESSION LIST: Abigail Ekangouo Awanga : Emoji grading a fascinating effect on low proficiency learners AERO : Yong Zhao Keynote at the 2016 AERO Conference AERO : Peter Gray: Self Directed Education. Blended Learning ? Classroom 2.0 ?

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Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

edWeb.net

APRIL 22, 2019

He earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education and teaching at Southeast Missouri State University; a master’s degree in education at Webster University; a master’s degree in educational leadership and administration at Southeast Missouri State University; a specialist degree in education administration at University of Missouri St.

Accessibility 40

Accessibility PowerMyLearning Guidelines Policies 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Michelle’s professional background also includes her tenure at the Hesperia Unified School District as a teacher, assistant principal, principal, and finalist for CA Elementary Principal of the Year. She is a frequent presenter at state, national and international education conferences.

PowerMyLearning 40

PowerMyLearning Mobile Learning BYOD iPad 40