Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

In a year of continued challenges for educators, advocates for computer science education are serving up some good news. The figure is based on data from public high schools in 37 states, a first for the report. “It Students who attend those schools don’t even have the opportunity to take a course if they wanted to.”

Accessibility 186

Accessibility Advocacy Policies Data 186

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The newly released National Education Technology Plan from the U.S. Subscribe today!

Digital Divide 92

Digital Divide Advocacy Policies Report 92

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

While the mental health of students remains a top concern of many in the education field, federal data reveals that it’s not all bad news. The National Center for Education Statistics released its biennial Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Public Schools report covering the 2021-22 academic year.

Resources 173

Resources Advocacy Secondary Report 173

Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2024

Brian Johnsrud Global Head of Education Learning and Advocacy at Adobe The past two years have witnessed a notable surge in the use of artificial intelligence within education, marked by increased investment, deployment and integration into various educational practices. How would you respond to that?

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Khan Academy Adobe Advocacy Assessment 187

eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

The findings, based on surveys conducted last spring by the RAND Corporation, shed light on the uneven access students have to advanced math classes in middle school, which can have lasting effects on their higher education and job prospects. Algebra is often considered a gateway class. What’s happening there?”

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Survey Elementary Policies Report 105

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

While a striking amount of uncertainty remains, experts largely agree on one thing: Pandemic education has exacted the greatest tolls from the children of historically marginalized groups. schools frequently marginalize these students’ languages and cultures, but they tend to host ineffective educational approaches. Not only do U.S.

Education 134

Education Digital Divide Advocacy Report 134

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Higher Education newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Thursday with trends and top stories about higher education. Already bilingual, he felt comfortable tackling the second half of his education in English. education system.

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Advocacy Groups Report Data 102

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2023

As a result, our generation’s relationship with technology and STEM education is distinct. So many of us find our spark in STEM during programs that happen outside of school, whether it’s an after-school robotics program or a summer course with Girls Who Code. The way we access information and interact with each other is new.

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STEM Advocacy Robotics iPhone 101

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

Nine lawsuits filed in March, April and May against major textbook companies and retailers take aim at their bulk deals with colleges to offer online course materials, sometimes referred to as “inclusive access” programs. If one singular publisher did this alone, it wouldn’t necessarily drive up prices.

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Accessibility Pearson Advocacy Course 160

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Non-submitters” were more likely than students who submitted applications to have lower educational-occupational aspirations, be racial minorities, have parents who completed lower levels of education and live in communities with lower socioeconomic status — but they were not less academically qualified. Department of Education.

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Survey Analysis Advocacy Report 197

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The measure aims to fix a longstanding problem in American higher education: Many more people start college than finish on time, within six years—or ever. percent for students who started in fall 2014, according to a 2020 report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Colleges have been like sieves,” said U.S.

Advocacy 180

Advocacy Policies Course Accessibility 180

The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2021

Will Hubbard, the interim chief policy officer at the advocacy group Veterans Education Success, said a veteran is different from someone actively serving, but it’s impossible to decouple the two. We understand that a person has very many intersecting identities – race, culture, ethnicity, social class, education,” Grohowski said.

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Study Advocacy Course Policies 118

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

That’s the conclusion of a new report from U.S. 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. PIRG report, however, says the actual contracts tell a different story.

Pearson 136

Pearson Accessibility Course Report 136

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2021

After nearly a decade of organizing, advocacy, planning and hand-wringing, we passed a Preschool for All initiative. And not just any initiative—one that was carefully and thoughtfully designed to put families with the least support at the front of the line and put early childhood educators on par with their K-12 counterparts.

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Policies Advocacy Strategy Groups 175

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

Gifting myself with an education is a part of my recovery,” said Nomi Badboy, 43, one of three students attending this week’s meeting of the school’s collegiate recovery program. Education is an example of what’s called “recovery capital,” something earned that makes long-term recovery more likely.

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Report Groups Meeting Advocacy 103

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2023

But I just want to finish with my education.” But I just want to finish with my education.” Credit: The Hechinger Report Lori Carrell, chancellor of the University of Minnesota Rochester, with the Mayo Clinic visible outside her window. Credit: The Hechinger Report The models vary.

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Survey Course Report Advocacy 86

The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2023

For Wiese, it was all a big, expensive gamble — and, in one form or another, is one millions of people with criminal records take every year as they pursue education and workforce training on their way to jobs that require a license. That means some people are inadvertently steered toward training programs that, for them, are dead ends.

Advocacy 98

Advocacy Training Policies Study 98

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

Some school districts have started to take the problem seriously, by adding more climate change education and investing in electrified buses, composting and renewable sources for heating and cooling. The Green New Deal for Schools is meant to focus this climate activism on the education system. There are reasons to be optimistic.

How To 77

How To Advocacy Learning Policies 77

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

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Rose picked up a couple of breathing strategies as a student in Breathe for Change, a 200-hour wellness and yoga teacher certification program for educators. Breathe for Change was founded by former Pre-K teacher Ilana Nankin to improve the well-being of educators. In 2012, Nankin moved from San Francisco to Wisconsin to pursue a Ph.D.

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Exercises Education Learning Advocacy 166

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

This workshop is part of a tech ambassador program, which builds technology advocacy across the district. Teachers report that they like the convenience of being able to complete their learning at a time and place that is convenient for them. One of every five requests in the U.S.

Professional Learning 189

Professional Learning Elementary Meeting Survey 189

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. As I eventually wrote in Open educational resources: Undertheorized research and untapped potential : Many of the articles reviewed in Hilton (2016), including some articles on which I was an author, are woefully undertheorized.

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OER Outcomes Comparison Study 147

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

When Karli Hinman enrolled at Stony Brook University in fall 2018, she knew her family couldn’t help her pay to continue her education. That meant she couldn’t sign up for courses for the upcoming semester. Of course I said yes.” Kirtley credits the spread of the model in part to the efforts of educator unions.

Advocacy 171

Advocacy Survey Study System 171

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

“Personalized learning” is among the most discussed initiatives in education today. Higher Education. So far, MS 2, , as the school is nicknamed, has personalized its core academic courses by using the Summit Learning Platform, an online resource that has replaced traditional whole-group classroom instruction. “You

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Personalized Learning Strategy Education Learning 101

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

Hameed’s students are participants in various programs through Hello Future , a nonprofit organization that works with teen refugees to bridge the education gap by teaching digital and financial literacy, critical thinking and entrepreneurship. The students at the Arbat camp are Syrian refugees who fled that country’s civil war.

Learning 145

Learning Advocacy Report Google 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

A Yale-educated evolutionary biologist and a member of the faculty at Catholic, liberal arts-focused Sacred Heart University, Geffrey Stopper also oversees one of its newest courses: Advanced Craft Beverage Brewing. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report.

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Kaplan Training Report Survey 125

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

As temperatures began to dip this fall, Allen Blackwell III says he and his colleagues at Baltimore City Public Schools kept watch on weather reports hoping to see it hit 32 degrees. The organization aims to help students overcome homelessness through education, policy advocacy and practical support to educators. “I

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Report Advocacy Meeting Resources 180

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The situation has school counselors feeling stuck, said Mandy Savitz-Romer, a senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and expert in school counseling. “We Credit: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report Osseo Senior High School, in Osseo, Minn. Credit: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report.

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Report Training Advocacy Conference 118

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2023

The time has come to face up to a troubling fact: Affirmative action is a policy designed to affect access to higher education, but many colleges have never sufficiently addressed their role in preparing students for a successful transition to life in college or gone beyond a laissez-faire approach to providing supports once they get in.

Accessibility 104

Accessibility Advocacy Study System 104

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report This year, Harpeth Valley flagged just 12 third graders as needing extra reading support, but the requirements of the expansive Tennessee law could put far more students at risk of retention. But some educators say the expectations Tennessee has set for its students are too high.

Elementary 108

Elementary Policies Advocacy Report 108

Connecting 2 the World

JUNE 8, 2022

In this case, Karen gave us 9 prompts to allow us to reflect on our understanding of Higher Education and the direction we would like to see it go. In the moment, I found it hard to really "reflect" on where I would want to see Higher Education go. In each case, these were baby steps.

Education 63

Education Industry Advocacy Report 63

Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

It removes barriers to learning materials, supports students where they are across varied learning contexts and needs, and gives educators more insight into the learning environments they’re creating. Students and educators have more tools to create a learning environment that fosters personalized learning.

Accessibility 334

Accessibility Technology E-rate Data 334

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Credit: Camilla Forte for The Hechinger Report. We know that these obstacles exist, and we haven’t addressed them,” said Wil Del Pilar, vice president for higher education policy, practice and research at the Education Trust, a nonprofit organization that focuses on helping students of color and low-income students.

Report 145

Report Course Advocacy Policies 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2022

Viewing one meme or listening to one streamer isn’t enough to redirect an individual’s entire political and moral compass, of course. My English courses have provided lessons about citing reputable sources, though this was specifically done to fulfill curriculum requirements and only covered academic sources for essays.

Social Media 98

Social Media Advocacy Report Course 98

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 10, 2020

This week on the blog I’m serializing a talk I gave for CSU Channel Islands last week as part of their Open Education Week festivities. Affordability seems to have become the end goal of OER advocacy, instead of being an important step on the path to improving student learning. This shouldn’t come as a surprise.

OER 78

OER Advocacy Course Report 78

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The project, designed by Tom Sugar, vice president for partnerships at EAB, the education consulting firm that will support colleges in the Moon Shot effort, is an effort to address systemic pitfalls in higher education and eliminate equity gaps in access and completion. Sign up for our higher education newsletter. .

Advocacy 97

Advocacy Policies Training Accessibility 97

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Photo: Iris Schneider for The Hechinger Report. Hernandez, who plans to enter California State University at Northridge in the fall to study computer science, is part of a big increase in California in the proportion of Hispanics who graduate from high school, reflecting an effort to get more of them to go on to higher educations.

Groups 101

Groups Advocacy Report Study 101