Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

For example, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about the future of learning materials writ large. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. But from time to time I still step back and worry about field-level issues.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

But one district has been steadfast in its commitment, staying the course through three superintendents: RSU 2. Nellie Mae passed on the money to the Portland-based Great Schools Partnership, which used it to coordinate The New England Secondary School Consortium, a coalition advocating for proficiency-based diplomas, among other things.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With his transformative efforts, Mr. Hatcher has propelled Akron Public Schools to the forefront of educational excellence, becoming a shining example of how innovative education technologies can truly make a difference in students’ lives. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 Weinraub is an exceptional leader in student health and wellness.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

billion on elementary and secondary education. Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. The class sizes at Enterprise Attendance Center are an example of these struggles. Schools stand to receive $2.4 billion under the 2017 budget. “We

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

courses focusing on inclusion or special education, compared to about 11 courses for special education teachers. Students with disabilities who are placed in general education classrooms get more instructional time , have fewer absences and have better post-secondary outcomes, research shows.

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MindShift

MARCH 29, 2018

What they lack is college-educated relatives, counselors, role models or mentors to make sure they take the courses and meet the deadlines they need to, or who encourage them to think about their further educations. It’s not that they have less potential than their counterparts in predominantly white, more affluent communities.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In his application, Shahan predicted that Arise’s test scores would increase by 10 percent each year over the course of five years, starting at 40 percent “proficiency” on state tests and stair-stepping up each year, until its students reached 80 percent proficiency in the school’s fifth year.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Mehta said the best examples he has seen during the school day are in science classes. But students credited the sophomore-year course with getting them excited about — and familiar with — experimentation. “It Lehmann, the Philadelphia principal, embodies this attitude perhaps as well as any secondary educator in America.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

There were no Advanced Placement courses, for example, and little help was available with college and financial aid applications, said Ben, who is Black. “I Forty-five percent of Black children go to high-poverty primary and secondary schools , compared to 8 percent of white students. It’s just the way society is.”

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

These are purchasing programs in which “institutions are signing up whole classes of students to automatically receive digital course materials at a discounted rate, rather than purchasing individually.” More effective local examples cannot be integrated directly into materials. The inappropriately high cost of textbooks.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Though I deeply enjoy my infrequent, often protracted conversations with Stephen – and find them deeply useful for clarifying and advancing my own thinking – I believe this one has just about run its course. ” Our advocacy. There’s no advocacy here for a specific pedagogy. emphasis added).

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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?” On the other hand, I’m fundamentally a “small steps” person, which has led me to try to limit the scope of my current work to the US post-secondary education system (and more specifically US community colleges).

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OER LMS Secondary Course 60

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

In Indianapolis Public Schools, for example, the Center for Inquiry School 84 has a lower portion of kids getting free or reduced-price lunch than any other school in the district, at just 8 percent. Certain special education programs can drive up costs, for example. And, of course, there is the coalition.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

At Maury County Public Schools (TN), for example, families can check out WiFi-enabled devices for two weeks at a time. Glenn encourages all students to have a voice, not only in building a school culture, but also in designing student-led courses. Today, the parents see the value and are more supportive of the digital transition.

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BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 54

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Students like Moises and Lina, for example, wouldn’t be eligible under the Cuomo proposal. We can’t leave behind families who need more assistance to close that financial gap,” said Ian Rosenblum, the executive director of Education Trust–New York, a nonprofit education advocacy group that published a report about the Excelsior Scholarship.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Playful Learning: Games and the Future of STEM - Danny Fain, Teacher in Residence Redefining STEM Rubrics for the 21’st Century: It’s all about mastery! Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2016

And while the progress is uneven and vulnerable to still more changes ahead — including a shift next year from grants to loans for students’ living expenses — how they have succeeded shows it can be done, and offers some examples of exactly how. students from affluent areas are 2.4 That’s up from six times more likely in 1970.

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Groups Secondary Study Report 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Newsletters Why : Advocacy, community connections, sharing resources, showcasing student work How : Wakelet , Padlet , Smore , Google Slides, PPT “A newsletter is a wonderful way of advocating [for your library], Holzweiss said. Lifelong Learner – Librarians as lifelong learners lead by example. Evolve your programming.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 91

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2019

Tennessee, for example, which famously made its community colleges free, is on target to have 55 percent of its residents possess certificates or degrees two years ahead of the 2025 deadline, outgoing Gov. Progress toward these objectives varies by region. Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I think it’s safe to say, for example, that venture capital investment has fallen off rather precipitously this year. These are just the ones that were reported by the press, of course.). Why, schools of course. " I will do that in a separate article at the end of the year. “ Tweaking the business model.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. Um, they do.)

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Protests at Evergreen College in Washington , for example. Charles Murray is, of course, most famous for his book The Bell Curve which argues that the IQs of African-Americans are lower than those of white Americans and that this, specifically, is a genetic and therefore inheritable difference. Again and again and again.

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Technology Education Social Media Groups 58

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Robots are much more ideal as workers, because of course they cannot unionize. ” “The right skills,” of course, are the skills that employers expect potential employees to possess, largely eschewing training themselves and instead offloading the risk and responsibility of training onto individuals. The prison market.

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