Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2022

This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy. But so are the elected officials Rucker works with. And so is she. “I I am fatigued,” she admits.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Given the busy schedules of teachers, Rose and colleagues created an evidence-based online curriculum that can be completed in four hours, compared to most bullying-related professional development courses that take place in-person for a full day and don’t always include evidence-based information.

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Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

K-12 system, the context for OER will vary across states and districts, across institutional types (regular public schools, charter schools, and private schools), across school levels (elementary, middle and high school), and across technological reliance and sophistication of schools (online/blended programs versus more traditional classrooms).

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2023

Related: As students fill summer courses, many ask: Why aren’t all colleges open in the summers? We no longer have the luxury of going to college for college’s sake,” said Yolanda Spiva, president of the advocacy organization Complete College America. Not everyone is ready for three-year degrees.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

50 Free Online Courses For Teachers: Spring 2015. Below is a list of 50 free online courses for teachers for Spring 2015, aggregated by Class Central. Education, Mini-Course III: Accountability and National Standards. LA101x: Library Advocacy Unshushed. Genetics and Society: A Course for Educators. via Rwaq (????).

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

The basic course teaches students productivity applications and critical-thinking skills that are needed in today’s work environment. For example, the focus of last summer’s global virtual camp was leadership and advocacy through the power of storytelling. Students produced mini-documentaries and TED-style talks. Subscribe today!

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

“One of the great paradigm shifts that has occurred with colleges that are really making headway is they no longer consider the students to be broken who come to them,” said Sugar, who was a co-founder of the advocacy group Complete College America.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

The organization aims to help students overcome homelessness through education, policy advocacy and practical support to educators. “I Her organization identified a troubling trend after the COVID-19 pandemic hit: school homeless liaisons reported a whopping 28 percent drop in enrollment of students who identified as homeless. “The

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

As the number of candidates balloons while health risks make it hard for hiring managers to meet with them in person, a trend toward “pre-hiring assessments” — already under way before Covid-19 — is getting a huge new push. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Our sense from our members is that this has exacerbated the trend we had already been seeing of declining student interest in going into teaching,” says Jacqueline E. King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 4, 2018

and New York, NY) — The Education Technology Industry Network ( ETIN ) of the Software Information Industry Association ( SIIA ), the largest non-profit software industry policy and advocacy association, announced today a partnership with StartEd Inc., October 4, 2018 (Washington, D.C. October 4, 2018 (Washington, D.C. About StartEd, Inc.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Since 2006, the share of California Hispanic 19-year-olds with a high school diploma has increased from 74 percent to 86 percent, according to the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California advocacy group. There’s still work to be done. Photo: Iris Schneider for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. That’s why Edgecombe County Public Schools rolled out the model districtwide over the course of three years. Subscribe today!

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Smith’s teachers were also sponsored to complete the courses required to earn their Child Development Associate Credential, a badge of expertise for early childhood educators. Educating officials : PRE4CLE has prioritized advocacy at all levels of the government, according to Kelly. Subscribe today!

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2022

As demographic trends, a strong job market and skepticism about the need for a degree cut into the supply of new students, universities and colleges are working harder to prevent existing ones from falling through the cracks. A hold would be placed, and then another hold,” Capp said.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In late October, education policy and advocacy group iNACOL opened its annual conference with a bang. Of course iNACOL—ahem, the Aurora Institute—isn’t the first education organization to undergo a major rebrand in the past few years. You need a concerted campaign over at least the course of a year. ScriptED begat Code Nation.

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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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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 9, 2015

So while education continues to be the biggest part of the state budget, it seems that all of the funding trends are negative, not positive. One option we all have in our democracy, of course, is voting and participating in the political process. State department educational policy advocacy: “Evidence-based” or puffery?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Rodriguez’s placement test scores dictated at least a year of these low-level math courses. It prohibits these schools from placing students in remedial courses unless those students are “highly unlikely to succeed in transfer-level coursework.”. California part of national trend. Eventually, he dropped out too.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

“Regardless of the institution where you work, if you’re a president or the dean of admissions, you’re very aware of these trends,” said Devorah Lieberman, president of the University of La Verne, near Los Angeles. The University of La Verne near Los Angeles. “Students beat themselves up about this.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 18, 2023

Self-advocacy, union participation, and quiet quitting are some possible responses for teachers. This is understanding your students’ goals and helping them connect those goals to the purpose of your course. Can you sustain what you are doing in five-day stretches for the course of the school year? How can this be fun?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount. This work drove the importance of advocacy for education programs for all children. Join in each week to talk about some of the emerging trends and topics in education. Most of these students were classified on the autism spectrum but had complex profiles.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2017

Mick Jones, Kylie’s dad, has been pleased to see an upward trend in his daughter’s scores, and he is among those who have become evangelists for the mastery-based system. Students are now assessed based on their “habits of scholarship” in addition to their mastery of course standards. They’re not slipping through the cracks.”.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 15, 2017

This year, a couple of very clear trends emerged. Of course, Andy led the welcome with his own gracious introduction. These are all things I do for free anyway, but it should be a great education/advocacy opportunity. Check out Orientation Inspiration (2013) and Orientation Attitude (2016). Engagement. Gamification.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The number of institutions that have adopted this approach “is still a small group,” said Maria Flynn, president and CEO of the advocacy group Jobs for the Future, or JFF, which has announced a $5 million competition to develop more rapid-reskilling programs that reduce training time by at least 50 percent for well-paid occupations.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2017

“This is just another systemic disadvantage that we put in front of low-income kids and kids of color,” said Andrew Nichols, director of higher education research at The Education Trust, a nonprofit advocacy organization. Wealthier schools are more likely to have college-preparation courses, too. GPAs rose from 3.25

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

In a trend that has been widely lauded, the proportion of high school graduates who go straight to college has increased from 63 percent in 2000 to 70 percent now, the Department of Education says. These trends together mean that there are nearly 2.9 That’s the conundrum we still haven’t gotten figured out yet.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

The tally reveals that Discovery generates more energy through its solar array than it uses over the course of the year. Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. Over the course of the year, these panels provide more than enough energy to power the school.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Wynzleen Lee Technology as a possibility to value language teaching profession: yes, there is a choice!

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2018

But many require some training at a community college or other technical program; without vocational instructors to teach those courses, the economy in some places could stall. Vocational education advocates have long bemoaned the lack of communication between colleges and industry, but some say they’re encouraged by recent trends.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2019

The Fab Lab is one way the Charleston County School District is trying to build career planning into curricula for children at earlier and earlier ages, a trend unfolding in school districts around the country. Tobie Baker Wright, a former senior program manager with JFF.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

Placing children with and without disabilities in the same classroom, instead of segregating them, was a growing national trend, spurred on by lawsuits by special education advocates. courses focusing on inclusion or special education, compared to about 11 courses for special education teachers.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Schools are being called to action to reverse the trend of Americans not participating in civic duties, for example a decline in people voting. Of course not. If all ideas are essential, how do we determine what is taught and learned? One topic that has come up a lot recently is civic responsibility. They work hand-in-hand.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 27, 2015

The Emerging Future: Technology and Learning brings focus to the planning skills that are needed, the issues that are involved, and the current trends as we explore the potential impact of technological innovations. Register for free at [link]. Here's a litmus test. Penelope Trunk Education Does This Impact Student Learning?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Daniel Sadowsky, Assistant Director of Education / Kelly Procida You Want Me to Teach Global Context in My Courses Now, Too? Ruth Valle / Phyllis Manning K-12 Global Art Exchange w/ Electronic Follow Up / Paul Hurteau, Executive Director La Medicion de la Calidad Educativa y la Acreditacion / M.Ed Whenever, for Free!

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As the teacher librarian at RCCBA, Michelle also teaches elective courses in technology and information literacy skills to her students. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 In fall 2019, Michelle became the Content Lead for CRCSD’s 32 school libraries. Weinraub had a vision to expand the program to serve all students in the district.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

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. It’s also designed to help educators see how they’re already applying these concepts in their existing courses. “In

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