The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

He had to get help from an advocacy group called College Possible to pay his rent. An athlete while he was in college, Agyei had to work to pay some of his expenses and needed help from an advocacy group to keep paying his rent as his tuition increased. But “it can put an even bigger divide between those groups.”

Advocacy 136

Advocacy Data Trends Report 136

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2024

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Libraries 41

Libraries Advocacy Accessibility Strategy 41

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The teacher dispatched him to a low-skill group. “It For those who continue to struggle in school, the ideal instruction is one-on-one or in a small group with a trained teacher who provides intensive and systematic assistance in making connections between written words and sounds. The studies came just as the U.S.

Learning 144

Learning Study Report Elementary 144

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Advocate: Young introverts need parental advocacy for public school. Teacher training is similar to influential groupthink, focusing in on design thinking, group discussions, meetings and project collaboration. Schools can change the definition of participation and offer different ways to meet the needs of introverts.

How To 279

How To Classroom Advocacy Outcomes 279

Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2017

[A short list of organizations includes funders like the Gates Foundation and Next Generation Learning Challenges and advocacy groups like the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) and the International Society of Technology Education (ISTE). Instead, I was surprised by the pragmatism of his response.

Personalized Learning 104

Personalized Learning Learning Advocacy Blended Learning 104

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2024

Closing off routes to financial aid creates “enormous issues,” said CJ Powell, director of advocacy for the National Association for College Admission Counseling, especially for students whose families have fewer resources. If not enrollment, then definitely matriculation,” she added.

Data 57

Data Advocacy Report System 57

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2017

The flurry of new state laws over the past five years is in large part the result of pressure from Decoding Dyslexia, a parent advocacy group with chapters in all 50 states. came in 1985 when Texas legislated the definition of dyslexia, mandated screening, and required training for teachers.

Advocacy 101

Advocacy Training Report Analysis 101

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. However, the desire to prove that the quality of such distributed offerings is equal to the quality of on-campus programming often results in comparisons of achievement between the two groups of student participants. That’s a pretty tall order.

OER 147

OER Outcomes Comparison Study 147

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Self Advocacy and Resources for Students. Accordingly, the intensity of instruction (number of days designated for intervention, the length of sessions, or group size) should vary according to students’ skill level and rate of progress. Additionally, many people believe that all individuals with dyslexia see letters or words backward.

Advocacy 130

Advocacy STEM Resources System 130

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2020

It’s restructuring the relationship between a student and his or her institution,” says James Toscano, president of Partners for College Affordability and Public Trust , the nonprofit advocacy organization that is taking the lead in promoting the bill of rights. This is a consumer-protection agenda.

Advocacy 154

Advocacy Policies Conference Data 154

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

In late October, education policy and advocacy group iNACOL opened its annual conference with a bang. Focus groups revealed that although Buck had a high brand value, many stakeholders reacted poorly to the term “institute,” assigning it a stodgy, slow-to-change vibe. That really wasn’t who we saw ourselves as being,” Lenz says.

Education 80

Education Advocacy Conference Laptops 80

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Credit: Neal Morton/The Hechinger Report The assistance came thanks to a Washington state program — one of the first of its kind in the country — that aims to help children who aren’t considered homeless, and unqualified for help, under a strict federal definition. The National Alliance to End Homelessness, an influential Washington, D.C.,

Elementary 124

Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 124

edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

A recent edWebinar led by Bobbi Bear, Director of Customer Advocacy for Achieve3000, identified effective ways to integrate SEL with reading instruction, through classroom conversations about nonfiction and fiction texts. And, the goals for students engaged in this type of learning include self-esteem, empathy, motivation, and commitment.

Differentiated Instruction 43

Differentiated Instruction Secondary Advocacy Dropout 43

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2018

New York and Illinois were the only states that had double-digit gaps for both groups. Groups of residents were permitted to march through campus, waving giant Confederate flags and, he said, shouting the “N” word at him and his friends. An ethnic center, minority recruitment office or other siloed group won’t get the job done alone.”.

Advocacy 105

Advocacy Data Groups Report 105

Educator Innovator

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Teen activists worldwide are making headlines for their social justice advocacy on everything from climate change and immigration to substance abuse and LGBTQ issues. Later, to help others understand the term he coined the definition: “a long comic book that would need a bookmark.”. Here are some highlights, grouped by category.

Advocacy 55

Advocacy Libraries Learning Trends 55

Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Such claims have caught the attention of consumer-protection advocacy groups like the Student Borrower Protection Center, which has found marketing language that it contends is deceptive and predatory. From our interviews, students definitely conceptualize this as a type of debt or loan. Is it a loan? Something else?

Comparison 204

Comparison Study Data Advocacy 204

eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2016

Through ESSA’s Innovative Assessment and Accountability Demonstration Authority, seven states initially will be able to pilot high-quality, student-centered systems of assessments with a group of districts in an attempt to eventually scale the system state-wide. The site will include seven briefs, diving deeper into the readiness conditions.

Assessment 40

Assessment Resources Advocacy System 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

But payment caps can be as high as three times the funded amount, according to a 2020 report by the Student Borrower Protection Center, an advocacy group. In its March announcement, the Department of Education declared that ISAs are by definition private education loans.

Company 70

Company Report Survey Industry 70

The Hechinger Report

JULY 23, 2021

It takes the average student at a four-year university nearly five years to graduate, the advocacy group Complete College America reports , and the typical bachelor’s degree recipient takes and pays for an average of 15 credits — an entire semester’s worth — more than was required. We definitely have people say, ‘Just tell me.

Survey 142

Survey Study Report Advocacy 142

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2019

It’s that fewer than one in five of adults in the entire surrounding Humphreys County have at least an associate degree, according to census data analyzed by the nonprofit advocacy organization Complete Tennessee. My parents definitely want me to go for those two free years,” he said. That’s a really good thing to have on your resume.

Industry 96

Industry Report Company Training 96

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

All students with disabilities need to develop strong self-advocacy and communication skills to make sure they’re getting the supports they’re due, especially in the sink-or-swim real world. Skills like knowing how to ask for help or organize a study group “are as important as anything else you’re going to learn,” said Tudisco.

Study 88

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 88

N2Y

OCTOBER 12, 2020

If this is the case, still contact your child’s teacher, but try waiting a few more weeks to be sure you are reviewing accurate and definitive data. Her general education and special education teachers have tried two different interventions in small groups, but her scores on all assessments show a plateau or a regression.

Meeting 52

Meeting Advocacy Report Examples 52

MindShift

JUNE 4, 2020

What I want to do is [provide] the definition of what is looting, what is a riot [and] poke some holes in some of our mainstream understandings of protest,” Kornhauser said. “I Some students said they’ve seen many images of looting, while others have talked about concerns about police harassing protesters.

Advocacy 38

Advocacy Social Media Study Groups 38

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

During a group science lab in Giebel and Jolma’s class, Anna Wang, 13, sat on one of the wobbly chairs the school purchased for classrooms this year. “It At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It What is definitely tied to brain health, Hillman said, is physical fitness.

Exercises 106

Exercises Elementary Report Study 106

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. Yet many of those steeped in the work are convinced.

Personalized Learning 69

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 69

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Ask a publisher why inclusive access is good for students and the list of reasons they will provide sounds like it came straight off a 2013 OER advocacy slide. The question we must each ask ourselves is – what is the real goal of our OER advocacy? ” Nothing remotely like that has ever been included in my definition of open.

Accessibility 62

Accessibility OER Pearson MOOC 62

The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2016

Senior year in most schools is “a laissez faire period that offers little challenge, motivation, or direction,” according to the nonprofit group Jobs for the Future. In a new report , the group argues that many seniors spend their last few months of high school doing little more than waiting to pick up a diploma. Photo: Margaret Noble.

Survey 40

Survey Course Advocacy Report 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2019

she asked the group. She’s been working with this group and 20 other preschool teachers and directors in the area since the beginning of the school year. Everybody will share the play dough,” she said to a group of students. I’m definitely more calm. What kind of kids really push your buttons?” But I can’t.”.

Training 111

Training Report Survey Strategy 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

And the report classifies Chas as a high-level threat, though the circumstances don’t meet the definition, Mosby said. Advocacy demonstrating the harm threat assessments may pose to students with disabilities could be having an effect. The report mentions that he had “one or two episodes” of previous violence, which Mosby disputes.

Assessment 102

Assessment Report Training Guidelines 102

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

OCTOBER 20, 2017

We had about 21 families reading the book, so I hoped to have a large group discussion. However, due to many schedule conflicts, we had a very small group. Even though it was a small group, it was a mighty discussion. The family book club read at home on their own and we held one face-to-face meeting at the end of the book.

Elementary 47

Elementary Groups Google Meeting 47

Reading By Example

AUGUST 26, 2017

This article serves as a closing post for our online study group Becoming a Literacy Leader by Jen Allen. However, I was thankful that as a faculty we were learning about promising practices together and would be better educators for our students.

Professional Learning 62

Professional Learning Elementary Study Conference 62

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2019

The National Association of Graduate-Professional Students and other advocacy groups are lobbying Congress to mandate training for graduate mentors and advisors. It definitely needs more attention,” Stevens said. Thomas University Provost Jeremy Moreland. I feel like I have more options now by doing this,” said Stevens.

Report 104

Report Survey Study Strategy 104

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 9, 2018

The advocacy group estimates that a California student starting at a community college who does manage to transfer to a four-year university and get a bachelor’s degree pays $38,000 more for it than a student who starts as a freshman at the four-year school, forced to take the same courses again and again.

Report 98

Report STEM Course Comparison 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Undergraduates, on average, end up taking 15 credits more than they need to get degrees — a full semester’s worth — according to the advocacy group Complete College America. All of this takes a toll on graduation rates. And that, in turn, is why nearly 60 percent take longer than four years to finish , or never do.

Course 128

Course Report Policies Study 128

MindShift

AUGUST 14, 2017

According to the Partnership for 21st Century Learning, , a research and advocacy group, these include the “4Cs of critical thinking, collaboration, communication and creativity,” as well as “life and career skills” and “information, media and technology skills.” 21st Century Skills.

Advocacy 75

Advocacy Analysis Trends Examples 75

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

I definitely would have struggled [in algebra] if I didn’t have to go through the process of re-taking.”. Starting in 2011, several key groups and people in Maine worked to put the state ahead of the pack in terms of legal requirements for proficiency. Kylee Elderkin, student, Nokomis Regional High School.

Education 0

Education Report System Course 0

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2017

It definitely held me back.”. 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. Some states’ figures are even higher. But often that isn’t enough.

Course 66

Course Social Media Study Comparison 66