The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2020

Fortunately, TGR Foundation and Discovery Education are partnering to help STEM teachers reach a more diverse group of learners and generate student interest in STEM. This post is sponsored by TGR Foundation and Discovery Education. All opinions are my own. You’ll want to share this with your STEM colleagues.

STEM 310

STEM Strategy Advocacy Course 310

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

They were referred to the Lourie Center in Rockville, Md., The Lourie Center’s therapeutic nursery program offers a comprehensive early childhood program that provides education and clinical services. After all, Albert Einstein also had speech delays and received specialized (private) education to get ready for primary school.

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Education Survey Advocacy Outcomes 197

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Kathryn Meyer, left, attorney at the Center for Children’s Advocacy, and Christiana Mills, are part of the Yale Child Student Center in New Haven, Connecticut. RELATED: Low academic expectations and poor support for special education students are ‘hurting their future’ The post-COVID data shows that New Haven is far from alone.

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Advocacy Report Study Training 53

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2021

In February, Philadelphia-based early childhood educator Adrienne Briggs found herself in a quandary. She attended a webinar, but the presenter didn’t provide documentation for attendees to reference. She attended a webinar, but the presenter didn’t provide documentation for attendees to reference.

Education 174

Education Policies Industry Advocacy 174

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

She has her own computer, educational software and high-speed internet. But it’s not just Maria who is falling behind due to her lack of access to educational technology and resources. Education funders must invest in gap-closing edtech solutions. Jennifer is in sixth grade. Maria is also in the sixth grade.

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System EdTech Digital Divide Education 139

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Some of the conclusions may not come as a surprise in the Omidyar Network’s report on what works in scaling education technology in different regions worldwide. Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. And yet, Chilean education expenditure as a percent of GDP (5.35

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Technology EdTech Education Mobility 138

Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Montessori teachers need rigorous science in their training, and—after they graduate—an online resource they can refer to for inspiration. Student Advocacy If your preschoolers will be coming from under-served populations, they will benefit from learning self-advocacy (in fact, we all can).

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Advocacy Competency Based Learning Training Robotics 137

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Even though federal law requires states to provide public education to homeless students, delivering on this has proven troublesome. Monarch School, a public-private K-12 school, is an arrangement between the San Diego County Office of Education and a local nonprofit. Monarch School argues that it provides a quality education.

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Advocacy Outcomes Report Study 175

Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

2] This can refer to any stressful or traumatic event that occurs during childhood, such as health issues, loss of a loved one, community violence, and abuse or neglect.[4] 2] For educators, it’s important to watch for signs that a student is experiencing any of these in addition to school stressors to provide them with the right support.

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Classroom E-rate Advocacy Report 239

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

This year marks the first time since 2012 that a majority of undocumented high schoolers who are graduating won’t be able to apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known simply as DACA, according to a new report from the immigrant advocacy group FWD.us. They have the right to this education thanks to Plyler v.

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Analysis Policies Advocacy Report 133

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. And in February, nonprofit advocacy organization U.S. They were filed on behalf of individual students in the U.S.

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Accessibility Pearson Advocacy Course 162

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Eli Clark has been waiting nearly a year for their high school to complete an evaluation that would determine special education services. The family hoped Eli could get an Individualized Education Program (IEP), a legal document that qualifies students for special education and lays out the services and accommodations they will receive.

Education 130

Education Assessment Advocacy Report 130

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

And the early childhood educators who remain in the field have done so despite low wages, rising inflation and high-stress working conditions. With a $30 million investment over five years, the center aims to improve conditions for the early care and education workforce, making it a more attractive field to enter, remain and advance in.

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Policies Trends Advocacy Outcomes 155

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

Pam Moran, superintendent in Albemarle County in Virginia, shares about some cool virtual reality in Virginia, some challenges with helping new teachers get started, and how she thinks education is entering a new Renaissance of creativity and innovation. Educating Kids for Life Not for Tests. Get motivated today listening to Pam.

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Education Examples Maker Movement Company 247

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

That is to say, people who are part of certain racial groups — likely a reference to the outsized impact climate change has on Black and Hispanic people — and low-income people. It makes you feel super helpless, especially when you start acknowledging who gets affected.” Do what you can with what you can.” Photo courtesy of Perkins&Will.

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Survey Advocacy Study Social Media 175

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

OCTOBER 5, 2022

As trauma-informed education expert Alex Shevrin Venet points out in her recent book, Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education : This is the uncomfortable truth: schools cause trauma and harm. These students carried those outside stressors into the classroom when in-person schooling resumed.

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Policies Advocacy Examples System 150

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Like many first-generation low-income students (FGLI) , I began my education at my local community college, Indian River State College in Florida. Afterward, I was asked by a student: “So, like, should I refer to you as a homeless person or someone who experienced homelessness?” FGLI students are not a one-and-done diversity checkbox.

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Policies Advocacy Report Groups 122

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2022

We do this first by equipping our educators with the resources they need to effectively teach our students our hardest historical lessons, including George Floyd’s death and the history that envelops it. Facing History encourages educators to reflect on what events mean to them before they begin a dialogue with their students.

Advocacy 120

Advocacy Mobility Training Resources 120

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

CUNY students were among the millions across the country hit hard by the pandemic and left struggling to finance their education. He’s spent months reporting on what critics refer to as the “ transcript trap ,” when colleges and universities refuse to release transcripts for students who owe them money. That’s why we’re there.

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Policies Advocacy Report Examples 100

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 27, 2019

For the first decade of the modern open education movement (1998 – 2007), the distinguishing feature of our work – the thing we cared most about and talked most about – was the open licensing we applied to educational materials. ” There were two kinds of educational materials in the world.

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OER Advocacy Policies Libraries 112

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

By many measures, schools here made big gains under Gordon and the ambitious 11-year effort to overhaul the education system that he helped create. The effects of poverty on education make further gains a daunting challenge. Bibb’s press spokesperson referred questions to Holly Trifiro, the city’s chief education officer.

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Education Report System Meeting 100

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. As of fall 2022, Stony Brook is one of 33 higher ed institutions where students can apply for money through a local FAST Fund to help cover an education expense or address a basic life need.

Advocacy 171

Advocacy Survey Study System 171

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This story also appeared in The Seattle Times For years, she sat through meetings with her son’s special education teachers, struggling to maintain a smile as she understood little of what they said. Mireya Barrera, left, spent years struggling to understand her son Ian’s teachers in special education meetings without a Spanish interpreter.

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Meeting Training Advocacy Accessibility 145

Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

Even if they are correct about the current state of affairs – and they just might be – it doesn’t abdicate our responsibility to help schools and educators do better. Instead, advocates have focused almost exclusively on the practices of companies serving education. and compliance.

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Internet Safety Student Data Privacy Policies Company 295

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2017

Board of Education , that mandated desegregation in schools, and after 25 years of education reform, white families aren’t flocking to neighborhood schools or charters with black children. There are 11,900 at-risk 0- to 4-year-olds in New Orleans who do not have access to a publicly funded, early childhood education program.

Education 81

Education Analysis Advocacy Trends 81

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

In terms of young women, school counselors and really all educators can help young women and really all of our students learn more about computer science and technology by thinking about how it intersects with every area of interest. When we start to see that intersection as educators, we can have those conversations with our students.

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STEM Company Industry System 337

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

He never received extra help or special education services from his Houston-area school district. The study described a 14-year-old referred to as Percy F. “He was creating its own special education categories and definitions to prepare for the passage of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act in 1975.

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Learning Study Report Elementary 145

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

The process of learning walks or walk-throughs as many schools refer to them is to get a glimpse of what is happening in classrooms to then provide non-evaluative feedback for improvement. and had staff create portfolios to show growth and changes to practice. Additionally, my admin team and I conducted learning walks every day.

Learning 204

Learning Outcomes Assessment Advocacy 204

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

First, we offer a much-needed framework for the education of diverse learners. Second, we advocate for the development of an action plan for educating the not-so-common learners that is research-based, achievable, and reaches beyond any current educational reform initiative for school improvement. Students with Disabilities.

Common Core 239

Common Core Assessment Strategy Advocacy 239

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 27, 2023

Our special conference chair is Loida Garcia-Febo who, as past president of the American Library Association, focused on workplace wellness areas including continuing education, creating a positive work environment, unions, gender equity, pay equity, and other activities designed to improve the salaries and status of library professionals.

Libraries 70

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 70

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2023

Our special conference chair is Loida Garcia-Febo who, as past president of the American Library Association, focused on workplace wellness areas including continuing education, creating a positive work environment, unions, gender equity, pay equity, and other activities designed to improve the salaries and status of library professionals.

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Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 68

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2022

Sent from one office to another, he was close to giving up — until he found himself referred to someone whose title was “retention specialist.”. “I They were just leaving higher education with debt and nothing to show for it.”. Problems with low success rates are widespread in American higher education.

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Dropout Report Advocacy Accessibility 115

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 31, 2023

Our special conference chair is Loida Garcia-Febo who, as past president of the American Library Association, focused on workplace wellness areas including continuing education, creating a positive work environment, unions, gender equity, pay equity, and other activities designed to improve the salaries and status of library professionals.

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Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 73

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2024

Five months after federal stabilization grants expired, deeper cracks are beginning to show in the early care and education sector. At a time when the field is suffering, leaving families, educators and providers across the country scrambling, the progress in Massachusetts is remarkable. We see more programs opening.

Education 206

Education Advocacy Survey Libraries 206

Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2017

public education these days is personalized learning. Depending on whom you ask, the term refers to a model, a strategy, a plan, or just plain old good instruction. For anyone seeking to label an ideal education experience or garner support for a new initiative, personalized learning provides the answer.

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Personalized Learning Learning Advocacy Blended Learning 102

Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2020

Should that apply to higher education? It’s a direct reference to the case many students and families have made, since the pandemic prompted campuses to close in the spring, that colleges should return money paid for room and board services that went unused. This is a consumer-protection agenda. That principle is absolutely correct.”

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Advocacy Policies Conference Data 152