Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Buoyed by examples of new and significant commitments to OER by companies large and small, governments of all levels, and schools, it is easy to see that the future of instructional materials over the next decade will look very different than it has over the last decade.

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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. Subscribe today! Historically, there just hasn’t been enough interest among qualified candidates.

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Elementary Advocacy Trends STEM 110

The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Indeed, many advocacy groups, including the Learning Policy Institute and Ed Trust , are recommending extending learning time next year. The findings in the literature indicate that simply adding time is insufficient,” the authors at Child Trends, a nonprofit organization, concluded. (

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Study Comparison Advocacy Report 135

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

For example, the focus of last summer’s global virtual camp was leadership and advocacy through the power of storytelling. 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.

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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. It got to the point where it was unsustainable.

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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. Her sisters “were an example and I wanted to be like them,” Alvarado said. There’s still work to be done.

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Groups Advocacy Report Study 98

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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Robotics Elementary STEM Training 112

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A student leaps during a game at Horizons Elementary School. Florida and Rhode Island now mandate 20 minutes of recess time a day for elementary school students. At least we’re at the table now,” said Carly Wright, advocacy director for SHAPE. “It A slow walk for example, does little to make anyone smarter.

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Exercises Elementary Report Study 104

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Richard Labbe Johnston County Public Schools Nominated by: Savvas Learning Company While recent statistics from NAEP (The Nation’s Report Card) show significant declines in math scores across the country, Johnston County Public Schools in North Carolina has defied that trend. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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Education Advocacy EdTech Elementary 124

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 15, 2017

This year, a couple of very clear trends emerged. In a Seesaw Blog Ideas post , Alison Murphy shares several examples for using these games right out of the box or follow instructions to personaliz[ing] your own plan: Seesaw Go! These are all things I do for free anyway, but it should be a great education/advocacy opportunity.

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Libraries Gamification iPhone Advocacy 54

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

As budgets get cut, special education advocacy must be paramount. SHOW LINK BIO: Rebecca’s dedication to exceptional learners started in elementary school when she was a “special friend” to the mainstream class. This work drove the importance of advocacy for education programs for all children.

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Classroom Advocacy Learning Conference 36

MindShift

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. (Charleston County School District).

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Robotics Elementary Training STEM 44

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

This post is a newsletter I am sending home to our elementary school families. Schools are being called to action to reverse the trend of Americans not participating in civic duties, for example a decline in people voting. For example, students interviewed Mineral Point city officials about the governing process.

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Examples Trends Study Elementary 32

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

For example, in following the data on average-time-per-book by format we learned that our students were spending more time in audiobook texts than in ebooks. Using data for advocacy Increasing funding to expand our collection of audiobooks is just one example of the many ways we’re using data for advocacy.

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Data Advocacy Libraries eBook 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

“It’s essentially a vestige of colonialism,” said Roberto Jiménez Rivera, a rare example of a native Puerto Rican from modest means who went to college on the mainland, where he now is an assistant director of admissions at Tufts University. Examples abound of college graduates who work in retail stores and as receptionists.

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Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

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Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

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. She listened to a few descriptions of struggles and then reminded her students that part of their job is to be an example for other teachers.

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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

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Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 97

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

For example: “Calling child protective services would not be a severe threat to Black students if racial disparities within the institution itself were less pronounced.”. Research on doubled-up students shows there’s good reason to provide them with help: They earned lower grades, for example, and were less likely to graduate on time.

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Analysis Policies Report Advocacy 68

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Related: Must a classroom be high-tech to make personalized learning work?

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

What are the new trends in libraries? 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.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 91

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

The guide also noted that starting in elementary school, all students take Spanish, art and music classes. Many charters hire teachers who don’t belong to a teachers union or haven’t gone through a traditional teacher preparation program, for example. But if you look at the numbers, we’re trending in the right direction.”.

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Report Company Data Meeting 112

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

In previous years, when I’ve written about this topic, I’ve saved “The Business of Ed-tech” for one of the last articles in my “ Top Ed-Tech Trends" series. I think it’s safe to say, for example, that venture capital investment has fallen off rather precipitously this year.

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Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

But this year, I’m reorganizing my analysis of these “trends,” partly because I think they can all be subsumed under the larger theme of “the new economy.” There are other markets to pursue, after all – markets in Mexico , Gaza , Uganda, Kenya, and Nigeria , for example. The prison market.

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Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

The image above from Google Trends helps demonstrate how popular the phrase has become in the intervening months. So what happens when, for example, we share the research that demonstrates that vouchers do not improve student achievement ? Why was so much ed-tech “fake news”? Do cellphones cause brain cancer ?

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