The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

I was over in one of the elementary schools the other day, and three years ago we were all in awe and kind of gaga about a high school student who was all in with drones, and sort of building and flying, and learning about aviation and drones with his high school peers. Drones in the Classroom. He’s actually been back, He’s taking a gap year.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

The tumultuous fall highlighted the split nature of the seven-member school board and the ongoing tensions between the superintendent and a few trustees over governance policies, management styles and issues plaguing the district, such as low morale and severe staffing shortages. 15, 2021, in Elko, Nevada.

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Meeting Advocacy Report STEM 145

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Kolleen Bouchane, Policy and Advocacy Director Turning Interests into Insights: Using Data Visualizations to Teach Global Issues - Ann Marie Gleeson, Ph.D., Join the movement to all children everywhere access to education.

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Conference Education STEM Adobe 71

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 5, 2022

Starting several decades ago, several powerhouse groups and individuals invested in recruiting a more diverse teacher workforce, says Richard Ingersoll, a professor of education and policy at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and an expert on teacher demographics.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Dr. Moran has appeared on the cover of Education Week’s Digital Directions magazine as a “National Mover and Shaker” for her advocacy of a curricular digital integration model, which will be featured in an upcoming profile by Edutopia. Congress to accelerate innovation in education.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance. It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance,” said Aponte, who also served as U.S. Department of Education.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

But the annual celebrating of New York City’s feats ignores deeper differences, say educators and education policy experts, who contend that those upstate cities exist in an entirely different world. A hallway at Franklin Elementary school lined with tiny lockers and student art. Joseph Pirozzi at Franklin Elementary in Syracuse, N.Y.,

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

But I don’t see my advocacy as a zero-sum game. More women than in the past are graduating from college in the STEM fields, and for the first time, women make up the majority of law school students. People often question me on why I’m not advocating for girls and empowering them instead.

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Advocacy Knowledge Base Accessibility Report 40

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

JANUARY 23, 2016

My name is Andy Plemmons, school library media specialist at David C Barrow Elementary in Athens GA @barrowmediacenter I will take over the DOE account this week. gadoeteachertakeover #makered #stem #steam #makerspace #librariesofinstagram #teachersofinstagram #teachersfollowteachers #collaboration #uga #projectspark #technology #creativity.

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Robotics Libraries Social Media Education 28

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The implementation also helped address challenges with certifications and staffing for their early college high school and STEM high school–when they no longer had a university partner providing physical education credits, Edmentum filled that gap with highly qualified, state-certified teachers and award-winning curriculum.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2021

“Between cooking meals to feed my children throughout the entire day, keeping up on household duties, ‘mommying,’ doing my own college courses, and teaching … there was never enough time,” says Memoree Skinner, an elementary special education teacher, graduate student, and mother of three. I never prayed so much in my life.” Census Bureau.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., And she hopes educators and families all across the country will try it and see that for themselves.

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Learning Analysis Assessment Groups 218

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2022

My friends without such advocacy found themselves systematically excluded from certain courses by the invisible hand of adults who did not know them and used the school schedule to cajole them toward courses and pathways that, over time, calcified and shaped their identities — and aspirations.

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Course Accessibility Advocacy Outcomes 119

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

Most states have something on the books to encourage competency-based options, but only about a half-dozen have loosened seat-time dictates enough to dispense with grade levels, according to Matt Williams, chief operating officer and vice president of policy and advocacy for the personalized-learning nonprofit KnowledgeWorks.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

.; Paloma Garcia-Lopez - Executive Director, Maker Education Initiative - "Maker Movement: Making More Makers" Jeanne Century - Director of Research and Evaluation and Science Education, Outlier Research and Evaluation, CEMSE, University of Chicago - "Is it STEM or Just Good Practice?"

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

Middle school and elementary school were extremely challenging for me. I learned things like metacognition, self advocacy, motivation, determination, resiliency. You’re a education policy wonk, right? Mary Jo Madda ( @MJMadda ) is Senior Editor at EdSurge, as well as a former STEM middle school teacher and administrator.

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Learning System Advocacy Technology 60

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

Under federal law, it is illegal to bar a child from receiving the same education as their peers based on conditions stemming from their disability. Experts appointed by the court to research the issue found that about 1,000 Oregon students with disabilities — most of them in elementary school — are on shortened schedules.

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Advocacy Elementary Training Report 98

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

This represents change only for those people who want to make a change,” she said, adding that schools can choose between using that money to fund elementary, secondary or pre-K programs (though that last one is up for debate ). Do you support them in that advocacy as well?” Green asked.

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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. Overwhelmingly, public school library policy would prohibit students from posting while at school.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Ozelle Stephen, Rev/Director of Education, Miridians Elementary School, Centre of Enabling Support Foundation, Uganda Access to Quality education Opportunities, Good Health + Well-being for all. Dr. Beate W. Nguyen, Principal + Global Scholar-Practitioner, Archdiocese of Los Angeles/St. Kristin Hundt, Teacher. Global Citizen. School + N.D.

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

The guide also noted that starting in elementary school, all students take Spanish, art and music classes. But many of the 747 charters have implemented policies that critics say make it difficult for lower-income families to access them. In 2016, Southwest Georgia STEM Charter School launched in Randolph County.

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

” Via The New York Post : “Charter-school advocacy group to close up shop.” The Salt Lake City school board has voted to rename Jackson Elementary. Teachers can bring STEM lessons to life through this immersive learning and take students on biodiversity journeys through Africa, Asia, the Amazon, and more.”

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Lenovo Education Facebook MOOC 51

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

.” Via Politico : “Partnerships between local law enforcement agencies and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement led to the displacement of more than 300,000 Hispanic students between 2000 and 2011, with most of those students disappearing from elementary schools.” ” Education in the Courts. Does He Want To?

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Education Chegg MOOC Robotics 55

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Related: ‘Kids who have less, need more’: The fight over school funding School funding stems from three major sources: federal, state and local. While there will certainly be differences in state policies, school district size and budgets, more states and districts should heed the lessons, both good and bad, from California.

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Report Advocacy Case Study Study 99

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Crystal FitzSimons, policy analyst at the Food Research & Action Center. That’s the best way to operate school nutrition programs,” said Crystal FitzSimons, a policy analyst for child nutrition at the Food Research & Action Center, a Washington, D.C.-based based advocacy organization lobbying for anti-hunger programs.

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Advocacy Report Policies Data 145