eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Our regional directors are an incredible resource for school and district leaders in their regions,” said ALAS Executive Director Dr. Maria Armstrong. Region 6 Northeast includes the Washington DC area, New York, and Pennsylvania. Region 7 Southeast includes Florida, Georgia and Tennessee. Dr. Frank Rodriguez, Director, Region 7 Southeast.

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Secondary Advocacy Future Ready Elementary 104

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Monarch School relies on a community approach to education and social services, emphasizing on-site family programs and resources. It encourages whole families to make use of free housing and health assistance, in part through its parent resource center. If you ask school leaders, that sets it apart. But the objection is more sweeping.

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Advocacy Outcomes Report Study 176

Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

Code.org has created a great compilation of resources for how students can continue learning. ScratchEd (online community and resource sharing for educators who use the Scratch programming language). See Code.org’s comparisons of CS curricula by grade level: elementary curricula. Take an online course. middle school curricula.

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Comparison Advocacy STEM Meeting 218

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

The state partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago (AAAJ Chicago) — a local advocacy organization focused on advancing civil rights and racial equity, which advocated for the passage of the TEAACH Act — to support implementation. It’s not even guaranteed that district- and school-based staff are aware of the mandate at all.

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Training Advocacy Resources Instructional Materials 153

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

Many students do not have access to the resources needed to address their mental and emotional concerns, and they do not have the proper tools to deal with everything they go through in their lives. Reflecting on my journey from fear to advocacy, I am reminded of the transformative power of restorative justice.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

However, I am hopeful that this year we will witness a renewed commitment towards providing resources, policies, and initiatives that cater to English Language Learners and promote multilingualism in schools. –Dr. Older children have access to these solutions, so why not offer the opportunity for young learners? –Dr.

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Robotics Industry Elementary Training 98

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

When I got connected on social media, my lens was expanded and I became aware additional organizations, as well as their supporting tools and resources. CCSSO provides leadership, advocacy, and technical assistance on major educational issues. CCSSO also creates and shares a variety of tools and resources for school leaders.

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Future Ready Secondary Advocacy Elementary 100

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Melissa Knapp is Harpeth Valley Elementary School’s only literacy coach. Melissa Knapp, the literacy coach for Harpeth Valley Elementary School, answers a first grade student’s question. Third graders work through a reading assignment at Harpeth Valley Elementary School in Nashville. NASHVILLE, Tenn. We have to do more.”

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Elementary Policies Advocacy Report 105

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2019

About two-and-a-half years ago, staff at the nonprofit crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose.org began to notice an uptick in teacher requests for resources in which students could “see themselves”—that was the key phrase that kept coming up. That upward trend has continued: Since 2016, such requests have increased 117 percent.

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Classroom Google Advocacy Robotics 158

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Community Engagement and Advocacy. For instance, Indian Prairie School District held a four-hour Maker Day to garner community support for computational thinking and maker learning in elementary schools. . … Now we combine everything we do with objects and the ability to have an emotional connection with a device.”. Future Goals.

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Maker Movement Robotics Education Advocacy 211

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A majority of states have passed laws that mandate screening early elementary students for the most common reading disability, dyslexia, and countless districts train teachers how to recognize and teach struggling readers. Advocacy focused on math disabilities has been less widespread than that for reading disabilities.

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Report Training Elementary Strategy 130

Hapara

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

It provides resources and immediate crisis support to young people. And that is not only discriminatory, but it is a matter of life or death when a student cannot access suicide prevention lifelines, affirming resources that are vital to students navigating their queer identities.

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Hapara Company Meeting Accessibility 130

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Literacy coach Melissa Knapp works in a first grade classroom at Harpeth Valley Elementary in Nashville. Sonya Thomas, co-founder of the parent advocacy group Nashville PROPEL and a supporter of the law, said Tennessee’s renewed focus on reading was a long time coming, though her own children are now too old to benefit from it.

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Policies Report Advocacy Elementary 103

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Jinju Park, senior education ombuds, Washington State School districts blame a lack of resources. The special education system can be “incredibly difficult for everybody,” said Ramona Hattendorf, director of advocacy for the Arc of King County , which promotes disability rights. There’s also an issue of context.

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Meeting Training Advocacy Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

At first glance, the binders incorporating a whole year of learning at the Parker-Varney elementary school in Manchester look a little like Candy Land, the beloved game of chance where players navigate a colorful route past delicious landmarks to arrive at a Candy Castle. Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks.

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Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 140

The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

Before elementary school, the boy was diagnosed with autism, ADHD and anxiety, and in kindergarten he was placed in a small, self-contained class for kids with disabilities. Before kindergarten, Jennifer Choi’s son was denied special education services despite a diagnosis of ADHD. Rachel Blustain for The Hechinger Report.

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Advocacy Elementary Training Report 111

Waterford

JANUARY 14, 2020

However, even in serious cases, providing school resources and help where possible can significantly improve outcomes for your students.[3] 3] As their teacher, you can provide your students with a safe, mentoring relationship and connect them with resources to alleviate stress.[4]. Pediatrics, January 2012, 129(1), pp. Johnson, S.B.,

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Classroom E-rate Advocacy Report 239

eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Achievement was lower for all student groups in fall 2021; however, as our data have illuminated before , historically marginalized students and students in high-poverty schools were disproportionately impacted, particularly in the elementary grades studied.

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Outcomes Education Advocacy Policies 104

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

It showed that ELs had lower test scores than their non-EL peers through their elementary years, but they also made academic growth similar to or at greater levels as their non-EL peers. public schools.”. English Learners (ELs) — A third research study looked at achievement and growth for K – 4 for ELs.

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Advocacy Policies Study Data 57

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Moreover, children who are expelled in preschool or early elementary are 10 times more likely to be incarcerated. We have focused our energies, resources and talent on the K-12 years—specifically, K-12 schools, and even more narrowly, individual cognitive K-12 outcomes, such as reading or math.

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Education Survey Advocacy Outcomes 198

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Teachers support and provide resources, but the responsibility for learning lies with each student. One professor reached out to tell me how impressed he was by the self-advocacy that students from our district demonstrated. But the true indicator of impact came directly from students and their eventual professors.

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Competency Based Learning Policies Advocacy Report 112

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

K-12 education system by open educational resources (OER) since 2009, although my first exposure to the ideas and leaders of the movement stretch back to the launch of the MIT OpenCourseWare initiative. I’ve been engaged in thinking deeply about the promise and opportunity afforded the U.S.

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OER Instructional Materials Advocacy Meeting 170

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2021

On April 20, Kentwood Elementary in Los Angeles opened its doors to students. At Creekside Elementary in Durham, North Carolina, kindergarten enrollment is down by 35 students. Keeping kids back unnecessarily takes resources from students who really need them, Creamer said. It was news Lauren Phillips, 37, had been waiting for.

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Learning Elementary Data Report 128

The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2019

For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford Biography as Submitted Tom Loud is a first-grade teacher at Middlesettlements Elementary in Tennessee. Loud’s passions are technology integration in the elementary grades, along with teacher motivation.

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How To Twitter Moodle Elementary 236

NeverEndingSearch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

A recent press release from the National Coalition for Digital Equity shared: A group of fourteen past-presidents of the American Association of School Librarians has come together to pool their expertise and experience to assist school librarians with strategies and resources helpful in addressing pandemic-exacerbated challenges.

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Advocacy Libraries Broadband System 81

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

One Oregon advocacy organization reported receiving calls from nearly 280 parents about shortened school days from September 2016 to December 2018. One advocacy organization reported receiving calls from nearly 280 parents about this issue from September 2016 to December 2018, according to the complaint. Credit: Catherine Pearson.

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Pearson Education Learning Report 145

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

In March, at ASCD Empower, which is a conference for educators with a focus on equity, she presented with Becca Mui, an education manager at GLSEN , an LGBTQ advocacy group focused on schools. There is a great resource from Gender Spectrum that gives administrators language to [address] specific parent concerns.

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Policies Advocacy Conference Survey 140

MindShift

MAY 6, 2019

Before elementary school, the boy was diagnosed with autism, ADHD and anxiety, and in kindergarten he was placed in a small, self-contained class for kids with disabilities. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. NEW YORK — To Eva Santiago, her son’s education has always felt like an impossible dilemma.

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Advocacy Elementary Training Assessment 53

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 1, 2021

Unfortunately, our public schools lack the necessary resources to help them adjust, including qualified ESL teachers, academic resource teachers, translation services, mental health providers, and even sufficient capacity in our school buildings for this rapidly growing population. The Mainstream Classroom Environment for ELL.

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System Learning Advocacy Elementary 83

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. college admissions and financial aid.

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Groups Advocacy Report Study 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2022

Though it is an unprecedented and daunting task, educators can combat online extremism by equipping themselves with the resources necessary to make media education more comprehensive. She is also a co-leader of the Kentucky Student Voice Team, whose members aim to serve the state as research, policy and advocacy partners in education.

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Social Media Advocacy Report Course 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. It’s because we’re mostly women,” she explained. Women’s work in general is undervalued.”.

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Secondary Report Advocacy Elementary 91

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2019

Earlier this year, our organizations, along with the American Association of University Administrators , partnered to release new resources focused on actions that college leaders and faculty can take to empower students with disabilities. But there is more to accomplish, and we are committed to helping campuses achieve positive change.

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Learning Advocacy Report Secondary 110

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

During her first couple of years of elementary school “her nervous system was like a pressure cooker because she wasn’t being given appropriate help,” Chittenden said. The same thing happened when Chittenden requested another evaluation when her daughter was in first grade. For the child, the results were wounding.

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Learning Study Report Elementary 144

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

He then transitioned to the role of Instructional Technology Resource teacher at the same school, which he continued until 2010. in elementary education from the University of Virginia. He has previously taught at both the middle and high school levels and has served as an elementary and secondary administrator. About the Host.

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Broadband Accessibility Advocacy Elementary 54

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Living digital equity involves thinking of each child and their individual and communal needs and actively seeking to provide access, resources, opportunity, standards, and support to all children, “especially groups that are and have been historically marginalized.” Amesse Elementary.

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Accessibility STEM Robotics Elementary 90