The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2019

While 20 percent of elementary and secondary students have a learning disability, 94 percent of those students received some sort of help or accommodation while in high school. Examples like these show that campus leaders can drive substantive change in how their institutions serve students with disabilities.

Learning 110

Learning Advocacy Report Secondary 110

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

If her daughter, for example, a Eugene middle schooler, maintains a 3.0 The University of Maine, for example, has had a tuition waiver option since the 1930s. Limiting which Native students get financial assistance is especially significant, given the rising cost of post-secondary degrees.

Groups 87

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 87

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

For example, community members may use school computers to fill out necessary online paperwork with assistance from school staff or help local civic organizations set up alumni databases and communications networks. He has previously taught at both the middle and high school levels and has served as an elementary and secondary administrator.

Broadband 54

Broadband Accessibility Advocacy Elementary 54

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, that idea didn’t play out in most states’ first-year ESSA plans.

Personalized Learning 71

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 71

Reading By Example

APRIL 12, 2017

For example, my son was recently assigned a family heritage project. These examples are, by definition, homework. This seems to fly in the face of research, such as John Hattie’s meta-analysis that homework has a negligible effect in elementary school and a significant one at the secondary. I’m torn.

Policies 37

Policies Secondary Analysis Examples 37

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While some students remain unconnected, Oakland’s effort has emerged as an example of how to tackle a citywide digital divide. “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.

Digital Divide 112

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 112

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Nearly half of first-generation students who did continue went to community colleges, which spend less per student than many public primary and secondary schools , and where the odds of ever graduating are also comparatively low. “The scope of this problem is huge.”

Report 86

Report Company Study Advocacy 86

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 Weinraub is an exceptional leader in student health and wellness.

Edmentum 118

Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 118

Reading By Example

OCTOBER 11, 2018

For example, Samantha Mosher, a secondary special education teacher, guides her students to develop their own IEP goals as well as how to use various tools to monitor their own progress. The ownership for the work rests largely on the students’ shoulders.

Data 33

Data Secondary Analysis Assessment 33

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Nellie Mae passed on the money to the Portland-based Great Schools Partnership, which used it to coordinate The New England Secondary School Consortium, a coalition advocating for proficiency-based diplomas, among other things. (Nellie Mae is among the many funders of The Hechinger Report.)

Learning 111

Learning Report Groups Case Study 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

For example, internships, team projects and artistic creations could be used to demonstrate mastery in place of a pencil-and-paper tests. It has always been true that algebra students need to master variables in order to move on to factoring, for example, but ninth graders weren’t always so adept at understanding that, Kylee’s teachers said.

Education 0

Education Report System Course 0

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

billion on elementary and secondary education. Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. The class sizes at Enterprise Attendance Center are an example of these struggles. Schools stand to receive $2.4 billion under the 2017 budget. “We

Elementary 56

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 56

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Most charter operators did not come close to hitting their targets, predicting, for example, that they could move students from 50 percent proficiency to 80 or even 100 percent in four or five years. Of the 27 charters that listed clear goals in their applications, not one was able to reach them.

Elementary 69

Elementary Report Meeting Advocacy 69

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Mehta said the best examples he has seen during the school day are in science classes. Lehmann, the Philadelphia principal, embodies this attitude perhaps as well as any secondary educator in America. There’s no way around that.'[/pullquote]. pullquote]. Why do I need to know this?’.

How To 34

How To Learning Advocacy Study 34

MindShift

MARCH 29, 2018

Nearly half of first-generation students who did continue went to community colleges, which spend less per student than many public primary and secondary schools , and where the odds of ever graduating are also comparatively low. That’s twice the proportion of students whose parents have bachelor’s degrees.

Company 31

Company Report Study Advocacy 31

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

Students with disabilities who are placed in general education classrooms get more instructional time , have fewer absences and have better post-secondary outcomes, research shows. 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.

Training 40

Training Elementary Report Course 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

However, for students transitioning from under-resourced high schools, and without self-advocacy skills, legal knowledge or access to medical resources and insurance, pursuing accommodations in college can be daunting, prolonged and expensive. Little has changed since.

Policies 72

Policies Accessibility Advocacy Report 72

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

Research continues to show the harmful impact of housing instability on kids’ learning: Each time students switch schools, for example, they are more likely to fall behind academically and less likely to graduate. The law has since been amended several times; school districts now must identify and enroll any student experiencing homelessness.

Elementary 126

Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 126

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

There were no Advanced Placement courses, for example, and little help was available with college and financial aid applications, said Ben, who is Black. “I Forty-five percent of Black children go to high-poverty primary and secondary schools , compared to 8 percent of white students. It’s just the way society is.”

Report 145

Report Study Accessibility Data 145

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

For example, I spend a fair amount of time thinking about the future of learning materials writ large. In this vision of the world, OER replace traditionally copyrighted, expensive textbooks for all primary, secondary, and post-secondary courses. the Linux kernel provides a fascinating example. A Path to the Other 93%?

OER 73

OER Course Company Smartphone 73

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

When our presentations and our writing and our speaking and our advocacy focus primarily on ways that OER alleviate the cost problem, we’re actually doing exactly what publishers want. More effective local examples cannot be integrated directly into materials. Can you see it? In June I wrote, the free versus affordable [i.e.,

OER 158

OER Accessibility Pearson MOOC 158

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

However, the short-term goals I am currently pursuing as a step toward these longer term goals are to increase the effectiveness, affordability, and access to post-secondary education in the United States, particularly in the context of institutions that serve at-risk students. ” Our advocacy. emphasis added).

OER 60

OER Advocacy Accessibility Smartphone 60

NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 10, 2019

REACTS Taxonomy Example of ideas from Synthesizing–Level 6. Adding the AASL Standards to my weekly lessons was something I felt strongly about because showing administrators that you are regularly aligning your lessons with national standards is a form of advocacy for both yourself and for your library program.

Digital Citizenship 76

Digital Citizenship Libraries Secondary Social Media 76

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

In Indianapolis Public Schools, for example, the Center for Inquiry School 84 has a lower portion of kids getting free or reduced-price lunch than any other school in the district, at just 8 percent. Certain special education programs can drive up costs, for example. Related: A decade of research on the rich-poor divide in education.

Data 145

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

At Maury County Public Schools (TN), for example, families can check out WiFi-enabled devices for two weeks at a time. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation. Ann earned her bachelors, masters, and Ed.S.

BYOD 54

BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 54

edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

For example, while Linson’s district avoided grants for most of their initiative, they knew that many teachers would need assistance using the new digital tools. For example, his district decided to stop hosting the tech applications on site and moved them to the cloud. In addition, they’ve transitioned to ebooks to save more dollars.

EdTech 50

EdTech Digital Badges Software Outcomes 50

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In my recent post I asked us each to consider what “what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?” On the other hand, I’m fundamentally a “small steps” person, which has led me to try to limit the scope of my current work to the US post-secondary education system (and more specifically US community colleges).

OER 60

OER LMS Secondary Course 60

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Students like Moises and Lina, for example, wouldn’t be eligible under the Cuomo proposal. We can’t leave behind families who need more assistance to close that financial gap,” said Ian Rosenblum, the executive director of Education Trust–New York, a nonprofit education advocacy group that published a report about the Excelsior Scholarship.

Libraries 87

Libraries Laptops Training Report 87

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2016

And while the progress is uneven and vulnerable to still more changes ahead — including a shift next year from grants to loans for students’ living expenses — how they have succeeded shows it can be done, and offers some examples of exactly how. students from affluent areas are 2.4 That’s up from six times more likely in 1970.

Groups 40

Groups Secondary Report Study 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Candidate VoiceThread for Digital Education - Kelli Stair- teacher/ writer An Example STEAM and Maker-Education Curriculum: From Puppets to Robots - Jackie Gerstein, Ed.D. Carmona, Lead Contract English Instructor Student-Generated Apps for Mobile Devices – can they enhance higher levels of understanding? Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

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?” billion from her department. Green asked.

Guidelines 66

Guidelines Advocacy Secondary Policies 66

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2017

In Massachu­setts, for example, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education lists and links to all private and parochial schools in the commonwealth. William Heuer is on the board of directors of the Massachusetts Home Learning Association, the Commonwealth’s oldest statewide homeschooling advocacy organization.

Advocacy 80

Advocacy Elementary Assessment Secondary 80

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. Lifelong Learner – Librarians as lifelong learners lead by example.

Libraries 98

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2019

Tennessee, for example, which famously made its community colleges free, is on target to have 55 percent of its residents possess certificates or degrees two years ahead of the 2025 deadline, outgoing Gov. Progress toward these objectives varies by region. Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report.

Policies 110

Policies Report Advocacy Meeting 110

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

I think it’s safe to say, for example, that venture capital investment has fallen off rather precipitously this year. Some of these areas that are popular for investment do coincide with the popular narratives about “the future of education” – “everyone should learn to code,” for example.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Protests at Evergreen College in Washington , for example. For its part, the Justice Department indicated that it would investigate what it deemed to be free speech violations on campuses – at Pierce College , for example, and at Georgia Gwinnett College. Again and again and again. Protests at Reed College in Oregon.

Technology 58

Technology Education Social Media Groups 58