Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Work on the platform began within the charter network Summit Public Schools and was transformed when Facebook began to lend engineering support in 2015. CZI aims to be a different type of philanthropy looking to integrate grantmaking, advocacy and technology to serve others.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

Is that academic leadership and advocacy being spread those through universities to their school librarian alumni? Is there an infiltration of leadership and advocacy coming from those universities that also helps to encourage school librarian employment in those states? As you will see, in the recent Teacher Librarian (pp.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Catalyze Challenge was created to meet this moment, with grants funding inventive ideas for career-connected learning at middle and high schools and programs supporting the transition to early college coursework. To learn more, visit waltonfamilyfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2020

As the number of candidates balloons while health risks make it hard for hiring managers to meet with them in person, a trend toward “pre-hiring assessments” — already under way before Covid-19 — is getting a huge new push. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In recent years, the group’s advocacy has led to changes in the district’s graduation requirements, to align them with admissions requirements for California’s university systems, and an expansion of funding for an after-school meal program that had been cut by the school board. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Faced with fast-changing instructional models, varying infection rates, decreasing revenue sources, and a variety of natural disasters, how can education finance officials meet the short-term needs of their districts as well as longer-term requirements? LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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Reading By Example

APRIL 27, 2020

My wife posted the picture below on her Facebook account. I quickly reminded myself that if someone needed books to make ends meet, they can have them.). “Books for the taking”, along with our address. We get protective of our books, right?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

In most cases, schools are turning to third parties for help building out their core and non-core content right now, said Allison Powell, VP for new learning models at iNACOL , the nonprofit blended learning advocacy group.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The Virtual Field Trip will allow viewers to meet two retired professional football players who understand the pressures of playing football through pain and now focus their efforts on discussing alternative pain management options with young athletes. The pledge also encourages the nation’s youth to live drug-free lives.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

She did it with My eCoach as early as 1999 — way before there were blogs, wikis, Twitter or Facebook. The big question even today is “how do you fit everything in that is expected of you and meet the needs of all students?” Barbara is what you call a “Digital Pioneer.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Let’s Chat.Bots in Higher Education : What if all of your college questions could be answered by sending a text or Facebook message? Companies like Microsoft, Facebook and Google are all dipping their toes into virtual and augmented reality. Higher Ed 12:30 p.m. Will VR Really Impact Student Outcomes?

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EdTechSandyK

MAY 22, 2011

The Team of Concerned Parents, Educators, and Citizens I Traveled the Capitol with May 21, 2011 Through my connections on Twitter and Facebook, I learned about the Save Texas Schools coalition and participated in a rally of 11,000+ concerned Texas parents, citizens, and educators on March 12th. I have a voice, and I need to use it.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2017

Our current plan is to stream this event live from our Facebook page: [link]. Join our 30 minute session on Facebook Live where we will share how iEARN is engaging educators and youth to in global, collaborative projects to make a meaningful contribution to the health and welfare of the planet and its people.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In recent years, the group’s advocacy has led to changes in the district’s graduation requirements, to align them with admissions requirements for California’s university systems, and an expansion of funding for an after-school meal program that had been cut by the school board. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 27, 2015

LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. Stay tuned for all events at [link] , which also has Facebook event links for each activity. Register for free at [link].

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Our social media page is HERE with links to Facebook , Google+ , Twitter , and more. Michael Lai, Student Outreach Lead, North America / Marielle van der Meer, Managing Director, Europe and the Middle East Can East meet West? and the world. Publicity resources, along with images you can use, are HERE. Uganda, and India / Dr. Sherry R.

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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., The 10th through 12th graders are fully remote as well, save for a weekly advisory meeting.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts. At the end of the following year, it awarded organizations in Portland and Sanford nearly $9 million to implement their plans.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Common Sense Privacy Evaluations Common Sense, a nonprofit education and advocacy organization, maintains a database that evaluates edtech tools on whether they are safe for use in schools. Common Sense meets with its 200 district partners every month and hears that many of them are using the evaluations in their procurement processes.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

For over two decades, CoSN has provided leaders with the management, community building, and advocacy tools essential for success. LIVE is an opportunity to gather with other member of the community in regular "live" web meetings. Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

" Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Arkansas Matters → Arkansas lawmakers want to take a closer look at technology in schools and ask if it's really helping- not hurting- students.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

" Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Arkansas Matters → Arkansas lawmakers want to take a closer look at technology in schools and ask if it's really helping- not hurting- students.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Extremist groups fueled and funded campaigns in Massachusetts urging parents to “opt out” of sex education, denying their children vital information about topics including puberty, healthy relationships, consent, self-advocacy and more. Young people are curious, resourceful and determined.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

Finally, Dr. Marczak focused on the demand and need for a consistent and transparent parent community by launching a Facebook Live and Periscope blast to talk directly to parents and community members about what was going on in the schools. Looking Forward. Dr. Wright serves on the CoSN Superintendent Advisory Panel.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

A network of charter schools in California and Washington developed the Summit Learning Program for their students almost a decade ago; the model got a boost in 2014 from Facebook engineers after Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, visited a Summit middle school. Related: The messy reality of personalized learning.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

To offset all this double counting, there is the separate issue of the many “whole course” OER that OTL refuses to index because they don’t meet the OTL’s definition of “textbook.” releases of the Linux kernel came from employees at Intel, IBM, Google, Facebook, Samsung, RedHat, and SUSE. This is the model Apple uses.

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Educator Innovator

JULY 12, 2013

MacArthur Foundation, administered by Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC), and was carried out in collaboration with Facebook, the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI), and Mozilla.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Those connections start with one-on-one mentoring, in which teachers meet with students weekly to discuss short-term goals, such as completing a certain number of units in a history course, and long-term goals that stretch into college and career. Related: Summit Schools and Facebook announce new personalized learning platform project.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

So you’d get your grammar school graduation degree, you’d teach, you’d meet your husband, and you’d quit your teaching job … which meant the turnover was incredibly high. ” It’s a terrible message to send to children–that once you become a teacher, you lose your right for self-advocacy.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Have governments spent enough money to meet the unexpected and very steep costs of the last year? The communities that need the most will face the biggest hits,” said Zahava Stadler, special assistant for state funding and policy at The Education Trust, a nonprofit education research and advocacy organization. “If Travers said.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

At the local level, however, motivated teachers are scrambling to fill the gaps between materials available at school and the standards they’re expected to meet. Danielle Creel finds it difficult to help her fourth-graders meet the state standards armed solely with an outdated book. For the study of U.S.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

” Or it dates to the Gates Foundation’s funding grants and political advocacy in the early 2000s. He debuted it at the 1924 American Psychological Association meeting. Or it dates to computer scientist Alan Kay’s 1972 essay “A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages.” Take your pick. Take your pick.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Pat will share his 30-plus years of fieldwork, advocacy (he published Growing Without Schooling magazine from 1986 to 2001), and personal experience (he and his wife homeschooled their three daughters) to help you and your children learn in their own ways. Details to join the webinar at [link]. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The cohort of 16 students meet once a week for three hours to discuss readings and how their individual projects connect to the theories they’re learning. Any time they meet in person the school provides childcare and food to make sure everyone can come. And that’s how regular college felt to me.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 17, 2016

Via The Hechinger Report : “ Virtual charter schools need ‘bold action’ for change, says national charter school advocacy group.” Via The New York Times : “Moving to Make Amends, Georgetown President Meets With Descendant of Slaves.” .” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2020

I’m usually 10 minutes late to Zoom meetings on my own. No way I can guarantee I can have both my kids on a different schedule of Zoom meetings on time.”. The Austin Facebook group that Mancha-Sumners co-created is full of parents for whom the cost of a learning pod is out of reach. I can’t do that.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2018

Todd Ziebarth, senior vice president for state advocacy and support at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, says that, in some parts of the country, organizations that oversee charters have started to take a more active role in ensuring that the schools enroll a diverse student body. Photo: Terrell Clark/The Hechinger Report.

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