The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2023

The way we access information and interact with each other is new. Related: To attract more students to STEM fields in college, advocates urge starting in sixth grade Number two: Youth ambassador opportunities that develop leadership and advocacy skills. We see problems and solutions differently from the adults around us.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

For years, the parent advocacy group worked tirelessly to influence education policy and practices in Oakland. Young had already built considerable credibility with the district through earlier advocacy work and a city-wide literacy campaign conducted by the parent-powered organization.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Epilepsy Foundation’s seizure first aid trainings provide information to increase knowledge, skills, and confidence in recognizing seizures and safely administering seizure first aid. ” For more information about the Epilepsy Foundation’s seizure first aid trainings, visit epilepsy.com/firstaid.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2022

There’s been a lot of consolidation in edtech since the pandemic, with players like Renaissance making big moves, says Anna Edwards, chief advocacy officer and cofounder of Whiteboard Advisors. The deal makes sense to some observers, especially since U.S.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

It’s important to inform hard-to-reach and undercounted groups and communities that the 2020 Census process can be quick, easy, and safe. The National Literacy Council’s website also has an extensive list of helpful resources for teaching and learning, programs, and advocacy. Census Bureau identifies hard-to-count groups.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2023

The report shows that 96% of educational apps share children’s personal information with third parties — 78% of the time with advertising and data analytics entities – and typically without the knowledge or consent of the users or the schools. For more information, please visit [link].

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A new annual review by the nonprofit advocacy group Data Quality Campaign dug into the new legislation to see what’s new and if it's moving in the right direction. I think generally things are pretty good,” says Taryn Hochleitner, associate director for policy and advocacy at the Data Quality Campaign. “I What’s In The Bills?

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Doug Levin

JUNE 18, 2019

This is important and common-sense legislation – and it is for that reason that EdTech Strategies was pleased to join both local community members and other state and national advocacy groups on a sign-on letter in support of its passage. No Description.

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Waterford

JULY 30, 2023

Beyond the traditional outreach methods, here are some other ideas for how to get families involved in school: After-School Activities Your school’s festivals, celebrations, and open houses are some ways your school can help educators connect with families in an informal environment.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This first-of-its-kind initiative is focused on empowering over 10 million students by 2030 to serve as ambassadors for sustainability by providing the digital resources K-12 students need to make informed decisions and take responsible actions supporting sustainability.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The awards program honored 17 individuals for their extraordinary education advocacy and leadership. Our 2022-2023 award honorees exemplify strong, mission-driven leadership, and their support and advocacy for Latino and historically marginalized youth is truly inspiring,” said ALAS Executive Director Dr. Maria Armstrong. “We

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We must do this through teaching, learning and advocacy — as well as social activism and civic engagement. In past years, these programs met societal and student needs through instruction on culturally responsive teaching, trauma-informed education, conscious leadership and many other progressive approaches.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Educators and learners have started to realize that the traditional teacher input and student reproduction of information could no longer ensure learners’ successful transition from students to active citizens contributing to the labor market. Well, that’s not enough anymore! Interdisciplinary learning. Student-directed learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 17, 2019

Hyperlinks will be used in the cases where I feel additional context and information is beneficial. Path Pace Place Choice Voice Advocacy Models There are many mainstream models out there that can be used to blend effectively. Please note that this list is by no means exhaustive or indicative of a be-all or end-all approach.

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MindShift

JANUARY 27, 2019

A trauma-informed lens is, ‘this behavior may be a result of some sort of trauma.’ He likes to affirm with teachers right off-the-bat that the public school setting with 30-40 kids in a classroom is already not trauma-informed. Cultivating a trauma-informed classroom is much harder when educators themselves are burnt out.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

BOSTON, MA – Kids today do not feel adequately prepared to make informed, confident decisions about what they want to do after high school. An additional study states that less than half of Gen Z respondents said they had enough information to decide what pathway was best for them after high school.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 18, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Given the busy schedules of teachers, Rose and colleagues created an evidence-based online curriculum that can be completed in four hours, compared to most bullying-related professional development courses that take place in-person for a full day and don’t always include evidence-based information.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2020

You’ll want to download the companion guide and take a look at the information covered in the course to see if it is right for you. They encourage self-advocacy skills and foster a growth mindset through t heir award-winning STEM curricula, college-access programs , along with a digital platform for educator professional learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

The desire to increase agency in the form of voice, choice, and advocacy should be viewed as just as important for educators (teachers and administrators) as it is for students. Thanks to the leadership of Laura Fleming we implemented a micro-credential system to acknowledge the informal learning of our teachers and administrators.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learners Alliance (EALA) is one such network formed to ensure equity and support for students with disabilities and learning differences across education environments.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

After a phishing attack in 2019, the Atlanta Public Schools district hired a private firm to conduct security assessments of its networks to find blind spots and weaknesses, according to Olufemi “Femi” Aina, the district’s executive director of information technology.

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Rather than thinking about the harm the tool can do, for instance, they are looking at how it changes the way they present information or how they assess student progress. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Digital Citizenship Education Advocacy Assessment 104

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2022

As trauma-informed education expert Alex Shevrin Venet points out in her recent book, Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education : This is the uncomfortable truth: schools cause trauma and harm. These students carried those outside stressors into the classroom when in-person schooling resumed.

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Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 23, 2023

I’ve written previously about the difference between informational resources and educational resources. Wikipedia and other encyclopedias are informational resources. Reference materials and technical documentation are informational resources. The overwhelming majority of textbooks are primarily informational resources.

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eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2020

The EdTech Genome Project , a collaborative effort of more than 100 education research and advocacy organizations, reached unanimous consensus on an initial list of those 10 factors with the greatest influence on whether an edtech implementation succeeds or fails. Related content: How better edtech management empowered our district.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Conditions of being short-staffed and overworked, of doing more with less, of managing personal difficulties, and then facing challenges related both to access to information and to polarization--these can really get to be too much for librarians. Garcia-Febo has a Bachelors in Business Education, Masters in Library and Information Sciences.

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Libraries Accessibility Advocacy Assessment 65

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

This is especially true after a year of unprecedented attacks on education —and sex education in particular, with state lawmakers and far-right extremists seeking to limit students’ access to information about their lives, their relationships and their bodies. Young people are curious, resourceful and determined.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2019

By creating an asset map of DMTT-focused informal learning programs in Chicago, CLX also hopes to inspire other cities to do the same. Formal learning gets more press time, study, and funding than its informal counterpart, but that wasn’t the main motivation when CLX mapped Chicago’s DMTT-focused OST programs.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

The bill , which won bipartisan support from the state’s senate and assembly, would require the New Jersey Department of Education to develop learning standards across K-12 in media and information literacy. Media literacy is often defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and communicate information or media.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

And to build on the momentum, and perhaps to help fashion a wider advocacy plan that we can all support. I’m asking you to PLEASE inform SLJ via Kathy Ishizuka, Rick Margolis, Josh Hadro, Guy Gonzalez and/or me about exactly what it is you can/will do. We need to get over 23,500 signatures by the end of the month. We’ll report it.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

Students have fewer barriers to learning when they can use their tablets or laptops not only to find homework instructions, read e-books, and share important information with their families, but to create and work on independent projects, research topics that interest them, and connect with subject experts.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2018

This information is then fed into the teacher’s observations. It is used to asses and inform instruction. Student Advocacy If your preschoolers will be coming from under-served populations, they will benefit from learning self-advocacy (in fact, we all can).

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Education Advocacy Competency Based Learning Classroom 138

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 24, 2019

Then, being announced today, is " Library Advocacy: Everyday Marketing Tools and Techniques " with Dr. Sue Alman on February 21st. LIBRARY ADVOCACY: EVERYDAY MARKETING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES" A 75-minute webinar (live and recorded) in a special Library 2.0 More details on both are below. Registering for one of the Library 2.0

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Mike Pierce, executive director of the Student Borrower Protection Center, a nonprofit advocacy group focused on student debt, and a former assistant deputy director at the CFPB. Oversight is also minimal; the vast majority of states don’t track information about these direct school-to-student loans.

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Advocacy Policies Education Accessibility 92

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

As an organization on a mission to build a strong, socially conscious and diverse tech workforce, the past year showed us where we can strengthen our existing practices and sharpen our focus and advocacy efforts to be even further out on the leading edge of innovative learning.

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Education Learning EdTech Classroom 200

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Yale survey of more than 300 undergrad and graduate students ages 18 to 35 found that students who participate in “collective action” — like involvement in advocacy groups or educating others about climate change — report lower levels of climate anxiety than those who only take part in individual actions like recycling or saving energy. “We

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