eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

Since 2013, according to an analysis , policymakers in 37 states have passed laws or implemented new policies related to reading instruction and stakeholders from scholars and journalists to teachers and parent coalitions have weighed in.

Trends 130

Trends Advocacy Study Analysis 130

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Kathryn Meyer, left, attorney at the Center for Children’s Advocacy, and Christiana Mills, are part of the Yale Child Student Center in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Barry Zuckerman, who created the first medical-legal partnership in Boston more than 30 years ago, saw the need for family advocacy first hand during his childhood, in the 1950s.

Advocacy 93

Advocacy Report Study Training 93

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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Advocacy Trends Groups Meeting 167

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We set out to meet that challenge and better understand the extent to which personalized, competency-based learning could prepare our learners for an uncertain future. One professor reached out to tell me how impressed he was by the self-advocacy that students from our district demonstrated. The recent announcement by the U.S.

Competency Based Learning 110

Competency Based Learning Policies Advocacy Report 110

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

By the end of the meeting, they were able to secure a 30-minute time slot during the next month’s staff meeting. For my students, leading this PD session and experiencing a shift in the traditional power dynamic opened up a new sense of advocacy possibilities. What did the teacher do/not do that led you to that experience?”

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Training Data Professional Learning Meeting 203

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2021

Through productive meetings and discussions, identify ways to ensure systems support deeper learning and give educators and policymakers the critical data they need to support students, improve achievement and outcomes, target resources, and develop new instructional policies and practices. The overall goal?

Assessment 81

Assessment Advocacy Policies Outcomes 81

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2023

The physical space of the retreat offered plentiful resources to help everyone meet their needs: flexible seating, break tables for arts and crafts, snacks and affirmation envelopes for each student to write and receive encouraging letters. The group of students decided they wanted to focus their advocacy on teacher practice.

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Classroom Advocacy Groups Meeting 165

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The program brings high school students to the campus for half a day, for a tour of the education school and to meet with officials. In the last two or three years, though, this education college has started working with high schools in the area to introduce students to its program and sell them on the profession.

Advocacy 129

Advocacy Robotics Training Elementary 129

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

Explicitly teach academic vocabulary This in-depth look at instructional strategies driving academic growth is a continuation of an NWEA research initiative by Dr. Andy Hegedus who in 2018 released a novel study focusing on growth as a marker of school success rather than just meeting or exceeding proficiency.

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Study Strategy Advocacy Assessment 78

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Concerned parents and school staff flocked to community meetings and legislative sessions to speak out against it. Tennessee’s law was modeled after a much-praised literacy program in neighboring Mississippi that includes tutoring, improved literacy training for teachers and a retention policy for third graders who don’t pass its state test.

Policies 101

Policies Report Advocacy Elementary 101

eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2022

grapples with a nationwide increase in anxiety and depression , the Cook Center is meeting with students, educators, and families around the country to understand their biggest mental health issues. Meetings have already begun, and will be held quarterly, both virtually and in person. . As the U.S. About The Jed Foundation.

Advocacy 94

Advocacy Policies Meeting System 94

Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2022

This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy. Meet four of them below. The local level is where the rubber meets the road.

Advocacy 148

Advocacy Meeting Policies Course 148

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

A few days later the district switched to Google Meet, according to Ashley Boyd, whose two children—ages 9 and 12—attend school in Berkeley Unified. Researchers also reached out to the companies to clarify confusing policies and for additional information, she added. It’s a problem that involves tradeoffs.

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Report Video Schoology Microsoft 152

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Districts have taken a wide range of approaches, as documented by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit that studies how government policies impact low-income families. Like Cole-Ochoa’s approach, her school has fun initiatives like glow dance parties for students who meet their academic improvement goals.

Advocacy 203

Advocacy Chromebook Exercises Groups 203

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

It is driven by choice, voice, and advocacy. I held monthly meetings with all members of school government across all grade levels giving them an open forum to provide improvement ideas. Advocacy, choice, and voice should occur in the classroom as well as the school setting. What would you add?

Advocacy 150

Advocacy Edmodo BYOD Assessment 150

eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2022

Today, it collaborates with leading experts and supports districts, schools, and states nationwide to drive research, guide practice, and inform policy. With a history of action and influence, we’re known as a leader in social-emotional education and a force in advocacy, research, and innovation in the field.

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Advocacy Education Learning Meeting 97

Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

When an educator is unprepared and unable to access high-quality resources to meet our unique learners’ needs, the system penalizes the educator. By developing design standards and demanding products uphold those standards through our investment decisions, we can guide the market to build products that meet the needs of each unique learner.

EdTech 303

EdTech Dropout Advocacy Outcomes 303

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

More than 40 colleges have said they do not use facial recognition technology on campus and stated they have no plans to do so, according to a new “ scorecard ” published Tuesday by an advocacy campaign titled Ban Facial Recognition on Campus.

Groups 81

Groups Advocacy Company Mobility 81

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

A combination of demographic, financial, and cultural trends has created an ongoing problem that many educational leaders now need to address in order to meet the needs of their students. Jenkins is that the politics surrounding education have made a teaching career seem less attractive, if not intimidating, to many students.

Advocacy 100

Advocacy Professional Learning System Trends 100

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

The retention policy is part of a state law passed in 2021 that was meant to boost long-lagging reading scores and stem pandemic learning losses. The school has identified 12 third graders to receive extra reading support, but far more than that could face retention under a new state policy. Mark White, a co-sponsor of the law.

Elementary 103

Elementary Policies Advocacy Report 103

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2022

One of the commitments I have made as CEO is every chance I get, I’m meeting with educators,” says Kang, who assumed the role as head of the nonprofit early childhood association on May 2. The other is creating belonging at NAEYC, a professional and advocacy organization with nearly 60,000 members across its 52 affiliates. “I

Advocacy 153

Advocacy Policies Meeting System 153

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

An athlete who ran track and field, he set the university record in the 60-meter hurdles, but the conference meet that determined who would get athletic scholarships was canceled because because of Covid. He had to get help from an advocacy group called College Possible to pay his rent. Miguel Agyei. Meanwhile, costs keep going up.

Advocacy 135

Advocacy Data Trends Report 135

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

I’m deeply grateful for the support and collegiality of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation over this time, including for allowing me to attend this year’s annual OER meeting. Much of the discussion at the meeting focused on the many compelling benefits of OER adoption and use, including but not limited to cost savings.

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OER Instructional Materials Advocacy Meeting 170

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

That year, 2019, the district changed its policies to allow Indigenous students to wear cultural items along with their caps and gowns. After the ceremony, I went out onto the field to meet my son, and he gave me a big hug,” Qassataq recalled last month. A staff member who was unaware of the new policy had confiscated Paoli’s cap. “I

Policies 145

Policies Advocacy Report System 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

Traditional school metrics — based on attendance (“seat time”) and meeting a minimal standard in order to move to the next grade — often lead to arbitrary grading practices, uninspiring lessons and a lack of flexibility to support students socially and emotionally, critics say. It’s a view that’s catching on.

Competency Based Learning 139

Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 139

Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

A coffee meeting led to information about a funding opportunity. In the short term, Zoom and Mural will serve as tools for team meetings and virtual summits. It is the only way we will get to new policies, ideas and models. You’ll receive an email, said my coffee date. A few months later the email arrived.

Advocacy 157

Advocacy Company Policies System 157

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2024

So I started joining these meetings. Many child care providers and staff have to hold multiple jobs to be able to make ends meet and support their families. It’s baked into the pay and compensation, but it’s also baked into really unjust policies that have negative impacts on families and providers.

Strategy 116

Strategy Advocacy System Social Media 116

Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

We should demand more of our political leaders and from our education advocacy organizations. Much like changing the formula responsible for allocating Title I funds, even the suggestion that formula changes could help us better meet our program goals was highly contentious.

Broadband 261

Broadband E-rate Accessibility Advocacy 261

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Even as FAST Funds help to fill gaps in social services today, labor leaders think that in the future, the movement has the potential to organize faculty and staff around advocacy for campus policies that actually close those gaps for low-income students and educators. What if you were not just disseminating aid to students?”

Advocacy 172

Advocacy Survey Study System 172

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — At a late August meeting in a windowless room at Minneapolis College, a handful of students barely a week into classes sat back on couches, took a breath and marveled that they were there at all. While she was out, two student workers ensured the recovery program room stayed open, emails went out and weekly meetings happened.

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Report Groups Meeting Advocacy 97

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Young manages many such scholarships and has had to quickly pivot from her normal timelines and procedures to meet the needs of scrambling students and families. He knows Stanford meets full financial aid for its students, but the extra processes still add stress. “If

Advocacy 91

Advocacy Meeting Data Trends 91

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

“One of the biggest problems that we have is kids that are missing and chronic absenteeism,” says Pamela Herd, a Georgetown University public policy professor. I’m really taken aback that a district would set forth a series of policies that make it actually quite difficult to enroll your child.” Records show Tameka rarely called back.

Policies 77

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 77

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 1, 2023

Our special conference chair is Martin Garnar , editor of the 10th edition of the Intellectual Freedom Manual and past chair of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee, who has been involved in developing ALA policy on intellectual freedom for 20 years. We look forward to gathering online with you for this event! Frieda Afary, Philosophy M.A.,

Libraries 76

Libraries Conference Policies Advocacy 76

MIND Research Institute

JULY 20, 2023

To answer that question, we must reflect on how disability is represented in the media, the history of disability discrimination, how we frame accommodation policies, the stigma around certain disability types, and more. For example, our accessible meeting standards already need an update to reflect our new learnings about color and contrast.

Education 52

Education Advocacy Accessibility Policies 52

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

The organization aims to help students overcome homelessness through education, policy advocacy and practical support to educators. “I I think that’s a really important part of this: There really isn’t another system out there that’s meeting their needs. It’s school.” Or of course the pride.

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Report Advocacy Meeting Resources 179

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

The challenge in presenting a program as ‘free’ is it may cause people to underestimate the full cost of attendance,” said Carrie Welton, director of policy and advocacy at the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, in an interview with EdSurge.

E-rate 130

E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 130

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

For me, meeting Maria during the pandemic led to the profound realization that we have for too long hammered the wrong nail in American education. While legislative discussions have recently stalled , advocacy efforts continue to mobilize toward an ambitious policy package that would impact millions of little learners and families.

Education 199

Education Survey Outcomes Advocacy 199