The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2016

College Possible is one of many college advocacy groups hoping that technology will jumpstart the slow growth of low-income students in higher education. Studies of college advising and mentoring programs have shown them to be effective in getting low-income kids to and through college. Lauderdale, Florida, July 2016.

E-rate 40

E-rate Training Advocacy Mobility 40

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Only then can students, especially immigrant students and students of color, meet their potential and succeed in school and beyond. Studies show that when black adolescents feel their teachers lack respect for their background, it can harm their academic outcomes. ” You Can’t Look Away. ” You Can’t Look Away.

Strategy 40

Strategy Policies Advocacy Secondary 40

Reading By Example

MAY 5, 2017

Skype chats with authors work well for individual classrooms or grade levels who might want to chat with an author in which they did a study of their books. It might also work as an entry event into a genre study in which the author’s work would apply. Title I funds would certainly support this. Invite an author to your school.

Libraries 37

Libraries Study Video Meeting 37

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

Now in its seventh year, the annual gathering brings together thousands of entrepreneurs, educators and industry experts from around the world for four days stacked with panel discussions , workshops , an expo hall , meetups , film screenings —plus plenty of after-hours shindigs.

MOOC 60

MOOC EdTech OER Kaplan 60

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2017

Wednesday, April 26 4:00pm A transformational study abroad experience in Costa Rica - Start with UPEACE ! We’ve run courses in many areas including language & culture, social responsibility, human rights, business, peace studies, education, sustainability and much more. We know starting the process can be daunting!

Conference 51

Conference Social Media Twitter Facebook 51

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2016

Students who are part of Project REACH meet weekly to discuss study strategies and ways that autism affects them socially and academically. Only a few dozen colleges have programs specifically designed to support students with autism, a recent study found. Photo: Rita Obeid. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Photo: Meredith Kolodner.

Meeting 40

Meeting Advocacy Report Groups 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 4, 2016

Shahid Buttar , Director of Grassroots Advocacy at the Electronic Frontier Foundation ( EFF ) on the crucial importance of libraries in the fight to protect privacy rights and intellectual freedom. The Center also has launched a sustained study of the intersection of science and society. When she’s not doing any of that, she’s reading.

Conference 28

Conference Libraries Survey Advocacy 28

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.

Kaplan 41

Kaplan Learning Policies Report 41

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

That affects the pathways students pick in college: A smaller share of Black and Latino students earn degrees in a STEM field than in other degree programs, according to a recent Pew Research study. And that in turn affects people’s career choices. It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.”

Industry 130

Industry STEM Education Survey 130

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Angie Burda, the program’s manager, developed a broad range of services, establishing support groups, educational workshops, and recreational activities for families with children of all ages. When our kids came out of a meeting with those other kids, we saw a light in them we had never seen,” Eschman said. “We

Policies 67

Policies System Groups Advocacy 67

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Since then, the average age of diagnosis in some communities has dropped by roughly a year and a half, according to a 2016 study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx. According to a 2013 study , just 1 in 5 California primary care physicians offered Spanish-language autism screening.

Advocacy 83

Advocacy Study Report Groups 83

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

The online platform includes a project-based curriculum for science, social studies, math and English language arts for students in grades four through 12, along with additional content in those subjects that students can tackle at their own pace. She finds the program gives her extra time to meet individual kids’ needs.

Learning 123

Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 123

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

CLEARONE COLLABORATE SPACE ( www.clearone.com ) ClearOne unveiled COLLABORATE Space, a video collaboration app that connects hundreds of users joining from any device, anytime, and anywhere, and includes messaging, calling, and meeting functions. NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc.

Tools 58

Tools Robotics Edmentum Software 58

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: In recent years, division over how social studies should be taught has plagued school districts around the country.

Study 126

Study Common Core Advocacy Conference 126

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. This summer, 3,000 fresh TFA recruits will offer a remote version of Springboard’s reading strategies workshop for up to 9,000 pre-K through fourth-graders nationwide.

Khan Academy 57

Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

You are studying what you need to study at your level.”. When you meet somebody and ask how old their kids are, they say, oh, they’re in third grade or fourth grade,” noted Phillips of ExcelinEd. You are studying what you need to study at your level.” We’ve decoupled the curriculum from those grade levels.

Report 111

Report Personalized Learning Assessment System 111

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

The series provides grade-appropriate literary, science and social studies content and each book contains a text at a higher level with extra support to expedite students’ achievement. This two-year course of study includes more video and immediately applicable lessons. inches in size.

Epson 52

Epson Blackboard Pearson STEM 52

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. See the conference schedule for more details. Details to join the webinar at [link].

Libraries 28

Libraries Google Conference Education 28

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Associate Professor, Co-Director of Asian Studies, Adelphi University | Jan Dormer, Ph.D., Hawkesdale P12 College Let’s Hangout – Successful Student Study Groups – Snacks Optional , Candy R. TESOL Instructor and Practicum Supervisor at Touro College, Founder and Managing Director at Virtual Exchange 4 Change | Cristina Zaccarini, Ph.D.,

Conference 72

Conference Education STEM Secondary 72

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. Every child deserves a library. Let’s make it happen. How do you modernize a school library?

Libraries 98

Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

Here are the areas that have seen the most ed-tech investment activity so far this year: Learning to code : Investments include Galvanize ($45,000,000), Codecademy ($30,000,000), Andela ($24,000,000), Wonder Workshop ($20,000,000), Revature ($20,000,000). Everything’s a business opportunity.

Technology 40

Technology Education Common Core Company 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2021

We’ve run into challenges where legislators are reluctant to pass an unfunded mandate,” said Nicole Gibson, the senior director for state policy and grassroots advocacy at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. He said he usually doesn’t handle that many evaluations over the course of an entire school year.

Education 124

Education Policies Survey Training 124

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. The Intel Education Study App has now too been discontinued. They’re distracting others. Deliverology".

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Via The Texas Tribune : “ Texas State Board of Education rejects Mexican-American studies textbook.” “ Apple to offer free ‘ Hour of Code ’ workshops for full week,” says Techcrunch. ” The book was racist. is disappointed in Common Core. Education in the Courts.

Education 40

Education Company Data Pearson 40