Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. They are essentially media comparison studies or, to be more precise, license comparison studies. It should surprise no one that media comparison studies find no significant difference in student learning.

OER 147

OER Outcomes Comparison Study 147

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 5, 2023

When they arrive on campus, many under-resourced students encounter a gap between their prior academic experiences and the planning, study and time management skills demanded at the college level. They also lack the self-advocacy skills necessary to navigate their new environments.

Accessibility 102

Accessibility Advocacy Study System 102

eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2018

But there’s a disconnect between students’ interest, advocacy for coding education, and what schools actually offer. Ninety percent of parents want their child to study computer science, but only 40 percent of schools teach computer programming, according to Code.org.

Advocacy 109

Advocacy Study Technology How To 109

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 27, 2023

We have 4,000 people already registered for the conference, and have finalized the 18 concurrent presentations for the conference, which are listed below. It's a great set of presentations! Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote.

Libraries 70

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 70

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2023

We have finalized the 18 concurrent presentations for the conference, and they are listed below. It's a great set of presentations! Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote. Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

Libraries 68

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 68

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

The downturn has pushed community colleges to broaden their approach to recruitment, resulting in an increase in the number of students requiring more support and services, said Taylor Odle, an assistant professor of education policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The price tag is not the same,” he said.

Report 100

Report Groups Meeting Advocacy 100

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. Don’t just think about access and enrollment,” Jackson says.

E-rate 136

E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 136

Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2019

If you want to plan strategically for the future, you have to know where you’re starting from in the present. 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. Why map out-of-school-time programs?

Data 255

Data Report Survey Advocacy 255

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 31, 2023

It's a great set of presentations! Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote. We have 4,600 people already registered for the conference, and the schedule is below. Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

Libraries 73

Libraries Conference Advocacy Social Media 73

N2Y

DECEMBER 17, 2020

As you work with your student on self-advocacy, speak openly about their disability and learning needs. As the IEP meeting approaches, decide together on the amount of time the student will be present in the meeting and for what specific part(s). If you could change one thing about your school day, what would you change?

Meeting 98

Meeting Advocacy Elementary Examples 98

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 1, 2023

Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote. in Information Studies from Dominican University School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, Illinois. Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

Libraries 76

Libraries Conference Policies Advocacy 76

The Hechinger Report

MAY 6, 2019

“We see kids whose challenges don’t show up on their report card, so they aren’t getting services,” said Jennifer Choi, a parent and founder of the advocacy group 2eNYC and a trustee of the nonprofit Twice Exceptional Children’s Advocacy.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Elementary Training Report 111

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2020

Advocacy in the home, school, community, state, and country.” This week of legislative advocacy with CEC has me revved up for more grass-roots advocacy in the home, school, community, state, and country. PRESENT : Submit to present a regular session on an education topic here. In the U.S., See you "online!"

Advocacy 36

Advocacy Classroom Conference STEM 36

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2022

Politics have also presented a challenge for LGBTQ+ students, they said. Keygan Miller, advocacy manager at The Trevor Project, a nonprofit focused on suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth, said that a therapist doesn’t have to identify as queer or trans to help a student who does. Smith said she remembers thinking.

Advocacy 99

Advocacy Groups Report Policies 99

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2021

She attended a webinar, but the presenter didn’t provide documentation for attendees to reference. A report from this winter released by a coalition of advocacy organizations calls for the creation of a new credential, apprenticeships and a university with wraparound services, among other “radical changes” to the field.

Education 174

Education Policies Industry Advocacy 174

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

“I don’t think my research is saying [other measures] don’t matter, but I don’t think they capture the whole picture,” said Nathaniel Anderson, who explored the disconnect between measures of child well-being and young people’s views on their mental health as part of his doctoral studies in public health at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Smartphone 56

Smartphone Social Media Trends Report 56

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

he told his mother that the National Institutes of Health had awarded him a postdoctoral fellowship to study dyslexia, a condition he’d long suspected he had. The study described a 14-year-old referred to as Percy F. “He The studies came just as the U.S. In 2004, as a new Ph.D., Up to around 20 percent of the U.S.

Learning 144

Learning Study Report Elementary 144

edWeb.net

MAY 1, 2020

A 2007 study found that executive functions are more critical for school readiness than is IQ or entry-level reading or math. As students enter upper elementary and middle school, the focus on executive function strategies declines, so students show up to high school, and don’t know how to take notes or study.

Schoology 53

Schoology Advocacy LMS Strategy 53

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2023

Jasper Smith did not spend her freshman year at Howard University studying in the red-brick buildings on its campus in Washington, D.C. One priority that surfaced was creating high-quality online courses that offer students at participating institutions more flexibility and choice regarding when, how and what they study.

Education 158

Education Course Blackboard System 158

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

Leila Schochet, research and advocacy manager for Early Childhood Policy at the Center for American Progress, said Head Start is not only important for families, it’s also critical for rural economies. A 2017 study found the children of people who attended preschool are better off than their peers whose parents did not attend preschool.

Advocacy 107

Advocacy Outcomes Report Study 107

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 3, 2023

Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote. in Information Studies from Dominican University School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, Illinois. CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Proposals for 30-minute concurrent presentations are now being accepted.

Libraries 68

Libraries Conference Policies Advocacy 68

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The overwhelming majority of young people are unable to sift through online information and separate fact, fiction and opinion, according to a new study from Stanford University. The study, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Civic Online Reasoning , was produced by researchers at the Stanford Graduate School of Education.

Social Media 40

Social Media Blended Learning Advocacy Study 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Others feel they “don’t need college to be successful,” or don’t want to go until they know what to study, said Marguerite Ohrtman, director of school counseling and clinical training at the University of Minnesota. Yusanat Tway, a sociology major at the University of Minnesota, wants to go to law school, then do human rights advocacy. “It

Report 119

Report Training Advocacy Conference 119

Discovery Education

MAY 10, 2022

We’re proud to partner with NASA to help students learn about the groundbreaking technologies, daunting missions, and extraordinary talents of astronauts both past and present. . Students can join Fishtronaut, Marina, and Zeek as they solve various cases about STEM while demonstrating the importance of local advocacy to create change.

STEM 59

STEM Libraries Resources Advocacy 59

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

But even in presentations about the latest advising technologies, a through-line for the event was how to frame student success initiatives beyond surface-level enrollment and retention metrics. College advisors and education leaders gathered in Nashville, Tenn., We don’t know there is a problem until we can quantify a problem.

Strategy 106

Strategy Policies Advocacy Conference 106

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

A recent MindShift blog , by Linda Flanagan highlights the work of Dr. William Damon who studies this issue. Recent studies show that most students do not graduate on time and over 40% of them do not graduate at all within six years of their start date. This is actually quite rare. And the consequences are enormous.

Advocacy 158

Advocacy Guidelines Report Personalized Learning 158

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 5, 2023

Each three-hour event consists of a keynote panel, 10-15 crowd-sourced thirty-minute presentations, and a closing keynote. in Information Studies from Dominican University School of Library and Information Science in River Forest, Illinois. Everyone is invited to participate in our Library 2.0

Libraries 56

Libraries Conference Policies Advocacy 56

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 18, 2022

HAGEMEYER, JOAN NATURALE, DANICA ALEXANDER, AND MARTI GODDARD This event features presentations on Deaf history, community, and culture, and a discussion of best practices for services to the Deaf community. Registration is free. Sign up at [link] Agenda Welcome (1 – 1:10 p.m. Sign up at [link] Agenda Welcome (1 – 1:10 p.m.

Libraries 36

Libraries Advocacy Social Media Study 36

eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2021

These include having the class schedule presented in a TV guide-style with easy navigation and a traffic light color-coded system that indicates to students: work that is outstanding, ongoing and completed. The National Association of Broadcasters is the premier advocacy association for America’s broadcasters. About Howard University.

Advocacy 60

Advocacy Education Data Groups 60

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

The state’s just reduced that to a requirement of one science, one social studies, one math, and a reading and writing assessment. Two out of every three high school seniors graduate with an Advanced Studies Diploma, 30 percent higher than the state average for all school divisions. So, that’s kind of cool.

Chromebook 190

Chromebook Study Company Assessment 190

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2019

The very youngest kids in the study were an exception. The study, “ The Demotivating Effect (and Unintended Message) of Awards ,” is still a draft paper and subject to revisions. Robinson presented her findings in Washington, D.C., Like the current California study, it used certificates to motivate attendance.

Study 82

Study Groups Advocacy Conference 82

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

There is a coalition of children's rights and children's advocacy groups that has been at COP, led by UNICEF. There was a 13-year-old who was able to present on the floor of COP for the first time. Not enough, if they are at all. They are really trying to bring it front and center. Young children.

System 155

System Advocacy Groups Conference 155

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Two out of every three high school seniors graduate with an Advanced Studies Diploma, 30 percent higher than the state average for all school divisions. M-Cubed is a program that supports black middle school males in year-round advanced math studies to improve their high school academic performance.

Dropout 266

Dropout Company Twitter Maker Movement 266

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

During the edWebinar “ Technology in Rural Schools: Leading with Why,” the presenters discussed how they overcame challenges and helped the community understand the value of tech in schools. More important, to the presenters is teaching the students responsible technology use. “We About the Presenters.

Broadband 54

Broadband Accessibility Advocacy Elementary 54

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. Congress to accelerate innovation in education.

Elementary 188

Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 188

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

based education advocacy group. “It For example, Tressa Norris, a library media specialist at Joppa View Elementary School, recently worked with second-graders on multimedia presentations about American symbols to bolster a unit about patriotism being taught by their classroom teacher. I go wherever teachers need me.”.

Future Ready 110

Future Ready Libraries Software Advocacy 110

Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

The eight areas of focus for the strategies included are cross-content, reading, writing, STEAM, research and studying, executive functioning, social-emotional learning, and professional learning. . The book, Inclusive Learning 365 , is organized as small “nuggets” of information.

Assistive Technology 96

Assistive Technology Learning Strategy Resources 96