eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading. Freepik Cities and states will utilize dynamic policy making as they reach data maturity. The policy has passed, but questions remain on how universities will be held accountable.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 30, 2011

For the past 3 years CoSN has been involved in a project which is called " Participatory Learning in Schools: Leadership and Policy." The Elluminate room will be open up to 30 minutes before the event if you want to come in early. Recordings of the session will be posted within a day of the event here. and Catherine T.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Why do we have the policies we have in our schools? Extra credit tends to play a major role in the secondary world. In some of the schools I worked in, we had late work policies that would dictate how many points you would lose based on how the late the work was turned in! But what if companies like AOL didn’t play it safe?

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

While the tools may have print components, companies must submit them digitally, and only the digital materials are reviewed. In this role, she supports the policies and procedures specifications for Florida’s instructional materials adoption. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting. Join the Community.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

At the time, I wrote about the importance of APIs; the issues surrounding data security and privacy; the appeal of platforms for users and businesses; and the education and tech companies who were well-positioned (or at least wanting) to become education platforms. The company has raised some $77.5 Subscribe to their blog. Okay, okay.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

This event is hosted by ASCD and GlobalEd Events. This professional learning event includes thought-provoking practitioner and expert panelists, student speakers, and an interactive design thinking challenge on "How can schools cultivate a culture of changemaking?" Register today to reserve your spot!

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2017

This has happened as Georgia officials – like those in many other states – are pushing to increase the number of young residents who have some kind of post-secondary education. Students’ unmet need totaled about $660 million , according to the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute. million in need-based aid. he asked himself.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading. Freepik Cities and states will utilize dynamic policy making as they reach data maturity. The policy has passed, but questions remain on how universities will be held accountable.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The system is a little weird, since you can''t see all of the proposals in one area (they are categorized into primary, secondary, and tertiary blocks based on arbitrary ordering of session submissions by one individual), but here are direct links to panel proposals I made: "School 2.0:

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

In it''s second year, this amazing five-day, 24-hour-a-day event helps educators and students connect with each other and with global education programs all over the world. The call for presentations has been extended until October 31, and the event is highly inclusive so that we have real global participation.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

She is responsible for establishing the district’s partnership with Hazel Health, a telehealth company that provides mental health services to students at no cost to families. Principal Rod Ruth was named South Carolina’s 2023 Secondary Principal of the Year. Weinraub is an exceptional leader in student health and wellness.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The GEC features thought leaders from the world of education and beyond, is completely free to attend, and all events take place online in webinar format. Help us spread the word about this unique and free professional development event, and we will list your organization’s information on our web site. Sears, M.A.,

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 7, 2022

This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. REGISTER HERE to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In Denver, students organized for a year and a half and succeeded in getting the school board to adopt a new climate policy in April 2022. For-profit companies will actually do the work. Here’s a toolkit they created to explain how they did it.) Then look to electrification. Just under 1 in 10 schools in the country have solar today.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 23, 2022

This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. REGISTER HERE to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2022

This is a free event, being held live online and also recorded. network to be kept updated on this and future events. conference events, which are designed to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing among information professionals worldwide. REGISTER HERE to attend live and/or to receive the recording links afterward.

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Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

The event brings together a mix of participants from different parts of education — teachers, administrators, and publishers in elementary, secondary, and higher education. As we look through our notebooks of other sessions at the event, here are some highlights: Student Privacy. Mitchell L.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

Here is an extremely back of the envelope example for Introduction to Biology: Ce = 2 teaching faculty per post-secondary institution x 4000 post-secondary institutions = 8000 people. Until very recently that ecosystem only contained materials developed by a handful of companies through largely homogenous processes. N = 8000 *.5

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Media Literacy (by Crash Course): A 12-part video series that goes beyond the typical media literacy topics, digging into things like the history of media literacy and how policy affects the media we consume. Media and Information Literacy Curriculum for Teachers (by UNESCO): Dense, thorough, and global curriculum available in many languages.

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Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2018

But then he pursued a career in business, first at a strategy consulting firm, and later working his way up to CEO of a tech company called Snapfish, which did photo sharing and hosting and printing and that kind of thing before Instagram existed. I was on the faculty senate kinds of things, and faculty welfare policies committees.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Indeed, last week saw the launch of “ Ban Facial Recognition on Campus ,” a nationwide campaign from the nonprofit advocacy organizations Fight for the Future and Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Claims that some surveillance companies make to market their products have been disputed by independent research.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Could we take the billions of dollars that are going to testing companies and put it into rich, developmental pre-K? Global events are having local consequences. Issues we used to consider secondary or tertiary (religion, language, ethnicity) have become primary. .’ There’s not even a pretense at meritocracy.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

As such, from the characters portrayed in online programs to reading excerpts included in curricular products, it is important for all education companies to provide, and educators to seek out, more culturally relevant, modifiable, and accessible resources to effectively meet the varying learning needs of all students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2023

As such, from the characters portrayed in online programs to reading excerpts included in curricular products, it is important for all education companies to provide, and educators to seek out, more culturally relevant, modifiable, and accessible resources to effectively meet the varying learning needs of all students.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

Private companies and donors would contribute to the fund and receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit in return. This represents change only for those people who want to make a change,” she said, adding that schools can choose between using that money to fund elementary, secondary or pre-K programs (though that last one is up for debate ).

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

” The Fordham Institute’s Michael Petrelli has declared “ The End of Educational Policy.” is the new company of Andrew Ng , Coursera’s co-founder.) ” From Fast Company : “Amazon’s HQ2 could eliminate 1,500 affordable housing units in NYC.” on Coursera.” ” Testing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

As with all of the other sessions in the Summit (300 in total for this two-month event!), In 2003, before the existence of YouTube, she founded ProjectExplorer.org, a free multimedia website designed to educate primary and secondary school students about global issues and world cultures and histories. airing on Discovery in 2020.)

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2017

Trump listens as Betsy DeVos speaks at a “USA Thank You Tour 2016” event at the DeltaPlex in Grand Rapids, Mi. Barton Swaim has pointed out that the phrase pacified foreign-policy hawks and doves, each of whom focused on one wing of the maxim, not realizing that trust supersedes verification, and vice versa. on Friday, Dec.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The company said that the Department of Education’s decision to bar it from federal financial aid forced it to do so. Employees claim they were not notified that the company would be closing. Apple held a marketing event this week, and the PR was duly repeated by the tech press. ITT has closed its doors. Buyer beware, FFS.

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Hack Education

MAY 26, 2016

Certainly we address “policies” – we often have no choice – but less often do we really dig into “politics” and even less often into the ideologies of education technologies. Just call your credit card company and ask for an extension on your line of credit, instructors purportedly told students.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

This is an amazing and free online event that brings together educators and innovators from around the world. In the fall of 2019, Courtney will begin her fourth and final year in the Educational Policy and Leadership doctoral program also through the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2022

And at the end of the 20th century, groups like the Eagle Forum left a growing imprint on education policy in the state. “It They also recruited scores of textbook reviewers, ranging from “interested citizens” to engineers at the power company. The first state history textbooks defended segregation.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 2, 2018

We know how these events have played out in the past – for rich people and poor people; for white people and brown people; for those from the Global North and those from the Global South; for men, for women, for children. “Technology is changing faster than ever.” ” It makes for a nice sound bite, to be sure. (He

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. 3D Printing.

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

Via The New York Times : “ Trump Orders Review of Education Policies to Strengthen Local Control.” Via KIRO7 : “Charges filed after University of Washington shooting outside Milo Yiannopoulos event.” Jeff Fernandez, the co-founder of the online learning company Grovo , has resigned. Education Politics.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Middlebury’s political science department agreed to co-sponsor the event – a decision for which its chair later apologized. ” At the event itself, some students turned their backs to Murray, and some chanted loud enough to drown out his speech. A bill in Texas that would bar free speech zones on campuses.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

The move comes after criticism from government watchdogs who warned of financial entanglements with private companies vying for millions in GI Bill tuition.” ” IPEDS is the government’s database tracking post-secondary education statistics, including enrollments and graduations. “MOOCs Are ”Dead.“

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