Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

The team established a partnership with a local housing project where some of their chronically absent students live and coordinated attendance outreach activities, which included workshops to educate teachers, staff and guardians on the consequences of missing school. They also helped translate district communications into other languages.

Strategy 189

Strategy Learning Data Dropout 189

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2020

Related: Why aren’t more counselors trained in college admissions ? Her school often holds orientations with representatives from local community colleges as well as application workshops. April is when she sits down with students and parents to help them understand financial aid award letters and answer any other questions they have.

Accessibility 106

Accessibility Policies Chromebook Exercises 106

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

If history is a guide, the flashiest notions being workshopped in these places won’t get far. University campuses are like archaeological digs of innovations that didn’t fulfill their promises, layered over even earlier initiatives that also flopped.

Course 113

Course Pearson Accessibility Company 113

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

When she came to the school, she split the student body into three groups, and decided that all of them would adopt personalized learning. Summit flew Gill and her team to San Francisco, for school visits and training, and won them over. apps and software, with some classes much more tech-reliant than others.

Personalized Learning 102

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 102

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

We''ve also just added information about the Invent to Learn workshop on Saturday with Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez (which is the same day as our Global Ed event , but we''re magnanimous around here). Check out all the fun at ISTEunplugged.com. We would love to have your partnership in spreading the word about this effort.

Conference 51

Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 51

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Online learning was particularly challenging for Puerto Rican students. Yadira Sánchez, a school psychologist who also heads a nonprofit Lectores para el Futuro (Readers for the Future), said teachers are “hungry” for this support; a recent training session she helped organize was packed. We are making a clarion call for help.”

Elementary 109

Elementary Report Dropout System 109