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Announcing the 2021-2022 League of Innovative Schools Cohort

Digital Promise

Located in Mississippi, Columbus Municipal School District is committed to advancing advocacy of learners’ parents. In April 2021, the district launched monthly parent advocacy meetings focused on restorative justice, literacy, and college and career readiness. Their trainings and materials were used across the country.

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Funding Edtech with the E-Rate Program and Grants

edWeb.net

During a recent edWebinar , edtech experts provided an overview of the E-Rate program, state matching funds, and ways to obtain grants for technological development. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds. She is a past board member and chair of CoSN and is Vice President of Advocacy and Programs for LACUE.

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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

One reason for the growth is the sort of advertisement that attracted Nemergut, which often touts the schools’ long experience in online instruction and teachers specially trained in remote learning. They also say they are taking steps to improve retention and graduation rates.

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The SLIDE Study: A chat with Deb Kachel (Part 2)

NeverEndingSearch

Districts are also eliminating library clericals and paraprofessionals at alarming rates. Deb : That’s the biggest challenge and that is why we’re spending so much training and talking with our interviewers. Is that academic leadership and advocacy being spread those through universities to their school librarian alumni?

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The school counselor pipeline is broken. Can new federal money fix it?

The Hechinger Report

Rates of anxiety and depression among youth and adolescents have reached record highs across the country, with the surgeon general calling kids’ declining mental health the “ defining public health crisis of our time.” But “the pandemic showed we can do quality training and supervision with remote instruction,” she said.

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State Spotlight: Texas’ Student-Centered Response to COVID-19

ExcelinEd

Last week , Excel in Ed hosted Commissioner Morat h and Jennifer Esterline , founder and director of Educate Texas’ Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium , for a deep dive into about the state’s COVID-19 strategy and approach.? ? . Texas schools are facing two challenges that Commissioner Morath focused on: .

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E-Counseling 2.0: Can a new wave of virtual guidance help?

The Hechinger Report

College Possible is one of many college advocacy groups hoping that technology will jumpstart the slow growth of low-income students in higher education. It’s e-counseling 2.0. The American School Counselor Association recommends no more than 250 students per guidance counselor, but the nationwide average is nearly twice that.

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