The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

Mississippi’s regulatory oversight of for-profit colleges is weak, and the state does not do enough to protect students from these sometimes predatory institutions, according to a new national report by the Children’s Advocacy Institute. Higher Education. Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

A 2012 review of studies on learning time found that the extra time often didn’t produce academic benefits for students and when it did, the benefits were small. Indeed, many advocacy groups, including the Learning Policy Institute and Ed Trust , are recommending extending learning time next year. Credit: Getty Images.

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TeacherCast

MARCH 8, 2015

The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington based advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all students are ready for success in college. Jeff sits down with Terri Schwartzbeck and Sam Patterson to discuss the Alliance for Excellent Education, Digital Learning Day and how you can have a Future Ready School.

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The PL2C Blog

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

. | Digital Learning Coach, Instructional Technology Facilitator and Research Associate at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation. Lindgren & McDaniel, 2012). Now let’s compare the table above with the North Carolina Digital Learning Plan ’s Digital Age Education Model comparison. What is Learner Agency… really?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. Nevertheless, higher education hasn’t had a true redesign of its approach to majors and courses in 50 years. Sign up for our higher education newsletter. I am a poster child for the English major. The major worked for me.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Well, in New Orleans, 30 of 72 public schools (or 41 percent) have just received a “D” or an “F” grade, according to the Louisiana Department of Education. The website The Lens , which covers public education in New Orleans, reported that 65 percent of schools have declined in performance over the last three years. “Our Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2019

As the leaders of organizations that advocate on behalf of the disability and higher-education communities, we are committed to working together to continue the progress made in recent years to welcome and support college students with a wide range of disabilities. Ted Mitchell is president of the American Council on Education.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

During a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , the presenters discussed the policies and practices that also keep data safe in a digital education environment. Linnette is a recognized expert in the youth and education sectors and speaks nationally on data privacy matters.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Now they are demanding a greater role in school policy and the decisions that shape their educations. They are also seeking to use this moment to educate teens about elections and voting and turn them into lifelong voters. “The Andrew Brennen, National Geographic education fellow. Credit: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

The switch to a proficiency-based education, which focuses on making sure students can demonstrate what they know, has helped students like Elderkin. That’s due to a new teaching approach here called “proficiency-based education,” that was inspired by a 2012 state law. Photo: Gregory Rec/Portland Press Herald.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2024

“One out of 10 Black students in the eighth grade math scores were scoring basic or above,” saidKristen Hengtgen, a senior policy analyst at the nonprofit advocacy group EdTrust, referring to last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the Nation’s Report Card. Related: Widen your perspective.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

3 Advocacy groups, backed by dyslexia authorities at universities, have pushed for dyslexia legislation across the country with these outcomes: 4 40 states now mandate dyslexia screening, and more than 30 list approved screeners that schools must use. schools collectively spend over $120 billion a year on special education.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

The stereotypical library can seem like a vestige, making it an easy target when budgets are tight, according to Mark Ray, Vancouver’s director of innovation and library services, “but we want libraries to be the lynchpin of education transformation.” based education advocacy group. “It Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

The nation’s school districts spend about $46 billion less per year on facility upkeep than is needed to maintain “healthy and safe” learning environments, according to a 2016 report from the 21st Century School Fund, a research and advocacy organization. It sends a message that education isn’t important,” he said. “It million in 2012.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2021

We know that these obstacles exist, and we haven’t addressed them,” said Wil Del Pilar, vice president for higher education policy, practice and research at the Education Trust, a nonprofit organization that focuses on helping students of color and low-income students. Camilla Forte contributed reporting to this story. The post ??Why

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2024

She began her college education in her early 20s, balancing it with raising two sons and working retail jobs. Keischa Taylor, who began her college education in her 20s, balanced it with raising two sons and working retail jobs. You’ve got this. You didn’t come this far to stop. It’s a rare success story. More than a third of the 40.4

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The same is true of the Muñiz Academy, which opened in 2012 as the city’s first such high school. David Nieto, executive director of the BUENO Center for Multicultural Education at the University of Colorado at Boulder’s School of Education. The rest only speak English or are already bilingual. Photo: Tara García Mathewson. “It

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2017

Kylie finds it a little stranger in chorus and physical education, but there, too, she is held accountable for mastering certain competencies, like singing on pitch, clapping an accurate rhythm and dribbling a basketball. Picard’s older children went through the traditional education system and she can see a difference. “I

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

As part of his special-education program at the new school, Jacob was still entitled to continue his weekly therapy sessions. Kast says she would love to enroll him at Old Dominion, but the school does not have a special-education program. In addition, the Mississippi Department of Education accredits 68 non-public school programs.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 1, 2021

Some may come from backgrounds where violence is commonplace and education is either inadequate or contrasts sharply with the forms in the US. In the United States, we need a better way to assimilate these children into our public schools and get them the education they need. The following is adapted from Can You Hear Me Now?

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Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 7, 2016

Replacing disposable assessments with renewable assessments goes a long way toward re-humanizing education, giving students a reason to care about and truly invest in their work. ” Students are the authors and, thanks to Berne , the copyright holders of the homework and other artifacts they create as part of their education.

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ExcelinEd

DECEMBER 13, 2019

We’re celebrating Computer Science Education Week ! Computer science education offers students countless opportunities. Learn how your state can expand access to high-quality computer science education to unlock lifelong opportunities for students at ExcelinEd.org/ITCS and Advocacy/Code.org. What Others Are Saying.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Educating all constituents, not just about the process, but also why it’s important, is essential. They educate staff about the types of attacks as well as what to do. Prior to coming to Highline in 2012 Dr. Enfield served as Interim Superintendent for Seattle Public Schools. Louis, Missouri.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

The only thing most everyone agrees on is this: The roll out of the 2012 law, LD 1422, was a disaster, plagued by insufficient funding and inadequate guidance from the top. While the state’s Department of Education cycled through commissioners (six in six years) superintendents struggled to figure out the law, largely on their own.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

And classrooms needed more books and educational materials. Smith’s teachers were also sponsored to complete the courses required to earn their Child Development Associate Credential, a badge of expertise for early childhood educators. That plan identified preschool as an important first step to improve K-12 education.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 7, 2016

The Education Industry Association, which struggled to keep membership after a downturn in federal funding for tutoring, is joining a division of the Software & Information Industry Association, or ETIN, effective immediately, under an agreement announced today. Terms of the agreement were not released. and GSV Advisors, she said.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Are you feeling as though your child’s school does not understand the educational, social and emotional needs of gifted children? Many on this journey of raising and educating gifted children know and understand the common speed bumps and roadblocks in a gifted child’s life. You are not alone. Activities.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Higher Education. Closing this educational divide matters for individual students and for the U.S. The label from the federal Department of Education is meant to recognize colleges with significant Latinx populations. It closed its child care center in 2012, citing low demand.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2023

million additional students became chronically absent, according to the data, which was compiled by Stanford University education professor Thomas Dee in partnership with The Associated Press. Our families aren’t valuing education because it isn’t something that’s ever valued us,” Powell said. All told, an estimated 6.5

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Date : Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 Time : 5pm Pacific / 8pm Eastern / 1am (next day) GMT ( international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). psid=2012-02-02.1707.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350 Log in at [link].

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 9, 2019

EdTechTeam today announced that it has received the Google Cloud Global Partner of the Year Award in Education. We’re proud of our long history partnering with Google’s education programs over the past 13 years,” said Mark Wagner , CEO of EdTechTeam. This award was presented at Google Cloud Next ’19.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Chantal Fulgencio had the bad timing to start as a freshman in the fall of 2012 at public East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. That was just when the state was in the midst of seven straight years of cutting its budget for higher education during and after the recession, or at best keeping spending level.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Higher Education. EducationSuperHighway’s advocacy supported the district’s efforts perfectly. Weekly Update.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 24, 2019

Then, being announced today, is " Library Advocacy: Everyday Marketing Tools and Techniques " with Dr. Sue Alman on February 21st. LIBRARY ADVOCACY: EVERYDAY MARKETING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES" A 75-minute webinar (live and recorded) in a special Library 2.0 More details on both are below. Registering for one of the Library 2.0

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2018

Students engage in creative activities on the playground at Pre-K 4 SA North Education Center in San Antonio, Texas. SAN ANTONIO, Texas — By the end of the school year, the playground at Pre-K 4 SA North Education Center looked like a dreamscape of “DIY Outdoor Learning Spaces.” Photo: Bekah McNeel for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Johnson is the principal of Mississippi’s Collins Elementary School, where the paddle remains a staple of the educational experience. As of late April, educators pulled out the paddle 20 times on kindergartners, twice on first graders, 31 times on second graders, 16 times on third graders and 10 times on fourth graders.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2018

Texas A&M University at Texarkana has one of the lowest retention rates of public higher-education institutions; 55 percent who started in 2012 were gone by 2016. Department of Education data analyzed by The Hechinger Report. The line between Texas and Arkansas in front of the bi-state federal building, which straddles both.

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