The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

In 2015, a national survey organization ranked Albemarle County Public Schools in the top five of all school divisions in Virginia and among the top two percent of all school divisions in the county. Under her guidance, Albemarle County Public Schools was selected in 2015 for membership in the League of Innovative Schools.,

Elementary 271

Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 271

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Low-income students really feel out of place at Michigan,” says Camille Mancuso, a junior and the vice president of the Michigan Affordability and Advocacy Coalition student group. Since 2015, a total of 2,016 laptops have been distributed through the program. “There’s a high population of high-income students here.

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The Jose Vilson

MAY 23, 2024

In 2015, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal invited me to discuss education reform and my book, This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education.

Common Core 175

Common Core Policies Advocacy STEM 175

The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2021

Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, pictured above, was one of 99 colleges that adopted test-optional admissions between 2005-6 and 2015-16. He then compared these diversity gains to what happened at a similar group of colleges that didn’t adopt test-optional policies until after 2015-16. and DePaul University in Chicago.

Policies 139

Policies Study Advocacy Groups 139

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

But as soon as more people showed up to campuses in 2015, Tennessee higher ed leaders discovered a problem: Students were surprised by the additional costs of going to college. It even inspired President Obama to pitch a similar federal program.

E-rate 161

E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 161

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

In 2015, she started Breathe for Change. According to a 2014 report by the Alliance For Excellent Education, a national policy and advocacy organization, roughly half a million U.S. Nankin explained that her students started using the yoga, wellness and social-emotional practices she was teaching them with their own students.

Exercises 167

Exercises Education Learning Advocacy 167

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2018

Even though more than half of Mississippi’s public high school graduates in 2015 were African American, they only made up 10 percent of that fall’s freshman class at the University of Mississippi. African-Americans comprised 10 percent of freshmen at Ole Miss in 2015, an 8-percentage-point drop since 2010. . More than a third of U.S.

Advocacy 109

Advocacy Data Groups Report 109

eSchool News

MAY 9, 2018

Report cards also were issued in 2013 and 2015. Our report cards are among several advocacy efforts. In December, our center issued its third state-by-state report card on high school personal finance education.

Advocacy 77

Advocacy Outcomes Elementary Report 77

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

In 2015, Vanessa Ford’s 4-year-old came out as transgender. In March, at ASCD Empower, which is a conference for educators with a focus on equity, she presented with Becca Mui, an education manager at GLSEN , an LGBTQ advocacy group focused on schools. Even though she had spent 14 years as an educator at D.C.

Policies 158

Policies Advocacy Conference Survey 158

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

At Whittier, only 30 of the 141 graduates in 2015 had gained full-time employment that required passing the bar. Simply put, disruption is lessening the need for lawyers, which means law schools are producing too many lawyers for positions that increasingly do not exist. And, finally, innovative law schools could build new, non-J.D.

Competency Based Learning 139

Competency Based Learning Advocacy Online Learning Training 139

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2016

The major advocacy group for public charter schools is concerned that failing online charter schools may be hurting the credibility of the movement as a whole. The post Virtual charter schools need “bold action” for change, says national charter school advocacy group appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Groups Policies Blended Learning 40

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2023

The story started in 2015, after a student captured video on her cellphone of a white school resource officer violently flipping over a Black student in her desk and dragging her across the room before arresting her. A lawsuit that has been playing out in South Carolina offers a powerful example of the systemic issues involved.

Video 152

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

First up are Jacobi Petrucciani (22), Prahasith Veluvolu (21) and Colton Voege (21)—the youngest members of Y Combinator’s 2015 cohort—who together founded the AI grading and feedback platform Mirmir. The Tool and School-Starters Forbes again tipped its hat to several tool-makers and edtech innovators.

Education 148

Education Learning Advocacy Blended Learning 148

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2020

Torrey enrolled at the university fully aware that the student body president had been called the same epithet in 2015; she hoped things had changed. A University of Missouri spokesperson said that since 2015 it had increased faculty diversity and raised graduation rates “among underrepresented minorities.”.

Social Media 145

Social Media Advocacy Report Groups 145

eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2019

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015) is helping to make headway in prevention with provisions for whole student development and well-being as a part of the definition of “achievement or student success” and alternative measures. Overview of authorized topics under Section 4108 of the ESSA.

Assessment 75

Assessment Advocacy Education 75

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

In 2015-16, 68 percent of rural families with a child enrolled in Head Start received a family service including job training, parenting education, and substance abuse prevention through the program. . It’s important that children have access to safe and quality childcare while their parents are working,” Schochet said.

Advocacy 110

Advocacy Report Outcomes Study 110

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2018

“When these programs were designed, it was an acknowledgment that there were low-income students who had need, and of the importance of going to college,” said Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy at the nonpartisan National College Access Network. Carrie Warick, director of policy and advocacy, National College Access Network.

Advocacy 104

Advocacy Policies Report Accessibility 104

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

MARCH 20, 2015

March 20, 2015 A wonderful variety of goodies this week! Jx A photo posted by Johanna Basford (@johannabasford) on Mar 12, 2015 at 5:03am PDT #creative ! A school librarian advocacy video from the New Jersey Association of School Librarians, worth watching. BEST school librarian advocacy video! Enjoy your weekend! (??? ?

Advocacy 40

Advocacy Libraries Video Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 10, 2018

It just goes against everything we know about child development and what’s best for children,” said Josh Golin, executive director of the nonprofit advocacy group Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. In 2013, the Waterford Institute received an $11.5 million federal grant to expand the program to rural children in Utah.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Data Report Groups 111

Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

HAMILTON, Ohio — Suzanne Prescott first noticed the changes in children’s behaviors in 2015. She was fielding reports of kids knocking over bookshelves, tables and chairs; hitting their classmates; and causing physical harm to themselves and their teachers.

Training 199

Training Assessment Advocacy Classroom 199

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

50 Free Online Courses For Teachers: Spring 2015. Below is a list of 50 free online courses for teachers for Spring 2015, aggregated by Class Central. Go To Class | Next Session : 2nd Jan, 2015. . Go To Class | Next Session : 5th Jan, 2015. . Go To Class | Next Session : 5th Jan, 2015. . by Class Central.

Coursera 40

Coursera Course Moodle Common Core 40

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 16, 2015

State department educational policy advocacy: “Evidence-based” or puffery? That bonus you didn’t get at work (aka Iowa education reform in 2015). Also see my copyright policy and feel free to use these data and images as you wish for your own projects! Excel file. Keynote file. Related Posts.

Report 50

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Share of new college students in the fall of 2015 who were still in high school and taking a dual enrollment class. asked Kristen Hengtgen, a policy analyst at EdTrust, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that lobbies for racial and economic equity in education. Dual enrollment is exploding.

Analysis 145

Analysis Report Data Course 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Our Voice Nuestra Voz, a non-profit education advocacy group in New Orleans, analyzed the school performance scores data and found that approximately 15,000 students attend these failing schools. Alongside the state legislature, they finally settled on new tests that were introduced in 2015 to measure performance against the new standards.

Advocacy 91

Advocacy Analysis Survey Report 91

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2015

Michelle Luhtala, High School Library Department Chair at New Canaan Public Schools and the presenter of edWeb.net’s Emerging Tech community for school librarians, has been selected by Library Journal as one of the 2015 Movers and Shakers , the people shaping the future of libraries.

Libraries 40

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edWeb.net

MAY 17, 2015

” Mich elle Luhtala was selected for her advocacy work.Michelle Luhtala has been a strong advocate for Banned Websites Awareness Day (BWAD), an annual event raising consciousness about excessive filtering in school settings. The post Michelle Luhtala is a Library Journal 2015 Mover and Shaker appeared first on edWeb.

Libraries 40

Libraries Advocacy Conference Technology 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2018

But since it wasn’t our house, they could use the bathroom first,” Kimberly, 12, told the child advocacy organization Children’s Defense Fund for their The State of America’s Children 2014 report. Sometimes we had to go to school late, because we had to wait for the bathroom. But at school, she was labeled truant. “I

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Policies Report Secondary 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In 2015, one in five women stated they had experienced rape or attempted rape during their lifetimes, one in three reported such rape first happened between the ages of 11 and 17, while one in eight reported it happened before the age of 10, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.

Advocacy 112

Advocacy Report Social Media Resources 112

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

While there are many factors that play into this dismal outcome, according to the 2015 ACT College Choice Report , research has shown that one issue is the alignment (or lack of alignment) between a student’s core interests and their chosen major.

Advocacy 166

Advocacy Guidelines Report Personalized Learning 166

The Hechinger Report

MAY 24, 2021

Indeed, many advocacy groups, including the Learning Policy Institute and Ed Trust , are recommending extending learning time next year. The program was studied in 27 schools in seven states between 2010 and 2015. Academically, the extended day seemed to be a bust. There were no overall academic benefits in reading or math, on average.

Study 141

Study Comparison Advocacy Report 141

Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Common Sense Privacy Evaluations Common Sense, a nonprofit education and advocacy organization, maintains a database that evaluates edtech tools on whether they are safe for use in schools. Since the project began in 2015, the privacy team has evaluated nearly 300 education apps.

Tools 156

Tools Policies Android Data 156

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 4, 2015

That bonus you didn’t get at work (aka Iowa education reform in 2015). State department educational policy advocacy: “Evidence-based” or puffery? Related Posts. 7 questions after Governor Branstad’s school funding veto. 10+1 reactions to closing Iowa’s achievement gaps.

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Advocacy Policies STEM Outcomes 100

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Launched in 2015, Future Ready Schools ®, a collaboration of over 60 national and regional organizations, led by the Alliance for Excellent Education , lays out a framework for change and provides a myriad of free tools and resources, as well as support for district and school-based leaders.

Future Ready 66

Future Ready Advocacy Strategy Assessment 66

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2021

Across the country, some state lawmakers have begun to respond to the demands of student activists and Native advocacy organizations. “It is not a place that allows us to embrace who we are.”.

Policies 145

Policies Advocacy Report System 145

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Work on the platform began within the charter network Summit Public Schools and was transformed when Facebook began to lend engineering support in 2015. CZI aims to be a different type of philanthropy looking to integrate grantmaking, advocacy and technology to serve others.

Education 138

Education Khan Academy Facebook Advocacy 138

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

during the 2015-16 school year were women. during the 2015-16 school year were women, according the data compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics. “It’s because we’re mostly women,” she explained. Women’s work in general is undervalued.”. Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S.

Secondary 104

Secondary Report Advocacy Elementary 104

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In North Carolina, reading scores barely budged in the five years between 2015 and 2019. Hickory’s scores improved from 52 percent of students reading at grade level in 2015 to 59 percent in 2019, compared with an increase from 56 percent to 57 percent for the state as a whole. READ THE SERIES. It sounds complicated because it is.

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