Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2019

classrooms. This is landmark legislation,” Corinne Roller, director of advocacy and public policy at Girls Who Code, tells EdSurge. The state adopted K-12 computer science standards in 2016, has dedicated funding for teacher training in the field, and allows computer science to count toward a core graduation requirement.

Policies 168

Policies Advocacy Data Report 168

The Web20Classroom

JUNE 26, 2016

The closest I came was that one day I spent observing in a Kindergarten classroom during college.) Early Learning Network -Part of my advocacy work revolves around helping educators discover the power of connected professional learning.

Resources 139

Resources Technology Learning Digital Citizenship 139

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Even when not in a classroom, certain toys must adhere to the federal Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, commonly called COPPA. Anything involving video and audio and children is uniquely sensitive,” she adds. The idea of robots teaching children has been the stuff of both dreams and dystopian fantasies, depending on whom one asks.

Robotics 148

Robotics Company Education Data 148

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report After ruling out stressors in Antonio’s family environment, the Yale team learned more about the challenges he was facing at school, including severe learning difficulties in the classroom and bullies outside of school. Department of Health and Human Services invested $1.6

Advocacy 119

Advocacy Report Study Training 119

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2023

Code Next was launched by Google in 2016 in response to the stubbornly low numbers of people of color working in tech — only 3 percent of Google’s tech employees were Black or Latino back in 2014. The 2016 Ghost Ship fire that claimed 36 lives occurred a few blocks from the Code Next lab.

Industry 171

Industry STEM Education Survey 171

eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Today, in any given classroom, students arrive with varying degrees of knowledge and skill. By 2016, the most common response was “one to three” years of experience. You may also find individual state profiles , offering a snapshot of how each state’s policy may be helping or hindering classroom innovation.

E-rate 109

E-rate Policies Outcomes Advocacy 109

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

In elementary school, the classroom teacher often serves that function. In many middle and high schools, an advisory or advocacy program is often included. Within the classroom, personalized instruction has increased in popularity. There are concrete ways to implement and assess rigor in classrooms. About the Authors. .

Strategy 164

Strategy Differentiated Instruction Elementary Advocacy 164

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2022

In 2016, Polites, the state advocacy leader for nonprofit Media Literacy Now, began to contact her state legislators, advocating for an “information literacy” bill being proposed at the time. We are here, ready to add an additional layer of instruction in our classrooms.”.

Digital Divide 135

Digital Divide Advocacy Policies Report 135

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

We have to engage in a movement,” Susan Patrick, CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group known as iNACOL (International Association for K-12 Online Learning), told the cheering crowd of 3,000 true believers. No more simply “sitting on your butt in class,” as one educator put it. Why are we so stuck in an age-based, grade-based era?

Advocacy 104

Advocacy Learning Conference Common Core 104

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Nearly half of middle and high students in a 2016 Gallup poll reported being either not engaged or actively disengaged in school. Through this process, students become more reflective and intentional about their own interests and motivations both inside and outside of the classroom.

Advocacy 166

Advocacy Guidelines Report Personalized Learning 166

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. As I eventually wrote in Open educational resources: Undertheorized research and untapped potential : Many of the articles reviewed in Hilton (2016), including some articles on which I was an author, are woefully undertheorized.

OER 197

OER Outcomes Comparison Study 197

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Kindergartners in an Ohio classroom learning letters. The flurry of new state laws over the past five years is in large part the result of pressure from Decoding Dyslexia, a parent advocacy group with chapters in all 50 states. A 2016 law in Virginia requires people seeking a teaching license to complete dyslexia awareness training.

Advocacy 106

Advocacy Training Report Analysis 106

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Edgecombe is still a rural district with a high-poverty student body, but a new staffing model has made its schools newly desirable for teachers who want to be school leaders without leaving the classroom. Some pull money from other parts of their school budgets to cover the supplemental salary. Making all these decisions takes time.

Elementary 111

Elementary Advocacy Trends STEM 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

I also definitely want to be heavily involved in advocacy for young black youth, or, for youth in general, and just promoting student leadership. Many times, I find, some of my friends go into a classroom, and they’re dealing with things at home. I want to use my master’s degree to change that. Sign up for our newsletters.

Common Core 102

Common Core Advocacy Report System 102

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2019

Since 2006, the share of California Hispanic 19-year-olds with a high school diploma has increased from 74 percent to 86 percent, according to the Campaign for College Opportunity, a California advocacy group. There’s still work to be done. Photo: Iris Schneider for The Hechinger Report.

Groups 110

Groups Advocacy Report Study 110

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

In response to rising numbers of homeless youth here, state legislators passed a bill in 2016 that freed up money to enable schools to identify more students as homeless and get them into stable housing — even if they aren’t viewed as homeless by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Elementary 136

Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 136

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Teacher Travis Olsen has an exercise bike in the back of his seventh-grade science classroom that kids are welcome to use whenever they feel the need. During a group science lab in Giebel and Jolma’s class, Anna Wang, 13, sat on one of the wobbly chairs the school purchased for classrooms this year. “It Some even took action.

Exercises 108

Exercises Elementary Report Study 108

eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

With ed-tech spending expected to reach $55B by 2019 as predicted by market research firm Technavio, schools and districts should ensure they can produce carefully-crafted technology plans that outline how technology will work successfully in classrooms. This is up-to-date, boots-on-the-ground knowledge.

How To 75

How To Advocacy Tools Survey 75

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Yet, according to a 2016 press release from the U.S. were underfunded by $580 billion in federal dollars alone — money that was specifically targeted to support 30 million of our most vulnerable students,” found a report from the education advocacy nonprofit, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools.

Secondary 104

Secondary Report Advocacy Elementary 104

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In recent years, the group’s advocacy has led to changes in the district’s graduation requirements, to align them with admissions requirements for California’s university systems, and an expansion of funding for an after-school meal program that had been cut by the school board. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

Kaplan 143

Kaplan Policies Report Groups 143

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

Yet, from my vantage point in the education policy arena (in leadership roles, for instance, at the National Association of State Boards of Education and the State Educational Technology Directors Association), the book and prediction drove widespread advocacy for changes in policy and practice.

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

billion as of 2016 through a complicated financial instrument called an interest-rate swap. million by 2016, including nearly $18 million in termination fees, the students contend — at the same time that tuition was rising significantly faster than the national average. We decided this was something we wanted to make noise about.”.

Report 104

Report Groups Libraries Data 104

edWeb.net

AUGUST 19, 2021

She served as a classroom teacher, academic coach, site principal, and chief innovation and information officer (CIIO) prior to starting her current position as Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services. She plans to continue impacting students’ lives through advocacy and consultancy. You can follow him on Twitter @scaughtsb.

Advocacy 97

Advocacy BYOD Accessibility Conference 97

edWeb.net

MAY 7, 2021

The changes altered the educational landscape, inspiring educators to embrace new instructional methods and carry them over to their classrooms once they returned to normalcy. Even though many had been using technology in the classroom, they were not ready for the full-on virtual digital learning environment COVID demanded.

Learning 98

Learning Data Outcomes Survey 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Cruz, who had worked for several years teaching kids with autism in a special needs classroom, noticed the shifts and, suspecting that they might signal a speech delay, promptly reported them to Jonathan’s pediatrician. The nonprofit offers workshops, one-to-one advocacy, and a monthly Spanish-speaking support group for families.

Advocacy 101

Advocacy Study Report Groups 101

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Mangum then took the floor to take the attendees back to 2016 and talked about the important edtech trends of that time. The goal of the program was to provide high-quality instruction in every classroom and technology was seen as the vehicle to make that happen. SETDA is the principal association representing U.S.

Technology 91

Technology Common Core EdTech Trends 91

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2019

A 2016 study by University of Chicago behavioral economist Steven Levitt and colleagues found that non-financial rewards were more effective in raising test scores with younger students than with older students. The advocacy organization Attendance Works encourages schools to reward good attendance.

Study 100

Study Groups Advocacy Conference 100

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2019

And classrooms needed more books and educational materials. In September 2016, that all changed abruptly. With a higher quality rating, Smith’s center has become eligible for more grants and funding, which has allowed her to open an additional preschool classroom and offer free seats for some students.

Advocacy 79

Advocacy Report Social Media Training 79

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 10, 2021

And because the lessons are online, students can access their lessons outside of the classroom, giving them flexibility in how they choose to learn. He was named 2016 Superintendent of the Year by ACSA (Association of California School Administrators), Region 18. David completed his doctoral studies at UCLA.

Technology 98

Technology BYOD Learning Twitter 98

EdTechTeam

AUGUST 9, 2019

EdTechTeam is a California Benefit Corporation , dedicated to effecting positive change in schools, and currently supporting a number of advocacy programs including the Our Voice Academy and the nonprofit Student Voice Foundation. Schools or individual classrooms can sign up to participate.

Education 71

Education Social Media EdTech Advocacy 71

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

As of 2016, Louisiana and 23 other states had alternative diploma or certificate options specifically for students with disabilities, each state with its own system. Candace Cortiella, the director of The Advocacy Institute. Within each disability, there is variance in severity and how the disability reveals itself in a classroom.

Dropout 87

Dropout Advocacy Outcomes Report 87

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Across the nation, district equity discussions include how schools must examine current biases from bus stops to classroom materials to educator and staff expectations. The district is using multiple measures from the classroom to district level across internal and external categories to determine if students are college and career ready.

Education 77

Education Secondary Policies Professional Learning 77

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

We’re in the classrooms. About two-thirds of the school’s teachers are Native American, with many alumni now leading classrooms. Since then, the numbers have slipped to the single digits, with just 5 percent of the class of 2016 finishing within six years, according to a data analysis from the charter school network.

Education 136

Education Report Data Course 136

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

Dan Coder, custodian of Unified School District 377 for 35 years, looks over the broken boiler in the central office building which also houses the preschool and kindergarten classrooms. The research and advocacy organization EdBuild called states’ education funding systems outdated, arbitrary, and segregating. EFFINGHAM, Kan. —

Report 111

Report Advocacy Elementary Company 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

But one day in February, after refusing to go into her classroom and allegedly cursing at her teachers, the seventh grader was sent home to learn online indefinitely. Sometimes, there is no system in place for tracking how many students are being punished this way or how many days of in-person classroom learning they are forced to miss. “We

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Grant Callen, president of “school choice” advocacy group Empower Mississippi, speaks before a crowd at the Capitiol at the beginning of National School Choice Week in February. But education and disability-rights advocacy groups have a different opinion of special-needs voucher programs than the state’s education leadership.

Advocacy 96

Advocacy Elementary Report Training 96