The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Monday, September 18, 2017. Tom: You know, I think one of the best ways in 2017 is to meet new people, and to really have good access to quality of text in front of us… is Twitter. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Enhanced Transcript. Unleashing the Potential of Every Child.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

She shares one computer with her family of five, lacks home internet access and uses a smartphone to connect online. As the years pass, the gap between Jennifer’s and Maria’s access to technology widens: Jennifer has everything she needs at her fingertips, while Maria does not.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2018

A federal report on students’ home access to digital learning resources is months late, and ed-tech groups say the delay is impeding efforts to close the homework gap. ” Next page: Why low-income students could be even more at risk for losing internet access. . “This is critical.” “This is critical.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And if you click www.coolcatteacher.com/edpuzzle , Edpuzzle will give your school access to the 50,000 best lessons from Edpuzzle, organized in folders and ready to be used by teachers. Monday, September 18, 2017. Pause the video and add your voice just in certain spots. Add comments, multiple choice or open ended questions.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2019

This show with Tom Loud aired in September 2017 but because iTunes only keeps 297 of the most recent shows, we wanted to take the summer opportunity to share the most inspirational shows from the 10 Minute Teacher podcast. For guests and hyperlinks to resources, scroll down. You know, what do we say to ourselves?

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

Every two or three years, state and federal laws regarding accessibility in education change. However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. Highlights. About the Host.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

In addition, the federal government, states and colleges too often impose a series of harsh penalties that are unrelated to collecting payments, including restricting access to further federal aid, withholding a student’s academic transcripts and suspending professional and even driver’s licenses. Families cannot afford to wait.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2019

After seven years of coordinated efforts to improve internet access in schools, thereby laying the foundation for digital learning to take root and expand in U.S. In 2017, EducationSuperHighway’s annual “State of the States” report declared 94 percent of U.S. can access digital learning in their classrooms (with 2 million to go).

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

And between 1976 and 2017, the Latino proportion of all students enrolled in college rose from 4 to 19 percent. Amanda Fernandez is CEO and founder of Latinos for Education ; Dr. Feliza Ortiz-Licon is chief policy and advocacy officer. Unfortunately, the pandemic has set us back several years.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

With the movement for no-tuition community college gaining momentum in more states and earning top billing in President Biden’s education agenda , experts in college access and affordability advise caution about using that potent four-letter word: f-r-e-e. Don’t just think about access and enrollment,” Jackson says.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

Corinne Roller, director of advocacy and public policy for the nonprofit group Girls Who Code , says the proportion of women in computing jobs has actually been trending downward over the last few decades. “If The Cyber Robotics Coding Competition began in New Hampshire in fall 2017, with 2,600 students taking part across the state.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2017

“We think that’s the hardest work left,” said Brennan McMahon Parton, director of policy and advocacy at the Data Quality Campaign. “We The new report , “Time to Act 2017: Put Data in the Hands of People,” catalogs how the evolving use of data has influenced policy and teaching practices over the last 10 years.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

She is the 2017 New Jersey State School Counselor of the Year. So what are some of the resources that counselors can access that will help them in this area? It’s completely free and very accessible. School Counselors Helping More Women Go Into Computer Science. Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e246. Date: February 5, 2018.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

And if you click www.coolcatteacher.com/edpuzzle , Edpuzzle will give your school access to the 50,000 best lessons from Edpuzzle, organized in folders and ready to be used by teachers. Thursday, September 21, 2017. She’s the 2017 Texas Instructional Technologist of the Year. Listen Now. We have somebody uniquely qualified.

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Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 31, 2022

Leveraging the “No Significant Difference” Effect for OER Advocacy. Implications of the access hypothesis : Why do most comparisons of OER to traditional materials fail to find a positive effect of OER? They had an important role to play in OER advocacy. call this “the access hypothesis.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

million students accessed the Common App, created a profile and began working on at least one application. He and Preston Magouirk, chief data officer at the nonprofit DC College Access Program, took that step back. This underscores the fact that people who access the Common App at all have a high baseline enrollment rate.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

So the dean asked Perreault and Gretchen Kopmanis, technology services office manager and Mac team lead, to devise a pilot program that would help low-income students get access to laptops—and maybe even improve their enrollment and retention rates, too. There’s a high population of high-income students here.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Department of Education aims to highlight that disparity and many other inequities in the use and design of ed tech, as well as access to it. The update of the policy document by the DOE’s Office of Education Technology is the first since 2016 (parts of it were revised in 2017).

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

Nearly 19 million students applied for financial aid during the 2017-2018 year, according to the U.S. Along the way, Seldin enlisted the help of 17 colleges and higher-ed advocacy organizations, including the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, to review, test and spread the word about the website.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

A 2017 study from the lab found that nearly two thirds of community college students are food insecure. At a morning panel on Thursday, Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of higher education Policy at Temple University, started the conversation by providing some context and statistics from the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, which she founded.

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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. Research shows that children who have access to high-quality preschool reap benefits.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Online registration and enrollment aren’t novel ideas in 2017; they are a convenience parents expect and a tool any registrar will appreciate. Tech-friendly districts understand the impact of a positive first impression on job satisfaction, advocacy, and retention. Not anymore. Show your new hires why they made the right decision.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2024

Then she learned about one group’s effort to expand access to high-quality child care here, specifically for families who speak little English, through free training and help navigating state licensing laws. Boosting the quality of Lexington’s child care — not just its accessibility — was crucial, Werth said.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Later, during an afternoon session, Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of higher education policy at Temple University, shared findings from a 2017 study that found more than half of the 33,000 students surveyed were housing insecure, while 56 percent face food insecurity and 14 percent are homeless. “We

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2019

In contrast, while nearly one in five college students has some type of disability, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, the median percentage across all institutions of undergraduate students formally registered as having a disability was only 6 percent in 2017. Related: Twice exceptional, doubly disadvantaged?

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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. One of the easiest places to cut the budget is in financial aid.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cleveland’s leadership and vision for equitable healthcare access have been instrumental in expanding access to healthcare services for students across the district. Cleveland relentlessly advocated for equitable access to Hazel’s mental health services in all district schools rather than limiting services to a small group.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 10, 2018

Nationwide, access to quality childcare is an issue that keeps parents out of work or puts children in subpar centers. Leila Schochet, research and advocacy manager for Early Childhood Policy at the Center for American Progress, said Head Start is not only important for families, it’s also critical for rural economies.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The hope is that this approach will raise awareness among students about other support they might have access to and also raise awareness among college officials of the needs of those students. “I The committee spread word of the resources within the developmental learning and student advocacy departments.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 22, 2019

While the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was last reauthorized in 2004, with amendments in 2015, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) were updated back in 2008, the demand for accessibility and equality in education continues to grow. Step 4: Conduct regular accessibility audits.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2018

After a career working at tech-centric companies including Google and Quora in product roles, Liu Huang joined CZI in 2017 to oversee the product development, notably the Summit Learning platform. The development of the technology platform has been run by CZI since 2017.)

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 19, 2021

Every year, CoSN awards a school district with the Community Leadership Award for Digital Equity to encourage and recognize those districts that are working to eliminate inequities and narrow the digital access gap. She plans to continue impacting students’ lives through advocacy and consultancy.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Such claims have caught the attention of consumer-protection advocacy groups like the Student Borrower Protection Center, which has found marketing language that it contends is deceptive and predatory. He graduated in 2017, and was working for PSA Airlines when the pandemic hit, forcing him to return to Purdue to teach. Is it a loan?

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Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

Now something similar may be happening with textbooks, as publishing giants start to broker campuswide deals with colleges that give students unlimited access to a publisher’s digital textbooks at cut-rate prices. Inclusive access has already gotten up to acronym status,” he said.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

1. Access to challenging curriculum and instruction. In many middle and high schools, an advisory or advocacy program is often included. Barbara Blackburn was named one of the Top 30 Global Gurus in Education in 2016, 2017, and 2018. We’ve added one more: creating a personalized environment. Needs of Students.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2020

Among new students who started in 2017 and 2018, 31 percent applied for financial assistance less than a month before classes began and 14 percent applied after classes had started. Some HBCU advocacy organizations have launched emergency funds to help the institutions and the students they serve.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Pam: I think that one of the things that particularly — in states like Virginia where the resources that localities have access to can be wildly different. h ttps://spacesforlearning.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/the-phygitals-have-arrived%e2%80%8a-%e2%80%8aa-generation-for-this-century/. She holds a B.S. Twitter: @pammoran.

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