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If we don’t engage online, we cede mindshare to others who will

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Please join Dr. Heather Johnson and me for one or both of our two Spring 2019 social media workshops for SEHD faculty and students! ]. They are great models for how to use social media in empowered ways for research dissemination, policy advocacy, and educational impact. Here’s my second one, which came out today. ].

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NAEP ‘Nation’s Report Card’ Shows Steep Fall in Math Scores

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The assessment, NAEP, represents a clear, quantifiable window into the impact of the pandemic’s disruption on student performance, its administrators say. In fact, average fourth and eighth grade math and reading scores fell for most states between 2019 and 2022. In math, fourth graders fell five points nationally since 2019.

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Girls Who Code Helps Draft ‘Landmark’ Legislation Aimed at Closing the Gender Gap

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This is landmark legislation,” Corinne Roller, director of advocacy and public policy at Girls Who Code, tells EdSurge. They will begin tracking and recording the information in the 2019-2020 school year, with their first submission due in June 2020.

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Schools Are a Lifeline for Homeless Students. COVID-19 Is Severing the Connection.

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The organization aims to help students overcome homelessness through education, policy advocacy and practical support to educators. “I million, the report estimates that 420,000 fewer homeless students were identified and enrolled in school compared to the fall of 2019. It’s school.” His department is already working with its partners?which

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Your Syllabus to SXSW EDU 2019 (and Where to Find Us!)

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Department of Education, privacy advocacy groups and a school district explore how to find the right balance between the two ideals. Progress and Challenges for AI in Education : Artificial intelligence has moved beyond a pitch deck buzzword, and into reality as it shapes how adaptive learning and assessment tools operate.

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As Child Care Challenges Threaten the American Workforce, Business Leaders Call for Action

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Business leader associations and advocacy groups are also pushing for child care solutions. A 2019 ReadyNation study on the child care crisis found an annual economic cost of $57 billion in lost earnings, productivity and revenue as a result of the infant-and-toddler child care crisis.

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How a Culture of Caring Is Helping These Schools Improve Student Mental Health

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Some approaches include “advocacy centers” where students are coached through strong emotions with activities like yoga, breathing exercises or calming music. And that's when the counselors would do what they do best, which is talk to the students and assess the situation.

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