Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Access to affordable, high-speed internet is no longer a luxury but a necessity to thrive in the modern world. This $50 million initiative could connect up to 130,000 households to high-speed internet an endeavor that EducationSuperHighway is proud to have helped shape through our technical expertise and advocacy.

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The sense I got is that reducing textbook costs isn’t enough anymore, the advocacy has moved on to eliminating them. For many years now what people call OER advocacy has actually been “zero textbook cost” advocacy. The policy will end up being something like a national zero textbook cost policy.

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

To hear some OER advocates describe it today in 2024, the same format that was being used in the late 2000s – traditional-looking textbooks published under open licenses – is the state of the art when it comes to open educational resources. And that’s essentially where innovation stopped.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 28, 2024

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic toppled the country’s long-eroding child care system, policymakers in Washington had a vision for tackling the sector’s most intractable challenges, including access, recruitment, retention and pay. That vision resulted in the pay equity fund, passed by the D.C. Council in 2021. A classroom at Educare DC.

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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. Mims has helped develop similar models in Florida and Texas.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

School and district leaders will be actively seeking innovative approaches, leveraging data, and collaborating with advocacy organizations and policymakers to bring about meaningful changes in how we educate English Language Learners. Older children have access to these solutions, so why not offer the opportunity for young learners?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. We need to change that.”. “We We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Right now, the ACP is projected to run out of funds in early 2024. Here are three simple ways to advocate for ACP renewal: Step One: Share Your Story Our most powerful tools for ACP advocacy are personal stories about the impact of the ACP. Looking for additional advocacy resources? Want to help? Step Two: Post (Often!)

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Five specific current challenges were identified in the 2024 survey results: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Student Well-Being, Digital Equity, and Interoperability. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2024

Policy initiatives are structured around CoSN’s focus on four critical policy areas: E-rate and broadband access in classrooms, educational technology funding, privacy and data security, and digital equity. As part of #CoSN2024, the Advocacy Auction raises money for those efforts.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Educators can access student data in real-time via Aperture’s highly scalable platform, and users will find it easy to navigate between the two company’s offerings. This collaboration ensures that users can access results aligned to program language and appropriately measure skills that are taught through Second Step. “Our

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Assessment Outcomes Education Advocacy 59

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 13, 2024

Mental Health and Wellness Series OVERVIEW Library workers often face a variety of stressors such as tight deadlines, high workloads, and other challenges related to providing access to information and services. Unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins. Unlimited and non-expiring access for those log-ins.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 25, 2024

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2024

This masterclass is not included in the individual or group annual all-inclusive all-access passes for the Dr. Steve Albrecht Service, Safety, and Security webinars. You can pay by credit card, and you will receive an email within a day with information on how to attend the event live and then your permanent access to the event recording.

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Libraries Advocacy Accessibility Strategy 41

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Current education trends point to personalization and accessibility Keeping up with current trends in education is essential for educators Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News In the dynamic landscape of K-12 education, several trends are shaping the way students learn and educators teach.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 30, 2024

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 28, 2023

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Libraries Advocacy Outcomes Accessibility 41

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2024

Yet the mistakes have been numerous and serious enough that high school counselors and advocates for college access now fear that promising students from the Class of 2024 will end up not going to college at all. You’re looking at these various pathways with no idea which ones are accessible to you.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

Kirk: Michael, do you predict we’ll see more schools shut down in 2024? They will always be able to access their transcript, but there’s no guarantee that another institution will take those credits, particularly if it’s a closure that happens for some sort of accreditation issue.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Director of Tribal Resource Management for CSKT looks out at state-owned parcels from an airplane on August 8, 2024. In at least four states, five tribal nations themselves are the lessees — paying the state for access to, collectively, more than 57,700 acres of land within their own reservation borders. Tony Incashola Jr.,

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

At two-year institutions, admission is accessible, tuition is affordable, and flexible coursework fits into schedules complicated not only by jobs and families, but counseling, support groups and doctor visits. “I President Biden’s stalled 2024 budget includes $10.8

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

It’s not the easily accessible, plain language vision that was laid out in CCDBG. “I Child Care Aware, a national child care advocacy group, then took the issue on, releasing an analysis of state rules and regulations around safety every year from 2007 to 2013. Here’s where we stand, 10 years later.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Many parents are stuck, said Jennifer Greppi, parent policy director at Parent Voices California, an advocacy organization. Her plan was to get on public assistance and access a subsidy so that she could finally get a job and at least have some income. Some states have recently revised their programs to expand access.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A Virginia circuit court on Thursday ruled against a George Mason University student group seeking access to donor agreements between a university foundation and the Charles Koch Foundation.” and Worldwide by 2024.” Content warning: contains hype about “ mindsets.”

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 28, 2024

It is creating so much more work and chaos,” said Emma Grasso Levine, the Title IX policy and senior program manager at the advocacy group Know Your IX. 31, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. 31, 2024, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. In some cases, schools in the very same district are subject to different rules. “It

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2024

House Majority Whip Jazz Lewis sits in the House chamber on “crossover day” in the Maryland State House in Annapolis on March 18, 2024. Across the country, racial disparities in access to college are pervasive. The university’s effort to broaden access also benefited, he said, from a $1.8

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Policies Advocacy Groups Report 139

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Before the election, conservative political advocacy groups mobilized their members to file book removal petitions, regardless of whether those filers were the parents or caregivers of a child enrolled in those schools. The most effective ways to influence these decisions are to participate in school governance and run for school board.

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Education Libraries Report Advocacy 52

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

She said it was confusing, poorly written, and not vetted by the board’s legal counsel (instead it was reviewed by the anti-LGBTQ Christian legal advocacy group, Alliance Defending Freedom). Hall’s campaign signs were later tagged with rainbow stickers. The policy ended up passing 4-0. Related: Florida just expanded school vouchers — again.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 22, 2024

If not, what is the point of college? What is the point of going to higher education, if you can’t just try to decipher the truth for yourself? This story about the Republican National Convention was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2021

The nation’s districts spend about $46 billion less per year on facility upkeep than what is needed to maintain a “healthy and safe” school setting, according to a 2016 report from the 21st Century School Fund, a research and advocacy organization. The report said Alaska needs to spend about $1.1

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Charles Johnson, executive director of Pastors for Texas Children, a public-school advocacy group. “It Campaign signs for Mike Olcott and incumbent Glenn Rogers are placed on the roadside in Mineral Wells, Texas, on February 16, 2024. “Abbott wanted them to bend the knee and kiss the ring, and they’re just not going to do it.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2024

Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland, worked with members of the child care advocacy community to draft bipartisan legislation that would, for the first time, establish national safety standards for child care. Broken system: Child care subsidies ensure low quality, limit access States had until 2018 to come into compliance.

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Report System Policies Advocacy 118

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

“We have seen some places where they’re a bit more cautious and changed their approach a little bit to make sure they’re doing everything by the book,” said Clarissa Unger, co-founder and executive director of the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition, which includes about 350 nonpartisan voting advocacy groups.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The proposal would “help address the shortage of child care through smart removal of cost-­increasing red tape,” testified Elizabeth Patton, state director of Americans for Prosperity Kansas, a conservative advocacy group. Parents need access “to safe, affordable, quality child care,” Kelly said in a statement announcing her decision.

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