Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

Called SwiftStudent , the website walks students through the documents and forms they need in order to submit a financial aid appeal to their institution’s aid office. Afterwards, students print out the letter and submit it, along with supporting documentation, to their institution’s financial aid office.

Tools 180

Tools Advocacy Study Company 180

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.

E-rate 161

E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 161

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Institutions have access to more student data than ever before—but it's hard to really grasp what that means, since many of the digital tools that colleges use are from third parties or companies that keep their algorithms private. You had some experience in research and advocacy for privacy before you started there, while you were a student.

Data 167

Data Learning Advocacy System 167

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

A year later, a November 2021 survey by the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates—an advocacy group for students in special education and their families—found that 86% of parents reported that their child experienced learning loss, skill regression or slower-than-expected progress in school. A Whole-Child Approach for Every Child.

Education 129

Education Advocacy Survey Outcomes 129

eSchool News

JULY 15, 2024

This increase–driven by improved identification and diagnosis, heightened awareness, advocacy, and broader definitions of disabilities–presents substantial challenges for school districts. million over the past decade. Parents must understand their rights under the IDEA and what services their child is entitled to.

Advocacy 119

Advocacy Training Meeting Accessibility 119

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Language barriers make it difficult for parents with limited English proficiency (LEP) to advocate for their children, talk to educators about their child’s progress, and gain access to information about special education services, gifted and talented programs, discipline policies, parent handbooks, and more.

Handbook 119

Handbook Policies Advocacy Accessibility 119

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

This year marks the first time since 2012 that a majority of undocumented high schoolers who are graduating won’t be able to apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known simply as DACA, according to a new report from the immigrant advocacy group FWD.us. In the FWD.us

Analysis 169

Analysis Policies Advocacy Report 169

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

Like the well-documented effects of traffic fines and court fees, the penalties resulting from federal student loan default plunge too many Americans deeper into financial instability, perpetuating rather than helping to resolve the vicious cycle of poverty. Families cannot afford to wait.

System 145

System Advocacy Accessibility Policies 145

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

UNESCO’s canonical definition of OER does not require “free public access” to a resource for that resource to be an OER, as some have tried to argue it should. This is wonderful news in light of recent attempts to stuff a free public access requirement into OER definitions. (I emphasis added).

OER 153

OER Advocacy Resources Accessibility 153

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

The document notes gaps in privacy laws surrounding the use of one-to-one notebooks, which allows school officials to access computers without notice or consent from students or parents. In an interview with EdSurge, ACLU’s Advocacy and Policy Counsel, Chad A.

Social Media 151

Social Media Student Data Privacy Facebook Data 151

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Who has access to it? But now, with entire school systems using technology as a means to access learning, those questions are growing in volume and urgency. Which technologies are collecting student data? How is that data being used? And how long is it kept?

Student Data Privacy 180

Student Data Privacy Data Survey Advocacy 180

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Presence is offering a free version of the platform for clinicians interested in exploring how they can incorporate technology into their therapy planning, documentation, and delivery. Presence partners with top publishers so clinicians can access a comprehensive selection of desirable assessments for online administration. “It’s

Advocacy 98

Advocacy Assessment Company Accessibility 98

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.

Laptops 130

Laptops Analysis Advocacy Social Media 130

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.

Survey 207

Survey Analysis Advocacy Report 207

Kyle Pace

JUNE 4, 2024

Additionally, English graduates often venture into technical writing, where they distil complex information into accessible manuals, help guides, and documentation for various industries. Non-Profit and Advocacy Work Those passionate about social issues may find rewarding careers in non-profit organizations and advocacy groups.

Advocacy 108

Advocacy Industry Secondary Study 108

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Districts have taken a wide range of approaches, as documented by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit that studies how government policies impact low-income families. Students have access to both a female and a male counselor and a social worker.

Advocacy 210

Advocacy Chromebook Exercises Groups 210

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).

Digital Divide 119

Digital Divide Advocacy Policies Report 119

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

However, for students transitioning from under-resourced high schools, and without self-advocacy skills, legal knowledge or access to medical resources and insurance, pursuing accommodations in college can be daunting, prolonged and expensive. This flaw in higher education is not obscure; it is codified into federal law.

Policies 95

Policies Accessibility Advocacy Report 95

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 10, 2025

Both documents are key to justify how well-being impacts productivity, fostering a wellness culture and for grants/funding. Anyone signing up mid-series will have immediate access to the previous session recordings. RECORDINGS: The series will be recorded and registered participants will have non-expiring access to the recordings.

Libraries 57

Libraries Strategy Outcomes Advocacy 57

eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2017

The task is equally daunting for registrars, who are holed up for days sorting, reviewing, and rerouting various documents. 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.

Advocacy 96

Advocacy Software Training Accessibility 96

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources. Access to connectivity is vital to a successful classroom BYOD policy, so these issues are largely taken care of by an institution. A cracked screen, however, is a burden shouldered entirely by students.

Mobility 112

Mobility OER Technology BYOD 112

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2019

Before Savannah took the SAT, she faced the extra step of documenting her disability to secure extra time. Part of the outrageous “Varsity Blues” admissions scandal involved parents securing false documentation of learning disabilities for their children. This is no accident. But we must not allow external forces to slow this progress.

Learning 111

Learning Advocacy Report Secondary 111

Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Using data well “ensures that students aren’t just counted but that each student counts,” says Data Quality Campaign (DQC), a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization that works for changes in policy and practice around data flow. But DQC has a healthy resource bank that provides ways to support and join its advocacy efforts.

Policies 65

Policies Data Resources Advocacy 65

EdTechSandyK

APRIL 5, 2011

The following is a legislative action alert I received today from Jennifer Bergland and TCEA Advocacy. Attached is a document that highlights the benefits of HB 6. members/ You could also follow up with a quick email urging them to support the bill and email the attached document. It is reposted here with permission.

Instructional Materials 61

Instructional Materials Advocacy Exercises Technology 61

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 19, 2020

Continued and uninterrupted access to high-quality, librarian curated resources (digital and print) Continued and frequent access to their school librarian To know that their school library is a safe place To know that their relationship with the librarian and school library are at the center for all planning and decision making in this process.

Libraries 118

Libraries Elementary Future Ready Academic Standards 118

Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The materials shared during those first years were totally random – essays, photos, technical documentation, etc. When I initially had the idea to openly license educational materials in the late 1990s, it was exciting to me because of its power to increase access to educational opportunity.

Strategy 133

Strategy OER Education Policies 133

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2024

By serving these families, Gale got access to federal child care subsidies. More than 40 percent of children in West Virginia under age 6 who need child care can’t access it, she explains, pointing to data from Child Care Aware and TEAM for West Virginia Children. ARPA funds allowed Gale to try new teaching activities.

Policies 191

Policies Industry Accessibility Advocacy 191

Iterating Toward Openness

JANUARY 23, 2023

Reference materials and technical documentation are informational resources. If the access hypothesis holds, the impact of OER on student outcomes attributable to affordability will decrease in parallel. I’ve written previously about the difference between informational resources and educational resources.

OER 211

OER LMS Resources Course 211

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2020

“I think there is optimism based on this worldwide movement and the fact that there’s worldwide attention on the way Black folks have been treated in this country for hundreds of years now,” said Alim, who is the Midwest engagement manager for the Young Invincibles youth advocacy group. The question I would ask is, ‘What is being done?’

Social Media 145

Social Media Advocacy Report Groups 145

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. Make sure you have addressed relevant employment law and that you always document thoroughly. We’ve added one more: creating a personalized environment. Needs of Students.

Strategy 164

Strategy Differentiated Instruction Elementary Advocacy 164

The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 20, 2013

The EduCore ™ digital tool — This digital tool is a repository of evidence-based strategies, videos, and supporting documents that help educators transition to the Common Core State Standards. Funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the tool was developed for U.S.

Resources 84

Resources Common Core Policies Advocacy 84

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2022

Keygan Miller, advocacy manager at The Trevor Project, a nonprofit focused on suicide prevention for LGBTQ+ youth, said that a therapist doesn’t have to identify as queer or trans to help a student who does. Black students.

Advocacy 105

Advocacy Groups Report Policies 105

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

And the reason that it is so important to us, is because there is a lot of documentation that is not out there anywhere else. It’s a statistic that now we can put out there because we have documented evidence. It was never documented. Now we have documented evidence that that’s not exactly true. 2021, July).

Study 99

Study Libraries E-rate Data 99

edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2022

You might need to rethink all of your family documents from teacher presentations to handbooks to explain how your district protects student information. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

Student Data Privacy 96

Student Data Privacy Guidelines Data Handbook 96

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2023

The workforce, which is predominantly made up of women, many of them Black and Latina, often receives little to no compensation and has minimal access to resources to support their work. What difference might it make if these child care providers had access to support networks, training and financial resources?

Meeting 149

Meeting Resources Accessibility Policies 149

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Infrastructure and connectivity were also important, and the country was trying to find ways to connect schools and make sure that there were enough access points for all students. The program had three foundational components: access to technology, professional learning for teachers, and technical support.

Technology 90

Technology Common Core EdTech Trends 90

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Candace Cortiella, the director of The Advocacy Institute. However, there is not much research on the life outcomes of students with disabilities who attain high school diplomas versus those who get alternative exit documents. The document simply says, “No grade.”. Julie and Matthew high-five during a home-school lesson.

Dropout 92

Dropout Advocacy Outcomes Report 92