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

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

It’s an economic concern, as schools consider how they can ensure equal access for all. DEFINING EQUITY: EMPATHY, AUTHENTICITY, AND ACCESS Sean Wybrant, Digital Media Studies Teacher, William J. Wybrant cites the North Dakota Access Pipeline as an example. The people who had the problem didn’t have access to solve it.”

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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

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2023

And school districts face an escalating threat of parent lawsuits, or even federal investigation, if they don’t take language access seriously. The special education system can be “incredibly difficult for everybody,” said Ramona Hattendorf, director of advocacy for the Arc of King County , which promotes disability rights.

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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.

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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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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.

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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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Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. That said, it’s often difficult to effectively tell the story about how librarians make a difference for students and colleagues.

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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.

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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.

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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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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?

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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).

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

She studies how burdensome paperwork and processes often prevent poor people from accessing health benefits. In Atlanta, where Tameka lives, parents must present at least eight documents to enroll their children — twice as many as parents in New York City or Los Angeles. Slowly, she has tried to replace the missing documents.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Despite their rich history and Hall’s documentation of her heritage, Hall and her ancestors are not acknowledged by the United States government as a tribal nation. Native advocates said some students don’t have this kind of documentation even when they are enrolled in a recognized tribe.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

When she’d shown up at the financial aid office of a Houston Community College campus at age 19, she was told she couldn’t receive tuition money without documentation from her parents—the same parents from whom she’d been estranged for three years. Jimmieka Mills was familiar with that feeling. I love the differences,” Goldrick-Rab says. “I

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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.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Yolanda Watson Spiva, president of the advocacy group Complete College America, said she’s worried that the “domino effect” started by the delayed FAFSA is going to eventually affect college completion rates. Those parents, she said, “may not have the wherewithal to walk through this process with them.

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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.

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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.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Our students are granted the opportunity to flourish with access to knowledge, resources, the world of literature and the creation of school community. Approximately 50 schools have libraries with catalog systems, and all schools have a subscription to PA Power Library, which makes libraries virtually accessible to all schools.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

The company’s mission is to make quality education accessible and affordable, and through an online platform. My advocacy for second language and culture learning is reflected in my personal life. I watched training videos, sampled lesson clips, and read every document sent to me by 51Talk trainers.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 5, 2022

Rather than thinking that students who have documented accommodations should be the only ones to utilize technology resources, allow all students to have the option. He appreciates how these tools have so many accessibility pieces “baked” into them. Teaching Resources. Technology is now a readily available resource.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 25, 2021

This document spells out what services and accommodations students with disabilities must get from their school districts. Experts say that’s common, and parents often don’t realize what rights their children have when it comes to accessing a full day of school.

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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?’

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NeverEndingSearch

JANUARY 14, 2020

While students in nearby largely suburban schools regularly engage in information-rich learning opportunities and access to a wide variety of high-quality resources, others do not. Deb Kachel, Co-Chair, Advocacy Committee, PSLA. This injustice to SDP students hampers their success in career, college, and life.

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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.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access. Disaster Strikes!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 29, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Libraries are increasingly addressing challenges associated with digital equity, access, and inclusion, as well as issues of security and privacy. For many years, community members have looked to public libraries to provide baseline, public, computer and internet access.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

As schools and districts strive to meet their existing technology needs and prepare for the future, access to federal and state funding, along with other grants, is making a major difference in whether students engage in 21 st century learning or are left behind. Accessing the E-Rate and Matching State Funds. Sheryl Abshire, Ph.D.,

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