Edsurge

JULY 26, 2022

Also in May, Marshall Plan for Moms, a non-profit organization focused on women’s economic empowerment and promoting public and private sector policies that support mothers, organized a national business coalition for child care with the aim of expanding child care support for employees.

Policies 199

Policies Company Survey Industry 199

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

It is driven by choice, voice, and advocacy. Tools like TodaysMeet and Mentimeter can also be used to gather perception data from kids Implement portfolios as a means of authentic assessment When hiring new teachers and administrators have kids on the interview committee As policies that impact students are created or updated (i.e.

Advocacy 150

Advocacy Edmodo BYOD Assessment 150

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

She is the vice president of advocacy and engagement at the Mozilla Foundation, which today released a new report examining the privacy and security policies of 15 commonly used video-conferencing apps. Researchers also reached out to the companies to clarify confusing policies and for additional information, she added.

Report 199

Report Video Schoology Microsoft 199

American Consortium for Equity in Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I say “paper” because my Keep Reading Three Ideas for Creating More Equitable & Personal Assessments The post Three Ideas for Creating More Equitable & Personal Assessments appeared first on American Consortium for Equity in Education.

Assessment 115

Assessment Analysis Education Learning 115

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

If the call to dismantle racist policies is reflective of this moment in time, our role as educators should be to quickly meet students where they are at, and support students and families through creative crediting methods that give weight to the extensive learning that takes place outside of pop quizzes and school projects.

Learning 199

Learning Advocacy System Assessment 199

eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2023

Utilizing a Roblox Community Fund grant , the organization will explore innovative ways to use 3D immersive experiences to engage students in the study of science and assess their achievements in the subject. Current assessments often leave out non-academic skills like student-decision making or progress toward reaching a goal.

Advocacy 120

Advocacy Assessment Study Policies 120

The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2024

Fenwick notes that policy efforts today must acknowledge and deal with the relics of that “systematic dismissal of Black educators from public schools.” We built a comprehensive plan that focused on such policy changes. Phelton Moss is the acting director of American University’s Education Policy and Leadership Program.

Education 141

Education Policies Advocacy Report 141

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

In May, as one school year ended and another began to loom large on the horizon, Danks and the leaders of a handful of other outdoor education advocacy groups— Ten Strands , the Lawrence Hall of Science museum in Berkeley, Calif., And she hopes educators and families all across the country will try it and see that for themselves.

Learning 218

Learning Analysis Groups Assessment 218

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. We Don’t Have To Choose Between Assessment and Excellent Teaching. The assessment piece is important for kids.

Elementary 283

Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 283

eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Through a broad array of programs and advocacy, SETDA builds member capacity and engages partners to empower the education community in leveraging technology for learning, teaching, and school operations. About SETDA SETDA is the principal association representing U.S. state and territorial educational technology and digital learning leaders.

Resources 102

Resources Microsoft Advocacy OER 102

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

The pandemic really changed the policy conversation to more systemic shifts.” Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks. The pandemic really changed the policy conversation to more systemic shifts.”. Elissa DeLacey, who has taught at the school for six years, said: “The kids volunteer to assess.

Competency Based Learning 142

Competency Based Learning Personalized Learning Report Advocacy 142

The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2020

And the level of advocacy and support for a solution has snowballed. On the policy side, the website has advice for state legislators and governors thinking about their role in all of this. Marwell said his team is leading pilots in districts and states to refine methods of assessing who needs internet access in a given community.

Advocacy 141

Advocacy Accessibility Policies Laptops 141

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. The state’s just reduced that to a requirement of one science, one social studies, one math, and a reading and writing assessment. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive.

Chromebook 281

Chromebook Study Company Assessment 281

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Students assess their own strengths and weaknesses and set learning goals in partnership with their teachers. One professor reached out to tell me how impressed he was by the self-advocacy that students from our district demonstrated. But the true indicator of impact came directly from students and their eventual professors.

Competency Based Learning 128

Competency Based Learning Policies Advocacy Report 128

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Cognitive ToyBox This company ’s CEO, Tammy Kwan, said its touch-screen games focused on early childhood assessment can help teachers uncover insights about their students. During the demo, Kwan told the audience that teachers can assess students on language and literacy, math and social emotional development.

Personalized Learning 160

Personalized Learning Learning Company Policies 160

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Upon closing, NWEA will operate as a division of HMH, with its current offerings, including its flagship assessment—MAP Growth—remaining under the NWEA brand. NWEA assessment solutions will be integrated with HMH curriculum on HMH’s platform to create a combined offering that links interim assessment to instruction.

Assessment 117

Assessment Company Advocacy Professional Learning 117

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The value of the human potential unlocked by early education and social and emotional interventions is more difficult to assess: it is arguably limitless. While legislative discussions have recently stalled , advocacy efforts continue to mobilize toward an ambitious policy package that would impact millions of little learners and families.

Education 207

Education Survey Advocacy Outcomes 207

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2022

MAP Growth (an interim assessment. which can measure academic growth and predicts performance on the annual STAAR state assessments) was selected, in part, due to its reliability and validity. The rich data provided by MAP Growth allows districts to streamline their assessment programs, saving valuable time for instruction.

Data 103

Data Accessibility Education Advocacy 103

eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

– K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA released today a new study that takes a deeper look into instructional practices driving high academic growth. Use student discourse as formative assessment 10. PORTLAND, Ore.– Provide targeted practice for foundational skills 7.

Study 101

Study Strategy Advocacy Assessment 101

Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2021

The organization aims to help students overcome homelessness through education, policy advocacy and practical support to educators. “I on a 2021 strategy to assess and fill the needs of homeless families. I think that’s a really important part of this: There really isn’t another system out there that’s meeting their needs.

Report 213

Report Advocacy Meeting Resources 213

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 117

Handbook Policies Advocacy Accessibility 117

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. And that's when the counselors would do what they do best, which is talk to the students and assess the situation. How can I help you?’”

Advocacy 210

Advocacy Chromebook Exercises Groups 210

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The process of assessing students for special education can be lengthy and often requires a barrage of assessments including classroom observations, a psychological evaluation and academic tests. Not all districts have complied, said Dustin Rynders, a supervising attorney with the advocacy group Disability Rights Texas. “In

Education 137

Education Assessment Advocacy Report 137

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

It’s one relevant to past research about barriers preventing students from enrolling in college, said Taylor Odle, an assistant professor of educational policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and co-author of the “non-submitters” study. The Hope Center regularly conducts surveys assessing students’ basic needs.

Survey 207

Survey Analysis Advocacy Report 207

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The bureau said that blanket policies that use transcript withholding as a way to collect these debts are “designed to gain leverage over borrowers and coerce them into making payments.”.

Advocacy 98

Advocacy Policies Report Accessibility 98

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

These days we do a lot of workshops and special projects around freedom of information and privacy issues and advocacy work because that act was passed back in 1992. You had some experience in research and advocacy for privacy before you started there, while you were a student. So some updates are in order. Can tell us about that?

Data 167

Data Learning Advocacy System 167

eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

Since 2013, according to an analysis , policymakers in 37 states have passed laws or implemented new policies related to reading instruction and stakeholders from scholars and journalists to teachers and parent coalitions have weighed in.

Trends 132

Trends Advocacy Study Analysis 132

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

The retention policy is part of a state law passed in 2021 that was meant to boost long-lagging reading scores and stem pandemic learning losses. Third graders must now pass the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program, or TCAP, at the end of the year to avoid repeating third grade. Because it is just one assessment.”

Elementary 129

Elementary Policies Advocacy Report 129

eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The research examined MAP Growth assessment scores from six million U.S. public school students in grades 3-8 from fall 2021 compared to students in the same grade in fall of 2019, the last quarter unaffected by COVID-19.

Outcomes 103

Outcomes Education Advocacy Data 103

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Therefore, assessing privacy and compliance policies and practices related to the systemwide use of technology is a continual priority. The panelists recommended superintendents provide a clear review of the district data privacy policy and compliance practices with their community early and often.

Guidelines 88

Guidelines Data Student Data Privacy Handbook 88

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Tennessee’s law was modeled after a much-praised literacy program in neighboring Mississippi that includes tutoring, improved literacy training for teachers and a retention policy for third graders who don’t pass its state test. Mississippi held back 8 percent of third graders in 2015, the first year its retention policy was in place.

Policies 128

Policies Report Advocacy Elementary 128

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. public high schools (42.5

EdTech 150

EdTech Tablets Policies E-rate 150

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

metal detectors, security cameras) is not expressly included in this list, nor does any regulation, policy guidance, case or legislative history seem to address this issue. A segment from the memo reads: “The purchase of items related to school safety (e.g., However, the above list of ‘comprehensive program or activities’ is not exclusive.

Advocacy 92

Advocacy Policies Technology Training 92

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

“One of the great paradigm shifts that has occurred with colleges that are really making headway is they no longer consider the students to be broken who come to them,” said Sugar, who was a co-founder of the advocacy group Complete College America.

Advocacy 115

Advocacy Policies Training Accessibility 115

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2023

It offers lesson plans, assessment ideas, and best practices for K-12 physical education classes. Their website provides a wealth of resources, including standards-based lesson plans, professional development opportunities, and advocacy tools. PE Central PE Central is a comprehensive resource for physical education teachers.

Education 112

Education Advocacy Trends Resources 112

The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 20, 2013

ASCD’s Free Educator Summer Professional Development Resources ASCD School Improvement Tool — Designed for use in schools and school systems around the world, this online tool offers educators a comprehensive needs assessment as they prepare for the coming year.

Resources 84

Resources Common Core Policies Advocacy 84