eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 His approach, focused on equitable access to books and engaging the community, has left a remarkable mark. One of his standout achievements was creating a committee consisting of teachers, parents, and students to handpick summer take-home books from Lerner Publishing Group.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

The state partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago (AAAJ Chicago) — a local advocacy organization focused on advancing civil rights and racial equity, which advocated for the passage of the TEAACH Act — to support implementation.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. “It’s because we’re mostly women,” she explained. Women’s work in general is undervalued.”.

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Secondary Report Advocacy Elementary 105

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

College leaders stress that professors retain as much academic freedom as ever to choose which books to assign. But department leaders are encouraging professors to take a close look at the Cengage books to get the deal. And he added the old way of charging students hundreds of dollars for a single book was just not sustainable.

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Pearson OER Course Accessibility 146

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

I’ve written several books about those children. Not all of these books are bad. What happens to many of these children is that they lose the beauty of reading real books, books that are a joy to read. Issues we used to consider secondary or tertiary (religion, language, ethnicity) have become primary.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 10, 2019

Among Sharon’s resources are: How to use the document and How to use the document in PDF format Weekly plan for Secondary Weekly plan for Elementary Detailed/unit plan Sample plans for elementary , secondary , unit All of the documents in one folder Documents may be copied one at a time.

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RafranzDavis.com

JULY 1, 2016

It’s easy to stay out of union based conversations when I live in a state without such advocacy. I feel like I’ve read a book of many subjects and my brain in full. They are in the books on our shelves. Perhaps we should. My heart is fuller. They are in our communities, both online and physical.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

He is the author, co-author, and editor of 13 books. His most recent books are The Crisis of Connection: Roots, Consequences and Solutions with Niobe Way, Carol Gilligan and Alisha Ali (New York University Press, 2018) and Race, Equity and Education: Sixty Years From Brown with Jill Pierce and Roey Ahram (Springer, 2015). Dr. Daniel A.

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Secondary Policies Professional Learning Outcomes 66

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

You are invited to connect with him on Twitter and share your favorite leadership book at @pj_aiken. He has served as Principal at the secondary level as well as Assistant Superintendent. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I made what was probably the clearest statement of my vision for the future of learning materials in my Shuttleworth Fellowship application several years ago: My long-term goal is to create a world where OER are used pervasively throughout primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools. So here’s the second point.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

All students with disabilities need to develop strong self-advocacy and communication skills to make sure they’re getting the supports they’re due, especially in the sink-or-swim real world. In high school, his teachers gave general tips on how to handle college work, such as using an assignment book to keep track of your due dates.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

The group’s acronym, RISC, was deliberate, according to a book by its creators, “Delivering on the Promise.” Nellie Mae passed on the money to the Portland-based Great Schools Partnership, which used it to coordinate The New England Secondary School Consortium, a coalition advocating for proficiency-based diplomas, among other things.

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Learning Report System Groups 111

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Dr. Levett began her career in Savannah as a speech and language pathologist and moved to positions in leadership including Secondary Principal, Chief Academic Officer, Deputy Superintendent, and interim Superintendent. She is also writing a book about empowering women in leadership. About the Host.

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EdTech BYOD Training Outcomes 64

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In my recent post I asked us each to consider what “what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?” On the other hand, I’m fundamentally a “small steps” person, which has led me to try to limit the scope of my current work to the US post-secondary education system (and more specifically US community colleges).

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

The Oregon Tribal Student Grant covers tuition, housing and books at public institutions and some private universities for undergraduate and graduate students belonging to Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes. Oregon joined this list, beginning with the 2022-23 school year, when then-Gov.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

billion on elementary and secondary education. Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. McCoy helped her daughter’s teacher figure out how students could work together in class and share books. Schools stand to receive $2.4

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edWeb.net

JUNE 25, 2021

Polyak’s undergraduate work was at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and secondary education. He has co-authored two books: The Unlearning Leader: Leading for Tomorrow’s Schools Today and Student Voice: From Invisible to Invaluable.

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System Learning Guidelines Policies 57

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Trained in both developmental psychology and education, Jackson is one of the nation’s leading experts on secondary school education reform and adolescent development. His most recent book is entitled The New Imperatives of Educational Change: Achievement with Integrity. He holds a B.A.

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Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 45

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

The idea, popular among well-funded education philanthropies and education advocacy groups, is gaining ground across the United States. Data from the New England Secondary School Consortium shows that high school graduation rates in Vermont increased from 85.5 percent to 89.1 percent between 2009 and 2017.

Learning 101

Learning System Report Outcomes 101

Reading By Example

APRIL 12, 2017

This seems to fly in the face of research, such as John Hattie’s meta-analysis that homework has a negligible effect in elementary school and a significant one at the secondary. Throw a book in there and I’m sold. To be fair, homework that I just described is rare. ReadByExample. Dana Murphy (@DanaMurphy68) April 12, 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

“We can’t leave behind families who need more assistance to close that financial gap,” said Ian Rosenblum, the executive director of Education Trust–New York, a nonprofit education advocacy group that published a report about the Excelsior Scholarship. Related: In one country, anger over soaring college costs has led to violent protest.

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Libraries Laptops Training Report 95

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Trained in both developmental psychology and education, Jackson is one of the nation’s leading experts on secondary school education reform and adolescent development. His most recent book is entitled The New Imperatives of Educational Change: Achievement with Integrity. He holds a B.A.

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Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 3

Reading By Example

OCTOBER 11, 2018

For example, Samantha Mosher, a secondary special education teacher, guides her students to develop their own IEP goals as well as how to use various tools to monitor their own progress. In my first book on digital portfolios , I profiled the speech and language teacher at my last school, Genesis Cratsenberg.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Please consider becoming part of this elite team by signing up at [link] and using the booking calendar to schedule volunteer time. Huge thanks! Recordings : all conference sessions are recorded and are available almost immediately after being given. Be sure to come sign up on the conference website to be notified of recording availability.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 43

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2016

Classes have also discussed self-advocacy, including if, when and how to disclose a disability. Cheriyan saw that the student was taking 12 pages of notes for each chapter of a book. He also agreed to use a computer program that could scan a book and read it aloud, allowing him to take notes while listening.

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Meeting Advocacy Report Groups 40

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2016

They bombard students as young as nine years old with information about going to college, and with pens, bags, comic books, and, at Liverpool, with “Professor Fluffy,” a stuffed doll. say that there is also huge value in simply exposing youngsters in primary and secondary schools to college students. Even the highest-income U.S.

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Groups Secondary Study Report 40

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Laid out most fully in his 2010 book Making Learning Whole , the idea goes something like this: Let students do something big and useful, from start to finish — perhaps a simplified version, but keep it intact. “It Lehmann, the Philadelphia principal, embodies this attitude perhaps as well as any secondary educator in America.

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How To Learning Advocacy Study 34

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Lana Israel : Increasing Engagement in Remote Environments with Music-Based Learning Exceptional Circumstances for Exceptional Learners : ECEL Episode 8: Unmasking the Realities of this Year Exceptional Circumstances for Exceptional Learners : ECEL Episode 3: Inclusive Arts Education Exceptional Circumstances for Exceptional Learners : ECEL Episode (..)

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Conference Learning OER Blended Learning 34

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 14, 2020

EPISODE 9: How Do I Navigate My Family’s Fall Homeschool Options? We Turned Out OK Episode 152, talking with two professors of Early Childhood Education on how the dearth of open-ended play has negatively impacted so many, including college students with whom they work.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Dr. Gaudino is the author of two books: A Choral Legacy and Joan Yakkey and Her Children's Choir Legacy in Florence, Italy. Both books can be purchased on Amazon. Her first book, The Global Education Guidebook: Humanizing K-12 Classrooms Worldwide through Equitable Partnerships, was published by Solution Tree Press in June, 2017.

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Conference Education STEM Secondary 69

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. Did you ever wonder how your own students might perform on those dozens of tasks? You can now find out.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 24, 2023

EL , Design39 , or EPiC ), most of the schools that are featured in deeper learning research, advocacy, and publicity conversations often are at the secondary level (e.g., However, with some exceptions (e.g., The Met or High Tech High ).

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The modern library can also transcend the physical space, existing in a virtual realm without walls – one where students have the option to check out books anytime, anywhere. This was more than the number of print books borrowed. Students can find a video, photo, song, podcast, meme, or gif that illustrates a theme in their book.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2017

In Massachu­setts, for example, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education lists and links to all private and parochial schools in the commonwealth. But homeschooling families incur their own educational costs for everything from books and technology to packaged curricula and testing services. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Advocacy Elementary Assessment Secondary 86

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Educare Arizona classmates Nathan Jaramillo, far left, Esteban Cuevas and Melissa Gordillo “read” books during free time in their toddler classroom. Coltin McNitt, age 2 in this photo, sits on his couch with a book at his home in Wichita, Kan. We currently spend $634 billion total on elementary and secondary public education. (Of

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Report Policies Data Trends 95

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).” And digital bits have replaced the need to cut down trees to make paper and waste ink to create those books.”

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Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Charles Murray is, of course, most famous for his book The Bell Curve which argues that the IQs of African-Americans are lower than those of white Americans and that this, specifically, is a genetic and therefore inheritable difference. (For White Nationalism on Campus. The campus free speech controversy is all about dark money.

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