Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

Take an online course. See Code.org’s comparisons of CS curricula by grade level: elementary curricula. You could: Teach a unit or course. See a sample letter to principal, advocacy slide deck , and additional resources. Code.org has created a great compilation of resources for how students can continue learning.

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Comparison Advocacy STEM Meeting 228

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

These high-achieving students would likely have graduated college in much higher numbers without any dual enrollment courses. asked Kristen Hengtgen, a policy analyst at EdTrust, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that lobbies for racial and economic equity in education. Cost is another barrier.

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Analysis Report Data Course 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Absenteeism matters, of course, because students don’t learn as much when they’re not in school. Connecticut, a state that has a reputation for keeping rather accurate attendance records, shows that chronic absenteeism was worst among older high school students and the youngest elementary school students in kindergarten.

Advocacy 101

Advocacy Groups Data Classroom 101

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

It’s 7:00 am, and I’m on my second trek from my car to our centralized district meeting space, lugging snacks, supplies and chart paper as I prepare to lead a workshop on best practices for technology integration for a group of 15 elementary teachers in my district.

Professional Learning 212

Professional Learning Elementary Meeting Survey 212

The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

I was over in one of the elementary schools the other day, and three years ago we were all in awe and kind of gaga about a high school student who was all in with drones, and sort of building and flying, and learning about aviation and drones with his high school peers. Pam: But his kids… he teaches an environmental course.

Elementary 283

Elementary Assessment Company Maker Movement 283

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

There are, of course, workforce barriers like the time-consuming mental health professional pipeline and a lack of availability of candidates in any one region. Gilmore is associate dean of equity and inclusion for student success and retention at Washington State University’s College of Education.

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Resources Advocacy Secondary Report 214

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

And I was describing to them that, “We got here with a long-term commitment to stay on a course of — really, if you want to call it, progressive education, but trying to really stay focused on trying to educate kids for lifelong learning, not just simply to build a transcript to take some test and to be able to walk across a stage.”

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Dropout Twitter Company Maker Movement 333

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

One of those classes is offered as a concurrent enrollment course with Utah Valley, so students can start earning college credit toward a teaching degree even in high school. As we know, white women dominate K-12 teaching, particularly elementary,” says Maureen Kelleher, editorial director at Georgetown University’s FutureEd.

Advocacy 188

Advocacy Robotics Training Elementary 188

Doug Levin

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

K-12 system, the context for OER will vary across states and districts, across institutional types (regular public schools, charter schools, and private schools), across school levels (elementary, middle and high school), and across technological reliance and sophistication of schools (online/blended programs versus more traditional classrooms).

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OER Instructional Materials Meeting Advocacy 170

Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2021

“Between cooking meals to feed my children throughout the entire day, keeping up on household duties, ‘mommying,’ doing my own college courses, and teaching … there was never enough time,” says Memoree Skinner, an elementary special education teacher, graduate student, and mother of three.

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Policies Strategy STEM Advocacy 194

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

It takes courage for anyone to question the dominant narrative…There is resistance, of course, because so many people have staked their entire academic reputations on inclusion and don’t have the intellectual humility to concede that they might have been wrong. She emailed me. I get stressed out wherever we put kids.

Education 121

Education Social Media Outcomes Study 121

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

She spent many of her weekends this past fall at an elementary school in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, alongside 83 other peers, including fellow classroom teachers and other educators. As part of her doctorate, she taught courses to pre-service educators through a social justice lens. in curriculum and instruction.

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Exercises Education Learning Advocacy 167

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Winners and finalists were selected by a panel of educators and industry experts who reviewed the submissions and judged the products and services based on the extent to which they are transforming education through the development or advocacy of edtech. A complete list of winners of the 2020 Tech Edvocate Awards can be found here.

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Robotics Tools STEM Advocacy 107

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

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Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The program will utilize federal funds under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Title II and feature CORE’s Online Elementary Reading Academy (OERA), as well as individualized coaching sessions for each participating teacher. Portland, Ore., Oakland, Calif.,

Professional Learning 103

Professional Learning Elementary Advocacy Outcomes 103

The Jose Vilson

JANUARY 26, 2024

An elementary school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan had some student journalists who wanted to interview me about my life and work. Of course, I shared my screen and showed them pictures of when my family visited last Spring. A few weeks ago, I had no intention of doing anything outside of my regular family/work duties.

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Advocacy Meeting Elementary Study 147

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?

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Data Learning Advocacy System 167

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington, DC–based national policy, practice, and advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all students, particularly those who are traditionally underserved, graduate from high school ready for success in college, work, and citizenship. extra-state jurisdictions.

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Future Ready Secondary Advocacy Elementary 100

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2023

So many of us find our spark in STEM during programs that happen outside of school, whether it’s an after-school robotics program or a summer course with Girls Who Code. Advocacy efforts need to include and be led by youth, but that means we need support from the adults who are leading these conversations. Our voice is a superpower.

STEM 117

STEM Advocacy Robotics iPhone 117

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2022

Attending classes with my mother introduced me to advanced concepts at an early age and empowered my mother to advocate for my access to advanced courses. Black and Latino students often lack access to advanced courses altogether. In some ways, I was lucky to attend advanced classes in isolation.

Course 129

Course Accessibility Advocacy Outcomes 129

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2023

Melissa Knapp is Harpeth Valley Elementary School’s only literacy coach. Melissa Knapp, the literacy coach for Harpeth Valley Elementary School, answers a first grade student’s question. Third graders work through a reading assignment at Harpeth Valley Elementary School in Nashville. NASHVILLE, Tenn.

Elementary 129

Elementary Policies Advocacy Report 129

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

It draws on listening sessions with more than a thousand educators, students, parents, state and district leaders and advocacy organizations, according to Erin Mote, CEO of education policy nonprofit InnovateEDU, one of several education organizations that collaborated with the government on the plan.

Digital Divide 113

Digital Divide Advocacy Policies Report 113

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2018

Jumpstart , of course. It’s a really fun way to introduce financial literacy quiz questions, like Quiz Bowl format, questions in classrooms, anywhere from elementary to high school students. Of course, you’ll have to check with the parents and see who’s being claimed where. They’re free. Lisa Bender and Lois Stalljack.

Future Ready 211

Future Ready Twitter Company Resources 211

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

" Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Representative Stephen Meeks (R-Greenbrier) proposed a study to see when elementary schools should introduce computers, tablets and other technology to their students.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

" Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Representative Stephen Meeks (R-Greenbrier) proposed a study to see when elementary schools should introduce computers, tablets and other technology to their students.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The model stems from an idea laid out in a paper almost a decade ago by Emily Ayscue Hassel and Bryan Hassel, co-presidents of Public Impact, an education advocacy organization. One of Edgecombe’s elementary schools created three teacher-leader positions to focus on improving literacy among students in third grade and younger.

Elementary 111

Elementary Advocacy Trends STEM 111

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

While the online curriculum has recently been successfully received and implemented by 200 elementary school teachers in a pilot study in the southeastern region of the United States, the researchers hope that, with additional federal funding, the online curriculum can be soon accessed by teachers nationwide.

Case Study 135

Case Study Advocacy Study Elementary 135

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

In elementary school, the classroom teacher often serves that function. In many middle and high schools, an advisory or advocacy program is often included. We worked with an elementary school that had multi-grade wings for long-term personalization. Barbara can be reached through her website. Follow her on Twitter.

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Strategy Differentiated Instruction Elementary Advocacy 164

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2018

Those who are proficient can take regular classes, and choose their electives and sometimes enter advanced-placement courses. Though many of these students may retest each year, parents note that their children fall further and further behind as they remain in remedial courses.

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Libraries Data Learning iPhone 117

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

It is important to note that secondary and elementary assessment systems will be different. To provide additional reading support, we were able to enroll him in a reading course in school and focus some instruction on technology tools that can help him independently read text that may be too difficult.

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Assessment Education Handbook Data 171

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Ron DeSantis challenged the College Board’s AP African American Studies course, he inspired others to follow suit with flagrant concessions to institutional racism. We must do this through teaching, learning and advocacy — as well as social activism and civic engagement. Teaching is inherently activist. When Florida Gov.

Education 129

Education Policies Advocacy Outcomes 129

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2024

Instead of working in her dream role as an elementary school teacher, she spent her days hauling cow organs for inspection. Through the local advocacy of several organizations, the community will have nine Spanish-speaking providers by this summer — including Aguilera. Stuck at her job at a Tyson meatpacking plant.

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Training Advocacy Report Groups 136

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2024

First-generation students, in particular, whose parents often lack college experience, may not understand why they need to take a course such as calculus, which, on the surface, does not appear to help prepare them for most jobs in the workforce. Raise awareness of realistic careers.

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Mobility Advocacy Course Examples 119

eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

principals said their elementary or middle school offered algebra in eighth grade, but only to certain students. Eighth graders who take the course can more easily reach calculus by 12th grade — which can set students up for challenging math classes in college and career paths in science and engineering fields.

Survey 107

Survey Elementary Policies Report 107

Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. Organization: Common Sense Education. URL: www.everyoneon.org.

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Future Ready EdTech Advocacy Data 100

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Katherine Cribbs, a second-grader at Discovery Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, explores the online “energy dashboard” that tracks her school’s energy consumption and production. With a flurry of touch-screen taps, she explored the “energy dashboard” of Discovery Elementary in Arlington, Virginia.

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Elementary Learning Data Report 111

techlearning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Amesse Elementary at Denver Public Schools. Amesse Elementary. He likens these practices to taking away students’ encyclopedias, through which they find knowledge and begin to make choices that will lead to advocacy for others and for themselves. Amesse Elementary: A Montbello Children’s Network School at Denver Public Schools.

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Accessibility STEM Robotics Elementary 109