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. But is 300 a lot or a little?

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OER Course Company Smartphone 79

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

But a majority (58 percent) had not earned any college degree, either a four-year bachelor’s or a two-year associate, or any post-secondary credential, such as a short-term certificate, within this four-year period. ( These high-achieving students would likely have graduated college in much higher numbers without any dual enrollment courses.

Analysis 144

Analysis Report Data Course 144

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 168

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

James, a secondary teacher in his third year, was one of many teachers considering what this might look like for the students in his classroom. Taking the idea from theory to practice is something that takes a lot of work, and classroom teachers can sometimes benefit from extra support to make this successful transition.

Advocacy 132

Advocacy Secondary Technology Meeting 132

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

And of course there are other vendors, like Elsevier and Wiley (like Jones Soda and RC) and openly-licensed resources known as OER, or open education resources (which are something like a Sodastream homebrew). Of course, there are big differences between textbooks and fizzy drinks.

Pearson 138

Pearson OER Course Accessibility 138

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

For school counselors, what’s key is that school counselors have the ability to look at the demographics of a school, to look at where students are going in terms of course placement. In my classroom, we talk of course about Augusta Ada Byron Lovelace, who was the world’s first programmer. So that’s really important.

STEM 364

STEM Company Industry Accessibility 364

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

" Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Arkansas Matters → Arkansas lawmakers want to take a closer look at technology in schools and ask if it's really helping- not hurting- 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? Arkansas Matters → Arkansas lawmakers want to take a closer look at technology in schools and ask if it's really helping- not hurting- students.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

As the teacher librarian at RCCBA, Michelle also teaches elective courses in technology and information literacy skills to her students. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 This school year, more than 54,000 Cherry Creek students–the entire district–can access teletherapy with Hazel Health because of Michelle’s advocacy and ambitious vision.

Edmentum 123

Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 123

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

There were no Advanced Placement courses, for example, and little help was available with college and financial aid applications, said Ben, who is Black. “I Forty-five percent of Black children go to high-poverty primary and secondary schools , compared to 8 percent of white students. It’s just the way society is.”

Report 145

Report Study Accessibility Data 145

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

These are purchasing programs in which “institutions are signing up whole classes of students to automatically receive digital course materials at a discounted rate, rather than purchasing individually.” ” What problem does the inclusive access model purport to solve? The inappropriately high cost of textbooks.

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OER Accessibility Pearson MOOC 241

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

It seemed an uncontroversial ask — of course I wanted his class to have the supplies they needed for the year. Aggregated over the past 13 years — the length of a child’s elementary and secondary school career — Congress has failed to appropriate $347 billion towards the education of low income students, primarily Black and Brown.

Secondary 81

Secondary Report System Advocacy 81

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Though I deeply enjoy my infrequent, often protracted conversations with Stephen – and find them deeply useful for clarifying and advancing my own thinking – I believe this one has just about run its course. ” Our advocacy. There’s no advocacy here for a specific pedagogy. emphasis added).

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OER Advocacy Accessibility Smartphone 60

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The transparency mandate was tucked into the 2015 update of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act but didn’t require states to report that data until June 30 of this year. And, of course, there is the coalition. Longtime advocates of this federal transparency mandate hope the new data will spur more widespread advocacy.

Data 145

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Of course, student outcomes matter, and schools should collect and share data that analyzes the impact of technology. 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.

EdTech 88

EdTech BYOD Training Outcomes 88

techlearning

JULY 5, 2018

I am incredibly excited to have made the change in goals and to be pursuing a career in advocacy,” she stated. VHS provides courses taught in global online classrooms for secondary school students and online professional development for educators.

Advocacy 55

Advocacy Secondary Online Learning Course 55

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

What they lack is college-educated relatives, counselors, role models or mentors to make sure they take the courses and meet the deadlines they need to, or who encourage them to think about their further educations. It’s not that they have less potential than their counterparts in predominantly white, more affluent communities.

Report 98

Report Company Study Advocacy 98

MindShift

JUNE 5, 2019

And, of course, whether they had thoughts of hurting themselves. In about a dozen cases — over the course of the fall and spring screenings — district staff identified students as high-risk and immediately referred them to community-based mental health crisis teams for formal evaluations.

Survey 53

Survey Advocacy Secondary Conference 53

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

“The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning. Yet, that idea didn’t play out in most states’ first-year ESSA plans.

Personalized Learning 85

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 85

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

In lower level classes, some would have to repeat the whole course. Students must demonstrate mastery of pre-identified skills to pass a course. Once the student can show proficiency in essay writing, his or her grade on that skill in a previous course can cease to be a concern. Key tenets of proficiency-based learning.

Education 0

Education Report Course System 0

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

Her previous experiences include being a classroom business teacher at the high school and post-secondary levels, assistant director of a vocational cooperative, principal at East Noble High School, and assistant superintendent at East Noble School Corporation. Ann earned her bachelors, masters, and Ed.S.

BYOD 75

BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 75

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

But one district has been steadfast in its commitment, staying the course through three superintendents: RSU 2. 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.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

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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OER LMS Course Secondary 60

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. And he always did well in his honors and college prep courses at Noblesville High School in Indiana.

Study 99

Study Advocacy Report Groups 99

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

3 Advocacy groups, backed by dyslexia authorities at universities, have pushed for dyslexia legislation across the country with these outcomes: 4 40 states now mandate dyslexia screening, and more than 30 list approved screeners that schools must use. A user typically goes through thousands of games in the course of a year of intervention.

Differentiated Instruction 119

Differentiated Instruction Training Analysis Assessment 119

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Teachers visit to observe from around the state and country and the school was featured in videos made for a recent MIT online course , he said. When adopting a proficiency approach, Montpelier teachers jettisoned assignments that once were course staples. percent to 89.1 percent between 2009 and 2017. I’m an educated person.

Learning 100

Learning System Report Outcomes 100

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: Just as it wants students to speed up, government won’t pay for summer courses.

Libraries 97

Libraries Laptops Training Report 97

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. Her new course, Global Connections reflects the significance of personal narratives for empathy and study of global issues "foreign" experiences.

Advocacy 49

Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 49

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. A student who wants to major in art or history but lacks access to relevant courses is at a significant disadvantage when competing for college scholarships.

Elementary 62

Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 62

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2017

In his application, Shahan predicted that Arise’s test scores would increase by 10 percent each year over the course of five years, starting at 40 percent “proficiency” on state tests and stair-stepping up each year, until its students reached 80 percent proficiency in the school’s fifth year.

Elementary 78

Elementary Report Meeting Academic Standards 78

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Smith, Director of Programs Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for STEM - Revolutionary or Evolutionary? Playful Learning: Games and the Future of STEM - Danny Fain, Teacher in Residence Redefining STEM Rubrics for the 21’st Century: It’s all about mastery! Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

STEM 47

STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

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. Her new course, Global Connections reflects the significance of personal narratives for empathy and study of global issues "foreign" experiences.

Advocacy 3

Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 3

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

courses focusing on inclusion or special education, compared to about 11 courses for special education teachers. Students with disabilities who are placed in general education classrooms get more instructional time , have fewer absences and have better post-secondary outcomes, research shows.

Training 40

Training Elementary Report Course 40

Reading By Example

MAY 29, 2015

For K-12 schools, teachers may no longer be required to have a degree in education, or even a degree period, to teacher courses in secondary schools. That’s saying something, in the era of Governor Scott Walker and a very polarizing debate around public education.

Secondary 28

Secondary Software Outcomes Elementary 28

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2016

The American government, of course, does not regulate tuition, and has no such leverage over universities and colleges. say that there is also huge value in simply exposing youngsters in primary and secondary schools to college students. That’s up from six times more likely in 1970. Even the highest-income U.S.

Groups 40

Groups Secondary Study Report 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

She is an Ashoka Fellow, was named one of The New Leaders Council’s 40 Under 40 Progressive American Leaders, and was winner of the Tides Foundation’s Jane Bagley Lehman award for excellence in public advocacy in 2014. His course load typically includes sections on comparative religions, world cultures, sociology, and capstone.

Conference 31

Conference Secondary Study Digital Badges 31

eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

3 Advocacy groups, backed by dyslexia authorities at universities, have pushed for dyslexia legislation across the country with these outcomes: 4 40 states now mandate dyslexia screening, and more than 30 list approved screeners that schools must use. A user typically goes through thousands of games in the course of a year of intervention.

Differentiated Instruction 52

Differentiated Instruction Training Analysis Assessment 52