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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Related: How one district solved the special education dropout problem. Self-advocacy skills and a sense of ownership over the learning process should be developed early and regularly put into practice so students understand how they learn, where they struggle and how to advocate for the support they need.

Advocacy 75

Advocacy Dropout Policies Training 75

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

In recent years, truancy policies have started shifting away from punitive measures to providing more support for students who are chronically absent. They are trying to have an attendance policy like they are in person, but they are not in person” Megan Jackson, teacher, Chicago.

Policies 143

Policies Schoology Elementary Report 143

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

Candace Cortiella, the director of The Advocacy Institute. Related: How one district solved its special education dropout problem. Comeaux, who has made it a point to educate herself about the intricacies of special education policy, told administrators she would not be taking her child off the regular diploma track.

Dropout 83

Dropout Advocacy Outcomes Report 83

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APRIL 26, 2019

It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance. It is not good policy to keep Puerto Rico economically on a downturn in what feels like an endless loop of economic underperformance,” said Aponte, who also served as U.S. Department of Education.

Dropout 111

Dropout Report Accessibility Study 111

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

“One of the biggest problems that we have is kids that are missing and chronic absenteeism,” says Pamela Herd, a Georgetown University public policy professor. I’m really taken aback that a district would set forth a series of policies that make it actually quite difficult to enroll your child.” But it was also about race and class.”

Policies 97

Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 97

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

And it has everything to do with the policies of the states.”. 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.

Personalized Learning 80

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 80

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MAY 7, 2019

Black women earn just 61 cents for every dollar earned by their white male counterparts, according to analysis by the nonprofit advocacy group Equal Pay Today. Native American women and Latinas earn 58 cents and 53 cents, respectively for every dollar earned by a white male.

Libraries 101

Libraries Report Advocacy Policies 101

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The longer students stay in school, the more likely they will face a family or financial crisis that will derail their ambitions, said Marcella Bombardieri, a senior policy analyst at the Center for American Progress who wrote a report on part-timers. Related: Universities that are recruiting older students often leave them floundering.

Report 100

Report Course Advocacy Policies 100

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

In the future, I want to get a master’s in architecture and focus on urban planning, just because I feel like many of the problems we see today are based off of where people live and the policies of residential segregation mainly in cities like Baltimore, Chicago, etcetera. I want to use my master’s degree to change that.

Common Core 98

Common Core Advocacy Report System 98

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APRIL 7, 2024

The downturn has pushed community colleges to broaden their approach to recruitment, resulting in an increase in the number of students requiring more support and services, said Taylor Odle, an assistant professor of education policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The price tag is not the same,” he said. “But

Report 120

Report Groups Meeting Advocacy 120

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had already overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey. “No More than one in five college students are parents , according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and some 42 percent of them attend community colleges.

Study 112

Study Report Course Dropout 112

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APRIL 14, 2022

We [didn’t] want this to be a Band-Aid fix,” said Jordan Mickens, a Leadership for Educational Equity public policy fellow who served as #OaklandUndivided’s project manager until August 2021. The Oakland Reach, a parent-led advocacy group that works with underserved communities, also joined the partnership. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 115

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 115

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JULY 18, 2023

Perrantes now works as a program manager for Mother Nation , a Seattle-based nonprofit that focuses on cultural services, advocacy, mentorship and homeless prevention for Native women. I know that sounds so cliche, but how are we going to be educated enough to cite policy, to fight for recognition?

Groups 97

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 97

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AUGUST 7, 2023

Other districts embrace virtualization as a disciplinary measure and have started to develop official policies around using this punishment. Some school districts consider virtual learning an alternative to discipline — not a form of discipline itself.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

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OCTOBER 17, 2016

A project last year by NPR’s education team found examples at both ends of the spectrum : innovative programs that were legitimately helping students find hard-fought academic success, as well as examples of questionable policies and practices. Understandably at the front of the first group is U.S. Secretary of Education John B.

Policies 40

Policies Dropout Report Course 40

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Still, there are some stalwart critics, notably Benjamin Riley, who visited many personalized-learning classrooms from 2010 to 2014 as the policy and advocacy director for the NewSchools Venture Fund. Shortly after leaving that post, Riley planted his skeptic’s flag with an oft-cited blog post titled, “Don’t Personalize Learning.”.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

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JULY 10, 2019

For decades, nonprofit advocacy groups and corporate donors have targeted K-12 education for intervention. Karla Phillips, a policy director at Excel in Ed, told me that both personalized learning and charter schools have “flexibility” as their aim. Yet the academic and policy research behind it is thin.

Personalized Learning 109

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 109

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Jennifer Pokempner, director of child welfare policy at Juvenile Law Center, a legal advocacy group in Philadelphia, said the Seita program is “seen as a model.” He lives on campus in a bedroom strewn with baseball caps for sports teams like Manchester United and books on topics including immigration policy and Chinese politics.

System 111

System Study Policies Report 111

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DECEMBER 24, 2024

That falling number comes on top of enrollment declines from the pandemic and difficulties related to last year’s Free Application for Federal Student Aid , said Charles Ansell, vice president for research, policy and advocacy at Complete College America.

Dropout 109

Dropout Policies Trends Advocacy 109

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

” Eric Duncan, part of education advocacy organization Ed Trust’s policy team, said Thorne’s story is one echoed by Black male educators nationwide who feel perpetually overlooked. . “Preston Thorne was a unique piece of what made our school culture so great,” she said.

Education 139

Education Elementary Data Dropout 139

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

Meanwhile, all but four states are spending less on higher education, per student, than they did in 2008 , according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal-learning think thank. Those spending more? Hawaii, North Dakota, Wyoming — and California. Some of what is happening here is inspiring similar reforms around the country.

Education 101

Education Policies Course System 101

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In a state that sends one out of every eight black men to prison, the highest rate in the country , this neighborhood bears a disproportionate brunt of the mass incarceration policy, with more African-American men from here locked up than from any other zip code in Milwaukee County. The trade-off. secretary of education.

Report 109

Report Policies Meeting Groups 109

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JUNE 6, 2022

The United States leaves it to states to set policy, and, absent statewide bans, local school districts make their own rules. District policy is to respect parents’ preferences, but that doesn’t always happen. For Johnson, the paddle remains central to her discipline policy. Sometimes, though, the system breaks down.

Elementary 145

Elementary Handbook Report Policies 145

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MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. Leslie Lipson, counsel to the Georgia Advocacy Office. “We saw it as a scaffolding until things got better — a short-term, possible solution,” Agnew recalled.

Education 83

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 83

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JUNE 22, 2022

At a minimum, advocates say colleges should provide easy access to sexual health care, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases and sexually transmitted infections; contraception; pregnancy tests; and flexible attendance policies. To protect students who become pregnant, advocates say colleges need flexible attendance policies.

Accessibility 28

Accessibility Training Policies Report 28

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JULY 28, 2017

Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? The New York Times continues its coverage of the awfulness of tech companies’ employee policies : “Abuses Hide in the Silence of Nondisparagement Agreements.”

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43

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MARCH 10, 2017

” Via NPR : “ Trump ’s International Policies Could Have Lasting Effects On Higher Ed.” More about Trump’s immigration policies in a separate section below. And more about Trump and for-profit higher ed policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

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MARCH 6, 2017

He is a member of the Latino education advocacy group Nuestra Voz and a student at Cohen College Prep in New Orleans. Much of his policy agenda hung on the fear of the immigrant: the alleged job-stealing terrorist threat that is holding America back from becoming “estupendo” again.

Advocacy 73

Advocacy Secondary System Report 73

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JULY 6, 2018

Only about one in five of 2016 graduates got full-time jobs in legal offices, the advocacy organization Law School Transparency reported. Still, a study by the Children’s Advocacy Institute at the University of San Diego School of Law found, they could do much more than they are now. “We That was far below the state average.

Company 84

Company Industry Advocacy Report 84