American Consortium for Equity in Education

MARCH 28, 2023

The CEO of The National Association of Secondary School Principals,Ronn Nazoe is our very special guest today, live from the NASSP DC conference on Advocacy where members are meeting with their representatives in Congress The post THE PRINCIPALSHIP AND ADVOCACY appeared first on Equity in Education.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 12, 2018

Educators and schools across the globe have embraced the concept of student agency. However, we must not lose sight of the third element that comprises this concept, and that is advocacy. Many students participate in committees, on unique panels, and in functions that help raise awareness or interest in education issues.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The nonprofit broadband advocacy group found nearly 45 million students enjoy in-school access to high-speed internet connectivity, up from 39 million in 2017. schools meet the FCC’s short-term connectivity goal of 100Mbps per 1,000 users, while less than a quarter ( 22 percent ) meet the long-term goal.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

When suddenly propelled into distance learning last spring, educators rose to the challenge to meet the needs of students and families. podcasts, videos, newsletters, infographics, narrated slides, tutorials, one-pagers), offering flexible meeting times, and leveraging various asynchronous communication methods.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Last year presented many challenges and accelerated a number of shifts that were already underway in K-12 education. The pandemic, however, brought all these innovative, yet still considered by some to be “alternative” education methods to the forefront in ways that our team could have never predicted.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2021

Among them: better communication strategies and tools that make it easier for special education parents and teachers to interact. If you don’t have good communication, that partnership really breaks down,” she says, referring specifically to parents and educators. “A She’s also a mom to four children, three of whom are deafblind.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Educational transformation is a civil rights imperative, so every investment we make must be evaluated through a civil rights lens. Unfortunately, too many of our investments in educational technology (edtech) have fallen far short of our civil rights aspirations. Education is too fundamentally important to the health of our society.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2020

Educators may be looking for resources they can lean on as they navigate these complex issues with their students who understandably have a variety of feelings about what is taking place in our country. The Center for Racial Justice in Education has a collection of resources to guide conversations about race, racism, and racialized violence.

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Doug Levin

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Benjamin Herold of Education Week has put together a real cracker of a series on the challenges of ensuring school broadband access in rural communities – and how E-rate (pre- and post-modernization) is helping to address the situation. We should demand more of our political leaders and from our education advocacy organizations.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2018

Student Advocacy If your preschoolers will be coming from under-served populations, they will benefit from learning self-advocacy (in fact, we all can). However, philanthropically-funded preschools will not be enough to meet the needs of all American three and four-year-olds. They deserve it!

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Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. That said, it’s often difficult to effectively tell the story about how librarians make a difference for students and colleagues.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

There are a number of excellent online learning opportunities designed specifically for educators. include: Computational Thinking for Educators from Google (15-30 hours). Introduction to Programming with Scratch in Education from University of Northern Iowa (20-30 hours). Meet other teachers in person.

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N2Y

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Did you know that students with disabilities are allowed to attend their own IEP meetings ? Most special education teachers, leaders, and advocates highly encourage students to participate in and eventually lead their IEP meetings. You may be wondering … how? At what age are children allowed to attend? Here’s how.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Far too often, in my life as a parent and educator, I’ve listened to parents who have strong concerns about reserved children. Advocate: Young introverts need parental advocacy for public school. Set up meetings to chat with your child’s teacher to explain unique concerns and necessary accommodations.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This is a loss of educational opportunity for children, but also a devastating loss of support for millions of working parents who may have to leave their jobs. Every other country with an economy comparable to ours has created a sustainable system that better meets the needs of families, employers and child care workers.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 29, 2019

It removes barriers to learning materials, supports students where they are across varied learning contexts and needs, and gives educators more insight into the learning environments they’re creating. Students and educators have more tools to create a learning environment that fosters personalized learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2017

I went into education for two reasons. And the second reason is that I could ensure that no child would ever experience the educational journey and experience that I did. Tom: You know, I think one of the best ways in 2017 is to meet new people, and to really have good access to quality of text in front of us… is Twitter.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Last summer, not far from the doorsteps of Oakland Unified School District, a group of parents came together to build an academic program from scratch in an effort to close the gap between the education their children were getting in school and the education they deserved.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Lourie Center’s therapeutic nursery program offers a comprehensive early childhood program that provides education and clinical services. Lucas’ teachers and therapeutic staff at the Lourie Center were able to provide remarkably nurturing, attentive care and education for Lucas. He is happily preparing for kindergarten next fall.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 29, 2017

Although low-skilled adults have minimal access to educational opportunities, I outlined in my 2015 blog post some ways in which technology has the potential to provide critical access to quality, personalized learning experiences for this underserved population. Educational opportunities for our low-skilled adults are no exception.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2019

CLX is part of a region-wide Education Innovation Cluster —a local ecosystem of organizations working across sectors and silos to advance transformative teaching and learning. CLX now has substantial, informative data they can use as a foundation or justification when making decisions around funding, advocacy, partnership, and expansion.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 5, 2019

I went into education for two reasons. And the second reason is that I could ensure that no child would ever experience the educational journey and experience that I did. Tom: You know, I think one of the best ways in 2017 is to meet new people, and to really have good access to quality of text in front of us… is Twitter.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

The suits name publishers Cengage Learning, McGraw Hill, and Pearson Education, as well as book sellers Follett Higher Education Group and Barnes & Noble. And in February, nonprofit advocacy organization U.S. “It’s the fact that they’re working together to exclude competition that’s the problem.

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Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2021

The teacher reached out to me, an education consultant recently hired by the school district to support struggling learners. She invited me to meet with Jason, who filled me in on his situation. As an educator, it’s easy to get lost in the day-to-day “administrivia” of making hundreds of decisions a week. How did we miss him?”

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 2, 2014

First, we offer a much-needed framework for the education of diverse learners. Second, we advocate for the development of an action plan for educating the not-so-common learners that is research-based, achievable, and reaches beyond any current educational reform initiative for school improvement. Students with Disabilities.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. The program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

million students received special education services as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), according to the National Center for Education Statistics. A whole-child approach to special education will help accelerate the learning of this unique population. In early 2020, 7.3

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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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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Sponsored by ClassLink When you consider the power education has in launching a child’s future, giving every student the same interactions, services, and access becomes more than just a regulation; it becomes a guiding principle. Leaning on local advocacy groups or representatives for regular updates saves time and keeps you informed.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

A few days later the district switched to Google Meet, according to Ashley Boyd, whose two children—ages 9 and 12—attend school in Berkeley Unified. And it does not look at video-conferencing tools built specifically for education, such as Big Blue Button and Schoology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

I went into education for two reasons. And the second reason is that I could ensure that no child would ever experience the educational journey and experience that I did. Tom: You know, I think one of the best ways in 2017 is to meet new people, and to really have good access to quality of text in front of us… is Twitter.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

As a classroom teacher, I always tried to improve my practice by reading academic and practice-based articles, attending trainings and connecting with fellow educators to share resources and troubleshoot challenges. PD has a bad reputation in education circles, and it isn’t because teachers are resistant to professional learning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Until then she had never heard of the federal program, which provides high-quality early childhood education to more than one million children from low-income families each year. It’s in keeping with Head Start’s larger mission to serve two generations, empowering parents to pursue education and careers, often within Head Start facilities.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

For rubrics to serve as a teaching tool, as well as a valid assessment tool, they must meet certain criteria. In the most commonly used rubrics, educators state each element of the project, report, or paper to be scored and then determine their expectations for the assignment and what each level of mastery looks like. .

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 16, 2024

This $50 million initiative could connect up to 130,000 households to high-speed internet an endeavor that EducationSuperHighway is proud to have helped shape through our technical expertise and advocacy. This partnership began with our response to an RFI issued in 2022.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

However, that image demeans the dire situation of students experiencing food and housing insecurity in higher education. The escalation of COVID-19 is exacerbating the already vulnerable conditions of students seeking higher education in California and elsewhere. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

While a striking amount of uncertainty remains, experts largely agree on one thing: Pandemic education has exacted the greatest tolls from the children of historically marginalized groups. schools frequently marginalize these students’ languages and cultures, but they tend to host ineffective educational approaches. Not only do U.S.

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