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Computer science education sees more investment, but access gaps linger

eSchool News

The power of computer science education to unlock opportunity and create economic mobility for students from all backgrounds has never been clearer. “While advocacy is not part of teachers’ responsibilities, it is so helpful in moving towards our vision of every child prepared for a world powered by computing.”

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New Advocacy Campaign Calls for Banning Facial Recognition on College Campuses.

Edsurge

Indeed, last week saw the launch of “ Ban Facial Recognition on Campus ,” a nationwide campaign from the nonprofit advocacy organizations Fight for the Future and Students for Sensible Drug Policy. These advocacy efforts in K-12 schools, she adds, may have influenced the new college campaign.

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Going Beyond the Hour of Code

Digital Promise

See Code.org’s comparisons of CS curricula by grade level: elementary curricula. an interactive collage in Scratch, a website, a mobile app, a physical computing project). See a sample letter to principal, advocacy slide deck , and additional resources. middle school curricula. high school curricula. Start a club.

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Education Has Been Hammering the Wrong Nail. We Have to Focus on the Early Years.

Edsurge

Moreover, children who are expelled in preschool or early elementary are 10 times more likely to be incarcerated. While legislative discussions have recently stalled , advocacy efforts continue to mobilize toward an ambitious policy package that would impact millions of little learners and families.

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New data: Even within the same district some wealthy schools get millions more than poor ones

The Hechinger Report

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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OPINION: Colleges have to do a better job helping students navigate what comes next

The Hechinger Report

While some progress has been made since then, institutions can still do a better job connecting their educational and economic mobility missions; recent research indicates that college graduates are having a hard time putting their degrees to work. Make coursework-career connections a campuswide priority. see College Scorecard ).

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Trying to improve remote learning? A refugee camp offers some surprising lessons

The Hechinger Report

The program operates in what she calls a “mobile-first environment,” meaning 90 percent of the program is taught on a phone, even though classes are in-person. For example, the focus of last summer’s global virtual camp was leadership and advocacy through the power of storytelling.

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