The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2020

Fortunately, TGR Foundation and Discovery Education are partnering to help STEM teachers reach a more diverse group of learners and generate student interest in STEM. Summer is a great time to learn how to do that as you prepare for fall and back to school. This post is sponsored by TGR Foundation and Discovery Education.

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STEM Strategy Advocacy Course 357

Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 29, 2018

9 Advocacy Groups & Events Enhancing ELT. 18+ Resources & Activities. 19 Award-Winning English Language Teaching Innovations. Amplify Story Time! 9 Tips + Fun Resources & Apps. Congregate for Change! 25 Engaging Ways to Practice English with Voice Assistants.

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Resources Technology Advocacy Social Media 264

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

A national group that seeks to curb student absenteeism is sounding an alarm after finding that the number of chronically absent students continued to surge even as pandemic closings abated. She also recommends advisory groups for middle and high school students to build connections with faculty. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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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.

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E-rate Broadband Advocacy Report 311

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Founded at Brookline High near Boston in 2009, the group now works with roughly 1,000 students from 14 nearby districts beginning in the summer after seventh grade to help them complete advanced math classes like calculus before they finish high school. When you see that, you need to throw certain student groups the life jacket,” she added.

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Groups Report Robotics STEM 145

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

But a national policy group says many states still have significant work to do to ensure strong reading instruction. Other advocacy groups have laid out different priorities for reading instruction. Advocacy groups like JerseyCAN have made universal screeners and parental notification key parts of their platform.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

It’s important to inform hard-to-reach and undercounted groups and communities that the 2020 Census process can be quick, easy, and safe. The National Literacy Council’s website also has an extensive list of helpful resources for teaching and learning, programs, and advocacy. Census Bureau identifies hard-to-count groups.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When mimicking real life situations, students have to solve tasks usually designed to be tackled in groups. These actions contribute enormously to students’ achievement and their advocacy since they are an intrinsic part of the work environment. Students learn how to give instructions, explanations, arguments and justifications.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

“The technology not only teaches skills one on one, but it actually helps students with generalization,” says Arianna Esposito, director of lifespan services and supports for advocacy group Autism Speaks. You can really tailor and change up the scenarios,” she says.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 26, 2020

“The technology not only teaches skills one on one, but it actually helps students with generalization,” says Arianna Esposito, director of lifespan services and supports for advocacy group Autism Speaks. You can really tailor and change up the scenarios,” she says.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

As an organization on a mission to build a strong, socially conscious and diverse tech workforce, the past year showed us where we can strengthen our existing practices and sharpen our focus and advocacy efforts to be even further out on the leading edge of innovative learning. Team based competition is a great motivator and connector.

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Education Advocacy Learning Broadband 209

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 17, 2018

We hear less often about the numerous ways to use “Good Twitter,” professional blogs, YouTube channels, Instagram accounts, Pinterest boards, Facebook groups, and other platforms in ways that are productive and empowering. Tales of “Bad Twitter” are legion, for example.

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Social Media Advocacy Twitter Facebook 262

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Digital Promise recently started a coding working group for the League as a forum to share best practices and address challenges in implementing computer science. From this group, we’ve gathered insights on what the computer science movement looks like in these districts. Community Engagement and Advocacy. Relevance to Students.

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Maker Movement Robotics Education Advocacy 210

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That’s according to the 2021 State of Computer Science report jointly released last week by the Code.org Advocacy Coalition, Computer Science Teachers Association and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance. The group has issued nine state-level policy recommendations aimed at increasing computer science offerings in schools.

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Accessibility Advocacy Policies Course 193

Waterford

APRIL 10, 2020

Now that you understand how self-care can help you reach your potential as a teacher, you may also want to use group self-care activities in class. Try journaling or having group discussions about how your students are feeling about a certain topic and what that means to them.[2]. Five Self-Care Activities for Class. and Molina, M.

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How To Handbook Strategy Advocacy 360

Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2021

Coaches are sharing, connecting, and growing together to improve their practice via various social learning opportunities, such as online professional learning communities (like Digital Promise’s new professional learning community (PLC) for coaches), social media groups, mentorships, on-demand learning assets, etc.

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Technology LMS Professional Learning Advocacy 291

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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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2020

The Seeking Well-being micro-credential helps students develop lifelong health and wellness practices, while the Belonging & Caring micro-credential focuses on students having a consistent group of peers and adults to share what’s happening and develop a sense of belonging. Emphasizing digital equity and advocacy.

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Professional Learning Student Data Privacy Social Media Learning 272

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Advocate: Young introverts need parental advocacy for public school. Teacher training is similar to influential groupthink, focusing in on design thinking, group discussions, meetings and project collaboration. Set up meetings to chat with your child’s teacher to explain unique concerns and necessary accommodations.

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Classroom How To Advocacy Outcomes 279

Doug Levin

MAY 18, 2015

Consider, for example, our experience with connecting schools to the internet for the first time in the early/mid-1990s and the response to issues of internet safety and access to inappropriate material for minors: new issue advocacy groups launched; new laws were passed which required changes in school and company practice; new school and company (..)

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Internet Safety Student Data Privacy Policies Company 295

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. With their collective power, they could shut down resellers of books.”

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Accessibility Pearson Advocacy Course 180

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

That’s according to the latest State of Computer Science Education report , released last week by the Code.org Advocacy Coalition, Computer Science Teachers Association, and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance. Girls, for instance, make up just one-third of high school computer science students nationally.

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Accessibility Advocacy Report Elementary 205

A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Student agency (voice, choice, advocacy) – Are students empowered to own their learning (blended/personalized/virtual learning options, they select tool to be used, etc.) The group conversations and reflection that ensued after the walks were conducted was terrific! You can access and download the form HERE if you wish.

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Learning Outcomes Assessment Advocacy 246

Doug Levin

JUNE 18, 2019

This is important and common-sense legislation – and it is for that reason that EdTech Strategies was pleased to join both local community members and other state and national advocacy groups on a sign-on letter in support of its passage. No Description.

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Student Data Privacy Advocacy EdTech Strategy 150

The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2021

A new Gallup poll, commissioned by two advocacy organizations, finds that fraternity and sorority members were more likely to say they formed relationships with mentors and professors, were extremely active in extracurricular activities and worked in internships where they could apply what they were learning in their college classes.

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Advocacy Survey Analysis Data 128

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2021

After nearly a decade of organizing, advocacy, planning and hand-wringing, we passed a Preschool for All initiative. This naturally created conflicts between us that ran the risk of destroying the potential for a universal preschool victory by either group. Nearly a year ago now, in my corner of the country—Multnomah County, Ore.,

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Policies Advocacy Strategy Groups 184

A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

It is driven by choice, voice, and advocacy. We also set up an Edmodo group to continue the conversation. Advocacy, choice, and voice should occur in the classroom as well as the school setting. Student agency is about empowering kids to own their learning (and school) through greater autonomy. What would you add?

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Advocacy Edmodo BYOD Assessment 150

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. Teachers trickle in as I set out muffins and candy at each table.

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Professional Learning Elementary Meeting Survey 204

Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

In 2017, I formed an after-school student activism and leadership club with a small group of seventh grade students. A group of students from the club met with the principal and explained their idea for leading a PD on building classroom community and supporting student self-confidence. My students were ready to disrupt that dynamic.

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Training Data Professional Learning Meeting 207

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

That group includes students from low-income families, students with disabilities, veterans, parents, those who are the first in their families to attend college and racial minorities.

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Advocacy Policies Course Accessibility 187

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2024

Digging deeper, I discovered a shared passion for basketball among the boys who were expected to be a part of the group. To break the ice, we started with questions related to their favorite aspects of basketball and what the sport meant to them, fostering a sense of camaraderie and trust within the group.

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Advocacy Analysis Groups Strategy 163

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Pandemic closures provided some students with a chance to notice how stressed they are at school, says Jayne Demsky, founder of School Avoidance Alliance, an advocacy group that provides professional training to schools. It was controversial with family groups for penalizing missed school rather than remedying the root causes.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2022

For instance, we just know that students spend their days in groups of about 25: not 5, not 50. Without hiring more teachers, we’d have to abandon the idea that kids spend their entire learning time in groups of 25. Fundamentally changing that grammar is hard to do; it’s even hard to think about. But what are the alternatives?

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Secondary Elementary Advocacy Meeting 218

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

They didn't want to work in groups. Some approaches include “advocacy centers” where students are coached through strong emotions with activities like yoga, breathing exercises or calming music. Cole-Ochoa has observed the students at Truan Junior High re-adapting to in-person schooling fall along a spectrum.

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Advocacy Chromebook Exercises Groups 207

Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2019

CLX now has substantial, informative data they can use as a foundation or justification when making decisions around funding, advocacy, partnership, and expansion. In the same vein, CLX hopes its data will help Chicago understand the importance of informal DMTT-focused learning experiences for the city’s students.

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Data Report Survey Advocacy 248

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2023

The day after the retreat, one student shared in our group chat, “The retreat was actually really fun. A small group of students were trained to facilitate listening sessions and analyze data from conversations among the youth. The group of students decided they wanted to focus their advocacy on teacher practice.

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Classroom Advocacy Groups Meeting 176

Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2021

The schools that most successfully served their special education groups were those that prioritized communication and learning about families' needs, McKittrick found in her own analysis. They’re feeling better supported, and I think that’s helping them build self-advocacy and independence,” she says. Everyone is sort of equal.”

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Technology Education Meeting Analysis 195