eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

“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.” We need every state to require a computer science graduation requirement.” public high schools offer foundational computer science (up from 57.5

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

The center’s first floor will provide flexible learning spaces, including a Skype room for video conferencing with outside experts, a quiet zone for research and a talking zone with soft furniture for group work and discussions. One spot will house tables where students can connect their tablets to a large video monitor.

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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 342

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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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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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

In 2014, the district pushed algebra to ninth grade from eighth grade, in an attempt to eliminate the tracking, or grouping, of students into lower and upper math paths. Researchers have shown that districts around the country dont use the same criteria when grouping students into higher or lower math classes.

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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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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 363

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Nicole Lazarte, now the policy and advocacy communications specialist at NAEYC, was recently working as an infant teacher at an early childhood center in northern Virginia. They were saying, according to Amy Brooks, the groups executive director, We cant do more meditation and mindfulness. Nancy Sylvester Its so sad, Sylvester says.

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Encourage them to build educational and social support groups outside your classroom wherever possible. Their education is one of the greatest gifts you can give them–and so, too, is your advocacy. Recruit your neurodiverse students’ parents to support personalized education resources at home. You are never alone.

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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 354

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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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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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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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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Advocacy Assistive Technology Software Learning 195

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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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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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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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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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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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2024

asked Kristen Hengtgen, a policy analyst at EdTrust, a nonprofit research and advocacy organization that lobbies for racial and economic equity in education. Asian students were the only group whose participation in dual enrollment matched their share of the student population: 5 percent of each.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Digital Promise

AUGUST 29, 2017

It has spurred the publication of white papers, launch of incubators and conferences, as well as interest amongst journalists and advocacy groups.

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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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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 211

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 Professional Learning Data Meeting 210

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2025

Often, an individual or a group, such as an IT data security team, will do this work, examining security issues and shutting down access to information when necessary. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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