Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

The state partnered with Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago (AAAJ Chicago) — a local advocacy organization focused on advancing civil rights and racial equity, which advocated for the passage of the TEAACH Act — to support implementation.

Training 153

Training Advocacy Resources Instructional Materials 153

Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 27, 2019

MIT OCW, Rice’s Connexions, my group at USU, and others applied the new Creative Commons licenses to their materials to create open content. They were relatively easy to tell apart from one another and advocacy was rather straight forward. This choice rotated licensing into a secondary priority.

OER 112

OER Advocacy Policies Libraries 112

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Stay tuned, because the second group of finalists will be featured on eSchool News next week! Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 Bedden, Superintendent, Centennial School District Nominated by: Lerner Publishing Group Dr. Bedden’s dedication to promoting literacy in the Centennial School District has been truly inspiring.

Edmentum 95

Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 95

edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

A recent edWebinar led by Bobbi Bear, Director of Customer Advocacy for Achieve3000, identified effective ways to integrate SEL with reading instruction, through classroom conversations about nonfiction and fiction texts. Now we also offer Smarty Ants® for personalized foundational literacy and Actively Learn for secondary curriculum depth.

Differentiated Instruction 64

Differentiated Instruction Secondary Advocacy Dropout 64

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Equity Accountability Model: Administration looked at the groups of students that were typically underperforming and asked how they know they are underperforming and why. Prior to going to Howard County, Dr. McKnight served as the Director for Secondary Leadership Development Programs in Montgomery County Public Schools.

Education 94

Education Secondary Policies Professional Learning 94

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Schools should support student mental health by building in time to teach skills such as coping with stress, said Ava Havidic, a 17-year-old senior in Broward County, Florida, and a facilitator for the Student Leadership Network on Mental Health and Well-Being, organized by the National Association for Secondary School Principals.

Smartphone 57

Smartphone Social Media Trends Report 57

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Mary McLeod Bethune with a group of students after resigning as President of Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images. Women’s work in general is undervalued.”.

Secondary 93

Secondary Report Advocacy Elementary 93

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.

Classroom 279

Classroom How To Advocacy Outcomes 279

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

There’s a group that’s already motivated and ready for action. They recommend seeking out disengaged and underserved students to explore the extent to which those groups can be re-engaged and better served with personalized strategies. Don’t underestimate the number of local educators who are willing to try out new learning strategies.

Personalized Learning 75

Personalized Learning Learning Advocacy Personal Learning Network 75

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Today, people are working in groups. This is something that really resonates with school counselors because we’re very much focused on graduating students to go into post-secondary education, the military, or the world of work, and to have sustainable careers. Computer science is about problem-solving. www.caldwell.edu ].

STEM 365

STEM Company Industry Accessibility 365

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

Forty-five percent of Black children go to high-poverty primary and secondary schools , compared to 8 percent of white students. But also look at it this way: You’ve seen marginalized groups that have experienced racism for decades, even centuries. Black students also disproportionately attend part time. It’s just the way society is.”

Report 145

Report Study Accessibility Data 145

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Google search links secret, court-protected names to online coverage | Ottawa Citizen → Computer experts believe it’s an unintended, “mind-boggling” consequence of Google search algorithms. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Google search links secret, court-protected names to online coverage | Ottawa Citizen → Computer experts believe it’s an unintended, “mind-boggling” consequence of Google search algorithms. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools?

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. This group makes up at least 20 percent of the general population. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse for literacy does not contain any study that has a significant positive effect on broad reading achievement for this group.

Differentiated Instruction 95

Differentiated Instruction Training Analysis Assessment 95

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 2, 2023

But beyond declaring that homeless children should have access to the same public education as other kids, the McKinney-Vento Act contained few protections for elementary and secondary students experiencing homelessness. Low-income housed students, meanwhile, performed much better.

Elementary 127

Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 127

edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

Stacey has worked in the preK-12 education world for 20 years, spending time on school management and working for education associations including the AAP PreK-12 Learning Group. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A. Dr. Daniel A. Domenech has served as Executive Director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association since July 2008.

Secondary 90

Secondary Policies Professional Learning Outcomes 90

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Credit: Don & Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images For decades, a handful of individual states and schools have offered financial assistance to Native students. Limiting which Native students get financial assistance is especially significant, given the rising cost of post-secondary degrees.

Groups 84

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 84

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Dr. Levett began her career in Savannah as a speech and language pathologist and moved to positions in leadership including Secondary Principal, Chief Academic Officer, Deputy Superintendent, and interim Superintendent. Ann Levett was appointed Superintendent of Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools in Georgia effective June 2017.

EdTech 88

EdTech BYOD Training Advocacy 88

MindShift

JUNE 5, 2019

In classrooms around the building, the school’s ninth-graders whizzed through an online mental health survey that would soon deliver real-time data to the group in the conference room. Murray said when the district launched the screening, there were 29 secondary students receiving counseling in their schools through providers like Solvista.

Survey 53

Survey Advocacy Secondary Conference 53

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

The group, made up of people with kids in the school system, functions as a communications channel between other parents and school principals and teachers. Of the students he knew, perhaps 10 percent managed relatively well in that period, and he was in that small group, he said. The parents are on their feet applauding.

Education 98

Education Report System Meeting 98

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

These types of arrangements require effective partnering with unions and community groups, in order to identify solutions and reach agreements while dealing with budget shortfalls. She pointed out that the legislation was passed quickly and without a lot of accountability, leaving a lot of the details to be figured out later.

EdTech 98

EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 98

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

He has served as Principal at the secondary level as well as Assistant Superintendent. Ann serves on the edWeb.net Advisory Board , ClassLink’s Senior Advisors Group, and is a founding member of ERDI’s Alliance for Education Impact Advisory Council. He received his M.Ed. from The University of Mississippi in educational leadership.

Broadband 98

Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 98

eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. This group makes up at least 20 percent of the general population. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse for literacy does not contain any study that has a significant positive effect on broad reading achievement for this group.

Differentiated Instruction 52

Differentiated Instruction Training Analysis Assessment 52

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Collaboration: While engineering activities in preschool might work better in stations, kindergarten students are able to work in pairs or small groups. As a teen, Nia believed that she was “bad at science”, but with a passion for environmental advocacy, she began working as an environmental educator at the Student Conservation Association.

Learning 61

Learning STEM Advocacy Secondary 61

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

The transparency mandate was tucked into the 2015 update of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act but didn’t require states to report that data until June 30 of this year. Sometimes they have been spearheaded by district officials, as in Montgomery County, and sometimes by community groups.

Data 145

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

edWeb.net

JUNE 25, 2021

Dr. Polyak’s undergraduate work was at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics and secondary education. Ann serves on the edWeb.net Advisory Board , ClassLink’s Senior Advisors Group, and is a founding member of ERDI’s Alliance for Education Impact Advisory Council.

System 80

System Learning Guidelines Policies 80

techlearning

JULY 5, 2018

Farr successfully balanced working on Massachusetts Mayflower Academycourse assignments and group activities with working at a local gym called Boss Body Fitness. I am incredibly excited to have made the change in goals and to be pursuing a career in advocacy,” she stated.

Advocacy 42

Advocacy Secondary Online Learning Course 42

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

It does not say in our state constitution, ‘every child except for those who may have been seen as disruptive to others,’ ” said Jamaica Miles, a Schenectady City school board member and co-founder of the community organizing group All Of Us. Our first go-to is not suspension. This defies a one-size-fits-all solution, in my mind.”

Report 95

Report Survey Data Comparison 95

edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

It’s also looking at the potential changes, said Dr. Gabe Soumakian, CEO and Founder, Sup Du Jour Consulting Group, like what happens when a software or hardware company goes out of business. He is the founder and CEO of Sup Du Jour Consulting Group in Ventura, CA. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems?

EdTech 73

EdTech Digital Badges Software Outcomes 73

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

“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. Yet many of those steeped in the work are convinced.

Personalized Learning 70

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 70

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

One group was just starting on probability. When they understood the concept, Ross moved on, giving another group a lesson in operations with square roots. To build public support for the changes, the foundation also gave smaller grants to youth and immigrant advocacy groups in the districts. Then she moved on again.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Case Study 111

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Issues we used to consider secondary or tertiary (religion, language, ethnicity) have become primary. African refugees are pouring into our state – usually they are secondary migrants (first stop was another U.S. University research and policy in an era of advocacy philanthropists and agenda-setting organizations.

Education 100

Education Secondary STEM Policies 100

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

no mechanism preventing publishers from resuming their historical rate of price increases once the model becomes widespread,” the group said in a recent analysis of the changing landscape for course materials. Publishers, for their part, promise that they won’t hike prices later. Who Owns Student Data?

Pearson 118

Pearson OER Course Accessibility 118

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

All students with disabilities need to develop strong self-advocacy and communication skills to make sure they’re getting the supports they’re due, especially in the sink-or-swim real world. Skills like knowing how to ask for help or organize a study group “are as important as anything else you’re going to learn,” said Tudisco.

Study 91

Study Advocacy Report Groups 91

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

It’s just been exacerbated by the pandemic,” said Rebeca Shackleford, the director of federal government relations at All4Ed, an education advocacy nonprofit. The first thing the group did, Mickens said, was to start tracking the number of public school students in Oakland who already had a device and internet service, and those who didn’t.

Digital Divide 114

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 114

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Trained in both developmental psychology and education, Jackson is one of the nation’s leading experts on secondary school education reform and adolescent development. Participate strives to be a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens that empowers learners to engage with the world around them.

Advocacy 49

Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 49

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Nearly half of first-generation students who did continue went to community colleges, which spend less per student than many public primary and secondary schools , and where the odds of ever graduating are also comparatively low. “The scope of this problem is huge.”

Report 86

Report Company Study Advocacy 86