EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

Corinne Roller, director of advocacy and public policy for the nonprofit group Girls Who Code , says the proportion of women in computing jobs has actually been trending downward over the last few decades. “If And teachers need training on how to make their classrooms feel inclusive for all learners.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

It’s a creative space where students not only can build things, but also create things, such as a new advocacy program on a social issue. “In The second floor is a highly configurable makerspace with the potential to cultivate abstract inventiveness. But it’s also a space where they can write a book,” she says.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Our learning model fosters independence and self-advocacy with applications in all areas of a student’s life. Related content: 8 learning apps for students with special needs. In an online academic environment, the focus on critical thinking skills is amplified.

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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. This is particularly important for technology directors who don’t know how to fund an infrastructure update or were told by their districts that they can’t afford one. .

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

The desire to increase agency in the form of voice, choice, and advocacy should be viewed as just as important for educators (teachers and administrators) as it is for students. Advocacy Educators need to be put in a position where they can actively advocate for system improvements without the fear of repercussion.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Community Engagement and Advocacy. The district has also held coding nights where parents learned how to code along with students. Now we combine everything we do with objects and the ability to have an emotional connection with a device.”. Community and family support is also important for building students’ computer science skills.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Our new report, Computational Thinking for a Computational World , draws from research and interviews with leaders around the country to answer the essential question: In a computational world, what is important to know and know how to do? We offer a number of recommendations to move this work forward.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 17, 2018

I would encourage you to see how the following scholars are engaging online. They are great models for how to use social media in empowered ways for research dissemination, policy advocacy, and educational impact. Tressie McMillan Cottom, @tressiemcphd , tressiemc.com (sociology and higher education) .

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

It forced school systems to not only rethink their instruction but also figure out how to best use technology to facilitate instruction. Before the pandemic, teachers across the country taught students how to read, how to code and how to determine mathematical concepts like the area of a circle mostly from in front of the classroom.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 7, 2024

Looking at the process over the product can help students learn how to integrate AI instead of relying on it. Finally, teachers and students should have conversations about how they are using AI in their schoolwork. Administrators should also be part of the training so they are able to model how to use AI too.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Vicki: But Tom, as we finish up, give us a 30-second pep talk about how to stay motivated this week in our classrooms. We teach people how to live lives. Tom: (laughs). Vicki: I just think that’s kind of ironic to me. Tom: Right? Look at the Motive behind our Motivation. Tom: I think we have to look at the root word of “motivation.”

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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 figure is based on data from public high schools in 37 states, a first for the report.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

Tacy Trowbridge Lead for Global Education Thought Leadership & Advocacy Adobe What importance does creativity play when it comes to college and career pathways? Creativity builds advocacy skills that employers want, such as communication, collaboration and critical thinking. What creative skills are employers looking for?

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Creating Digital Learners All panelists recognized how important it is for students to embrace technology as a productive tool. Teaching parents, caregivers, and students how to be good digital citizens is necessary since things like phones and AI aren’t going away. Visit classlink.com to learn more.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

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

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Institute for Student Achievement (ISA) has published their first micro-credential, Maze Moments , where educators demonstrate how to support students in developing problem-solving skills and creating a positive academic mindset. .*. Institute for Student Achievement (ISA). National Association for Gifted Children.

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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. Students learn problem solving, communication and how to bounce back from failure.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

So, I go through a very detailed explanation in my book about how to do this lesson with your students, but it really starts with sharing yourself with students and letting them know about what you wish they knew about you. 1 – Give students options about how to answer the question. You know, the advocacy is not lost on them.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

Give them guidance in how to make their work relevant for your students. See a sample letter to principal, advocacy slide deck , and additional resources. You want to do even more. You could: Teach a unit or course. Check out the curriculum options linked above. Nearly all of the options listed have professional development available.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2017

Vicki: But Tom, as we finish up, give us a 30-second pep talk about how to stay motivated this week in our classrooms. We teach people how to live lives. Tom: (laughs). Vicki: I just think that’s kind of ironic to me. Tom: Right? Look at the Motive behind our Motivation. Tom: I think we have to look at the root word of “motivation.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2024

Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. Using calculators increased mathematical thinking skills, but not just by themselves; there was a lot of really thoughtful pedagogy on when and how to introduce calculators.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2020

I cried as I tried to figure out how to answer the question. It impacts how we experience the criminal justice system , the healthcare system , the workforce , to name only a few. I often think about the fact that enslaved people were legally forbidden to learn how to read. As if it didn’t matter. What do I need? Start today.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2025

I do believe they are at a disservice due to the nonexistent one-on-one academic support they need in the general education classroom She also described how special education professionals periodically observe her classroom and tell her how to instruct the student. She emailed me.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2023

And we have a few ideas about how to build a better, more inclusive future for women in STEM. Related: To attract more students to STEM fields in college, advocates urge starting in sixth grade Number two: Youth ambassador opportunities that develop leadership and advocacy skills. Number one: More after-school and summer STEM programs.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2025

Training, training, training Anyone who collects or has access to student information benefits from training and resources to learn how to use data securely, effectively, legally, and ethically. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 17, 2023

At the camp in Benton, Illinois, students will learn about the plan and how to advocate for it, along with participating in typical camp activities like swimming and using the ropes course. Yet many of them receive little to no introduction to climate science in K-12 schools. This month, in Illinois, she’s part of the program’s art team.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Summary: Patti West-Smith, an expert in pedagogy from Turnitin, explains that with a bit of up-front guidance, rubrics help students become self-directed learners who see exactly how to improve before turning in their paper or assignment. A Tool for Self-Advocacy. That is really the essence of what formative work should look like.”.

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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. Not all clinicians even know how to treat school avoidance.

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MiddleWeb

JANUARY 22, 2024

The post How to Build Alliances in Your Local Communities first appeared on MiddleWeb. Ron Williamson and Barbara Blackburn describe ways leaders can effectively advocate for schools by developing strategic alliances with local officials, internal groups in schools and external groups in the community.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2024

Kathryn Meyer, left, attorney at the Center for Children’s Advocacy, and Christiana Mills, are part of the Yale Child Student Center in New Haven, Connecticut. Dr. Barry Zuckerman, who created the first medical-legal partnership in Boston more than 30 years ago, saw the need for family advocacy first hand during his childhood, in the 1950s.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2023

For my students, leading this PD session and experiencing a shift in the traditional power dynamic opened up a new sense of advocacy possibilities. They realized their own collective power and understood how to use their power to make meaningful, effective change.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

What Rasmussen didn’t have at the beginning of her political career, however, was much knowledge about how to turn her ideas into effective policies. “I I remember when I was elected to be a state senator, I bet I spent the first year figuring out the processes and the nuances of how decisions really get made,” she says.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

She is the vice president of advocacy and engagement at the Mozilla Foundation, which today released a new report examining the privacy and security policies of 15 commonly used video-conferencing apps. There hasn’t been much discussion of how to deal with the problem when the so-called ‘hackers’ are students themselves,” Vance adds. “We

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2019

Five powerful edtech accelerators are influencing the skills and needs of K-12 students and educators, according to a new CoSN report released during the advocacy group’s 2019 conference. The report is intended to help educators start conversations about how to use these accelerators to influence learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

Public Schools, she realized there was a lot she still didn’t know, such as how to make a support plan for her daughter Ellie. In March, at ASCD Empower, which is a conference for educators with a focus on equity, she presented with Becca Mui, an education manager at GLSEN , an LGBTQ advocacy group focused on schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2018

We always think about, you know, how much to borrow, and interest rates, and on and on. But he gets you to think about how to make the day to day decisions that are tough. Do you work and take time away from social life and enjoy college less? Or do you join a fraternity? Are you able to sign up for your classes on time?

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