Iterating Toward Openness

AUGUST 27, 2019

They were relatively easy to tell apart from one another and advocacy was rather straight forward. As the movement grew and more people began advocating for the adoption of OER in place of traditionally copyrighted materials in classes, some advocates chose to make cost the primary focus of their advocacy.

OER 112

OER Advocacy Policies Libraries 112

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2021

The challenge in presenting a program as ‘free’ is it may cause people to underestimate the full cost of attendance,” said Carrie Welton, director of policy and advocacy at the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, in an interview with EdSurge.

E-rate 161

E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 161

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2018

But since it wasn’t our house, they could use the bathroom first,” Kimberly, 12, told the child advocacy organization Children’s Defense Fund for their The State of America’s Children 2014 report. Students and their families need secure, affordable homes in safe neighborhoods and a living wage, which can be addressed through policy.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Policies Report Secondary 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 14, 2020

You can’t just stick these kids in the corner,” said Elena Silva, director of PreK-12 for the Education Policy Program at New America, a Washington, D.C., For López, one of the ironies of the exclusionary policy is that some of the kids denied admission are already on their way to becoming bilingual. As principal of the Joseph P.

Elementary 145

Elementary Secondary Policies Advocacy 145

edWeb.net

MAY 12, 2022

He emphasized the importance of having all the structures and systems working together and based on the science of reading, as well as having the district policies and funding in place to purchase appropriate curriculum materials and provide the professional development needed to use the materials effectively. At the Secondary Level.

Secondary 98

Secondary Professional Learning Advocacy System 98

TeacherCast

MARCH 8, 2015

The Alliance for Excellent Education is a Washington based advocacy organization dedicated to ensuring that all students are ready for success in college. She has a long history in the education policy nonprofit space including the American Association of School Administrators and the Regional Educational Laboratory – Appalachia.

Future Ready 68

Future Ready Advocacy Digital Learning Learning 68

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

However, for students transitioning from under-resourced high schools, and without self-advocacy skills, legal knowledge or access to medical resources and insurance, pursuing accommodations in college can be daunting, prolonged and expensive. Jalen Woodard is a senior at Amherst College and a LEDA Scholars Policy Corps member.

Policies 87

Policies Accessibility Advocacy Report 87

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye this past week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

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 157

Training Advocacy Resources Instructional Materials 157

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Staying flexible, responsive and focused requires balance, but it’s achievable. Hear more from Colorado.

Personalized Learning 86

Personalized Learning Learning Personal Learning Network Advocacy 86

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

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

But the outcomes aren’t showing that,” said Justin Nalley, senior policy analyst at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Black think tank. Forty-five percent of Black children go to high-poverty primary and secondary schools , compared to 8 percent of white students. It’s just the way society is.”

Report 145

Report Study Accessibility Data 145

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Districts that use the federal dollars to equalize their spending violate federal policy. Ary Amerikaner, vice president for P-12 policy, practice and research at The Education Trust, which fights for more equitable spending in schools, has long sought to draw attention to the variation in per-student spending within school districts.

Data 145

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 Her commitment and advocacy drove the expansion of Hazel services to include both in-home and at-school mental health support, plus the addition of elementary schools to the program. Principal Rod Ruth was named South Carolina’s 2023 Secondary Principal of the Year.

Edmentum 118

Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 118

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund follows the same formula as Title I, so it can be used to help bridge the digital divide for students from low-income families. Susan Gentz is a partner at K20Connect, a consulting consortium of experts focused on education leadership, technology and policy.

EdTech 98

EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 98

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

SEL should be integrated into the materials; Develop inclusive discipline and dress code policies. In this role, she works to fill current gaps in research, policy, and advocacy to ensure that schools holistically support the well-being and development of students, and especially for low-income students and students of color.

Education 71

Education Secondary Policies Professional Learning 71

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

And it has everything to do with the policies of the states.”. 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.

Personalized Learning 80

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 80

edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Quakertown Community School District (PA) kicks off an AI taskforce this year, piloting it with 50 – 60 secondary teachers. Dr. Michael Nagler, Superintendent of Mineola Union Free School District (NY), said creating policies and getting a better understanding “starts with a common language.”

Technology 64

Technology Survey Education Digital Citizenship 64

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. The National Alliance to End Homelessness, an influential Washington, D.C., It just means saying no to a lot more people.”

Elementary 132

Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 132

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Building in career exploration and experimentation, as early as middle grades, as well as post-secondary education planning support, is a no-brainer when it comes to making sure every student has what they need to succeed,” said Annabel Cellini, Chief Strategy Officer of American Student Assistance.

Classroom 103

Classroom Social Media Mobility Advocacy 103

edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

He serves on the boards of numerous national and local organizations, including the Economic Policy Institute, the National Equity Project, and The Nation. Noguera was recently appointed to serve as a special advisor to the governor of New Mexico on education policy. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A. Dr. Daniel A.

Secondary 65

Secondary Policies Professional Learning Outcomes 65

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

were underfunded by $580 billion in federal dollars alone — money that was specifically targeted to support 30 million of our most vulnerable students,” says a new report published by the education advocacy nonprofit, the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools. “Between 2005 and 2017, public schools in the U.S.

Secondary 78

Secondary Report System Advocacy 78

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

He said he hopes the college updates its policies to make it easier to opt out of its program for those who want to shop around. He said that the secondary market has been bad for students as well as for the publishers, describing used books with highlighting marks from previous owners as “subpar offerings.” “We Concern About Lock-In?

Pearson 143

Pearson OER Course Accessibility 143

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

3 Advocacy groups, backed by dyslexia authorities at universities, have pushed for dyslexia legislation across the country with these outcomes: 4 40 states now mandate dyslexia screening, and more than 30 list approved screeners that schools must use. Current Expenditures for Public Elementary and Secondary Education: School Year 2003-04.

Differentiated Instruction 114

Differentiated Instruction Training Analysis Assessment 114

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Ragan Toppan, a junior at Deering High School, took part in a walkout last fall to protest a change in the school’s grading policy. The result today is a patchwork of local policies, with pockets of proficiency-based grading surrounded by schools that have stuck with traditional methods of evaluating students — or reverted to them recently.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Groups 111

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 98

Report Company Study Advocacy 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Our mission is really to educate our kiddos, and in order to do that we need them in school,” said Lori McKenna, Albany’s assistant superintendent for secondary instruction. Our first go-to is not suspension. However, when we have pretty severe incidents that are happening, there may be a need for extended periods of suspension.”

Report 107

Report Survey Data Comparison 107

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Limiting which Native students get financial assistance is especially significant, given the rising cost of post-secondary degrees. Perrantes now works as a program manager for Mother Nation , a Seattle-based nonprofit that focuses on cultural services, advocacy, mentorship and homeless prevention for Native women.

Groups 97

Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 97

edWeb.net

JUNE 25, 2021

Step 2: Develop and Communicate a Districtwide Policy for Accessibility, Including Guidelines for Accessible Purchasing. Dr. Salvatore, who is the former superintendent of Long Branch Public Schools (NJ), said, “As a superintendent, I started to realize that we had significant policies coming about, particularly around accessibility.”

System 57

System Learning Guidelines Policies 57

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

We [didn’t] want this to be a Band-Aid fix,” said Jordan Mickens, a Leadership for Educational Equity public policy fellow who served as #OaklandUndivided’s project manager until August 2021. The Oakland Reach, a parent-led advocacy group that works with underserved communities, also joined the partnership. The homework gap isn’t new.

Digital Divide 115

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 115

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

APRIL 21, 2019

The idea, popular among well-funded education philanthropies and education advocacy groups, is gaining ground across the United States. Data from the New England Secondary School Consortium shows that high school graduation rates in Vermont increased from 85.5 I have a law degree and a master’s in public policy studies.

Learning 95

Learning System Report Outcomes 95

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Decades of chronic underfunding is often at the root of the struggles in districts like Cleveland to serve high proportions of Black and Latino students from low-income backgrounds, said Allison Rose Socol, a vice president at The Education Trust, an education advocacy group.

Education 103

Education Report System Meeting 103

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

A decorated educator of 21 years, Monica has received honors and awards from a wide variety of organizations for her leadership, advocacy, and classroom instruction. Jenny Muñiz is a senior program associate with the Education Policy program at New America. Monica is the 2014 Texas Teacher of the Year.

Strategy 40

Strategy Policies Advocacy Secondary 40

Reading By Example

APRIL 12, 2017

Four years ago, I shared my attempt at revising our homework policy at my former school. It was more policy than practice – we briefly discussed it, then moved on to something related to literacy, I’m sure. These absolute policies also result in absolute thinking. Looking back, it was a topical change at best.

Policies 37

Policies Secondary Analysis Examples 37

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

Paid registration is required [link] About the Summit In a time of increased cultural diversity, global connectivity, and polarization of perspectives, how can leaders in classrooms, schools, districts, and education policy arenas support students with the competencies to thrive in college, careers, and as citizens in diverse communities?

Advocacy 45

Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 45