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

edWeb.net

MAY 12, 2022

The panelists noted the importance of establishing structures and systems that support the transformation process, and engaging classroom teachers, specialists, and administrators in developing a comprehensive and cohesive approach. At the Secondary Level. First Steps and Long-Term Goals. (MT), Moving Forward.

Secondary 98

Secondary Professional Learning Advocacy System 98

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. So therefore, institutions must learn how to serve those students better.”

E-rate 164

E-rate Policies Study Accessibility 164

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. Homework will always be secondary to a home. Sometimes we had to go to school late, because we had to wait for the bathroom.

Advocacy 111

Advocacy Policies Report Secondary 111

edWeb.net

JUNE 25, 2021

One of the biggest challenges in creating and leading equitable learning systems is building staff capacity. 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. Step 3: Build Staff Capacity.

System 57

System Learning Guidelines Policies 57

The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2019

While 20 percent of elementary and secondary students have a learning disability, 94 percent of those students received some sort of help or accommodation while in high school. College leaders and faculty must continue to help students with disabilities develop the self-advocacy skills and self-determination they need to be successful.

Learning 111

Learning Advocacy Report Secondary 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2019

Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. Approximately 77 percent of the more than 3,827,000 teachers in public elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. “It’s because we’re mostly women,” she explained. Women’s work in general is undervalued.”.

Secondary 104

Secondary Report Advocacy Elementary 104

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

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EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

" Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Arkansas Matters → Arkansas lawmakers want to take a closer look at technology in schools and ask if it's really helping- not hurting- students. Tagged on: September 18, 2017. Note: my most current annotated reading list is always available here.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

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. These systems prohibit states from distributing tax dollars where there is greater need.

Secondary 80

Secondary Report System Advocacy 80

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

In the new model, students usually pay a per-course fee that covers digital texts and homework systems. In 2018 the college began experimenting with a system of course fees in two dozen courses that cover access to digital materials used in those courses. Lawsuit in Charleston Trident Technical College, in Charleston, S.C.,

Pearson 147

Pearson OER Course Accessibility 147

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 116

Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 116

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. Little has changed since.

Policies 91

Policies Accessibility Advocacy Report 91

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. We live in a system that’s extremely hard — it was set up to be difficult,” she tells parents and guardians.

Elementary 135

Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 135

edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Sponsored by ClassLink Each year, CoSN conducts a national survey among education technology leaders to assess the current state of technology innovation across multiple school systems. Quakertown Community School District (PA) kicks off an AI taskforce this year, piloting it with 50 – 60 secondary teachers.

Technology 66

Technology Survey Education Digital Citizenship 66

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

Kozol, the whole schools is talking about how quietly your children file down the hallways.” – our way of subverting the system so they would leave us alone and we could have fun without being bothered. Issues we used to consider secondary or tertiary (religion, language, ethnicity) have become primary. Two fundamental shifts.

Education 100

Education Secondary STEM Policies 100

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2016

schools: The system simply is not set up for kids who have both an intellectual disability and a sharp intellect. The system works hard to limit their dreams —which is a message they hear loud and clear.”. schools: The system simply is not set up for kids who have both an intellectual disability and a sharp intellect.

Common Core 75

Common Core Advocacy Meeting Report 75

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. These new assessment systems are a crucial component of personalization.

Personalized Learning 83

Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 83

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2024

Technology evolves at such a high rate–what are some of the school IT innovations you see coming down the pipeline, and which are you most excited for? The use of virtual reality (VR) to present standard-based content can be a valuable tool for educators, allowing them to engage students in a variety of ways.

Advocacy 55

Advocacy Secondary Elementary Meeting 55

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 102

Classroom Social Media Mobility Advocacy 102

RafranzDavis.com

JULY 1, 2016

It’s easy to stay out of union based conversations when I live in a state without such advocacy. We also have to stop focusing on learning to code alone and instead learn to use the skills that computer science teaches to solve real problems…something that we haven’t done well within our systems. Perhaps we should.

Advocacy 60

Advocacy Secondary System Professional Learning 60

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I made what was probably the clearest statement of my vision for the future of learning materials in my Shuttleworth Fellowship application several years ago: My long-term goal is to create a world where OER are used pervasively throughout primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools. No one cares about the roads themselves.

OER 84

OER Course Company Smartphone 84

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. 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

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. Longtime advocates of this federal transparency mandate hope the new data will spur more widespread advocacy. Brizard wanted to change that.

Data 145

Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

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 101

Report Company Study Advocacy 101

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. It’s been up and down, too, for many others involved with Cleveland’s school system, who are on edge about what comes next. Still, the research on these efforts is mixed.

Education 106

Education Report System Meeting 106

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

He has served as Principal at the secondary level as well as Assistant Superintendent. AASA is the premier association for school system leaders and serves as the national voice for public education and district leadership on Capitol Hill. He received his M.Ed. from The University of Mississippi in educational leadership.

Broadband 98

Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 98

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. This group makes up at least 20 percent of the general population.

Differentiated Instruction 111

Differentiated Instruction Training Analysis Assessment 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2019

Toppan, a junior at the high school, was angry that the administration hadn’t sought student input about the change, and worried that a switch to a 1-4 grading system, with a 3 the highest possible grade on some assignments, would hurt her chances of getting into a good college. We’re not ready for this.”. We’re not ready for this.”.

Learning 111

Learning Report System Groups 111

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. We’re trying to change systems and structures that have been around for decades.” Our high schools are more segregated than ever and prepare students very unequally,” Orfield said.

Report 145

Report Study Accessibility Data 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Senior Remi Savard is part of the last class at Montpelier High School that experienced the system before the school’s switch to a proficiency-based model. It’s not just a tweak in the traditional educational system,” said Pat Fitzsimmons, the Vermont Agency of Education’s proficiency-based learning team leader. MONTPELIER, Vt.

Learning 99

Learning System Report Outcomes 99

edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

Public Schools, the 12th largest school system in the nation with 168,000 students. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A. Dr. Daniel A. Domenech has served as Executive Director of AASA, The School Superintendents Association since July 2008. In this role, he was responsible for building strong relationships with large school districts nationwide.

Secondary 66

Secondary Policies Professional Learning Outcomes 66

edWeb.net

MARCH 5, 2021

Edtech is no longer a one-time purchase or a luxury item—it’s integrated across every system in school districts from the central office to classrooms to school buses. AASA is the premier association for school system leaders and serves as the national voice for public education and district leadership on Capitol Hill. By Stacey Pusey.

EdTech 64

EdTech BYOD Training Advocacy 64

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2017

When such a system works, it’s meant to offer students clarity about what they have to learn and how they are expected to demonstrate they’ve learned it. Bowen said that test scores had been flat and educators told him they felt they had squeezed all the success there was to squeeze out of the current system. “It

Education 0

Education Report Course System 0

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

He has previously taught at both the middle and high school levels and has served as an elementary and secondary administrator. CoSN (the Consortium for School Networking) is the premier professional association for school system technology leaders. Tim regularly presents and leads professional development at state and national events.

Broadband 56

Broadband Accessibility Advocacy Elementary 56

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. When he got to Purdue University in 2014, he didn’t have a system for organizing his deadlines.

Study 94

Study Advocacy Report Groups 94

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 district handed out its existing stockpile of loaner devices and hot spots to as many students as possible, said Preston Thomas, OUSD’s chief systems and services officer.

Digital Divide 120

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 120