eSchool News

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Aperture Education , a Riverside Insights company and the leading provider of social-emotional skills assessment and intervention solutions, and Committee for Children , the leading provider of social-emotional curriculum programs in the U.S., The assessments will be available for Second Step schools to purchase in early 2024.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 18, 2023

There is also strong advocacy for renewed ACP funding from state leadership, demonstrated through letters to congressional leadership by Governor Tina Kotek as part of a bipartisan governor advocacy effort. Want to get involved in 2024? Additionally, 29 governors have indicated that ACP adoption is a priority in their state.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2024

Their agenda includes: Ensuring ample funding for educational technology, enhancing the effectiveness of the E-rate program, safeguarding the privacy and security of student data, and fostering digital equity. As part of #CoSN2024, the Advocacy Auction raises money for those efforts. Last year the event raised over $80K.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In recent years, with an onslaught of negative stories about teachers and educators, legislators have responded with new policy initiatives. Many of the advocacy groups that filed challenges did so multiple times in different school districts. Not all teachers have this luxury. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 30, 2024

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2024

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: The pandemic underscored the stark differences in pay, working conditions, and respect between K-12 educators and child care teachers in many communities.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

Here are some back-to-school tips, advice, and valuable insights from educators, stakeholders, and industry experts. Unfortunately, our education system often struggles to provide adequate support for these students if they don’t know English. We need to prioritize discussions on how to effectively support multilingual students.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 13, 2024

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

Gifting myself with an education is a part of my recovery,” said Nomi Badboy, 43, one of three students attending this week’s meeting of the school’s collegiate recovery program. Education is an example of what’s called “recovery capital,” something earned that makes long-term recovery more likely.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2024

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2024

Yet the mistakes have been numerous and serious enough that high school counselors and advocates for college access now fear that promising students from the Class of 2024 will end up not going to college at all. In March, the education department announced that the problem was fixed. It’s a step in the right direction.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 28, 2023

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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. percent or higher in suburban, town, and rural districts,” according to a 2017 report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2024

That’s according to an analysis by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, which tracks these things. Kirk: Michael, do you predict we’ll see more schools shut down in 2024? At the time, the higher education lobby pushed back on the plan. About 80 percent of them were for-profits.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2024

Five months after federal stabilization grants expired, deeper cracks are beginning to show in the early care and education sector. At a time when the field is suffering, leaving families, educators and providers across the country scrambling, the progress in Massachusetts is remarkable. We see more programs opening. “And

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

tl;dr – In order to be relevant today and in the future, a national open education strategy must (1) know exactly what it is trying to accomplish and (2) deeply integrate generative AI. WICHE is convening a series of conversations this week and next titled, “ Do We Need a National Open Education Strategy?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

When the kids showed up, educators could see even more clearly how uneven their learning has been during the pandemic. So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works. Allison Socol, The Education Trust.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

“We have this huge digital divide that’s making it hard for [students] to get their education,” she said. David Silver, the director of education for the mayor’s office, said people talked about the digital divide, but there had never been enough energy to tackle it. It was so much bigger than just education.

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Iterating Toward Openness

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I recently attended one of the community meetings discussing whether or not a national open education policy is needed in the US. But here are my quick takeaways from the meeting I did attend: There will likely be an effort to create a national open education policy. No one knows what the purpose of such a policy would be.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Every February, students, educators, and administrators raise awareness of CTE programs by celebrating CTE month. First, the Association for Career & Technical Education (ACTE) has fact sheets that you can download and share in a heartbeat. But how do you express that importance to your students, school, and community?

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Educators should continue to connect learning and coursework to the real world. Educators need to pay attention to how the devices and tools enhance or detract from a child’s ability to learn. CoSN provides thought leadership resources, community, best practices and advocacy tools to help leaders succeed in the digital transformation.

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MindShift

JULY 15, 2021

When the kids showed up, educators could see even more clearly how uneven their learning has been during the pandemic. Frankly, students didn’t lose anything, they just never had the opportunity to learn it,” said Allison Socol, an assistant director at The Education Trust, a nonprofit education research and advocacy organization.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: When the pandemic threatened to shutter child care centers and their enrollment was sporadic and unreliable, many used federal emergency funds to keep their doors open.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I was a little taken aback,” said Sims, who went on to found The Abecedarian Group, a child care and education consulting agency. Child Care Aware, a national child care advocacy group, then took the issue on, releasing an analysis of state rules and regulations around safety every year from 2007 to 2013.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” Immigration and Education.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2024

As one of the first men in his family to attend college, he said higher education was by no means a given; he earned it. House Majority Whip Jazz Lewis sits in the House chamber on “crossover day” in the Maryland State House in Annapolis on March 18, 2024. Wes Moore in late April and will become law on July 1.

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Policies Advocacy Groups Report 128

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Dana Douglas, a Republican Christian Conservative who is “100 percent pro-public education, and I am pro every child” readies to make voter reminder calls on Election Day. It’s about the viability of public education in their community. Anyone with a scowl” who would not look her in the eye was in the other. This is not hyperbole.

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Elementary Report Meeting Policies 136

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

So too will a second, much smaller pot of $15 billion in federal pandemic money that will run out at the end of September 2024. But providers will close, said Lauren Hogan, the managing director of policy and professional advancement at the National Association for the Education of Young Children. Democratic Gov.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Our schools are for education, not indoctrination,” Abbott said at an event at the capital last spring. Charles Johnson, executive director of Pastors for Texas Children, a public-school advocacy group. “It That, to me, is the state’s responsibility — not to pick and choose who gets an education.”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2021

Department of Education estimated the total cost of needed repairs at $197 billion, or around $220 billion in 2021 dollars. Mike Dunleavy, a former educator. The actual plan for the new school calls for a 15,226-square-foot building to comply with state education facility requirements.). In 2014, the U.S. billion and $2.9

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2024

Barbara Mikulski, a Democrat from Maryland, worked with members of the child care advocacy community to draft bipartisan legislation that would, for the first time, establish national safety standards for child care. “After that, you can’t just close your eyes and walk away,” said Sims, who was then a senior staffer for former Sen.

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