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.

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Classroom Social Media Mobility Advocacy 95

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. We need to change that.”. “We We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new. The homework gap isn’t new.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 12, 2021

Unequal access to external support: Staff can’t just assume students will have access to the same resources at home or that they will willingly talk about what they have and don’t have. Public Schools, the 12th largest school system in the nation with 168,000 students. About the Hosts. Dr. Daniel A. Dr. Daniel A.

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Secondary Policies Professional Learning Outcomes 63

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

The same is true for the University of California system, the University of Arizona and other institutions across the country. Documentation depends on the information families can access to prove their lineage. Last year, these schools extended in-state tuition prices to members of all 570-plus federally recognized tribes in the U.S.,

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Groups Accessibility Policies Advocacy 91

RafranzDavis.com

JULY 1, 2016

It’s easy to stay out of union based conversations when I live in a state without such advocacy. I don’t want to talk about which device is better than the other or if the wifi is fast enough when I have friends, real ones that I have met, who have access to neither. Perhaps we should. They are in the books on our shelves.

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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.

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EdTech Guidelines Policies Secondary 97

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.”

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 31, 2018

The Global Leadership Summit will provide participants the unique opportunity to: Develop the capacity to lead classrooms and educational systems that teach students empathy, valuing diverse perspectives, cross-cultural communication and collaboration skills, and critical thinking and problem-solving around real-world issues.

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Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 49

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Unfortunately, many schools and districts are still relying on individuals or looking for that magic program rather than developing educational systems that provide a high-quality, modern education for all students. In addition, students living in poverty or in remote locations have less access to WiFi and technology.

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System Digital Divide E-rate Education 54

edWeb.net

JUNE 25, 2021

Looking through the lens of three district leaders, a recent edWebinar , sponsored by ClassLink and co-hosted by CoSN and AASA , highlighted how school districts are working with their staff and students to assure accessibility for all. Step 4: Conduct Regular Accessibility Audits. Step 3: Build Staff Capacity.

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System Learning Guidelines Policies 56

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2016

billion on elementary and secondary education. Nancy Loome, executive director and founder of the Parents’ Campaign, a nonprofit and grassroots education advocacy organization. Access to technology is another funding-related struggle. “If And “even with us having access to the internet, it still wasn’t enough,” she said.

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Elementary Advocacy E-rate Accessibility 59

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

We’ve had families who just needed some layer of support or to continue to access their education, and the online environment provided immediate response to that,” shared Mr. Hatcher. Her advocacy resulted in $1.5 His approach, focused on equitable access to books and engaging the community, has left a remarkable mark.

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Edmentum Education Libraries Advocacy 93

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.

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Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 89

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2016

Classes have also discussed self-advocacy, including if, when and how to disclose a disability. Initially when I wrote the proposal, I thought we would mostly do social skills, but they weren’t interested,” said Stella Woodroffe, director of Access-Ability Services at Kingsborough Community College, laughing. “It

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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. It might cost $7,500.

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Policies Accessibility Advocacy Secondary 76

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

Almost 40 percent default on their college loans within 12 years, compared to 12 percent of white graduates, The Institute for College Access and Success says. Forty-five percent of Black children go to high-poverty primary and secondary schools , compared to 8 percent of white students. We’re not making progress.

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Report Study Accessibility Data 145

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

Rural communities have unique challenges, ranging from poverty and vast travel distances to a lack of affordable internet access. These rural districts face the four significant challenges: broadband access, funding, people, and understanding the “why.” Challenges. He received his M.Ed.

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Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 98

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2019

Now something similar may be happening with textbooks, as publishing giants start to broker campuswide deals with colleges that give students unlimited access to a publisher’s digital textbooks at cut-rate prices. In the new model, students usually pay a per-course fee that covers digital texts and homework systems.

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Pearson OER Course Accessibility 114

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

Supports can include services, such as access to a special education teacher, or accommodations and modifications, such as having test questions read aloud, or being allowed to sit in a certain part of the classroom. His twin daughters, now in seventh grade, were placed in an inclusion classroom beginning in fifth grade. “We

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Training Elementary Report Course 40

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.

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Elementary Report Advocacy Secondary 128

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. Show stakeholders that when investing in technology, you need to examine all costs from the impact on bandwidth to teacher training and student-home access.

EdTech 61

EdTech BYOD Training Advocacy 61

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.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2022

That lack of support, according to advocates, comes from the fact that colleges don’t give the same kinds of support to students who have learning disabilities that elementary and secondary schools are required to provide. They know what's wrong with the system, because they're in it. One in five U.S.

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Policies Outcomes Advocacy Meeting 154

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

" Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Tagged on: September 18, 2017 The NYPD Will Neither Confirm, Nor Deny, the Stories Behind This Story | WNYC → If you suspected that the cops spied on you, do you have the right to know about it? Tagged on: September 18, 2017.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

" Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? Tagged on: September 18, 2017 The NYPD Will Neither Confirm, Nor Deny, the Stories Behind This Story | WNYC → If you suspected that the cops spied on you, do you have the right to know about it? Tagged on: September 18, 2017.

EdTech 150

EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

The current crisis has highlighted the disparity between students with and without equitable access to technology, especially in rural schools. One of the first challenges rural districts face is broadband access. With not all kids having the same access, they need to figure out how to develop lessons to accommodate all students.

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BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 55

Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In my recent post I asked us each to consider what “what is the real goal of our OER advocacy?” ” Stephen answers that his goal is access for all, and takes me to task for wanting more. Stephen’s goal is access for all. To me, access for all is a waypoint and not the end point.

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OER LMS Secondary Course 60

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

He was very committed to collaborating with people to come up with a statewide solution around the lack of minority young people thriving in our overall urban school system.” You know when we talk about preparing students for the jobs of the future, it’s critical thinking, it’s self-advocacy. That’ll be his main theme.”. “He

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Total cost of ownership: First, administrators need to look at the expenses from a systemic view. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems? ClassLink empowers your students and teachers with instant access to their learning resources. Ann earned her bachelors, masters, and Ed.S.

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EdTech Digital Badges Software Outcomes 54

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.

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Data Elementary Trends Analysis 145

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The Global Leadership Summit will provide participants the unique opportunity to: Develop the capacity to lead classrooms and educational systems that teach students empathy, valuing diverse perspectives, cross-cultural communication and collaboration skills, and critical thinking and problem-solving around real-world issues.

Advocacy 3

Advocacy Competency Based Learning Study Policies 3

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2016

Since the higher level of fees have come in, we’ve seen the highest proportion ever of low-income students in higher education,” said Les Ebdon, a former university vice-chancellor, or president, who now holds the singularly British title of national director of fair access to higher education. Even the highest-income U.S.

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Groups Secondary Study Report 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

His loans are for room and board, which at the University at Albany, a part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, are twice as much as tuition, at nearly $13,000 a year. His teachers at the American Sign Language and English Secondary School sent him to the hospital next day, and doctors said he’d had a concussion. “A

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Libraries Laptops Training Report 87

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Karla Pobke Coordinator Personalised Learning Born Accessible STEM: Making Sure Accessibility is Not Just an Afterthought - Anh Bui Director of Product Strategy for Global Literacy Project-Based Learning: You''re almost doing it already! Derek Barkalow, Ph.D.

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STEM Maker Movement MOOC Common Core 47

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. Did you ever wonder how your own students might perform on those dozens of tasks? You can now find out.

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Assessment Analysis Social Media Libraries 60

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

As librarians, our job is to not only give students and teachers access to resources they need to succeed, but to be their guide when choosing these resources. Prioritizing equitable library access for students As school libraries evolve and best practices shift accordingly, there is one constant to solve for: equity.

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Libraries Social Media Handbook eBook 90

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Click here to register to attend the conference live or to have access to the conference recordings afterwards. Ozelle Stephen, Rev/Director of Education, Miridians Elementary School, Centre of Enabling Support Foundation, Uganda Access to Quality education Opportunities, Good Health + Well-being for all. Sharon Tjaden-Glass (M.A.

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