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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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 12, 2018

However, we must not lose sight of the third element that comprises this concept, and that is advocacy. Image credit: [link] While voice and choice are more aligned with ownership of learning in the classroom, advocacy aligns with improving the school or district culture. There is no point in student advocacy if no action results.

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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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American Consortium for Equity in Education

APRIL 26, 2024

By Scott Callahan Living in an education system often made incredibly complex, nuanced, and divisive, and after decades as a teacher, and with the mentorship and support of so many leaders before me, I have a proposed solution to fixing Keep Reading How to Fix a Broken Education System in the United States?

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

How to Recognize and Encourage Your Young Introverted Entrepreneur at Home. Advocate: Young introverts need parental advocacy for public school. Far too often, in my life as a parent and educator, I’ve listened to parents who have strong concerns about reserved children.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 22, 2020

Summer is a great time to learn how to do that as you prepare for fall and back to school. We’ll also learn how to keep up to date with what is happening with TGR Foundation and Discovery Education as they release excellent free STEM resources for educators. How can we ensure STEM is more than just a buzzword?

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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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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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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Here are three simple ways to advocate for ACP renewal: Step One: Share Your Story Our most powerful tools for ACP advocacy are personal stories about the impact of the ACP. The quickest and easiest way to participate in ACP advocacy is by sharing your story through the EducationSuperHighway story collection form. Want to help?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 12, 2024

Related: How to hire more black principals In the wake of Brown, Leslie T. We provided statewide access to training and tutoring for assessments in partnership with our teacher advocacy organizations and focused on building community among Black educators.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 26, 2022

Students will learn about the power of community, advocacy, and responsibility when it comes to tackling big issues like climate change. A charming game with an environmental message, Alba is a good option for civics, SEL, and a little bit of science learning. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

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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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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2024

Advocacy for the extension or renewal of ECF funding is a critical step. These plans help organizations determine the right devices to purchase, when to sell them at the optimal point in their useful life, and how to reinvest those funds into new technology.

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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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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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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Last year, NCTQ’s review of hundreds of teacher preparation programs found that thousands of educators graduate every year unprepared to teach children how to read, or trained using debunked literacy instruction strategies. Other advocacy groups have laid out different priorities for reading instruction.

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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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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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eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2024

To help students become truly fluent readers, we need to consider how we teach reading. Instead of focusing on memorization, we need to provide strong foundational skills that students can use to understand how to sound out words.

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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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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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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 7, 2024

Providing a safe dialogue space helps students learn how to communicate effectively, build empathy and establish trust with their peers and teachers. Reflecting on my journey from fear to advocacy, I am reminded of the transformative power of restorative justice. It’s about breaking the cycle of fear and punitive discipline.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 24, 2019

Then, being announced today, is " Library Advocacy: Everyday Marketing Tools and Techniques " with Dr. Sue Alman on February 21st. LIBRARY ADVOCACY: EVERYDAY MARKETING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES" A 75-minute webinar (live and recorded) in a special Library 2.0 More details on both are below. Registering for one of the Library 2.0

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

It draws on listening sessions with more than a thousand educators, students, parents, state and district leaders and advocacy organizations, according to Erin Mote, CEO of education policy nonprofit InnovateEDU, one of several education organizations that collaborated with the government on the plan.

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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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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2024

When he tried to enroll, he found that colleges had no idea how to handle his international transcripts and credentials. Already bilingual, he felt comfortable tackling the second half of his education in English. But the language barrier was only part of the challenge. education system.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

One educator even contributed excerpts of his how-to article from the February 2016 issue of Tech & Learning magazine.”. The 30-page PDF covers the following topics: • How to set technology goals and make purchasing decisions. • How to set up a tech committee to evaluate needs and resources. •

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They want step-by-step guidance on how to tackle challenges. One professor reached out to tell me how impressed he was by the self-advocacy that students from our district demonstrated. I hear frequently from those in business that younger employees, directly out of K-12 or higher education, are looking for direction.

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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

OCTOBER 5, 2022

In 2019, Detroit Public Schools Community District officially declared themselves a Sanctuary District , a testament to parent organizing and advocacy in the city. This declaration set forth a series of internal policies to protect undocumented students in the district.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The trainings are broken up into different modules, covering how to recognize and respond to bullying, as well as overall strategies to improve classroom climates in a way that reduce or prevent bullying in the first place. “In In the diverse public school district where we piloted this program, the teachers found it enjoyable and relevant.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Districts have taken a wide range of approaches, as documented by the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, a nonprofit that studies how government policies impact low-income families. Counselors visit classrooms to give talks on topics like how to do well on homework and the negative effects of vaping.

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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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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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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 18, 2023

Garcia-Febo is worldwide known for her passion about diversity, communities, sustainability, innovation and digital transformation, library workers, library advocacy, wellness for library workers, and new librarians about which she has taught in 44 countries. President of the American Library Association 2018-2019.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

MORE FROM EDTECH : How to clear hurdles to foster true innovation in K–12 schools. We hope you will stay after CoSN2020 for the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in partnership with ISTE, SETDA and SIIA. Hence, CoSN2020 will break through some of our own mindsets. We hope you will join us! New resources on student data privacy.

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