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Our Nation’s Policy & Advocacy for Behavioral and Mental Health

EdNews Daily

At Presence, our advocacy for children extends beyond the therapy session to our state and federal elected officials and regulatory agencies.

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Unlocking Advocacy: The Critical Role Teachers Can Play in Shaping Education Policy

American Consortium for Equity in Education

These policymakers shape the education landscape, Keep Reading Unlocking Advocacy: The Critical Role Teachers Can Play in Shaping Education Policy The post Unlocking Advocacy: The Critical Role Teachers Can Play in Shaping Education Policy appeared first on Equity in Education.

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More than a passion project, literacy advocacy takes a village

eSchool News

Their ability to make changes in policy, law and their own lives is enhanced.” Between Seattle, Naples, and the Bahamas, there are advocacy villages everywhere, filled with educators like Hannah Irion-Frake, a third-grade teacher in Pennsylvania who spends her career advocating for and creating readers. “I

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SPECIAL ED: ADVOCACY, SECTION 504 & NEW DISCIPLINE

American Consortium for Equity in Education

A SPECIAL EDUCATION REPORT FROM C.A.S.E: ADVOCACY, SECTION 504 AND NEW DISCIPLINE GUIDANCE.Presenting an update from CASE Executive Director Phyllis Wolfram and CASE Policy Consultant Myrna Mandlawitz. Keep Reading SPECIAL ED: ADVOCACY, SECTION 504 & NEW DISCIPLINE.

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University Scholars Plant Seeds In a New Field of Study: Early Childhood Policy

Edsurge

What Rasmussen didn’t have at the beginning of her political career, however, was much knowledge about how to turn her ideas into effective policies. “I Over the past two years, the consortium has created open-access materials intended to make it easy for universities to start offering coursework on the topic of early childhood policy.

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Policy Watch: Educators Can Teach Lawmakers What Our Students Need

EdNews Daily

As a former teacher with 23 years in the classroom myself, I understand that educating young students leaves little time for legislative advocacy. The first thing educators can do to positively affect education policy may not be the most practical from a nuts-and-bolts perspective. Setting the Tone. Doing What You Do Best: Educate!

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Raising Bids to Raise the Bar in Edtech

eSchool News

A large part of CoSN’s mission is to participate in edtech-related policy discussions at both national and state levels. Policy initiatives are structured around CoSN’s focus on four critical policy areas: E-rate and broadband access in classrooms, educational technology funding, privacy and data security, and digital equity.

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