ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. Some institutions are even cutting teacher degree programs, such as Oklahoma City University, which has suspended its elementary education and early childhood education tracks.

K-12 98

K-12 Teaching Advocacy Classroom Management 98

ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2024

Then, in 2019, when I became the lead Arabic teacher at my current school, I attended my first professional development conference. These relationships have been instrumental in sustaining my advocacy efforts; by engaging in these efforts, I strive to create an educational landscape where every student and educator feels valued and respected.

Professional Development 18

Professional Development Advocacy Cultures Humanities 18

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

While attention is often paid to for-profit universities and colleges whose students sometimes end up with worthless degrees or no degrees at all, this other kind of profit-driven business has more quietly inserted itself into higher education. The July call also offered a sign that colleges may be pushing back on sharing so much revenue.

Education 59

Education Advocacy Political Science Economics 59

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Many schools embrace technology in the classroom as a route to these students’ hearts. They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. And the lessons about independence and self-advocacy lead to kids who know how and when to ask for help.

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Junior High Charter School Social Studies Elementary School 128

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

But because schools don’t have enough staff with the expertise to properly vet safety risks associated with educational technology, he said, the increased use of that tech is putting students at risk. School districts that have been hit say they are taking new safety precautions.

K-12 116

K-12 Library EdTech Government 116

ED Surge

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Since 2019, I’ve worked with students in the metro Detroit area to advocate for sanctuary schools through an organization called MIStudentsDream. In 2019, Detroit Public Schools Community District officially declared themselves a Sanctuary District , a testament to parent organizing and advocacy in the city.

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Charter School Advocacy Leadership Professional Development 100

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

That experience indicates why leaders of education technology companies and investment firms are starting to see opportunity in expanding their reach into children’s earliest moments of life. Worse, four in five of these maternal deaths —based on a review of those between 2017 and 2019—were preventable.

EdTech 102

EdTech Education Social Justice Advocacy 102

ED Surge

MAY 2, 2022

Former teacher Emily McMahan Teachers Are Not OK For months, advocacy groups, including the National Education Association, the country’s largest union, have been driving home the point that teachers are not OK. I didn’t have time to exercise. I didn’t have time to cook. This is not something we would do in any other profession.”

Teaching 141

Teaching Middle School Museum Advocacy 141

ED Surge

AUGUST 15, 2022

students learns differently , meaning they have a neurological difference that may make it difficult to process information, according to the National Center for Learning Disabilities , a research and advocacy organization committed to improving outcomes for people with learning or attention issues. One in five U.S.

Government 104

Government Advocacy History Research 104

ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A 2019 report administered by GLSEN , an organization working to end discrimination against LGBTQIA+ people in schools, found that 40 percent of Texas LGBTQIA+ students regularly hear teachers make negative comments about gender expression. Testify before your local school board, your state’s board of education and your state legislatures.

Education 120

Education K-12 Advocacy Government 120