ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Performing the Autopsy Proponents of the detracking effort see themselves as fighting against the tide of the countrys education system and, even more difficult, its culture. It connects to long-standing inequalities in the education system: Anytime theres an increase in learning diversity, our system segregates, he says.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

As Black womxn educators, we have a connection with education that is ancestral. A question Black womxn educators must ask themselves when centering their healing is who you are and where you come from? This is still a prevalent theme for Black womxn in education. African communities built cities, states and kingdoms.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Lourie Center’s therapeutic nursery program offers a comprehensive early childhood program that provides education and clinical services. Lucas’ teachers and therapeutic staff at the Lourie Center were able to provide remarkably nurturing, attentive care and education for Lucas. He is happily preparing for kindergarten next fall.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2022

At least one educator, though, worries that the arrangement is more of a misfit than even proponents of the idea might realize. Advocacy is exhausting. Should schools be run like businesses? That’s a question that comes up a lot these days. See a version here, published with permission. We live in our self-selected echo chambers.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2016

When it comes to influencing education policy and cultivating innovative schools, all eyes are on the states. But in return for this freedom, states must come up with their own ways of ensuring that their schools give all students a high-quality, equitable education. Photo: Emily Richmond for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

About a decade ago, leaders in this public school district nearly 70 miles northwest of New York City decided to radically change the way they provide education to its diverse and academically challenged student body. And they suspect that education technology companies may be promising more than they can deliver.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 29, 2022

In a deal quietly announced last week, K-12 educational software services company Renaissance Learning acquired Illuminate Education for an undisclosed amount. PowerSchool also acquired Hoonuit the year before —which was supposed to help them thread together formative assessment results and students’ educational outcomes.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The newly released National Education Technology Plan from the U.S. Subscribe today!

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2023

More than 90 percent of Code Next’s latest cohort of high school graduates advanced to higher education, the vast majority in STEM fields, according to a Code Next survey. It’s significant progress toward the goal of connecting more young people with educational and career opportunities in technology. “We

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

From the presidential campaigns to local races, Democrats and Republicans both acknowledged that our early care and learning systems are not functioning for families, educators or their communities. In 2023, 3,200 parents were employed in early care and education, and 5,600 children had benefited from the program, Day said.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 25, 2015

The ups and downs of educational technology advocacy. We could solve this by pre-testing, yet not enough of us do… Hat tip: Carl Hendrick. Related Posts. Where new learning models will thrive. Engagement is not a goal, it’s an outcome of students doing meaningful work. No one is listening to the students.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

For many years, educators have envisioned personalized learning as a way to tailor education to each student's unique needs. EdSurge: How can educators safely and responsibly leverage AI for more personalized learning? The first step is to check if the AI tool is actually designed for education specifically.

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ED Surge

MAY 28, 2024

Relying on teacher recommendations or parent advocacy to decide which students are ready, many schools have not been able to get enough talented students from disadvantaged backgrounds into seats in algebra classrooms. It’s an inefficiency in the education system, leaving talent on the table, he says, adding: “Doing nothing is going backward.”

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ED Surge

MARCH 10, 2023

Even though it was a virtual environment, I still feel like my education was very unique to the HBCU experience,” she says. “It It’s an undertaking from the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), a philanthropy that supports HBCUs through scholarships to students, grants to higher ed institutions and advocacy for educating African Americans.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 9, 2022

As an education community, we are beginning to understand the depth of the pandemic’s impact, especially on our students of color, our English Language learners and our students with disabilities. We, as an education community, must commit to the principles of Universal Design for Learning for the benefit of all learners.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

With AI and automation reshaping entire industries, the skills employers once valued are being overtaken by the need for creativity, adaptability and technological fluency. EdSurge: How can educators prepare students for the future workforce and foster in-demand skills such as creativity and adaptability?

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Recently, EdSurge podcast host Carl Hooker discussed with field experts how educators can foster creativity for college and career readiness. Tacy Trowbridge Lead for Global Education Thought Leadership & Advocacy Adobe What importance does creativity play when it comes to college and career pathways?

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Educational transformation is a civil rights imperative, so every investment we make must be evaluated through a civil rights lens. Unfortunately, too many of our investments in educational technology (edtech) have fallen far short of our civil rights aspirations. It’s a matter of equity.

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ED Surge

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.

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ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Brian Johnsrud Global Head of Education Learning and Advocacy at Adobe The past two years have witnessed a notable surge in the use of artificial intelligence within education, marked by increased investment, deployment and integration into various educational practices. That end-to-end process is creative thinking.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

The stereotypical library can seem like a vestige, making it an easy target when budgets are tight, according to Mark Ray, Vancouver’s director of innovation and library services, “but we want libraries to be the lynchpin of education transformation.” based education advocacy group. “It Sign up for our newsletter.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As a math educator at the high school and middle school levels, I lived for the moments when students’ furrowed brows ever-so-slightly began to unfold and smiles emerged. They offer an invitation to analyze how mathematics can be applied to promote civic engagement, advocacy, policy change and increased access to resources.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

While the mental health of students remains a top concern of many in the education field, federal data reveals that it’s not all bad news. The National Center for Education Statistics released its biennial Crime, Violence, Discipline, and Safety in U.S. Department of Education says that $275.7

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ED Surge

JUNE 12, 2024

A clear sign of its success unfolded when a student, previously hesitant to vocalize his emotions, mustered the courage to approach his dean and request a fidget toy during moments of overwhelm — an unexpected act of self-advocacy that signaled a remarkable shift in his emotional awareness and coping strategies.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 27, 2022

It’s no secret that the education system is struggling to adapt to the new digital risks that come with its rushed switch to digital forced by the pandemic. Lawmakers have been taking note, resulting in a steep increase in data-related bills affecting education since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Online higher education may cost more than it could for students and earn less for universities thanks to a little-known $1 billion industry of for-profit middlemen that gets as much as 80% of the proceeds in commissions. revenues of $1 billion annually, may be thwarting the innovative potential of online education.

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ED Surge

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. For beleaguered educators, it’s yet another hat they’re being asked to wear.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Non-submitters” were more likely than students who submitted applications to have lower educational-occupational aspirations, be racial minorities, have parents who completed lower levels of education and live in communities with lower socioeconomic status — but they were not less academically qualified. Department of Education.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Department of Education launched an unusual marketing blitz. And the group found that in the fall of 2020-21, 20 percent of undergraduate teacher-education programs had seen enrollment drops of 11 percent or more because of the pandemic. Earlier this month, the U.S. So how are teacher prep programs responding?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2022

But if you’re reading this article—if you’re engaged enough in education to be reading EdSurge—you probably don’t believe that data. Just making a personal phone call while at work is something that most college-educated professionals take for granted, but it’s incredibly difficult for teachers. And for good reason. So let’s imagine.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2023

As a classroom teacher, I always tried to improve my practice by reading academic and practice-based articles, attending trainings and connecting with fellow educators to share resources and troubleshoot challenges. PD has a bad reputation in education circles, and it isn’t because teachers are resistant to professional learning.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2024

Still, despite these challenges, I believe my story is important — not only to create a better understanding of Muslim culture and Muslim women’s identity, but also to build a more welcoming educational environment for Muslim educators and students. Yet again, I was met with apprehensive and displeasing looks.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

Mysa’s tuition costs parents who don’t receive aid around $20,000 a year, comparable to what it costs the government to educate a student in a public school. The school doesn’t have grades, and it tries to give students a way to really pursue their educational interests. Ultimately, Fiske says, the goal is personalized learning.

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ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2023

Young people from organizations across the city came together to learn about community organizing, build community and develop a city-wide education justice campaign. This question invited me to think critically about my experiences as a youth organizer and educator. Over 25 educators showed up and listened to these powerful stories.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Appalling and unacceptable’ School closures took students and teachers out of the classroom, and the switch to remote learning exposed various inequalities in education— including issues like broadband access. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, in a briefing with reporters, called the results “appalling and unacceptable.”

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ED Surge

AUGUST 12, 2022

This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy. This is a pivotal moment for early childhood education,” Robinson notes. “We We must invest.

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ED Surge

JUNE 14, 2023

This year marks the first time since 2012 that a majority of undocumented high schoolers who are graduating won’t be able to apply to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known simply as DACA, according to a new report from the immigrant advocacy group FWD.us. They have the right to this education thanks to Plyler v.

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