ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2023

Once my students had a clear idea of the lessons they wanted their teachers to learn, they devised a plan for presenting this information. “I For my students, leading this PD session and experiencing a shift in the traditional power dynamic opened up a new sense of advocacy possibilities. another student added.

Professional Development 134

Professional Development Advocacy Tradition Leadership 134

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The loans made directly by a college, rather than a traditional lender, are used to pay for classes, but they don’t come with the same protections as federal student loans do. Oversight is also minimal; the vast majority of states don’t track information about these direct school-to-student loans.

Advocacy 89

Advocacy Tradition Education 89

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

A position announcement , including information on how to apply, is available here. The Association has a long tradition of support for advancement of underrepresented groups in the discipline. To ensure a successful and diverse pool of candidates, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

Political Science 65

Political Science Advocacy Government Professional Development 65

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2024

We were able to get further out there and get people more informed. Thinking of New Mexico, and OLÉ’s success at making inroads for child care teachers outside unionization, how important is it to think about other strategies apart from traditional organizing? FRANKENBERG: I don’t think it has to be either-or.

K-12 123

K-12 Advocacy Leadership Tradition 123

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

Once considered a boutique form of education overly reliant on technology, competency-based education is increasingly seen as a way to solve a host of problems with traditional schooling, problems that became more apparent when learning went virtual. Lillian Pace, vice president of policy and advocacy, KnowledgeWorks. And Daniel A.

K-12 142

K-12 Advocacy Elementary School Tradition 142

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

By traditional measures of well-being, America’s children and teens should be doing well. Or are they exposed to information via social media that is leading to a greater sense of anxiety and depression? Subscribe today! Consider that Over the past two decades, high school graduation rates have gone up.

Tradition 58

Tradition Advocacy Leadership Economics 58

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

It’s important to inform hard-to-reach and undercounted groups and communities that the 2020 Census process can be quick, easy, and safe. The National Literacy Council’s website also has an extensive list of helpful resources for teaching and learning, programs, and advocacy. Census Bureau identifies hard-to-count groups.

Library 90

Library Education Advocacy Economics 90

ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

But just before the pandemic, she says she was approached by FreedomWorks, an advocacy group funded by the Koch brothers, big political donors, and associated with the “tea party” movement in favor of libertarian ideas. She had also worked in public schools before launching Mysa.

Public School 115

Public School Civics K-12 Private School 115

Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2019

By creating an asset map of DMTT-focused informal learning programs in Chicago, CLX also hopes to inspire other cities to do the same. Formal learning gets more press time, study, and funding than its informal counterpart, but that wasn’t the main motivation when CLX mapped Chicago’s DMTT-focused OST programs.

Museum 96

Museum Advocacy Library Tradition 96

Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2020

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. Competency-based performance is not the same as traditional professional development. More information can be found at [link].

Library 80

Library Artifacts Advocacy Tradition 80

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2021

At Valencia, that means they finish training in from four to 22 weeks on their way to jobs in information technology, advanced manufacturing, construction, welding, health care and transportation and logistics. And that’s not a mode of operation in which traditional colleges and universities have thrived.”.

Tradition 138

Tradition Advocacy Professional Development Teaching 138

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

She said the university has made the application process easier for next year, published more information online and made sure admission counselors are sharing the information with prospective students. Documentation depends on the information families can access to prove their lineage.

Government 84

Government History Cultures Heritage 84

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Our Voice Nuestra Voz, a non-profit education advocacy group in New Orleans, analyzed the school performance scores data and found that approximately 15,000 students attend these failing schools. And failure is trending. Equal opportunity goes in all directions.

Charter School 88

Charter School Advocacy Public School Tradition 88

Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Clear, concise information shared by trustworthy third-party sources about what we know to work and not work is now at a higher premium than ever, and we as an education field must respond accordingly. While there are certainly exceptions, this human interaction standard can serve as a compass to guide our investments and advocacy.

EdTech 118

EdTech Humanities Pedagogy Advocacy 118

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2017

Traditional grades no longer exist, children get extra help based on their individual learning needs and classrooms run very differently. Picard’s older children went through the traditional education system and she can see a difference. “I . — When Kylie Jones brings home her report card, it doesn’t have any A’s, B’s or C’s.

K-12 98

K-12 Advocacy Tradition Public School 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 11, 2018

It’s not until the second-period bell rings, however, that you begin to see how different this is from a traditional psychology course. Learning by doing is more effective in the long term to produce mastery, but that’s not what happens in a traditional AP class.”. “If I’ve done the traditional cookie-cutter lab classes,” she said.

Teaching 105

Teaching Education Psychology Middle School 105

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

King, consultant for research, policy and advocacy at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. It’s not necessarily actual data or actual information,” says Corinne Murphy, dean of the university’s College of Education and Behavioral Sciences.

K-12 98

K-12 Teaching Advocacy Classroom Management 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

They’re experiencing trauma, and trauma has a pretty significant impact,” said Darla Bardine, executive director of the National Network for Youth, a policy and advocacy group focused on youth homelessness. Advocacy groups and researchers , too, have surfaced examples. I’m surprised I made it out of school,” he said.

Advocacy 70

Advocacy Government Public School High School 70

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

She transferred to the University of Massachusetts at Amherst a year later because she wanted to try the “traditional college thing” — dorms, dining halls and leafy quads. Related: Colleges provide misleading information about their costs. Many, like Dzindzichashvili, interrupt their studies because of the cost.

Advocacy 87

Advocacy Government Tradition Research 87

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2018

There’s no reliable source of information about how many students arrive at college without a major; one national survey of freshmen found that about 9 percent were undecided. years from all other kinds of institutions, the advocacy group Complete College America says. Department of Education reports that only 41 percent of them do.

Psychology 110

Psychology Advocacy Government Tradition 110

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Virtual for-profit charter schools got started in the early 2000s, as the companies that run them seized on a business opportunity in online education pioneered by traditional public schools a half-decade earlier. Related : The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping. Stride Inc., formerly K12 Inc.,

Charter School 127

Charter School Education Policy History Public School 127

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2021

I would make sure that students who enrolled met with a career adviser day one — hour one — and had labor market data, knew generally what they wanted to pursue, and had good information about the jobs they could qualify for if they pursued that path,” D’Amico said. Enrollment at two-year schools swelled during the downturn a decade ago.

High School 145

High School Advocacy Economics Research 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Those efforts allowed the district of 520 schools and educational centers to transition relatively smoothly from traditional learning to distance learning when the school system shut on March 16, Carvalho said. By mid-April, about 111,000 devices and 11,000 hotspots had been distributed, he said.

Charter School 122

Charter School Middle School Tutoring Advocacy 122

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2020

In recent years, the group’s advocacy has led to changes in the district’s graduation requirements, to align them with admissions requirements for California’s university systems, and an expansion of funding for an after-school meal program that had been cut by the school board. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

Civics 143

Civics Civic Engagement High School Government 143

Psych Learning Curve

JANUARY 27, 2020

in Computer and Information Technology with a specialization in Natural Language Processing from Purdue. Asynchronous interviews remove the live interviewer present in traditional interviews. At Purdue, he pursues cross-disciplinary research with the goals of improving the psychological measurement techniques.

Psychology 52

Psychology Advocacy Tradition Research 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

We can’t keep structures that would allow us to fall back into a more traditional system,” said Steiner. “If Some school leaders insist that competency-based education can survive and even thrive within grade levels, or a modified version of them. Others, however, echo Northern Cass superintendent, Cory Steiner. “We Nor are seniors.

Tradition 111

Tradition Charter School Cultures American History 111

ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2024

I also wore my hijab, which is a symbol of my faith and tradition in the Muslim community. She then informed me that it would be my first and last day at the school before I left to go to my classroom. When I showed up, I wore what I thought was professional attire for a school teacher, including a long-sleeved shirt and dress pants.

Professional Development 18

Professional Development Advocacy Cultures Humanities 18

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

It also lays out the myriad ways it protects information in the Summit Learning Platform, though high-profile data breaches of retail giants, banks and even credit reporting agencies in recent years have made it clear no data is ever truly safe. But when I look at what’s there, it’s good stuff.”.

Junior High 128

Junior High Charter School Social Studies Elementary School 128

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

Within each subject, schools identified learning targets, clearly explaining what students would need to demonstrate in order to be considered “proficient” — a shift away from the traditional system’s emphasis on logging seat time to earn credits and progress. considered passing. Elizabeth Hewitt for The Hechinger Report.

Tradition 88

Tradition High School Professional Development Social Studies 88

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Related: Colleges provide misleading information about their costs. 2U has historically given colleges only the opportunity to partner through a traditional revenue share, in which it offers its full suite of services in exchange for a cut of the tuition.

Education 59

Education Advocacy Political Science Economics 59

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

And given the former abundance of well-paying, blue-collar jobs in this corner of Indiana, the university is also up against a regional tradition that doesn’t necessarily place a high value on a college degree, she said. Debra Santiago, CEO, Excelencia in Education. But Debra Santiago, CEO of the D.C.-based

Social Justice 109

Social Justice High School Tutoring Advocacy 109

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2017

Social media sites suggest new “friends” and sources of information tailored to your connections. based education reform advocacy group. But in a more traditional setting, it is a very teacher-focused, teacher-driven type of instruction.”. Netflix provides suggested movies based on what you’ve watched in the past.

Education 97

Education Educational Technology Elementary School Advocacy 97

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

She also learned how to keep students with disabilities on task and break down lessons into smaller, easier bits of information for students who were struggling. Mike Flom, a parent and co-founder of the advocacy group New Jersey Parents and Teachers for Appropriate Education, said many factors impact inclusion’s effectiveness.

Middle School 95

Middle School Professional Development Advocacy Teaching 95

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2018

Much of the advocacy for net-zero buildings has focused on environmental and economic incentives. On other days, they brainstorm math problems using information from the many placards lining Discovery’s hallways, offering scientific facts about native songbirds, the ecology of Virginia’s forests, the ocean or the galaxy.

K-12 107

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Advocacy 107

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

A looming question is whether personalized learning that works in, say, a tight-knit, mission-driven charter school can be reliably translated into traditional district schools with many more students, less flexible schedules, keener standardized-test worries and cultures steeped in established ways of teaching and learning.

Charter School 71

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 71

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

And Maine is gradually seeing its economy shift from agriculture and the low-tech manufacturing of products such as shoes and paper to advanced manufacturing and information services, a trend that’s similar to changes happening in many other places. secretary of labor and president of the advocacy group WorkingNation.

Advocacy 142

Advocacy Education Government Tradition 142

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Since 2012, when the department began publishing complete information on how schools are funded, the group of 13 schools has received more than $100 million from the bonus. And sometimes they need extra funds to go above and beyond.”. Too often in this country, we’re sticking to the middle and mediocrity.

High School 54

High School Leadership Tutoring Advocacy 54