ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2024

Our most recent cohort of fellows included educators across a variety of grades and content areas, including a high school principal, an elementary school paraprofessional, a math and computer science teacher, and a school and community engagement manager, to name a few.

Education 83

Education Geography EdTech Elementary School 83

ED Surge

AUGUST 30, 2023

What started as a daunting task became a mission to reignite the passion and engagement of our students while strengthening our local community. Of course, things will never be what they once were, but we are building a better school and community – more importantly, we are building leaders.

Community Engagement 79

Community Engagement Advocacy Cultures Middle School 79

ED Surge

APRIL 11, 2023

Both are emeritus scholars from selective institutions: Steven Volk, an emeritus history professor at Oberlin College, and Beth Benedix, an professor emeritus of world literature, religious studies and community engagement at DePauw University who is also founder and director of The Castle, a nonprofit organization that partners with public schools.

Community Engagement 93

Community Engagement History Teaching Public School 93

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Thomas is vice president of strategic initiatives and community engagement at the Community College of Philadelphia, and he connects K-12 students to college opportunities that help them earn associate degrees or industry credentials and secure jobs as paraprofessionals.

K-12 121

K-12 Teaching Community Engagement Tradition 121

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In my current role as a school and community engagement manager, I work with students and families facing a range of challenges — often very serious situations such as experiencing homelessness or community violence. It’s not uncommon for the trauma to follow my students into school.

Community Engagement 103

Community Engagement Leadership Teaching Education 103

ED Surge

MARCH 24, 2023

The use of SEL curricula or programs was more common among elementary teachers, whereas secondary teachers reported greater reliance on community engagement, teacher-student check-ins and student involvement in school decisions.

Elementary School 118

Elementary School Community Engagement High School Humanities 118

ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Strong family and community engagement can enhance learning outcomes and help to create a sense of belonging. Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance.

Social Justice 145

Social Justice Cultures Leadership Professional Development 145

ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Our study focuses on this group of educators in particular because, although Asian Americans hail from a multitude of ethnic and religious groups and are among the fastest growing racial groups in the country (projected to surpass 46 million people in the U.S. by 2060), they represent only 2 percent of educators in the U.S.

Ancestry 130

Ancestry K-12 Education Geography 130

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

STC looked to its surrounding community, reaching out to academic researchers, community leaders, and local employers to see what skills were needed so students could sustain employment. From this community engagement, STC decided to add aviation mechanics and welding because those were skills that local industry required.

Pedagogy 92

Pedagogy Community Engagement Leadership Educational Technology 92

Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Though they have similar goals, school districts across the country take a broad range of approaches to competency-based education (CBE). Some start with pilots to show proof points, and others begin with community engagement to generate support. Is there a right way to approach CBE?

EdTech 71

EdTech K-12 Middle School Leadership 71

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Shuck: So, getting a little academic here, we would call engagement the maintenance, intensity, and direction of effort and energy that we give something. We can talk about it in terms of community engagement, faculty engagement, family engagement, relationship engagement.

Cultures 112

Cultures Education Humanities Psychology 112

ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2023

Students thrive when they have a choice in what they learn and how they engage with the content, such as “having a way for them to demonstrate their learning that makes the most sense for them,” adds Rebecca Hare, a community engagement manager at Adobe.

Artifacts 119

Artifacts Community Engagement Teaching Tradition 119

ED Surge

JANUARY 3, 2024

Often, the assumption is that parents don’t make time to engage with their child’s learning community or do not care about their student’s academic progress — even if that student is performing poorly or below academic expectations. We need parent reinforcement.

Community Engagement 116

Community Engagement Middle School Teaching Education 116

ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2024

He is president-elect of the Association of College and Research Libraries Gonzales brings the perspective of someone who used to work in big tech, having served as a director of community engagement and policy at Facebook for five years.

Library 137

Library Community Engagement Economics Learning Science 137

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

Many parents, however, experience educational, technological and language barriers to accessing and understanding data, limiting their ability to make informed decisions about their children. After multiple suspensions, Kemp’s son dropped out of high school during his junior year. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Charter School 95

Charter School Tutoring Government Educational Technology 95

ED Surge

JUNE 13, 2022

This clearly speaks to the need for schools to be trusted relationship-centered environments, where students, teachers, school staff, family and community members are empowered to speak up if they see a peer in distress. This work intersects with school climate, student, family, community engagement, toward school safety.

Human Rights 105

Human Rights Humanities Elementary School Community Engagement 105

ED Surge

MAY 25, 2022

They penned deeply moving essays that gave us a glimpse inside the experimental successes and failures that defined their careers and courageously reflected on their experiences confronting trauma, teaching inclusive sex education and drawing from Indigenous knowledge.

Education 107

Education K-12 Tradition Community Engagement 107