Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The current child care system in the United States is broken, and everyone involved—the children, their parents and especially the workers supporting them—are suffering as a result, according to a new report from the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment (CSCCE) at the University of California, Berkeley, which was released Tuesday.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Chang points out that five states reported a decrease in chronic absenteeism – an improvement in student attendance – during some of the worst days of the pandemic. “I The post PROOF POINTS: A third of public school children were chronically absent after classrooms re-opened, advocacy group says appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

She is the vice president of advocacy and engagement at the Mozilla Foundation, which today released a new report examining the privacy and security policies of 15 commonly used video-conferencing apps. In essence, the Mozilla report distills legalese and technical jargon into plain language.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

In some instances, state tuition and financial aid policies explicitly exclude undocumented students; in others, length of residency requirements exclude recent immigrants, recent reporting by The Hechinger Report revealed. Too often, advocacy for the future overshadows immediate opportunities to expand Dreamers’ college access.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This movement came after decades of structured, organized advocacy , much of which started after the commission’s report. That argument has helped build support, said Morna Ballantyne, executive director of Child Care Now, an advocacy association in Canada. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Franklin/Associated Press A Hechinger Report analysis of dozens of private school websites revealed that, among 55 that posted their tuition rates, nearly all raised their prices since 2022. Amanda Chen contributed reporting. Last year, Arizona became the first state in the nation to offer universal school choice for all families.

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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Here are three simple ways to advocate for ACP renewal: Step One: Share Your Story Our most powerful tools for ACP advocacy are personal stories about the impact of the ACP. The quickest and easiest way to participate in ACP advocacy is by sharing your story through the EducationSuperHighway story collection form. Want to help?

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Located in Mississippi, Columbus Municipal School District is committed to advancing advocacy of learners’ parents. In April 2021, the district launched monthly parent advocacy meetings focused on restorative justice, literacy, and college and career readiness.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2018

Photo: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report. Those are the findings of a report recently released by researchers at the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine. The post Few preschool apps are developmentally appropriate, report finds appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Edsurge

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. The report found that disparities in participation are the lowest in K-8 classes. I like the challenge.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

On April 1, the same day the council launched, the Department of Education announced proposed rules that would make it easier for colleges to offer new models for online programs, and also allow more kinds of higher education providers access to aid money, reports the Washington Post.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Effective Advocacy. The data in the [Linux Foundation’s] Kernel Development report shatter this illusion. The report goes on to explain that contributions to the open source Linux kernel were accepted at a rate of 8.5 contributions per hour over the 400 days covered by the report.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Network for Public Education, an advocacy group, last month published an interactive feature chronicling “voucher scams.” Enlow, president and CEO of the advocacy group EdChoice. “To appeared first on The Hechinger Report. To me, the answer is a system that is based on the needs of the students and families.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

It does this through: Advocacy. Creating knowledge (through research and reports). Materials include reports to help shape vision, such as: What’s Possible with Personalized Learning? Additionally, a section of reports address policy issues. Establishing standards. Identifying models of next-generation learning.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This progress reflects priorities for voters, said Mandy Ableidinger, Senior Policy Director for the nonprofit Alliance for Early Success, in a statement to The Hechinger Report. In Wyoming, nearly 17 percent of households with young children report food insecurity, compared to less than 2 percent in New Hampshire, Kansas and South Dakota.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

That’s according to the 2021 State of Computer Science report jointly released last week by the Code.org Advocacy Coalition, Computer Science Teachers Association and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance. The figure is based on data from public high schools in 37 states, a first for the report. “It

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2023

Related: To attract more students to STEM fields in college, advocates urge starting in sixth grade Number two: Youth ambassador opportunities that develop leadership and advocacy skills. Advocacy efforts need to include and be led by youth, but that means we need support from the adults who are leading these conversations.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2018

A new report says the state of Mississippi does not do enough to regulate for-profit colleges. Photo: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report. Reports by other organizations have highlighted the outsized impact such practices have on vulnerable low-income and minority students — including those in Mississippi. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2021

A new Gallup poll, commissioned by two advocacy organizations, finds that fraternity and sorority members were more likely to say they formed relationships with mentors and professors, were extremely active in extracurricular activities and worked in internships where they could apply what they were learning in their college classes.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2018

A new report says the state of Pennsylvania ought to be doing more to oversee such facilities serving foster and delinquent children. Photo: Caroline Preston for The Hechinger Report/HuffPost. But the report released today suggests that many of these foster children are attending on-grounds schools in lieu of public schools.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The highest rates of non-submission were among American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students (as well as students who did not report their race or ethnicity on Common App), and the lowest rates were among white and Asian students. Students who ultimately submitted the Common App visited the platform more frequently.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The new statistics come from the 2021 State of Computer Science Education: Accelerating Action Through Advocacy , released by Code.org, the Computer Science Teachers Association, and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance. For the first time, a slim majority of all U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2016

The major advocacy group for public charter schools is concerned that failing online charter schools may be hurting the credibility of the movement as a whole. Report of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. serving about 180,000 students nationwide. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Edsurge

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. before they were 2 years old,” according to the report. “By

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Teachers and students are well on their way to fulfilling the mission of seeing 99 percent of all schools connected to next-generation broadband, according to the “2018 State of States Report” from EducationSuperHighway. million students and 1,356 schools lack basic infrastructure needed for digital learning, according to the report. .

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

That’s similar to retention rates in previous years — a report from the Tennessee Education Research Alliance shows that around 1 percent of third graders were held back each school year between 2010 to 2020. Credit: Lily Estella Thompson for The Hechinger Report So, what happened in Tennessee? Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2023

The extensive research presented in the ISL’s 2022 K12 Edtech Safety Benchmark Findings Report Part 1 makes it clear the technology recommended and used by U.S. Through standards development, product research, product audits and policy advocacy, we work to ensure software product safety.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2022

I think there is a lot of commitment to addressing this issue on both sides of the aisle,” said Manuela McDonough, the director of government affairs and advocacy at the JED Foundation, a nonprofit advocating for mental health care for young people, who has worked with Wild on the bill. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2022

A new annual review by the nonprofit advocacy group Data Quality Campaign dug into the new legislation to see what’s new and if it's moving in the right direction. I think generally things are pretty good,” says Taryn Hochleitner, associate director for policy and advocacy at the Data Quality Campaign. “I What’s In The Bills?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

We must do this through teaching, learning and advocacy — as well as social activism and civic engagement. This story about teacher activism was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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eSchool News

JUNE 21, 2016

Report finds “disturbingly low” performance among online charter schools. Stakeholders should be “outraged” by the low performance and profit-seeking of some states’ internet charter schools, according to a new report from a national pro-charter organization. Fordham Institute, said in a written statement.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2023

He had to get help from an advocacy group called College Possible to pay his rent. An athlete while he was in college, Agyei had to work to pay some of his expenses and needed help from an advocacy group to keep paying his rent as his tuition increased. Meanwhile, he noticed that his bills from the college kept going up. Miguel Agyei.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2018

A federal report on students’ home access to digital learning resources is months late, and ed-tech groups say the delay is impeding efforts to close the homework gap.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2023

” Credit: Noah Willman for the Hechinger Report The rules that govern these barriers to entry are patchwork, scattered across federal, state and regulatory codes, and they can vary from field to field within a state. Credit: Noah Willman for the Hechinger Report Wiese, now 45, went to prison for armed robbery of a bank.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The same report noted that roughly 60 percent of districts reported spending “less money on high-need students than they were allocated for these students. This story about equitable school funding was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Credit: Jackie Mader/The Hechinger Report The “$10 a Day” child care initiative, as it’s known in British Columbia, has been life-changing for parents. The new Canada-wide system was “very much situated in the context of economic recovery,” said Morna Ballantyne, executive director of Child Care Now, an advocacy association in Canada.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2020

Credit: Emrys Eller for The Hechinger Report. These are the findings of a new report released by Save the Children, which analyzed data on food insecurity, high school graduation rates, adolescent birth rates, and child death and infant mortality rates for counties nationwide. “So Programs & Advocacy.

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