Fwd: 2015 Report to the Community on Public School Progress

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Date: Nov 16, 2015 12:00 PM
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Your guide to Pittsburgh's public schools.

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Read our report on your computer, tablet,or phone easily this year. 2015 Report to the Community on  Public School Progress in Pittsburgh Graduation and Promise eligibility up; gaps persist in achievement, attendance and suspensions Dear supporter of public education in Pittsburgh, Today, we released our Annual Report to the Community on Public School Progress in Pittsburgh. I wanted to share with you some progress that's been made over the past four years that are a testament to the hard work of so many in our district to focus on getting students prepared for college and career. But that joy over the progress made is also tempered with some significant challenges for our students. Change is difficult, but not impossible. Graduation rates are up. More of our schools are showing contributions to academic growth that exceed state averages. Performance on the Keystones is improving. This is a testament to the hard work of teachers, students, and parents in the past years.  Read about more positive trends. While we commend the district for the progress it is making, there are some sobering trends in the data that call for urgent action. Sadly, half of our tested third graders, 827 students, are not reading at grade level by third grade, leaving them behind in the coming years when they need to read to learn.   Read more about the significant challenges that we report.  Over the next few days parents and caregivers with children enrolled in Pittsburgh Public Schools and under the age of five will have the report mailed directly to them. We urge you to get the facts, visit a school, and get involved to help improve our schools. We would be happy to discuss the results with your school, community group or place of worship. Click here to request (scroll down) a presentation or call our offices at 412.697.1298.  Sincerely, Carey Learn More  Stay Connected       1901 Center Ave., Suite 302A, Pittsburgh, PA· 412.697.1298

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Fwd: NCAA Eligibility Center High School Newsletter

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HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER // NOVEMBER 2015 GRANT RECIPIENTS Thank you to all of the schools/districts that submitted proposals for the Get the Word Out Grant! We received 137 entries that our selection committee reviewed, discussed and determined the select few that would receive grant funding. As the committee found it difficult to narrow down the selections, they selected 26 schools/districts to receive a portion of $50,000 total award. These selected schools/districts will be required to provide a follow-up report at the conclusion of their program or event. Congratulations to all of the awarded schools, and again thank you to all of the schools that submitted a proposal. Click here to view the complete list of schools. NEW SAT FORMAT If a student-athlete takes the current SAT before March 2016 and then takes the redesigned SAT at a later date, the NCAA Eligibility Center will not combine section scores from the current and redesigned SAT when determining the student-athlete's initial eligibility. The NCAA Eligibility Center will only combine section scores from the same version of the test. Because the redesigned SAT varies in design and measures different academic concepts than the current SAT, a numerical score on the current test may not be equivalent to the same numerical score on the redesigned test. NEW TUTORIALS AVAILABLE The NCAA Eligibility Center has revamped many of its video and pdf tutorials. These tutorials are designed to help high school administrators navigate through the High School Portal, including how to submit fee waivers, how to navigate high school tasks, managing your school's core-course list, how to upload transcripts, how to check the receipt of test scores and transcripts, and many additional helpful tools. You can access these resources on the High School Portal Resources page. SUBSCRIBE If you would like to subscribe to this newsletter, please click here to send an email and include your name, email address, title and school. If you would like to unsubscribe, please click the unsubscribe link below to be removed from this mailing list.

HIGHLIGHTS Grant Recipients New SAT Format New Tutorials Available Subscribe HELPFUL LINKS Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete Initial Eligibility Brochure Guide for High School Counselors

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Fwd: [DW] World Forum for Democracy Webcast, E-Networking Democracy Builders Globally? Strasbourg, France #COE_WFD

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Date: Nov 15, 2015 4:57 PM
Subject: [DW] World Forum for Democracy Webcast, E-Networking Democracy Builders Globally? Strasbourg, France #COE_WFD
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Democracies Online

World Forum for Democracy Webcast, E-Networking Democracy Builders Globally? Strasbourg, France #COE_WFD by Steven Clift in Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire I leave for France on Monday for the World Forum for Democracy.   Considering the tragic Paris attacks, the main event theme is very timely:   Freedom vs control: For a democratic response   Strasbourg, France 18-20 November 2015   Website/Plenary webcasts from:   http://www.coe.int​/en​/web​/world​-forum​-democracy​/home   Hashtag #COE_WFD :   https://twitter.com​/hashtag​/coe​_wfd​?src​=hash https://www.facebook.com​/search​/top​/​?q​=​%23coe​_wfd   If you be there, drop me a note! clift@e-democracy.org   * My side gathering over dinner:   E-Networking Democracy Builders Globally? - Dinner Conversation   https://www.facebook.com​/events​/842231672562138​/   Thursday, November 19   Small dinner conversation on the side of the World Forum for Democracy in Strasbourg.   Topic:   What can the democracy building/civic engagement community learn from online networking related to the Open Government Partnership (both official networking and civil society networking like the UK civil society OGP online group)?   How might we digitally bridge the worlds of #demopart and #opengov #opendata #civictech #nptech?   Or put another way, whether it is government-led democracy global promotion efforts, free press/human rights/FOI/participatory democracy organizing by civil society groups, or domestic "civic engagement" networks within well established democracies the opportunities to share knowledge globally in _effective_ online groups, etc. is far weaker than in the digital government and civic technology arena. And the opportunity to connect technology innovators in democracy with the broader democracy building world has has yet to be seized.   This is what I'd like to talk about with 6 interested people over dinner.     Main conference description:   Democracies across the world feel increasingly vulnerable to a diverse range of threats – from violent extremism to economic, technological, environmental and geopolitical risks. Fear, and particularly the fear generated by violent attacks such as those carried out in 2015 in Paris, Copenhagen and in other parts of the world, destabilises societies. The lack of guarantees for the protection of personal data sharpens anxieties. In this context, the growing tension between the concern for safety and the protection of freedoms is one of the key challenges facing democracies today.   How to maintain a balance between security and freedom in a democratic society under threat? Can democracies resist the escalation of fear and formulate responses based on civic responsibility and active citizenship? Can they deal effectively with security risks linked to the digital revolution without jeopardising individual rights and freedoms, the benefits of the digital revolution and democratic institutions?   These questions will be in focus at the 2015 World Forum for Democracy. Rest of post… ⮪ Reply   🖂 New topic   View topic… Unsubscribe  •  Switch to a daily digest

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Open Source Translation Project for Web Literacy

A recently kicked off for a mini-campaign is inviting volunteers to help translate a Web Literacy Basics I curriculum into five or more languages before the end of the year.

So far we’re at 30% towards our goal (we have some activities in Spanish, Portuguese and Bengali)!

We know having English-only versions of this content has been a blocker for those who want to teach people in their communities how to read, write and participate on the Web. This effort marks a first step towards localizing our web literacy content in hopes of reaching new audiences and developing new leaders.

There are six activities in the Web Literacy Basics module, and the process is fairly easy. While the content lives on static HTML pages, Andre created a way for people to do the translations using markdown, and to submit them using GitHub issues. Each activity has a separate repo, where you’ll find step-by-step instructions. There’s also a handy video to walk you through the process.

More details are in this blog post: https://blog.webmaker.org/help-us-get-local-with-web-literacy and you can feel free to reach out or ask questions about the process in our Discourse forum: https://discourse.webmaker.org/t/help-us-localize-web-literacy-curriculum/27/8

Thanks so much!

Best,
Lainie