We are pleased to invite you to participate in our annual Speak Up Congressional Briefing which for the first time is being hosted by edWeb as a virtual event. The Briefing will include a review of key findings from the Speak Up Research Project results from the 2019/20 school year and a panel discussion with elementary, middle and high school students from around the country. This year’s Speak Up findings are particularly interesting because we will be sharing insights from data collected from over 136,000 K-12 students, teachers, parents and administrators both before and during the school building closure period.
Speak Up data evidence will be shared that highlights how the sudden shift to remote e-learning in spring 2020 not only changed school formats and school-home connections, but also fundamentally shifted teacher, parent and student beliefs and attitudes about educational efficacy, the value of technology within instruction, and aspirations for new learning environments. This new evidence has wide-ranging implications for K-12 education for this school year and beyond. We hope that you will participate in this important discussion to share your insights as well.
Digital Learning during the Pandemic:
Emerging Evidence of an Education Transformation
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
9 am PT, 10 am MT, 11 am CT, 12 noon ET
Please register for this event here: https://home.edweb.net/webinar/21c20201021/
Registration for this special event is limited to 1000.
Dr. Julie A. Evans, Project Tomorrow’s CEO, will share the Speak Up data findings and facilitate a lively conversation with our student panel of experts. The Briefing will also include remarks from FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel and Christina Fleming from Blackboard. All registered participants will gain access to a special online portfolio of briefing materials including a new national Speak Up report to be released at the Briefing along with other key Speak Up reports and infographics released this year.
It is the nonprofit mission of Project Tomorrow to help education and policy leaders at all levels make better decisions that address equity issues in education and stimulate greater innovation in learning. For this year, we feel the call of that mission more deeply than ever before. Please share this email, our social media posts @SpeakUpEdand this registration link with your colleagues and peers so that they may be able to learn from and contribute to this important work as well.
To learn more about Project Tomorrow and the Speak Up Research Project please visit us at tomorrow.org
If you have any questions about this event, please contact us!
Thank you and we hope to see you online on October 21, 2020 for this year’s Speak Up 2020 Virtual Congressional Briefing.
