User Generated Education
MAY 23, 2016
Student engagement, described as the tendency to be behaviorally, emotionally, and cognitively involved in academic activities, is a key construct in motivation research (Thijs & Verkuyten, 2009). Encouraging Positive Student Engagement and Motivation: Tips for Teachers ). Learning in a context where that learning real world applications.
EdNews Daily
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
For example, as reported in Education Week, California lost 53 percent of its school of education enrollment between the 2008–2009 and 2012–2013 school years. Clearly, something must be done to address the teacher dropout problem. Large states have been particularly hard hit, raising concerns about the supply of new teachers.
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edWeb.net
APRIL 30, 2021
McNulty is the president of the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) and the Successful Practices Network (SPN). Ray has served as Chair of the National Dropout Prevention Network and was the chief learning officer for Penn Foster, a global leader in online education. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 22, 2019
The high school graduation rate in Utah’s Juab School District was 78 percent in 2009. In 2011, Jim Shank, the superintendent then, spearheaded a one-to-one iPod program, seeing the promise of technology as a means of giving students targeted academic support. Subscribe today!
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 16, 2020
Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. The Detroit region added 173,000 new jobs after the last recession, mostly in industries requiring college credentials, such as information technology, insurance, financial services and health care.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 6, 2019
James Wiley is a technology analyst with Eduventures, which does consulting work for companies in the predictive analytics industry. The dropout problem got a lot worse in the 1990s when more people started attending college. Earning a profit. Then it matches the patterns to students who ultimately dropped out.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 26, 2019
Among the many other problems dragging down Puerto Rico’s stagnant economy, made worse by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, is a huge high school dropout rate and, among those students who do manage to graduate, a comparatively low trajectory to college — especially college on the mainland — and a high dropout rate there, too.
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