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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

EdNews Daily

More parents are sending their young children to elementary school with a smartphone. Forty-two percent say it happens in classrooms. Auburn University awarded him the “Auburn Hero Award” for his work in “reducing dropouts and for helping Alternative Education Schools.” . Where in a school does bullying take place?

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

This has been a goal of Simon’s since she joined Long Beach Unified in fall 2013. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. But it has proven elusive. Her district’s chronic absenteeism rates have actually increased, from 13.3

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Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

You can change one simple thing to help transform your classroom. ” We have a significantly low dropout rate and high on-time graduation rate in Albemarle. Pam Moran on episode 246 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. Islas, a staff member at Think College Now, a public elementary school in Oakland, with her daughter, Jesimiel Merida-Islas, who received a laptop and hot spot after months of sharing a computer with her mother. for only a few weeks.

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

The Hechinger Report

The Starkville Foundation for Public Education, funded by donations from local residents, gave frequent grants to Starkville teachers to purchase new equipment and materials for their classrooms. Student enrollment within the classroom should mirror the racial make up of the overall district. Photo: Nicole Lewis.

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Getting a GED while still enrolled in high school

The Hechinger Report

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” All through elementary school, she’d excelled in the classroom, though she spent a lot of time in the principal’s office. But most don’t take the test immediately after dropping out.

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High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

Michael McLaughlin and his mother, Michelle, at Michael’s 2013 graduation. In some cases that means being given more time on tests or being offered the option of using technology for written assignments; in other cases it means having an aide in the classroom working with them individually. Photo courtesy Michelle McLaughlin.

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