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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

The Hechinger Report

In 2016, 45,567 young people were held in facilities nationwide, down 20 percent from 2012.) Illinois’ effort to bring online learning to juvenile justice facility classrooms is rare nationwide. The post Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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OPINION: This high-poverty district learned to think differently about teaching and learning

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By 2016, the high-poverty school district had turned around. The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. Opportunities for online learning. From 2006 to 2016, St. percent in 2008-09 to 84.9

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'Lost in the Cracks' Alabama District Brings Personalized Learning to Incarcerated Youth

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The students in the blended version also take most of their courses online, but they occasionally meet in person for mentoring from a certified teacher or for clubs and sports. We sit down with students and create a personalized learning plan for each of them. Most of them were dropouts.” “In

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Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff

The Hechinger Report

“It’s becoming blatantly apparent that the year they spent in remote learning did not allow them to mature properly,” said Thiebeau, who teaches biology and forensics in a room decorated with animal bones and a taxidermied bear head. Online learning was challenging for many students. Then the pandemic arrived.

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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

The Hechinger Report

A 2016 study by the American Institutes for Research noted that about a third of Chicago’s public high school students fail one or both semesters of algebra I. She reels off the names of four new apps her students have had to learn for their algebra courses. Even students who have done well working virtually don’t love online learning.

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STUDENT VOICES: Teachers put you in situations to make you stronger

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We meet, and we talk about what we need to improve on, and what we need to do to keep working. Every October my parents come in for a meeting and we talk about the IEP, they sign papers, and I will take a test to see where I’m at, like, my math level and reading level. I try to make sure everything is OK and is right.

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

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“Students didn’t lose anything, they just never had the opportunity to learn it.” Research suggests that intensive tutoring is one of the most effective ways for kids to catch up on learning. Allison Socol, The Education Trust.

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