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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1 In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. In addition to causing learning gaps, absenteeism also has budget implications. But it has proven elusive.

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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. In 2017, he left teaching to work in education technology at Clever, a digital platform for schools. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

The Hechinger Report

Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning. It just depends.

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Coronavirus becomes unprecedented test for teacher-student relationships

The Hechinger Report

Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning. On Monday, Rose learned the student’s father had died. Nearly 12 million students in 2017 didn’t have broadband internet in their homes , according to a federal report. They have art, they have gym, they have lunch and they have teachers they know.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. It looks unlike any school I ever attended. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face?

The Hechinger Report

Deishangelxa started kindergarten at Ana Hernandez Usera elementary school in 2017, the year Hurricane Maria struck the island. Since 2017, natural disasters have pounded the island — decimating homes, crippling the power grid and gutting infrastructure. Online learning was particularly challenging for Puerto Rican students.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Via The Student Loan Report : “Halfway Through 2017, Here Are the Best & Worst Student Loan Servicers.” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.”