The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 15th The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man. - National Library Week. National Library Week is this week, and the theme is "Lives change @ your library®." How does your library manage digital collections?

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BYOD Libraries Conference Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. OAKLAND, Calif. We piecemealed as much as we could in March and April 2020,” she said. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. We discuss their goals and what they are working on, and if they had an assessment we might talk about that,” she said. It’s why a fire in the library tarnishes a school’s reputation in the minds of parents, sometimes for years. But it left an impression. “My

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Education Elementary 97

IAD Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Depending on how far we want to take our data collection, we could potentially collect library records, e-book consumption patterns, social network information, etc. If you want to follow a more formal approach towards analytics implementation, there are a number of learning analytics readiness assessment tools.

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Learning Analytics LMS Analysis Learning 62

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

At community colleges, for instance, “A lot of people actually have maybe 75, 80 credits and could get an associate’s degree, but there’s something bureaucratic that’s standing in their way, like a parking fine, a library fine, they didn’t pay the graduation fee,” said Moses. Lots of these trivial things that occur.”.

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Kaplan Dropout Libraries System 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Only, rather than sending health care or social service providers to support parents and assess young children’s readiness for school, McDowell is sending teachers directly to kids’ homes — including high schoolers’ — to counsel, persuade and cajole them to graduate on time and plan for their future. “I He’s the first one.”.

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Report Elementary Study Conference 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

Is anyone interested in taking an assessment today?” Junior Alex DesRuisseaux and senior Jesus Garcia work in the library of the University of Maine at Presque Isle. Dobrin lectures on blood clots and vessels, mapping out diagrams on a whiteboard. Dobrin asks. Some students fill out a handout or watch a video online.

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Pearson Personalized Learning Report Course 85

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

In the mid-2000s, Louisiana implemented high-stakes tests known as Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, or LEAP, which required fourth and eighth graders to show that they were grade-level proficient. Rory Williams stands in the library at George Washington Carver High School. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.

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Analysis Report Data Policies 123

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Instead, she cruised the hallways or read in the library. She also didn’t allow Kailani to use her headphones while working independently in class, something Kailani says was permitted in her special education plan to help her focus. After that, Kailani stopped attending math.

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Data Analysis Online Learning Laptops 102

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Among single, Black and Latino fathers, the dropout rate is about 70 percent. Adrian Huerta, an assistant professor of education at the University of Southern California, has a similar assessment. Related: A surprising reason keeping students from finishing college: A lack of transportation.

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Policies Report Dropout Study 132

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Langdell Hall library at Harvard Law School. The thought that we’d need to measure and assess the quality of education in this coldhearted financial way is inconsistent with the way we’ve thought of it historically. If you’re a law school, you’re likely not going to lie to your accrediting agency. News & World Report rankings.

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Survey Data Report Dropout 91

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

take (the National Assessment for Educational Progress, commonly called the Nation’s Report Card), about a third of fourth graders and a quarter of eighth graders on the mainland were considered “proficient” in 2022. A book in an elementary school library — El Apagón means The Blackout. On the math test that children all over the U.S.

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Elementary Report Dropout System 104

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2019

The ideas stemmed from the group’s twice-monthly meetings at the Patchogue library, where they talked about parenting, navigating their new American home, and the schools. Within a couple of months, Hynes met with the mothers and began implementing some of their ideas, including hiring more Spanish speakers.

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