edWeb.net

JULY 23, 2021

Education is just different than it was pre-pandemic—many school leaders think it shouldn’t go back to the way it was before when schools used systems developed in the 20th century. Redesign the system: Take a look at budgeting, staffing, physical planning, etc. But that doesn’t mean even more changes aren’t needed. Bill Daggett, Ed.D.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The effects of mental health are not restricted to the teachers but in turn impact the students they teach, leading to poor academic outcomes, poor student discipline, and higher dropout rates. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are enabling the personalization of education while also immersing the students in the lessons.

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Technology eBook Gamification Classroom 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Though some programs have helped lower dropout rates and improved graduation rates for students of color, the gap in the percentage of students finishing a degree has barely budged across the 30 community colleges in the Minnesota State Colleges and University system. That is not who we serve today.”. Free tuition, mentoring.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. They provide support and feedback to students through the Blackboard learning management system or by email, telephone or live audio/video conferencing.

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Learning Dropout Blackboard Common Core 63

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

The American prison system has been criticized for being a place of punishment instead of rehabilitation. In states such as Alabama, where youth as young as 14 can be tried as adults, going into the system can mean a lifetime of condemnation. Most of them were dropouts.” “In They were lost in the cracks,” says Carter.

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Personalized Learning Learning Blended Learning Dropout 86

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

New Hampshire, Oregon and Vermont are among the few states that have been building personalized learning systems for years. Their ESSA plans detail systemic transformations of assessment methods and other practices, according to Lillian Pace, the senior director of national policy at KnowledgeWorks.

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Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 69

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The alternative diploma, attained through the LEAP Alternate Assessment, Level 1 (LAA1) graduation pathway, allows students with severe disabilities to forgo typical academic expectations and requirements, and it doesn’t end with the high school diploma. Related: How one district solved its special education dropout problem.

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Dropout Advocacy Outcomes Report 78

Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

Students have continued pursuing their studies despite prolonged lockdowns through platforms such as learning management systems (LMSs) and video conferencing software. An ILP is a hybrid learning platform that combines two already established systems — learning management systems (LMSs) and learning experience platforms (LXPs).

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LMS Gamification Learning Dropout 345

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Overton’s placement in the college-level course with a companion course, called a co-requisite, is part of a developmental education redesign launched by the Alabama Community College System in 2018-19. The system fully implemented the program in the 2019-20 school year and reduced the number of developmental course sections it offered.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 16, 2020

Panelist Phyllis Jordan, editorial director at FutureEd, pointed to the results of the organization’s analysis of states’ 2017 ESSA plans, which require one non-academic indicator for school assessments. Chronically absent middle schoolers have lower grades and test scores that increase dropout potential.

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Policies Dropout Outcomes Comparison 52

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

Simon and the rest of the district turned their focus to food security , internet connectivity for families in need and online suicide prevention assessments. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. Distance learning began March 23.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” YEP got its start in 2004 as a re-entry program for teens involved in the juvenile-court system. But most don’t take the test immediately after dropping out. My grades were perfect.

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Dropout Policies Report System 54

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 30, 2016

In his new role at Discovery Education , Edwards will work with school systems worldwide to implement digital transitions similar to the one he oversaw in Mooresville, the company said in a statement. I worked for two years as vice president of business development at Harcourt Assessment, but left that job to join Mooresville.

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Education Company Dropout Policies 75

The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 31, 2016

If you want to learn about progressive ideas in the areas of grading, assessment, and homework, check out Joe's book, De-Testing + De-Grading Schools , one of his talks , and his blog. You may also appreciate his 140Edu Talk where he explains high school dropouts is not a crisis. Joe's writing was always informative and inspirational.

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Social Media Dropout Guidelines Libraries 43

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2018

Pointing to the decline in the county’s dropout rate, Duncan proclaims: “It’s a model that works, and it’s been replicated across Georgia and has also been the subject of a Harvard Business School study.” (A Related: Lessons of nope: Joel Klein fails to educate us on how to fix our schools.

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Dropout Policies Elementary Data 69

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. So systems are really trying to figure out, ‘How do we do that?’ ”. “It’s not something we’re going to make up in a summer or in a year.

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Study Data Report Elementary 132

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

And many educators, both in high school and college, had trouble accurately assessing their students’ progress. Patterson suspects it’s more difficult to assess students’ understanding of the class material with remote tests and quizzes, where students often can consult more resources. Credit: Erika Rich for The Hechinger Report.

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Education Course Report Policies 123

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2017

It is features like these that have helped former high school dropouts like Rocheli Burgos — and other students who have struggled in school — get a second chance at earning a diploma. This approach, too, has been gaining traction in the mainstream education system. There are 575,000 students in alternative schools nationwide.

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Dropout Policies Report Course 93

IAD Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Data comes from many sources : Student Information Systems (SIS) : provide demographic and academic data. Learning Management Systems (LMS): provide students’ activity records as well as students’ performance information. Other systems: provide multiple types of information. Benefits of learning analytics.

Learning Analytics 62

Learning Analytics LMS Analysis Learning 62

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

These are the four system campuses that offer flexible assistance. More than 64,500 students are enrolled at Dallas College, and the system employs nearly 240 success coaches who are spread out across its seven campuses. Experiencing food insecurity? Here’s the campus’ food pantry. Need last-minute child care?

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Outcomes Report Meeting Study 83

Edsurge

JULY 28, 2016

The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. I begin to ponder: Have the rigorous demands of the Nevada Academic Content Standards and my extensive evaluation system decimated my learners joy of reading?

Technology 60

Technology eBook Dropout Libraries 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

FUN SAD FACT: According to Avi Yashchin, Senior Offering Manager at IBM Watson: “Sadness [sentiments] in incoming freshman college application essay is the sixth strongest predictor of dropout.” Solution: offer happier prompts?). FROM JEOPARDY TO TUTORING: Pearson is adding IBM’s Watson as a tutor to its online college courses.

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Pearson Blackboard Survey Learning Analytics 60

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

I would have been a dropout.”. Stubbe has a counterpart in every public school in the city, yet neither she nor her colleagues are employees of the Buffalo Public School system. We’re finally dealing with the systemic challenges to success … instead of just the symptoms.”. And I do that with [Stubbe].

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Data Secondary System Accessibility 92

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Rodriguez was forced into remedial math by the community college’s placement test, which assesses a student’s ability to succeed in for-credit, higher education classes. But it’s another thing to actually have support systems to deal with the students that are there.”.

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Report Course System Data 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Loud cheering, a drum line, endless applause and a full buffet at Jackson’s convention center on Thursday night accompanied the release of a report that could herald in a top-to-bottom overhaul of the 24,000-student school system here.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Asynchronous access to this content, especially when this access is not through a dated university learning management system, but something more authentic to the student, maybe even accessed on their own mobile devices. MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back.

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Examples MOOC E-rate Dropout 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Mast and her family decided to leave their home in Tennessee for Kansas, where they could put Rachel into a school system that offered a better education and would include her in an integrated classroom. She fought for years and went to court to stop her district from giving her daughter certain assessments.

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Education Assessment Report Resources 81

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Something tells me that a loose projector hanging from the ceiling was not what Thomas Edison imagined when he proclaimed that motion picture would transform our education system. While this approach found some success in reducing the dropout rate of students who participated, there were no measurable improvements in achievement.

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EdTech Learning Blended Learning Dropout 217

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

Is anyone interested in taking an assessment today?” But in a proficiency-based system, students must show that they’ve mastered “competencies” — specific skills or knowledge — before they move on to the next level, and eventually receive a diploma. But some students say the system can reward procrastination. Dobrin asks.

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Pearson Personalized Learning Report Course 82

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Starkville, in contrast, was regarded as a successful school system, offering opportunities such as Advanced Placement classes and robotics competitions through a career and technology center. This economic divide was mirrored in the school system. Every fall, each student is tested to assess any gaps in skills and knowledge.

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Report Dropout System Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 24, 2023

I’m an assessment instructor,” Mosser said. And the only reason is people like me – I’m middle class – have known how to work the system. All six students in Chemistry 121 were also taking an entry-level statistics class, and Ronhaar was co-instructor for both courses. She’s just a helping instructor. This is bigger than I-BEST.

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Industry Training Report Course 70

The Hechinger Report

JULY 27, 2016

Related: Pipeline to Prison: How the juvenile justice system fails special education students. The juvenile-detention center does state Department of Education-established assessments that show whether or not a student is on track or behind with Mississippi’s benchmarks, and that determines their coursework for their stay.

Education 40

Education Report System Policies 40

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

One university system charges a $70 “application fee” to students transferring from one campus to another after a semester away. I think the majority of higher education is complacent” about their dropouts, he said. Lots of these trivial things that occur.”. Sanchez said.

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Kaplan Dropout Libraries System 40

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Leave this field empty if you're human: In interviews with 45 parents and students and more than 50 other experts, advocates and lawyers across 34 states and the District of Columbia, families and advocates described systemic problems with special education in high school. The system, she said, “failed me.”. But he still struggled.

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Education Strategy Report Training 110

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

They are developing a recommendation engine to leverage dropout rate data to predict and design interventions for at-risk students. The engine will also assess the outcomes of such interventions—information that will help tailor and improve recommendations over time.

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Dropout Education Data Software 149

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

The district handed out its existing stockpile of loaner devices and hot spots to as many students as possible, said Preston Thomas, OUSD’s chief systems and services officer. The district lacked a system for tracking how many students weren’t logging on to classes for lack of a working computer, tablet or internet connection at home.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 107

Edsurge

MAY 22, 2023

Then after we work to get a community stabilized, that's when we can go in and do an assessment of who may need some additional support, like our mental health interventions. Another thing we learn more and more is the way trauma affects our central nervous system and the way our brain functions.

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Secondary Training System Elementary 156