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OPINION: The pandemic gave graduating high school seniors new strength and resilience

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Students had to take full responsibility for their education, making choices about attendance, motivation, engagement and how to limit distractions. FAAFP, is a family physician, clinical instructor for UMass Medical School and author of “ The Ultimate College Student Health Handbook.” Jill Grimes, M.D., Jill Henry, M.A.,

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Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

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Learning analytics has been a hot topic for a while in the education industry. Our intent is to provide an honest and updated view of where we are, the real benefits, and the challenges to overcome when using learning analytics as educational technology. there are multiple benefits of following a data-driven approach to education.

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Chronically absent: Is quality education possible in juvenile detention in Mississippi?

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Related: Pipeline to Prison: How the juvenile justice system fails special education students. Detention almost always has a negative impact on the education of young people. It further explained that providing an education for detained young people is necessary to support communities and the kids’ future success.

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

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We are speaking about an equal right, an equal opportunity to access education,” said Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center. Schools kick students out but call it a ‘transfer’ In 2020, nearly every school district in the nation was forced to come up with a way of providing education online.

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OPINION: Many student-parents drop out because they don’t have enough time for their schoolwork, research shows

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If we wish to improve educational outcomes for student-parents, policymakers will need to provide them with resources that allow them to spend more time studying. Higher Education. Increased parental education can improve both the educational outcomes of their children and their own parenting behaviors. Weekly Update.

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New routes to success in learning are popping up around the country

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The Hechinger Report is collaborating with The New York Times to produce Bulletin Board, page 2 of the Times ’ s education supplement, Learning. Step 6: Create a grammar handbook to describe five Parts of Speech. Vita Blanco at her graduation celebration at a friend’s home in Vancouver, Wash. Step 7: Take the unit quiz.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

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. — At the beginning of every school year, April Johnson oversees distribution of the Covington County School District student handbook. Tucked into the first half of the handbook is a section titled “Corporal Punishment.”. This story also appeared in Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting.