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PROOF POINTS: New wave of research shows nudging students by text is not as promising as hoped

The Hechinger Report

High school seniors were targeted, as were college dropouts who wanted to resume their studies. None of these guidelines are absolute. In the latest failure of texting, researchers nudged more than 800,000 high school students to apply for federal financial aid. 1/2) Hi [first_name].

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The Professional Development Problem

EdNews Daily

If we can’t effectively support our educators then expecting them to reverse the concerning trends of high school dropouts (more than ¼ fail to graduate H.S.), Appreciating that volition, engagement, and teaching excellent are all tied together, creating essential guidelines for every school’s planning for PD.

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When Schools Take Safety Too Far: The Origins of Zero-Tolerance Discipline

MindShift

Over and over the data shows racial bias in the country’s classrooms has lead to lost instructional time, dropouts and often incarceration. The Department of Education has issued new guidelines for school climate and discipline that steer districts away from so-called zero-tolerance policies.

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How the pandemic has altered school discipline — perhaps forever

The Hechinger Report

That same day, six other students across the district were written up for not wearing their masks correctly (including one who also faked using hand sanitizer), while an elementary school student was assigned three days of “private dining” for sharing food in violation of safety guidelines. This story also appeared in HuffPost.

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Wednesday Interview - Breaking the Cycle of Students' Disengagement by Having Them Leave, to Learn

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join me Wednesday, April 17th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Elliot Washor and Charles Mojkowski on their new book, Leaving to Learn : How Out-of-School Learning Increases Student Engagement and Reduces Dropout Rates. From the book''s description :) "It''s an alarming fact: in the U.S.,

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Community colleges tackle another challenge: Students recovering from past substance use

The Hechinger Report

In November, the Association of Recovery in Higher Education, which serves as a hub for the programs, launched a working group tasked in part with editing the guidelines for starting recovery programs to make them more applicable to community colleges. “I don’t know why we weren’t trying to do this years ago,” Miller said.

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Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

The Hechinger Report

Colleges are also working to reduce their numbers of dropouts on the principle that it’s cheaper to provide the kind of support required to keep tuition-paying students than to recruit more. And for all of the work it’s done to reduce the number of dropouts, the higher education industry has so far barely moved the needle.

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