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Sparking Student Motivation, Persistence, and Confidence with Emerging Technologies

Digital Promise

Is this an extracurricular class for the highest achievers? The program engages young people to produce 360° films that make an impact, aiming to inspire students as creators and build their skills and confidence with production and technology. Imagine students creating virtual reality. What do you see? Perhaps in some cases.

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New Bill Could Bring CS Programs to 500K JROTC Students—and Diversify the Future Workforce

Edsurge

A report by the RAND Corporation found that JROTC is well-represented among public high schools with large minority populations, and strongly represented in schools serving economically disadvantaged populations, whether measured by Title I eligibility or free and reduced-price lunch program participation. Lizzie Fletcher (D-Tx.),

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Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts

The Hechinger Report

Sent from one office to another, he was close to giving up — until he found himself referred to someone whose title was “retention specialist.”. Sent from one office to another, he was close to giving up — until he found himself referred to someone whose title was “retention specialist.”. “I I never heard of that,” said Dickinson.

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Why high school football is making a comeback in New Orleans

The Hechinger Report

At KIPP, I knew the teachers cared about me and my grades, but I wanted a school that would support me with football,” he said. Now, more than a decade after the storm, all but four of the city’s more than 80 public schools operate as charter schools, which private organizations run using public funds.

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

The Hechinger Report

Tucked into the first half of the handbook is a section titled “Corporal Punishment.”. The United States leaves it to states to set policy, and, absent statewide bans, local school districts make their own rules. COLLINS, Miss. — This story also appeared in Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting.