The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Tuition worries aside, many don’t have high-speed internet, their own up-to-date laptops or a quiet places to study for online learning. But the fall data show that white students are now matching these same high dropout rates. Native American college students have declined the most, down 11 percent.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This story also appeared in The Associated Press After more than a year of some form of pandemic online learning, students were all required to come back to school in person. But it was traumatic when, in Fall 2021, they figured out it had happened. Tameka says she’s unaware of any outreach from Atlanta schools.

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Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 84

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

To lower the dropout rate and keep students on track to earn diplomas, we started a “credit-recovery” program to assist high school students who have lost credit in core subjects due to failing grades or excessive absences. percent in 2008-09 to 84.9 Opportunities for online learning. percent in 2015-16.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

A 2008 study in Los Angeles public schools found that those who didn’t pass algebra by ninth grade were half as likely to graduate as those who did. She reels off the names of four new apps her students have had to learn for their algebra courses. Even students who have done well working virtually don’t love online learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2017

That’s why it might come as surprise to hear AspirEDU , an educational analytics company, pitch their Dropout Detective software as an “academic credit score” for students. Whereas credit scores are designed to prevent risky buyers from getting approved on loans, Dropout Detective is meant to improve student success and lower dropout rates.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Tagged on: March 2, 2017 Coding bootcamps commit to transparency in reporting around job placement | TechCrunch → The move comes as these “accelerated learning programs” across the country push for greater validation among educational institutions — and a share of the massive state and federal dollars that come with accreditation.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

This is part six of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Some of the most oft-told tales in education in recent years have the following plot: the students all move from “brick-and-mortar” to “online.” Meanwhile, the state has cleared the company to become a dropout recovery school.

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