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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. College dropouts cost Minnesota millions of dollars in wasted subsidies and lost revenue each year. Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report. MANKATO, Minn. High cost of dropping out. Paul College.

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Colorado hybrid school taps into personalized learning

eSchool News

Scores for grades 2-8 in math and reading on year-to-year Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments show 140 to 240 percent growth, with the highest scores in grades 6-8—when students typically see a slight decline. Material from a press release was used in this report.

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In Utah, personalizing learning by focusing on relationships

The Hechinger Report

The high school graduation rate in Utah’s Juab School District was 78 percent in 2009. Teachers now assess students’ proficiency across four categories: basic, approaching, proficient and advanced. The question of how a proficiency-based report card will affect college admissions is a common concern for families around the country.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Nearly two decades ago, the reporter Todd Oppenheimer documented the aggressive rise of emerging Silicon Valley technologies — personal computers and the Internet — in the nation’s public schools. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. The George W.