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Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out

The Hechinger Report

Her daughter, whose name is being withheld to protect her privacy, learned from the living room couch or dining room table, and there was no chance for altercations with her peers in the hallway or on the bus. But in October, less than two months after returning to in-person learning in Sacramento, California, she was suspended again.

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Reimagining failure: ‘Last-chance’ schools are the future of American high schools

The Hechinger Report

It is features like these that have helped former high school dropouts like Rocheli Burgos — and other students who have struggled in school — get a second chance at earning a diploma. The Barr Foundation is one of the many funders of The Hechinger Report.). Read more about high school reform.

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The new movie Night School passes my test

The Hechinger Report

“Among students receiving special education services, 34 percent had specific learning disabilities.”. percent of persons with a disability were employed compared to 65.7 Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Many people who know they have a learning disability are reluctant to disclose it. In 2017, 18.7

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Learning Analytics 2018 – An updated perspective

IAD Learning

Learning analytics has been a hot topic for a while in the education industry. Not by chance, learning analytics and all its related technologies (measuring learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive learning, personalized learning, etc.) have been part of the “Horizon Report” for a while.

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In Utah, personalizing learning by focusing on relationships

The Hechinger Report

For the last three years in a row, it has been 97 percent, and the superintendent attributes the whole of that increase to the district’s efforts to personalize learning. At the heart of personalized learning is building a positive relationship with every student, every single day.”. And it opened Robins’ eyes.

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Twenty-one and in high school

The Hechinger Report

This story is part of a Hechinger reporting series about how “last chance” high schools are pioneering some of the latest trends in high school reform. He realized that some students don’t succeed on the conventional academic path, and ran a school for dropouts on Arena Boulevard. He reused the name when he started Bronx Arena in 2011.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report.