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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

EdNews Daily

So, even though incidents of bullying remained steady, in the 2016-2017 school year, there was a 3.5 Smartphones trail at 45% (up from 39% in 2012). Forty-two percent say it happens in classrooms. percent jump in those who were bullied or by text or online. That was a jump of 15 percent from the 2014-2015 school year.

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Spreading First Aid for Teens’ Mental Health by Training Adults to Help

MindShift

When kids struggle, their emotional problems often unfold in the classroom, affecting their ability to concentrate and straining interactions with teachers and peers. Left untreated, mental health concerns can contribute to high school dropout rates. — MentalHealthFirstAid (@MHFirstAidUSA) August 16, 2017.

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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

The Hechinger Report

According to state data, the number of young people in state juvenile justice facilities dropped from 901 at the end of 2012 to 386 in 2017. In 2016, 45,567 young people were held in facilities nationwide, down 20 percent from 2012.) In Illinois, Marquell Brown got a firsthand look at the improvements made from 2009 to 2017.

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

The Hechinger Report

Though some programs have helped lower dropout rates and improved graduation rates for students of color, the gap in the percentage of students finishing a degree has barely budged across the 30 community colleges in the Minnesota State Colleges and University system. “If I felt like I needed mirrors in the classroom.”.

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At this one-of-a-kind Boston public high school, students learn calculus in Spanish

The Hechinger Report

BOSTON — When the Boston Public Schools opened the Margarita Muñiz Academy in 2012, it was a first-of-its kind dual-language high school meant to address issues faced by the city’s growing Hispanic population. And the dropout rate among the first Muniz cohort, the class of 2016, was just 2.5 That’s the goal, anyway.

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With no silver bullet, innovation abounds at this bilingual high school

The Hechinger Report

The Muñiz Academy opened in 2012 as one of Massachusetts’ first “innovation schools,” free from many district policies and granted flexibility with its curriculum, budget, school schedule and annual calendar, among other things. This idea that if I work hard, I can get better — that’s really clear in an arts classroom,” Abramoski said. “If

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

ATLANTA — When Keenan Robinson started college in 2017, he knew the career he wanted. For an absurd example, if dropouts tended to take classes on Thursdays in their first semester at college, but students who completed their degrees didn’t, then you might worry about current students who are currently taking classes on Thursdays.

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