2012, Dropout, Elementary and Learning

School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

Smartphones trail at 45% (up from 39% in 2012). More parents are sending their young children to elementary school with a smartphone. Auburn University awarded him the “Auburn Hero Award” for his work in “reducing dropouts and for helping Alternative Education Schools.” . He was one of nine people, globally, to be nominated.

Dropout

Dropout Smartphone Tablets Report

HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Blended and online learning is increasingly in demand by students. Read more: Why blended learning will become an educational norm. In Ontario, Canada, for instance, the somewhat shocking facts are: 99% of all Ontario elementary and secondary students have access to computers at school. Read more: Will AI replace teachers?

Secondary

Secondary LMS E-rate Dropout

The Des Moines Register’s editorial on student retention is lazy and irresponsible

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 24, 2016

In his highly-acclaimed book, Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement , he highlighted 138 different factors that can influence student learning success. Significantly higher dropout rates. Grade-level retention was one of only five factors that negatively impacts student achievement.

Dropout

Dropout Policies Comparison Study

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

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Students participate in morning workshops in advance of national May 1 “Day Without Immigrants” rallies, learning also about the labor rights history of May Day rallies worldwide. And the dropout rate among the first Muniz cohort, the class of 2016, was just 2.5 They learn something in one language and build on it in the other.

Learning

Learning Dropout Report Elementary

How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Around 2009, Lee learned about the Junior Theater Festival (JTF) in Atlanta, where students from across the country gather for three days to compete, take workshops and nerd out over musical theater. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report. But to the parents, it’s worth it.

Dropout

Dropout Elementary Report Common Core

Buffalo shows turnaround of urban schools is possible, but it takes a lot more than just money

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

I would have been a dropout.”. Since its launch in 2012, the city’s high school graduation rate has climbed 15 points, to 64 percent, according to New York State education department figures , the highest rate the city has achieved in more than a decade. I don’t even talk to my [real] sister about them or cry in front of her.

Data

Data Secondary System Accessibility

Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S. Most of what our staff does is show up committed and dedicated — they really take care of these kids and make sure that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they’re happy, they’re eating, they have clothes,” says Amy Creeden, an elementary school principal. Supporting Students from Day One.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout

Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S. A new elementary school, Presidential Park, hosts more than 1,000 students in a modern, state-of-the-art building. Using what it learned from the strings program, the district decided to offer courses for free — with the help of its Race to the Top grant.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout

Progress in the Deep South: Black students combat segregation, poverty and dwindling school funding

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The Hechinger Report traveled to three counties with very high numbers of adults without a high school credential to learn about the obstacles schools and families must overcome to provide and obtain this essential first step to a middle-class life. The economic futures of African Americans without a high school diploma are especially bleak.

Elementary

Elementary Report Dropout Training

Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. Buffalo educators hoped Eve’s new program would give more children — particularly children of color — a chance at enrichment and advanced learning. There are gifted dropouts.

Education

Education Elementary Report Data

Twenty-one and in high school

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2016

This model demands more resources than those available to a traditional high school, but given that the typical high school dropout costs the state an estimated $300,000 over their lifetime , Cesene argues that the math is elementary. When they arrive at Bronx Arena, many need help before being able to re-engage with learning.

Dropout

Dropout Report System Meeting

Is the effort to curb strict discipline going too far, too fast?

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 11, 2018

McMicken Heights Elementary School principal Alexandria Haas sits with second-graders during a morning activity developed by the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence. Good morning, Mahlet,” says one student to another at McMicken Heights Elementary School. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. BURIEN, Wash. —

Elementary

Elementary Training Report Guidelines

A college scholarship meant to help low-income, black students now serves mostly white, middle-class kids

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. At the time, a third of Louisiana’s adults were high school dropouts. But the state has seen marked improvement: In 2012 , the percent of adults in Louisiana with at least an associate’s degree had doubled, to almost 30 percent. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

Dropout

Dropout Policies STEM Outcomes

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

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. Johnson is the principal of Mississippi’s Collins Elementary School, where the paddle remains a staple of the educational experience. I signed the paper.”.

Elementary

Elementary Handbook Report Policies

If more students become pregnant post-Roe, are we prepared to support them?

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

She was a high school junior when she learned she was pregnant, and didn’t receive the support she needed from school officials to continue. The teens learn how to apply for their birth certificates and get a driver’s license or social security card. LaTavia BigBack, 21, with her daughter. Credit: Jimena Peck for The Hechinger Report.

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Report Accessibility Outcomes Social Media

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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

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The Des Moines Register’s editorial on student retention is lazy and irresponsible

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

How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

Buffalo shows turnaround of urban schools is possible, but it takes a lot more than just money

Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Progress in the Deep South: Black students combat segregation, poverty and dwindling school funding

Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

Twenty-one and in high school

Is the effort to curb strict discipline going too far, too fast?

A college scholarship meant to help low-income, black students now serves mostly white, middle-class kids

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

If more students become pregnant post-Roe, are we prepared to support them?

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