Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

The director of student support services for Long Beach Unified School District wanted to reduce the number of local students who were chronically absent, a term that refers to those who miss 15 or more school days of the academic year. This has been a goal of Simon’s since she joined Long Beach Unified in fall 2013.

Strategy 181

Strategy Learning Data Dropout 181

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

” We have a significantly low dropout rate and high on-time graduation rate in Albemarle. The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Reasons that Keep Kids Coming Back to School.

Dropout 266

Dropout Company Twitter Maker Movement 266

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. Photo: Wayne D’Orio for The Hechinger Report. BURIEN, Wash. —

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Elementary Training Report Guidelines 96

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. There are gifted dropouts. Yet the internet and reference books teem with professionally endorsed lists of so-called gifted traits. BUFFALO, N.Y. —

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I.

Personalized Learning 97

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 97

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

While most schools across the country are fully back in person, students continue to struggle to complete homework assignments or participate in remote learning because they lack adequate internet service and access to a computer at home — a phenomenon commonly referred to as the “homework gap.” Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” All through elementary school, she’d excelled in the classroom, though she spent a lot of time in the principal’s office. But most don’t take the test immediately after dropping out.

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