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Student loan default rates inch down as for-profit sector contracts

The Hechinger Report

percentage points from the default rate of students who graduated or left school in 2013-14. More than 15 percent of these graduates and dropouts defaulted in both time periods. That’s amounts to roughly 120,000 students in default from the class of 2015-16, down from 132,000 students in the class of 2013-14. percent to 6.8

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

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This has been a goal of Simon’s since she joined Long Beach Unified in fall 2013. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. But it has proven elusive. Her district’s chronic absenteeism rates have actually increased, from 13.3

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

Though only about 40 miles north of Silicon Valley, home to technology giants such as Google and Apple, Oakland was deeply underconnected when the pandemic shuttered its schools. Every school had their individual Google spreadsheet, and there wasn’t a unifying place where any of us could look.”. Like, we had no idea. for the nonprofit.

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Learning Revolution Free Events - Great, GREAT Keynotes - MiniCon - ISTE Unplugged! - Striving for Failure?

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Reform Symposium MiniCon May , May 4th 9:30am - 1pm EDT Upcoming deadlines: Sign up for the Tech & App Smackdown - Share your favorite web tool or app as we celebrate our amazing presenters from 2013 and look forward to #RSCON5 on July 11-13th, 2014.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

Kristen Danusis, a former school psychologist who became the principal in 2013, tells me that many of her students live “off the grid,” in households that earn little regular income. Jessica Geremia, a technology trainer for the Chariho Regional School District, in southwestern Rhode Island, told me, “We use Google all the time.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Reform Symposium MiniCon May , May 4th 9:30am - 1pm EDT Upcoming deadlines: Sign up for the Tech & App Smackdown - Share your favorite web tool or app as we celebrate our amazing presenters from 2013 and look forward to #RSCON5 on July 11-13th, 2014.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” Google had a big media to-do this week. Via Ars Technica : “Google unveils a $249 smart camera that decides what’s worth photographing.” “ Mattel and Google : a double standard for AI toys?”