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Dropout Detective Offers Academic ‘Credit Scores’—But Is That a Good Thing?

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That’s why it might come as surprise to hear AspirEDU , an educational analytics company, pitch their Dropout Detective software as an “academic credit score” for students. Whereas credit scores are designed to prevent risky buyers from getting approved on loans, Dropout Detective is meant to improve student success and lower dropout rates.

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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

The Hechinger Report

In this ongoing series, The Hechinger Report is visiting high schools that have beaten the long odds to learn what’s behind their success in improving graduation rates and sending more students to college. The change in the school culture since the Diplomas Now partnership began in 2013 is palpable, marked by rising expectations for students.

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It’s Time To Unlearn & Relearn Learning

EdNews Daily

Our innate capacity to learn, to think, to create, and adapt endowed us with the evolutionary advantages necessary to become one of the most successful organisms on the planet. If you’re a trainer, you fight this process every time you engage a new hire, every time you learn a skill yourself, and every time you teach your child something new.

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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

EdNews Daily

The Washington Post reported (October 8, 2019) that the percentage of third-graders who had their own cellphones had “more than doubled from 19 percent in 2013 to 45 percent in 2017 About 50 percent of fourth-graders and 70 percent of fifth graders went to school with a phone in 2017.” He was one of nine people, globally, to be nominated.

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Leadership Ignited

A Principal's Reflections

The leadership of NASSP is well aware of trends in and the value of connected learning and have created a learning experience that will meet the needs of all attendees. So imagine their surprise to discover that a lot of effective learning can take place in shorter blocks of time. Participatory learning.

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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. Distance learning began March 23. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. In addition to causing learning gaps, absenteeism also has budget implications.

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Kids Don’t Fail, Schools Fail Kids: Sir Ken Robinson on the 'Learning Revolution'

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So, why then is personalized learning a non-negotiable? A huge misconception amongst adults, according to Robinson, is that kids don’t like to learn. On the contrary, “my conviction is that kids love to learn. Rather, “it’s the construct of school” that beats a love to learn out of students, he says. Sir Ken Robinson.

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