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 178

Strategy Learning Data Dropout 178

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had already overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey. “No On a trip back home to the Dominican Republic, she began dating Jesus Hernandez; they married in 2013. The one successful person in my family was a nurse.”.

Study 90

Study Report Course Dropout 90

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.” for the nonprofit.

Digital Divide 105

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 105

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2018

Samouha aimed to transform the picture of education from one of kids dutifully doing assigned work to one of kids “who are just on fire about their own learning path.”. Achievement First was responding to what co-founder Dacia Toll describes as a wake-up call in 2013. We are all walking around saying ‘Wow, this is amazing.’ ”.

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Robotics Learning Report Common Core 83

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

Vaux closed in 2013 amid a wave of citywide school closures. By the time it closed in 2013 along with more than 20 other schools in the district, over three-quarters of Vaux students were not reading or performing math at grade level, according to state records. David Bromley, executive director of Big Picture Philadelphia.

Report 71

Report Digital Divide Groups Social Media 71

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

There are gifted dropouts. A number of experts said that gifted kids come in all personality flavors — for every perfectionist, there’s a wild, messy kid whose backpack is a pit of despair. Yet the internet and reference books teem with professionally endorsed lists of so-called gifted traits.

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Education Elementary Report Data 145

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

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. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Yet, inside Isaac Paine, tech abounds. It looks unlike any school I ever attended. Weekly Update.

Personalized Learning 92

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 92