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How to help struggling young readers

The Hechinger Report

The repercussions of not learning to read are magnified for poor children: Research shows that low-income children who cannot read at grade level by third grade are six times more likely to become high school dropouts. “In Related: Can Common Core reading tests ever be fair?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Invent To Learn Hands-on Workshop before ISTE 2014 in Atlanta : Join Sylvia Martinez and Gary Stager on June 28th from 9am - 3pm for an energizing day of “hard fun” as we invent, tinker, and learn how to incorporate hands-on project-based learning in the classroom. See graphics for social media and follow the event to join the campaign!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” ” Apparently it’s all Audre Lorde ’s fault, because of course it is. Performance on PISA Decline Because of Common Core? ” This WSJ commentary is bonkers. ” asks Forbes.

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Can kids get passionate about learning — and develop the persistence to follow where it leads? One school has a plan

The Hechinger Report

They are two-week intensive courses that take children outside the classroom and beyond the traditional subjects. The Greenfield model was conceived in the fall of 2014, when a team of school designers led by Samouha traveled the country visiting charter schools and borrowing their best ideas. These are not field trips.

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A vocational school curriculum that includes genocide studies and British literature

The Hechinger Report

Opened in 2014 when two existing vocational programs consolidated, Essex Tech is preparing to graduate its first senior class to have spent the entirety of their high school careers at the new campus. That’s the trade-off students have to make to come here,” O’Toole said. Historical documents and literary fiction make up the curriculum.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Trump’s favorite techie is, of course, Peter Thiel. Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” Via The Washington Post : “ School offers ‘incentives’ to get kids to take Common Core standardized test.”

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

Those connections start with one-on-one mentoring, in which teachers meet with students weekly to discuss short-term goals, such as completing a certain number of units in a history course, and long-term goals that stretch into college and career. The daily schedule for sixth graders at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts.