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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

The Hechinger Report

While online-only programs have come under fire for deprioritizing classroom relationships and providing too little instructional support for students, blended programs have been seen as able to strike an ideal balance. Illinois’ effort to bring online learning to juvenile justice facility classrooms is rare nationwide.

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

The Hechinger Report

Jordan Mickens, who spent his first year as a teacher at Castlemont High School in 2014, said he vividly remembers the technology divide his students faced compared with those in the wealthy areas surrounding Oakland. When he taught at Castlemont in 2014, the school had only one Chromebook cart. “To

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

The Hechinger Report

The top 20 percent of earners saw their incomes rise by 95 percent in real terms between 1979 and 2014, whereas the middle three quintiles recorded just 28 percent growth, according to the Congressional Budget Office. And as wages have flat lined, college costs have spiraled.

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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

The Greenfield model uses some rather commonplace strategies, such as integrating online learning, small-group instruction and greater parental and community involvement. Where the model pushes boundaries is in the addition of learning experiences called “expeditions.” Aylon Samouha, leader of the Greenfield model’s design team.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Though the rate of low-income students in the district has steadily increased in the last decade, so have graduation rates, to 83 percent in 2014. That group finishes the rotation with online learning, which is an opportunity to apply what they learned through the class period. In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Though the rate of low-income students in the district has steadily increased in the last decade, so have graduation rates, to 83 percent in 2014. That group finishes the rotation with online learning, which is an opportunity to apply what they learned through the class period. In 2012, the district was one of 16 U.S.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Deadlines Reinventing the Classroom , May 1st, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: Presentation proposals will be accepted between now and April 25th for Reinventing the Classroom. Library 2.014 , October 8th + 9th, 2014 Upcoming deadlines: Presentation proposals will be accepted between now and October 1st for Library 2.014.

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