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'Lost in the Cracks' Alabama District Brings Personalized Learning to Incarcerated Youth

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

In 2015, after the state passed a law requiring each local board of education to have a virtual option for students in grades 9-12, the Athens City School District created Renaissance. We sit down with students and create a personalized learning plan for each of them. Most of them were dropouts.” “In

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Department of Education reported that for the 2015-2016 school year, more than 7 million students —or 16 percent of all students—and 20 percent of high school students are chronically absent.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. His school and his state are trailblazers in personalized learning, a method that tailors instruction to students’ individual interests and learning speeds. Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015.

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Their changed view — and that of others who shunned Rogers and now want in — is driven by what seems to be a magic educational elixir: personalized learning. But personalized learning raises big questions about educational equity. What can that look like? When Dan D.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. The school is part of Altus Schools, a network of K-12 alternative schools in Southern California that provides an independent study program based on a blended learning model. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. Some students reported finishing a course in two weeks.

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Reimagining failure: ‘Last-chance’ schools are the future of American high schools

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2017

It is features like these that have helped former high school dropouts like Rocheli Burgos — and other students who have struggled in school — get a second chance at earning a diploma. The Barr Foundation is one of the many funders of The Hechinger Report.). Read more about high school reform.

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In rural Maine, a university eliminates most Fs in an effort to increase graduation rates

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

Photo: Robbie Feinberg for The Hechinger Report. Related: Tipping point: Can summit put personalized learning over the top? Photo: Robbie Feinberg for The Hechinger Report. Related: Massachusetts districts now trade notes on best paths to personalized learning.

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This program is helping fast-diversifying suburban schools promote success for all students

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Photo: Nick Chiles for The Hechinger Report. Over the past decade, school officials in Fulton County, Georgia’s fourth-largest school district, have experimented with so-called personalized learning , tried integrating English language learners into mainstream classes, and introduced high school-level courses in middle school.

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The new movie Night School passes my test

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In 2015–16, the number of students ages 3–21 receiving special education services was 6.7 Among students receiving special education services, 34 percent had specific learning disabilities.”. percent of persons with a disability were employed compared to 65.7 Bureau of Labor Statistics report. In 2017, 18.7

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

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Currently, students are recommended for involuntary virtual learning by the principal, she said, and these placements are tracked aggregately along with suspensions, which makes identifying the particular impact of virtualization difficult. Louis, in the spring of 2022. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Credit: Danielle Dreilinger for The Hechinger Report. million public school students were identified as gifted in 2015-16, about 6 percent of the total school population, according to the federal Department of Education. percent, were considered gifted in 2015-16. The Hechinger Report’s analysis of U.S. BUFFALO, N.Y. —

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.”. You take a personal interest,” says Keith. “It Connecting Every Student to Personalized Learning.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

. “If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.” You take a personal interest,” says Keith. ” Ending Social Promotion. "You’re

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report.

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If more students become pregnant post-Roe, are we prepared to support them?

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

Credit: Jimena Peck for The Hechinger Report. She was a high school junior when she learned she was pregnant, and didn’t receive the support she needed from school officials to continue. Credit: Jimena Peck for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Jimena Peck for The Hechinger Report. All are illegal, yet commonplace.

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Education's Online Futures

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Whether or not the product has failed or enrollments have fallen or the promises were always mostly b t, to this day, the big MOOC companies and their famous founders remain in the headlines: “ Andrew Ng Spreads the Gospel of AI With a New Online School ,” Wired reported. This is the part where someone always cites Arthur C.

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'Lost in the Cracks' Alabama District Brings Personalized Learning to Incarcerated Youth

Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

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