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Equity Is Not Just About Access. It’s About Success.

Digital Promise

In November 2016, over 250 school district leaders, researchers, thought leaders, and other partners came to Baltimore, Maryland to learn from one of the nation’s most forward-thinking school districts, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS). ” During a keynote address at the meeting, Dr. .” It’s about success.”

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Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out

The Hechinger Report

Her daughter, whose name is being withheld to protect her privacy, learned from the living room couch or dining room table, and there was no chance for altercations with her peers in the hallway or on the bus. But in October, less than two months after returning to in-person learning in Sacramento, California, she was suspended again.

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

Edsurge

Parents in both the virtual and blended learning programs are interviewed before students enter to ensure students are supported throughout the online learning process at home. 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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She has ‘the heart of a nurse,’ but can she overcome obstacles to her degree?

The Hechinger Report

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 In 2016, Hernandez decided to go back to school for her associate degree in nursing at BMCC. This story also appeared in USA Today. Friends and colleagues suggested she try nursing. “I

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

The Hechinger Report

Sometimes, there is no system in place for tracking how many students are being punished this way or how many days of in-person classroom learning they are forced to miss. “We We are speaking about an equal right, an equal opportunity to access education,” said Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

— Digital Promise (@DigitalPromise) February 9, 2016. Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. You take a personal interest,” says Keith. “It Connecting Every Student to Personalized Learning.

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Twenty-one and in high school

The Hechinger Report

Sheryl Javier graduated from Bronx Arena in July 2016, after 8 years of high school. While other schools adopt different strategies to keep students in class, Bronx Arena, in the Bronx borough of New York City, is betting on close relationships and a personalized academic program to get the job done. Photo: Luba Ostashevsky.

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