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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

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Distance learning began March 23. Simon and the rest of the district turned their focus to food security , internet connectivity for families in need and online suicide prevention assessments. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

The Hechinger Report

In 2016, 45,567 young people were held in facilities nationwide, down 20 percent from 2012.) Sophia Jones-Redmond, superintendent of the district, which serves students from ages 13 to 21, said that a blended-learning model has been a major factor in this success. Source: PEARSON CONNEXUS. Keep it going in the real world.”.

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OPINION: This high-poverty district learned to think differently about teaching and learning

The Hechinger Report

By 2016, the high-poverty school district had turned around. The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. Often that involved thinking differently about how, when and where teaching and learning actually occur.

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

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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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Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff

The Hechinger Report

“It’s becoming blatantly apparent that the year they spent in remote learning did not allow them to mature properly,” said Thiebeau, who teaches biology and forensics in a room decorated with animal bones and a taxidermied bear head. Online learning was challenging for many students. Then the pandemic arrived.

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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

The Hechinger Report

So he has no idea if they’re learning. So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works. For many students it’s been a lonely year, and algebra is tougher to learn while peering at a screen, say teachers and researchers. “I

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

The Hechinger Report

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”. Read the stories.

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