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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

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. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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

The Hechinger Report

Much as she loves technology, Wilkins-Walker said, “I have never wanted to be an online teacher.”. 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.

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

Edsurge

The students in the blended version also take most of their courses online, but they occasionally meet in person for mentoring from a certified teacher or for clubs and sports. 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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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

The Hechinger Report

A 2016 study by the American Institutes for Research noted that about a third of Chicago’s public high school students fail one or both semesters of algebra I. That means algebra I is also the class that decides whether students get jobs involving science, technology, engineering or math. Jeffrey Coots, a Kentucky algebra teacher.

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

The Hechinger Report

We compared tutoring to summer school, after school, extended day, technology and other things. Guilford County Schools turned to tutors early in the pandemic to confront unfinished learning. Students didn’t lose anything, they just never had the opportunity to learn it.” And it’s [a] night and day difference.”.

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STUDENT VOICES: If I weren’t here I’d probably be dead

The Hechinger Report

The technology, the computers, they’re probably more than 12 years old. Student interviews were carried out during the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. Highline hasn’t been rebuilt for a while, so it’s pretty old. We got moles, squirrels, rats everywhere. Other rooms you can’t turn it on.

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STUDENT VOICES: When you’re a teenager you feel like an outsider already

The Hechinger Report

Not only in our smarts or technology, but to help us progress as a human race: preparing us to tackle the issues that they couldn’t defeat. Student interviews were carried out during the 2015-2016, 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. What role do you think school and teachers should play in students’ lives?