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OPINION: How top charter schools became an ‘afterthought’ in one state

The Hechinger Report

The decline has accelerated, and results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have pushed the state into the “learn-from-our-mistakes” category. Academic standards were the next to go. Eighth-grade math scores fell three points since the last time NAEP was administered in 2017.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

Kids are helped along by access to take-home devices and individualized learning plans that allow them to progress through class material at their own speed. In the early years of Lindsay’s experiment, few students had internet access at home. “I Today, students are even able to access assignments on their mobile devices.

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2017’s Ho-Hum, Unremarkable, But Too-Often Ignored Lessons in Education Technology

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As someone who has taught high school history, led a school district, and researched the history of school reform along with the use of educational technologies over the past half-century, I found little that startled me in 2017 (with the exception for one event noted below). District purchases of hardware and software continue to go up.

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After years of neglect, Mississippi takes baby steps to boost school readiness

The Hechinger Report

In addition, kindergarteners who took advantage of state-funded pre-K in Quitman ranked among the top five performers on an assessment of school readiness skills, state data released in November show. million in 2017. Pre-K also teaches important non-academic skills, like how to hold a pencil, pay attention and get along with peers.

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In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs

The Hechinger Report

During the program, students have access to internships and work experience. In 2013, the legislature passed Act 77, the “Flexible Pathways Initiative,” which encourages schools to expand opportunities to programs like work-based learning, increase access to virtual learning experiences, and amplify the number of dual enrollment courses.