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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

The Hechinger Report

According to state data, the number of young people in state juvenile justice facilities dropped from 901 at the end of 2012 to 386 in 2017. In Illinois, District 428 awarded 73 high school diplomas in 2017, up from 65 in 2013 when there were twice as many juveniles in the system and their average stay was longer.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

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percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1 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. But it has proven elusive. It’s crucial to academic achievement.”

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

The Hechinger Report

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. Opportunities for online learning. Higher Education.

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Alabama community college overhaul improves the odds for unprepared students

The Hechinger Report

It is learning support at exactly the right time you need it to be successful,” said Vicki P. It is learning support at exactly the right time you need it to be successful.” Enrollment in developmental math courses decreased from 19,849 in 2017-18 to 7,715 in 2019-20. percent in 2017-2018 to 73.66

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. When you don’t have basic needs met, you can’t learn.”. “I I have literally hung up the phone and had to cry, because the problems are so deep,” Ward said. Seventy percent said they were falling behind.

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OPINION: The pandemic exposes just how much support college students need

The Hechinger Report

Current and prospective students both are grappling with enrollment and persistence decisions, while facing an indefinite future of face-to-face, online and hybrid learning experiences. college students with lifetime diagnoses of mental health conditions in 2017 was 36 percent, compared with 22 percent in 2007.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We RELATED: Hot spots no silver bullet for rural remote learning.