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Adapting to the New Classroom

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TOOLS THEY USE GREENE COUNTY SCHOOLS, TN ? The district faced challenges with dropouts and reduced graduation rates due to failed classes, school transfers, and absences due to weather and medical issues. The graduation rate rose dramatically, from 81 percent in 2011 to 91 percent in 2017. TOOLS THEY USE COXSACKIE-ATHENS ?

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

They invoke Dewey and Freire and Montessori as guiding lights and take pains to emphasize, in almost liturgical unison, that personalized learning is not about tech — and that “tech is just a tool.” You have that concern: What are you trading for the free use of this tool?” (A There are no exceptions to this.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Me: pic.twitter.com/gmb3Oigcv0 — Audrey Watters (@audreywatters) October 5, 2017. pic.twitter.com/yehgZ82br6 — Shahien Nasiripour (@nasiripour) October 5, 2017. Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. 2 Post at Ed.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction. Via Detroit Free Press : “More Michigan schools are failing: Most are charters.” ” More from Edsurge.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Student-Loan Borrowers , by Age Group, Amount Owed, and Repayment Status, 2017.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” “ Can an Online Tool Depolarize Campus Discussions? ” Robots and Other Education Science Fiction.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. “ Robots will replace teachers by 2027 ,” Futurism predicts. Robots are coming for your children. link] — Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) December 11, 2017.

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