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Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out

The Hechinger Report

Her daughter, whose name is being withheld to protect her privacy, learned from the living room couch or dining room table, and there was no chance for altercations with her peers in the hallway or on the bus. Her online coursework gave teachers no reason to take issue with her classroom behavior. And three days was a lot to miss.”.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

percent (about 11,000 students) in 2018-2019. By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

edWeb.net

Conner also identified three levels of innovation that need to occur, starting with the application of efficiency logic to smaller systems like classroom design. This edWeb broadcast was hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network, providing premier professional learning for educational leaders.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

It’s evident that prior knowledge is not just a static backdrop but a dynamic factor that interacts with various elements of the learning process. From a broader perspective, this discussion about prior knowledge also underscores the need for personalized learning approaches. References and further readings Binder, T.,

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

Eve, on the city’s majority-Black East Side, 13 first graders, all of them Black, Latino or Asian American, folded paper airplanes in their basement classroom as part of an aerodynamics and problem-solving lesson. Purdue University’s Gifted Education Research and Resource Institute found in 2019 that inequity is the norm.

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A school year like no other: The class of 2021 played ‘the hand we were dealt’

The Hechinger Report

The teenager left the classroom feeling her teacher was “super against” her plans. More than a year into the pandemic, the Children’s Hospital Colorado eventually declared a pediatric mental health state of emergency , as youth behavioral visits to the medical system’s emergency rooms increased more than 70 percent over early 2019.

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If more students become pregnant post-Roe, are we prepared to support them?

The Hechinger Report

In 2019, the Trump administration prohibited providers in the program from referring patients for abortion except in rare cases, leading almost 1,000 clinics to leave the program. The teens learn how to apply for their birth certificates and get a driver’s license or social security card.

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