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Top e-learning trends to keep an eye on in 2020

Neo LMS

More students today are enrolled in virtual classrooms and take online or blended classes, create online assignments and get their grades in an online gradebook, to finally earn a degree online. Top e-learning trends to keep an eye on in 2020. Here are a few e-learning trends to keep an eye on in 2020: Video learning.

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PROOF POINTS: Plenty of Black college students want to be teachers, but something keeps derailing them late in the process

The Hechinger Report

A growing problem in American classrooms is that teachers don’t resemble the students they teach. The small slice of Black teachers has actually shrunk slightly over the past decade from 7 percent in 2011–12 to 6 percent in 2020–21, while Black students make up a much larger 15 percent share of the public school student population.

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Ancora High School Partners with McGraw Hill to Launch New Online High School for Adults

eSchool News

In 2020, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the high school dropout rate was 5.3% With Connect, students and instructors are provided with continuous support — in or out of the classroom. Students can apply on a rolling basis throughout the year and complete coursework on their own timeframe.

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How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S.

eSchool News

Thanks to computer-driven translation, AI, and advanced classroom tools, we stand to put every student on a path to success with the English language and beyond. In 2020, one survey found that approximately 5 million public school students were English learners–that’s over 10 percent of students.

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Do students buy into maker culture?

eSchool News

The maker industry is projected to grow to more than $8 billion by 2020, and with the maker movement infiltrating classrooms, after-school clubs and homes, it’s no wonder. Next page: How many projects are focused on the classroom?). Maker culture is going mainstream. But where is the maker movement strongest?

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More students are dropping out of college during Covid — and it could get worse

The Hechinger Report

When in-person classes there started this past fall, she was glad to be back in the classroom and finally experiencing some real college life. The dropout spike was even more startling for community college students like Izzy, an increase of about 3.5 million students who started college in fall 2019, 26.1 percentage points.

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For some kids, returning to school post-pandemic means a daunting wall of administrative obstacles 

The Hechinger Report

Related: Millions of kids are missing school as attendance tanks across the US Thousands of students went missing from American classrooms during the pandemic. Tameka’s kids have essentially been out of school since COVID hit in March 2020. Tameka’s kids have essentially been out of school since COVID hit in March 2020.