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

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The flexible, individualized and 100% online learning experience is open to learners aged 18 or older who have completed 9th grade. Ancora High School is an online high school that offers a Texas high school diploma and is accredited by Cognia. Learn more at www.ancorahigh.com.

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What researchers learned about online higher education during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

They suggest that online higher education may work better than pre-pandemic research showed, and that it is evolving decisively toward a combination of in-person and online, or “blended,” classes. A student walks through a mostly empty college campus in Irvine, California, in October 2020.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

The Hechinger Report

Using data from three California Community College districts and student demographic information, researchers estimate that, from July 2020 to June 2021, some 321,000 community college students accrued a collective $107 million in debt to their campuses. She struggled with online learning and began to face severe health issues.

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Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund Partners with Discovery Education

eSchool News

DUBAI, UAE–29 September, 2020 : The Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund (REF) has announced a new first of its kind partnership with Discovery Education to deliver award winning online learning, increasing access to education for thousands of refugees and vulnerable youth in Lebanon.

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

The Hechinger Report

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. Guilford sent its first batch of tutors to middle schools in November 2020. It’s a long road of recovery.”

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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

The Hechinger Report

Algebra I is the air you breathe to be in STEM,” said Nathan Levenson, a former CEO of a crane-manufacturing company and later a school superintendent in Massachusetts. For many students it’s been a lonely year, and algebra is tougher to learn while peering at a screen, say teachers and researchers. Zyonne Reid, a 15-year-old at J.P.

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They didn’t turn in their work for remote school. Their parents were threatened with courts and fines

The Hechinger Report

Hayden, 12, had been having panic attacks about school even before a letter arrived at his home last month, threatening legal action for his alleged absences from distance learning. Hayden, typically an A or B student, has had difficulty making the transition from elementary school to middle school online.

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