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Education Predictions for an Unpredictable 2021

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In their book, they predicted that by 2019, 50% of all high school courses will be online in some blended learning model. Now at the end of 2020, I’d estimate that +95% of all K-12 students took some form of an online class, and most likely this trend will continue into 2021.

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Rising Student Absenteeism: We Need to Change the Way We Do Things

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Schools across the country are grappling with fewer students in classrooms, causing a ripple effect on learning, funding, and engagement. Research shows that the number of chronically absent students has nearly doubled , from about 15 percent in the 2018-2019 school year to around 30 percent in 2021-2022.

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Four Structural Changes to Address Learning Loss

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Learning loss is the baby elephant in the room. Yet this elephant will continue to grow as the size and scale of learning loss due to the pandemic is better understood. But educators must recognize that a return to “normal” will only reinforce the widening opportunity gap and systems that support institutionalized racism.

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Addressing Learning Loss in Schools With These Four Strategies

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Learning loss is the baby elephant in the room. Yet this elephant will continue to grow as the size and scale of learning loss due to the pandemic is better understood. But educators must recognize that a return to “normal” will only reinforce the widening opportunity gap and systems that support institutionalized racism.

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Success Starts with Heart: How Chicago Public Schools Centered Identity, Relationships, and Community to Welcome Back Students This School Year

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As the first day of the 2021-2022 school year approached, teachers across the country were grappling with the question: How do I start fresh when faced with so much uncertainty? Every first day of school is a new opportunity for a fresh start.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Hechinger Report : “How diplomas based on skill acquisition, not credits earned, could change education.” ” Also via The Hechinger Report : “The future of proficiency-based education.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?” million in venture capital.