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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

He likes the self-paced curriculum that allows students to complete a course in significantly less time than at a traditional school. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. After his second suspension, he enrolled at The Charter School of San Diego, an alternative school serving many students at risk of dropping out.

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Understanding ESSA: How the Every Student Succeeds Act will Change U.S. Educational Policy

eSpark

have expressed frustration with No Child Left Behind, an educational policy that has been derided by educators as placing too much emphasis on standardized testing and failing to address racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps. Blended Learning. For over ten years, districts across the U.S. ESSA ensures that all U.S.

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3 Tips for Easily Implementing Social-Emotional Learning – by John Gamba

ViewSonic Education

standardized test results suggested that the COVID-19 pandemic reversed nearly two decades of progress in math and reading for K-12 students. In one survey of educators, ViewSonic Corporation found that three-quarters of teachers (75 percent) connected so-called blended-learning models with increased student engagement.

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