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How does an intelligent learning platform help teachers create a truly personalized learning environment?

Neo LMS

While technology doesn’t aim to substitute teachers, it can facilitate their work and ensure that each student gets access to customized educational content and assessment methods to provide the best possible learning outcomes. . This multitude of materials ensures that students access more information and more content formats.

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Canada treats its adjunct professors better than the U.S. does – and it pays off for students 

The Hechinger Report

He has an office, access to professional training and government-provided health insurance. That information is based on a survey distributed to adjuncts who are AFT members and, through social media, to adjuncts who are not members of the union; 1,043 responded. He makes the equivalent of about $7,000 per course, per term.

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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

The Hechinger Report

Talent Development Secondary, a nonprofit that grew out of a Johns Hopkins University study on dropout rates, is the data-driven arm of the Diplomas Now model; it identifies kids at risk of dropping out and establishes a schoolwide process of intervention and support services to keep them on track to graduate. Sign up for our newsletter.

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VHS Learning Elects Dr. Yolanda D. Johnson to its Board of Directors

eSchool News

Johnson currently serves as the Executive Officer for Student Services at Springfield Public Schools, where she oversees school counseling and social work services, dropout prevention and graduation improvement strategies, and college access and success initiatives. Courses are approved for initial eligibility by NCAA.

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The journey to student-centered learning

Neo LMS

And we keep wondering about the high rates of dropout students. And when their specific learning needs are met, the percentage of underachievers and dropouts shrinks, engagement rates and the likability of going to school go up, as well as student performance. Kids don’t learn the same. Technology is only a tool.

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Edtech, Equity, and Innovation: A Critical Look in the Mirror

Digital Promise

In our current education system, we continue to see gaps in graduation rates and unequal access to high-quality public schools. When schools persistently graduate less than half of their students of color and students with disabilities, we call those schools dropout factories.

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Measuring Up–the Key to Meeting State/National Standards

Ask a Tech Teacher

When ready, students can access full-length practice tests as another method to self-assess progress. graphic organizers to help students organize and assess information. informational text and literature of varying text types, genre, and complexity. building knowledge drawing upon previously read or known information.

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