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Will the students who didn’t show up for online class this spring go missing forever?

The Hechinger Report

Principal Adrian Montes, top right, and educators from Redland Elementary, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, show a group of migrant students who weren’t logging in for online classes how to access their individual classes and assignments. Credit: Redland Elementary.

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Dropout Detective Offers Academic ‘Credit Scores’—But Is That a Good Thing?

Edsurge

That’s why it might come as surprise to hear AspirEDU , an educational analytics company, pitch their Dropout Detective software as an “academic credit score” for students. Whereas credit scores are designed to prevent risky buyers from getting approved on loans, Dropout Detective is meant to improve student success and lower dropout rates.

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Will the coronavirus transform or destroy higher education as we know it?

The Hechinger Report

Will a backdrop of economic ruin prompt higher education to listen to feedback on how to become more accountable, flexible and accessible? The need to widen their recruitment and focus is a point American Council on Education President Ted Mitchell made during an Axios webinar I listened to last week.

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April 27th - Pam Moran and Ira Socol: From Scientifically-Managed to Community-Driven Schools

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Join special host Alison Saylor on Tuesday, April 27th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com webinar with Pam Moran and Ira Socol on the shift from scientifically-managed to community-driven schools. This webinar is sponsored and coordinated by TIE Colorado.

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How Differentiating Instruction Helps Students Connect to Learning

Edsurge

I’ve spent 16 years serving on and chairing the board of the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) and 25 years leading companies that serve schools and students of all kinds. Content —Select and adapt content so students at all levels of readiness can access the same ideas and information. Source: Achieve3000.

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5 Radical Schooling Ideas For An Uncertain Fall And Beyond

MindShift

But access to home support is arguably even more important. A national survey by the advocacy group ParentsTogether found big gaps by income in the ability to access emergency learning. They’ve offered professional development webinars for teachers, through unions and other organizations, on engaging families. .

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Long before coronavirus, student parents struggled with hunger, homelessness

The Hechinger Report

Concerns that poor and minority students are suffering most are also growing louder, Nicole Smith, chief economist at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, noted during a webinar this week via the Strada Education Network. The challenges disproportionately affect low income students,” Smith said.

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