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OPINION: Creating better post-pandemic education for English learners

The Hechinger Report

As the winter turns to spring and pandemic learning reaches its one-year mark, something like a return to normal, in-person schooling is becoming a reality in communities across the country. Until in-person learning can fully resume, family members are the only adults who regularly work with students on distance learning assignments.

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GoGuardian Finds Three Factors That influence K-12 Student Engagement Online and In-Person

eSchool News

The GoGuardian Research and Insights team today announced its comprehensive findings on the factors that create an engaging learning experience in K-12 schools, both online and in-person, in its 2020 State of Engagement Report. Developing students’ metacognitive skills required for learning.

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Despite mediocre records, for-profit online charter schools are selling parents on staying virtual

The Hechinger Report

Then she saw an online ad for the Ohio Distance and Electronic Learning Academy (OHDELA). Related: Could the online for-profit college industry be a ‘winner in this crisis’? Related : The pandemic’s remote learning legacy: A lot worth keeping. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.

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Few preschool apps are developmentally appropriate, report finds

The Hechinger Report

But few of these apps are developmentally appropriate and most fail to teach in ways preschoolers need to learn. Many apps provided rewards like high scores as an incentive although research shows that the learning itself, and getting to new levels of an app, should be the desired reward for children.

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Coronavirus is the practice run for schools. But soon comes climate change

The Hechinger Report

His schools have been scrambling to set up online learning, connect students with virtual counseling and get laptops into the hands of families — steps McKneely says will be invaluable if another hurricane disrupts education. “We We are building all of that now to make sure we’re better prepared,” he said. Are We Ready?

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Beer making for credit: Liberal arts colleges add career tech

The Hechinger Report

Related: More people with bachelor’s degrees go back to school to learn skilled trades. Prices vary, from $5,250 to become a CT scan technician to $11,550 to learn how to give sonograms to $14,450 for a certificate in brewing science. “They get skilled workers, and we get to expand the services we offer,” Paliwal says.

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

The Hechinger Report

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”. Read the stories.

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