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Seven most effective ways for building relationships with students through social learning

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In fact, according to Education Week , an analysis of 46 studies found that positive classroom relationships between educators and learners resulted in school improvements. This included “higher student academic engagement, attendance, grades, fewer disruptive behaviors and suspensions, and lower school dropout rates.”

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the perplexing study that’s inspired colleges to drop remedial math

The Hechinger Report

Researchers then compared what happened to these stats students with a similar group of almost 300 students who were sent to remedial algebra, the traditional first step for students who fail the algebra subtest. By all measures, the students who went straight to college stats did better.

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

The Hechinger Report

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Then, they made way for the next group of students, who were eager to drop their own bag from the staircase in hope of a different result. The third graders at A.J. Justin Middaugh, an engineer from Michelin, watches as students at A.J.

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PROOF POINTS: Lessons from transfer schools

The Hechinger Report

Normally, I would read a self-serving report by a consulting group and file it away. Another transfer school dropout described becoming a manager at a retail store. And even the Eskolta report found that one group of overage students – 16-year-old ninth graders – might not be served well at transfer schools.

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

The Hechinger Report

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. The first group of tutors was placed in Title I middle schools, in which low-income families make up at least 40 percent of enrollment.

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Urgency of getting people back to work gives new momentum to ?microcredentials?

The Hechinger Report

Then she started earning high-demand industry certifications, in rapid fire, in subjects such as technical support, cloud technology and data analysis on her way to her bachelor’s degree in data management. And if we lose someone, instead of being a dropout, they’ll have a certificate. But is it better than being a dropout?

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Let Evidence Guide the Solutions to Student Absenteeism

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Panelist Phyllis Jordan, editorial director at FutureEd, pointed to the results of the organization’s analysis of states’ 2017 ESSA plans, which require one non-academic indicator for school assessments. Chronically absent middle schoolers have lower grades and test scores that increase dropout potential. Join the Community.