The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. They provide support and feedback to students through the Blackboard learning management system or by email, telephone or live audio/video conferencing.

Learning 61

Learning Dropout Blackboard Common Core 61

Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

Students have continued pursuing their studies despite prolonged lockdowns through platforms such as learning management systems (LMSs) and video conferencing software. Moreover, teachers realized that online classes are more appealing to students because of their content such as goal-oriented videos or quizzes. Lower dropout rates.

LMS 345

LMS Gamification Learning Dropout 345

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

For students attending the school virtually, all lessons and activities are done online through recordings, live videos and guided readings. Most of them were dropouts.” “In He also uses Mobymax, a software that boasts the ability to help students “find and fix” learning gaps in several subjects.

Personalized Learning 93

Personalized Learning Learning Blended Learning Dropout 93

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

DeMillo sees MOOCs as unbundling academic content, specifically extracting lectures and the possibility of assessment from the rest of university functions. Miscellaneous notes: DeMillo sees for-pay assessment as solving the MOOC dropout problem (1253). It’s not entirely a rosy account. Kindle location 1093).

MOOC 40

MOOC Coursera Education Dropout 40

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

More broadly, nearly 73 percent in the Fall 2021 American College Health Association National College Health Assessment survey reported moderate or serious psychological distress. Mantra connects students to a provider, either nearby or virtually, then coordinates care with the campus and offers students support via video chat and messaging.

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Training Meeting Report Policies 119

Edsurge

JULY 28, 2016

The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. Instead, I integrated a cyber reflection time where students could blog, create a podcast, make a video, or utilize another medium to express their thoughts about what they read.

Technology 60

Technology eBook Dropout Libraries 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

FUN SAD FACT: According to Avi Yashchin, Senior Offering Manager at IBM Watson: “Sadness [sentiments] in incoming freshman college application essay is the sixth strongest predictor of dropout.” How might a sociology class analyze human interactions and behaviors on social media?). Solution: offer happier prompts?). But they keep me going.”.

Pearson 60

Pearson Blackboard Survey Learning Analytics 60

GoConqr

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Dropout rates increase, test and project scores dip, and – worst of all – learning becomes synonymous with boredom. Many educators would strongly disagree with such an assessment. 72 hours of video uploaded to Youtube. By comparison, the outside world must seem like a playground of self-expression and creativity. 277,000 tweets.

Technology 67

Technology Classroom Learning Dropout 67

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

They are developing a recommendation engine to leverage dropout rate data to predict and design interventions for at-risk students. The engine will also assess the outcomes of such interventions—information that will help tailor and improve recommendations over time. Watch the video to see how it works.

Dropout 156

Dropout Education Data Software 156

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Only, rather than sending health care or social service providers to support parents and assess young children’s readiness for school, McDowell is sending teachers directly to kids’ homes — including high schoolers’ — to counsel, persuade and cajole them to graduate on time and plan for their future. He’s also heavily into online gaming.

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Report Elementary Study Conference 111

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Rodriguez was forced into remedial math by the community college’s placement test, which assesses a student’s ability to succeed in for-credit, higher education classes. VIDEO: Mesa College Professor Wendy Smith talks about placement exams. Rodriguez’s placement test scores dictated at least a year of these low-level math courses.

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Report Course System Data 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

Is anyone interested in taking an assessment today?” Some students fill out a handout or watch a video online. But after about half-an-hour, the lecture stops and Dobrin presents his students with a menu of options. “Is Dobrin asks. He then mills around the room, meeting with students individually or in small groups.

Pearson 83

Pearson Personalized Learning Report Course 83

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Districts recognized the need to assess how the student would do in college or work or the community and then provide services in accordance with what they find.”. He wants to work in video production and is taking classes in that field. “It is something we consider when prioritizing our efforts since then,” she said.

Study 87

Study Advocacy Report Outcomes 87

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

In a darkened classroom in Essex Technical High School, Anna Maria Miller takes careful notes while watching a subtitled video sampling from Rwanda’s infamous “hate radio,” which helped fuel the genocide of the minority Tutsi population in 1994. HATHORNE, Mass. —

Study 80

Study Training Report Industry 80

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Our elementary and middle schools utilize i-Ready diagnostics to form enrichment and intervention groups,” says Dr. Julia Lamons, assessment supervisor at Greene County Schools. This technology solved another of the district’s biggest struggles—implementing an effective common assessment among 12 elementary and middle schools.

Classroom 54

Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 54

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2016

This model demands more resources than those available to a traditional high school, but given that the typical high school dropout costs the state an estimated $300,000 over their lifetime , Cesene argues that the math is elementary. Related: Presentations and portfolios take the place of tests for some students. “But

Dropout 95

Dropout Report System Meeting 95

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

South Fort Myers High School follows a dropout prevention program called BARR, which stands for Building Assets, Reducing Risks. Use online systems to assess, remediate and individualize learning. But then over a few hours you can actually form, in some ways, a more granular view than you would in a traditional assessment.”

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Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

He spends a couple hours by himself, making snacks, doing his homework, and playing video games. If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.”.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

There are gifted dropouts. By that, the students knew, their teacher meant one of the psychologist Dr. Edward de Bono’s six “thinking hats,” specifically the one that called on thinkers to assess their ideas and look for potential flaws. Mariah exclaimed to Sharmin, after finding a promising video. Lookit lookit lookit!

Education 145

Education Elementary Report Data 145

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

He spends a couple hours by himself, making snacks, doing his homework, and playing video games. “If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.”

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

Wednesday, April 16th at 4:30pm Free BrainPOP Webinar: STEAM Video Game Design - Tales From Students in the Field! The NEA shared this article that discusses nation-wide efforts to re-engage high school dropouts. More information here. Read more and register for this event here. This is very exciting research!

BYOD 52

BYOD Libraries Conference Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Bits of student performance data are only just starting to trickle out of the pilot schools, so it’s too early to assess most of them quantitatively. Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. Kellan spends “pretty much the whole day on the computer,” he said, including playing video games during breaks from schoolwork.

Education 79

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 79

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Maher amended his comments in late June, after Johns Hopkins published its review: The district should “conduct an internal assessment” to see which personalized-learning platforms “may need to be reconsidered,” he said, through a spokeswoman.).

Personalized Learning 96

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96

Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Testing, Testing… Via Inside Higher Ed : “Large-Scale Assessment Without Standardized Tests.” Meanwhile on Campus… Via ProPublica : “‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System.” Via NPR : “Go To College, Play Video Games.

Education 46

Education Khan Academy Robotics MOOC 46

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” ” My most favorite lines simply must be these: “One of the early adopters of Imbellus was McKinsey & Company , the management consulting firm, which uses the scenario assessments to find job candidates. “ Video Games Are a Waste of Time?

Education 53

Education Company Report IXL Learning 53

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

There was all that ink spilled circa 2010 that Khan Academy and “ flipped learning ” were going to “ change the rules of education ,” replacing in-class instruction with online videos watched as homework. How has online video changed our expectations of that? ” Online Education and Teaching Labor.

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55