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Partnership aims to increase high school graduation rates

eSchool News

Educators receive network membership to foster best practices, research-based solutions for at-risk youth. In an effort to help increase high school graduation rates, Edgenuity , a provider of online and blended learning solutions, has announced a partnership with the National Dropout Prevention Network (NDPN).

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

While credit recovery is one of the fastest-growing fields in online education, many programs are little more than diploma mills hastening students through the curriculum with insufficient support. The Charter School of San Diego is one of the schools using that program, yet its educational model has drawn praise.

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Does Presence Equal Progress? Tracking Engagement in Online Schools

Edsurge

We all remember classmates who sat in the back of the room, eyes glued to a comic or dog-eared paperback, anything to escape a learning environment that did not—or could not—engage them. But these concerns exist as well for traditional brick-and-mortar schools, some of which have failed generations of students.

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Learning Technologies and Creativity in the Classroom

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If newer technologies can foster creativity in students then educators must seriously think about how they can incorporate them into their classroom teaching strategies. If you ask the vast majority of students about any links the two might have, there’s a high chance you’ll be met with a sea of blank looks. 277,000 tweets.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

The majority of K-12 students in the U.S. now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. Between 30 and 40 percent of students enter kindergarten not ready for school. Between 30 and 40 percent of students enter kindergarten not ready for school.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

The majority of K-12 students in the U.S. now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. Between 30 and 40 percent of students enter kindergarten not ready for school. Between 30 and 40 percent of students enter kindergarten not ready for school.