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OPINION: Often overlooked vocational-tech schools provide great solutions to student debt, labor shortages

The Hechinger Report

Vocational-technical high schools — or “voc-techs” as they are known — combine academic classes with on-the-job technical training. Meanwhile, the overall dropout rate at regional voc-techs is 0.5 Chris Sinacola is a former newspaper editor and the author of five books. percent , even lower than the overall 1.5

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Prior Reading in English Classes : Students who have previously read certain books or authors can bring deeper insights into discussions and analyses in English classes, especially when comparing themes or writing styles. Additional training opportunities restore sleep-associated memory benefits under conditions of low prior knowledge.

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A school district wades through a deluge of social-emotional curricula to find one that works

The Hechinger Report

Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. Mabe and five teachers traveled to Atlanta, where they were trained in a program to help students control their emotions. Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report.

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

Rogers Elementary fourth-grade teacher Sudhir Vasal created math lesson pathways so each child can progress at their own pace. Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. Rogers Elementary Principal Lisa Lovato. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Is sameness the key to equal opportunity?

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How to Prepare Students in the Early Years to Read at Grade Level

MindShift

The repercussions of not learning to read are magnified for poor children: Research shows that low-income children who cannot read at grade level by third grade are six times more likely to become high school dropouts. Kindergarten teacher Rosy Taveras, pictured left, receives feedback from reading coach, Xiania Foster.

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‘It’s really hard to parent from behind bars’

The Hechinger Report

She bought the girl a few books to help her stay fresh on her skills. It’s what she’s been trained in, and she’s talented at it. When the coronavirus ended in-person education in March, Alejandra’s school sent home games and simple exercises Christine could help with. But guiding Victoria on her assignments was far more challenging.

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Pods live on: School districts are using the pandemic-era invention to help kids recover from ‘learning loss’

The Hechinger Report

Rubio, a junior at the University of Rhode Island who attended elementary school in Central Falls, had already intervened once this quarter. She’d noticed that Nevaeh was missing a grade in her online grade book for a major science project that the teen said she had completed. asked Rubio, “Text me the dates you were out.”.