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OPINION: Why school shutdowns are a disaster for science classes

The Hechinger Report

Such students have fewer informal science opportunities and limited broadband Wi-Fi access at home and attend schools in districts that receive, by one estimate, $1,200 less in funding per student. They will also likely depress high school graduation rates, cause a spike in dropout rates, and negatively impact final educational attainment.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We RELATED: Hot spots no silver bullet for rural remote learning.

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Homework in a McDonald’s parking lot: Inside one mother’s fight to help her kids get an education during coronavirus

The Hechinger Report

Her high school had recently closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic and shifted to distance learning. Greenville schools have some of the highest school dropout rates in the state, and Johnson also viewed staying at home as necessary to defend her children’s chances of living an easier life. “I Escaping poverty.

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4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

eSchool News

Conventional wisdom around when and where students learn, what knowledge they need to be successful, and who they are as learners is all rapidly changing, especially as technology becomes more prevalent in classrooms. Learning can happen anytime, anywhere. Geographic and socio-economic factors no longer have to be barriers to learning.

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Coronavirus becomes unprecedented test for teacher-student relationships

The Hechinger Report

Of course, teachers want their students to master content, develop a love of learning and move on to the next grade. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning. If you don’t have a relationship with them, they won’t learn,” said Glick, who has taught many of her students for both seventh and eighth grade. “In

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“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

The Hechinger Report

We as teachers, as a school entity, we are trying to jump back into it and get them back into the practice of having deadlines and learning and having standards and expectations. Steven Weber, associate superintendent for teaching and learning for the Fayetteville Public Schools. We learned what worked and what didn’t.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Using what it learned from the strings program, the district decided to offer courses for free — with the help of its Race to the Top grant. Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them. Connecting Every Student to Personalized Learning.