article thumbnail

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

The Hechinger Report

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 Widespread lack of broadband access complicates learning. I do what I can, whenever I can, for my children,” she said. Credit: Terri Johnson.

Broadband 145
article thumbnail

4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates

eSchool News

Yet every student in Piedmont is given a laptop in school and to take home and, through partnerships developed by the district, can access free or low-cost broadband 24/7. Check out this inspiring video of CAPS students changing the life of a disabled student.). Students are expected to participate in mentoring and internships.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

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.”.

article thumbnail

Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

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.”

article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The New York Times : “ Penn State Student’s Dying Hours Play Out in Courtroom Video.” The company helps students make videos to market themselves to recruiters. ” “America Keeps Criminalizing Autistic Children ,” David Perry writes in the Pacific Standard. million total.

article thumbnail

Education's Online Futures

Hack Education

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? broadband privacy rules.”

MOOC 55
article thumbnail

Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. Twitter announced big layoffs this week – 9% of its staff – and said it would shutter its video app Vine. Via The New York Times : “ Broadband Providers Will Need Permission to Collect Private Data.”