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3 Ways Big Data Can Soften the Campus Dropout Crisis

EdNews Daily

And like any major problem, this mass exodus of dropouts must be addressed sooner rather than later through innovative interventions. Even online schools, where data can be more available due to vibrant learning management systems, are guilty of merely scratching the surface of data capture and analysis. What’s being missed?

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Canada treats its adjunct professors better than the U.S. does – and it pays off for students 

The Hechinger Report

That information is based on a survey distributed to adjuncts who are AFT members and, through social media, to adjuncts who are not members of the union; 1,043 responded. Fewer than half of adjuncts say they’ve received the training they need to help students in crisis, the AFT survey found. It’s not fair to them — we know that.

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How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S.

eSchool News

In 2020, one survey found that approximately 5 million public school students were English learners–that’s over 10 percent of students. Digital tools such as digital assessments, grade books, and learning management systems enable teachers to efficiently manage classroom activities and personalize instruction for diverse learners.

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Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

” We have a significantly low dropout rate and high on-time graduation rate in Albemarle. And I think sometimes that when we see the final product of a school, or a teacher, or a school system that looks really good and has been done really well, it feels insurmountable… Vicki: It does. Vicki: (laughs). Do Something.

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Momentum builds for helping students adapt to college by nixing freshman grades

The Hechinger Report

Teenagers said that the pressure to get good grades was their biggest cause of stress , a 2019 survey by the Pew Research Center found. “A Why not throw in the grading system while we’re at it?”. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. They are not likely to go and seek help.

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The Cause That Unites Chief IT and Academic Officers

Edsurge

Canvas , whiteboards and a company called Blackboard. hulking gathering of higher-ed technology staff, faculty and companies. hulking gathering of higher-ed technology staff, faculty and companies. What better place to reveal the results of a national survey about trends in IT than at Educause? STATE OF THE IT DEPT.:

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More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit

The Hechinger Report

After all, the plummeting number of prospects makes it much harder to replace dropouts than it was when there was a seemingly bottomless supply of freshmen. While state higher education funding in Texas doesn’t consider institutions’ retention rates, the TAMU System makes them glaringly public in an online dashboard. Nobody noticed.”.

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