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eSports: The Growing Extra-Curricular Activity NOW!

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Believe it or not, gaming is gaining popularity in schools, not just as a pastime, but as part of curriculum. com/chsm Twitter: @CompleteHSM Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.” Website: www.usd266.com/chsm

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Ripple Effects, Leader in Social Emotional Learning, Announces New Chief Executive Officer John Ray-Keil

eSchool News

He has more than 20 years of experience growing small companies and optimizing portfolio management. Listed as a Model Dropout Prevention Program, Ripple Effects’ resources have been used by more than 400,000 students a year in more than 4,000 school across all 50 states. ABOUT RIPPLE EFFECTS.

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Ancora High School Partners with McGraw Hill to Launch New Online High School for Adults

eSchool News

In 2020, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the high school dropout rate was 5.3% About McGraw Hill McGraw Hill is a leading global education company that partners with millions of educators, learners and professionals around the world. Learn more at www.ancorahigh.com.

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Equity Is Not Just About Access. It’s About Success.

Digital Promise

They also identified new partnerships they will continue with researchers, companies, and fellow League districts. Visitors also previewed a mobile innovation lab (a bus equipped with maker equipment, with a great Twitter account ), which will soon give students across the district access to maker learning opportunities.

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Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

Pam Moran on episode 246 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. ” We have a significantly low dropout rate and high on-time graduation rate in Albemarle. I hope that we will continue to connect on Twitter and around there. Twitter: @pammoran.

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Millennials: The Straw That Will Stir Higher Education’s Next Disruption

EdNews Daily

Famous billionaire college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and the late Steve Jobs are prominent examples of successes who never completed undergraduate degrees. Beyond coursework, students swim in a flux of data, buffeted by phone calls, text messages, Facebook updates, Twitter tweets, news crawls, and other sources.

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Fuel Education Honors Seven Programs for Transforming Education for Students

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Southwest Plains Regional Service Center (Kan.) – for giving dropouts and at-risk students an opportunity to earn a high school diploma and expanding access to online courses to hundreds of students across the state. To learn more, visit fueleducation.com and Twitter. ©2018 Fuel Education LLC. All rights reserved.