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

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adjuncts worry about their ability to engage with students and how well their students are learning, according to a new study that compares Canadian adjuncts with what it calls the “woefully under-supported and poorly compensated” American adjuncts. You’re almost like a starving artist.” It’s not fair to them — we know that.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

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By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Distance learning began March 23. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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The Des Moines Register’s editorial on student retention is lazy and irresponsible

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In his highly-acclaimed book, Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement , he highlighted 138 different factors that can influence student learning success. Significantly higher dropout rates. Grade-level retention was one of only five factors that negatively impacts student achievement.

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PROOF POINTS: COVID has been bad for college enrollment — but awful for community college students

The Hechinger Report

Those learning remotely from afar are classified as enrolled and are not among these empty seats.) In comparison, the drop in new students was only about half as much at public and nonprofit four-year institutions, which tend to serve higher income students. The number of new students is down 23 percent.

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K12 Inc. Names Stuart Udell, Former Catapult Learning Official, as CEO

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a favorite target of critics of the for-profit school industry, has named former Catapult Learning official Stuart J. Udell most recently served as CEO of Catapult Learning Inc., On its website, Catapult Learning describes itself as the largest provider of contracted K-12 services in the United States. Udell as its CEO.

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the perplexing study that’s inspired colleges to drop remedial math

The Hechinger Report

Instead of testing remedial versus college algebra, which would be a direct test of remedial education, the study compared remedial algebra to college statistics, a sort of apples to oranges comparison. Going straight to college courses helped more students earn college credits in English but that didn’t help them get through college.

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Learning Technologies and Creativity in the Classroom

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The unfortunate truth is that, by and large, students view the classroom as a place where they are forced to learn via long-established teaching methods. By comparison, the outside world must seem like a playground of self-expression and creativity. It lets them learn through curiosity, collaboration, and critical thinking.