Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Each of us has seen headlines about an online school providing an unaccredited program that looks like a “diploma mill,” or a completely mismanaged school administration that was not prepared for high student mobility or other realities of online learning.

Dropout 60

Dropout Competency Based Learning Differentiated Instruction Online Learning 60

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. Opportunities for online learning. Some students may require a more flexible learning schedule than the typical school day allows. percent in 2015-16.

Learning 61

Learning Dropout Blackboard Common Core 61

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Rosamund Looney, who teaches first grade in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, said that because of the stresses of the pandemic and online learning, “we need to grant a lot of grace and accomodations.” Losen of UCLA cautions against drawing conclusions from such data, however. Credit: Rosamund Looney.

Guidelines 143

Guidelines Report Elementary Online Learning 143

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

National data showed if they had a little bit of support, they could take a college-level course and not have to go through the entire of developmental course load.”. Enrollment in developmental English courses decreased from 9,338 in 2017-18 to 5,284 in 2018-2019, according to data provided by the Alabama Community College System.

Course 106

Course System Data Strategy 106

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

The district relied on individual schools to call families, while its department of research, assessment and data conducted surveys at individual school sites to find out whether families had an internet connection and computer access. In August 2020, they launched a “Tech Check” survey to collect that data.

Digital Divide 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. One tutor, Kingsley Esezobor, 38, is a graduate student in computational data science and engineering at North Carolina A&T State University.

Study 138

Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Absenteeism in the spring and fall has been similarly high in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dayton, Hartford, Los Angeles and other cities, according to data compiled by the Brookings Institution. Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again.

Survey 140

Survey Laptops Dropout Report 140

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

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Libraries 28

Libraries Game-Based Learning lynda.com Trends 28

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The McKenna Center functions as a home for the pods, but pod leaders and students have flexibility to decide where and when to meet to accommodate students’ schedules. More recently, the data tracking firm Burbio identified 36 districts that are using pandemic relief funds to start hubs or hub-like learning centers.

Learning 82

Learning Report Elementary Dropout 82

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Her high school had recently closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic and shifted to distance learning. Her cellphone’s data plan — the only way she could access the internet at home — wasn’t up to the task. She was making ends meet by working as a cashier at a local gas station, until an injury took her off the job.

Broadband 145

Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

In response, students from around the country – from Virginia, Kentucky and Arizona to Washington and California – are making their voices heard by arming themselves with data, testifying before school boards and petitioning local and state lawmakers. Considering that we’re going completely distance learning for the time being,” she said.

Survey 145

Survey Policies Groups Report 145

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Eastwood often fondly recalls when Middletown High School’s newly renovated stadium hosted a regional track meet. It helps the teachers differentiate the instruction to meet the child’s needs.”. That group finishes the rotation with online learning, which is an opportunity to apply what they learned through the class period.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Eastwood often fondly recalls when Middletown High School’s newly renovated stadium hosted a regional track meet. It helps the teachers differentiate the instruction to meet the child’s needs.” “All the data in the world is great, but it has to be pointed in the right direction.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Choi wouldn’t put a target on further expansion.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

ATLANTA — Brent Agnew remembers feeling a sense of relief when he left the meeting called to discuss his 6-year-old son Caleb’s anxiety attacks. Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. Photo: Jesse Pratt Lopez.

Education 80

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 80

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Online learning was particularly challenging for Puerto Rican students. Teachers across Puerto Rico say they have received little assistance in meeting their students’ changing needs. In 2021, school officials announced that 13,000 students had failed all their classes. We are making a clarion call for help.”

Elementary 103

Elementary Report Dropout System 103

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

As if applying for financial aid wasn’t difficult enough already, it appears that the IRS Data Retrieval Tool, which pulls tax information into the FAFSA app, “ will be unavailable for several weeks.” ” Via ProPublica : “Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government.”

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

. “Faculty,” as this year’s ECAR study put it , “have a love-hate relationship with online teaching and learning. Most faculty agree that online learning makes higher education available to more students, but few agree that online learning helps students learn more effectively.”

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55