The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Tuition worries aside, many don’t have high-speed internet, their own up-to-date laptops or a quiet places to study for online learning. Earlier data from summer course taking suggested that Black students might be dropping out of college at higher rates than other races and ethnicities.

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Report Survey Dropout Comparison 129

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Poor internet, a lack of laptops and hotspots, and instability at home are the factors most commonly cited for making participation in online learning difficult for kids. By April it was a data hub, tracking student engagement at all 90-plus district schools, including any contact between students and staff.

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Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 143

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. In addition to causing learning gaps, absenteeism also has budget implications. 24, early data showed about 60 percent of students increased their average daily attendance.

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Strategy Learning Data Dropout 191

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

But Altus administrators believe that their formula — using online learning without sacrificing one-on-one interactions between students and teachers — works. Nationwide, high schools offering credit recovery used online courses 71 percent of the time, according to a 2018 U.S. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report.

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Dropout Blended Learning Course Report 98

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.

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Dropout Competency Based Learning Differentiated Instruction Online Learning 60

techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

.) – for implementing full-time, statewide virtual school opportunities to provide students with rigorous online courses in a learning model that meets their individual needs.

Education 40

Education Dropout Differentiated Instruction Adaptive Learning 40

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.

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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.

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Study Data Report Elementary 138

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.

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Guidelines Report Elementary Online Learning 143

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. Often that involved thinking differently about how, when and where teaching and learning actually occur. Opportunities for online learning.

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Learning Dropout Blackboard Common Core 61

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.

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Survey Laptops Dropout Report 140

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.

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Course System Data Strategy 106

Edsurge

MAY 11, 2017

That’s why it might come as surprise to hear AspirEDU , an educational analytics company, pitch their Dropout Detective software as an “academic credit score” for students. Whereas credit scores are designed to prevent risky buyers from getting approved on loans, Dropout Detective is meant to improve student success and lower dropout rates.

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Dropout Comparison Data Company 60

Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

An intelligent learning platform (ILP) for schools and universities might be the tool you’ll start using soon if you’re a teacher, academic institution leader, student, or parent. Especially during the past two years, the interest and necessity of online learning have skyrocketed. . Lower dropout rates.

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LMS Gamification Learning Dropout 345

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Software can also integrate student data into teacher programs to help them track progress in ways unthinkable several years ago. Overall, the rise of online learning — from MOOCs to Khan Academy — makes “blended” learning that combines computer and live instruction feel normal to students.

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Personalized Learning Khan Academy Education Elementary 100

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

These students didn’t move out of state, and they didn’t sign up for private school or home-school, according to publicly available data. But Dee says the data suggests a need to understand more about children who aren’t in school and how that will affect their development. Some students couldn’t study online and found jobs instead.

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Data Analysis Online Learning Laptops 100

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

large scale dropouts, superficial learning)? It''s nearly always a good thing to have people engaged with learning - it''s better than having a population sitting around watching reality TV for instance. 6) There has been at least 20 years of research into online learning, and over 40 years of research into distance education.

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MOOC Dropout OER Social Media 28

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

“The missing link is counseling, starting in middle school,” Carnevale said, noting that counselors should be well versed in everything from college costs to different kinds of loans, guided by data about careers and colleges, and dedicated to what students, not institutions, need.

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Education Policies System Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning. It just depends.

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Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Related: One state uses data about job needs to help decide what colleges should teach. As much as this could revolutionize job searches, it’s hugely complex, requiring that universities, colleges, employers and others create a sort of common currency of what subjects, jobs and life experiences teach which skills.

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Course Pearson Accessibility Company 106

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

This is coupled with free online learning, career based mentoring and apprenticeship. This is done through the development of skills in ICT, employable skills as well as entrepreneurship. At the end of the program, the youth are empowered to start their own ventures and equipped to thrive in the labour market.90%

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Libraries Game-Based Learning lynda.com Trends 28

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2017

Matt Huenerfauth (right), director of the Linguistic and Assistive Technologies Laboratory at the Rochester Institute of Technology, records video and motion-capture data from someone performing American Sign Language (ASL). His laboratory is developing software to animate ASL avatars. Photo: John Myer.

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Assistive Technology Blended Learning Report Data 66

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The labor market value of a college degree has softened, stirring concern that a bachelor’s is no longer a gateway to the middle class. Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. This story is part of our Map to the Middle Class project , where we ask readers what they want us to investigate about educational pathways to economic stability.

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Policies Report Trends Mobility 109

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

More recently, the data tracking firm Burbio identified 36 districts that are using pandemic relief funds to start hubs or hub-like learning centers. Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff. She plans to stick with her “beautiful” kids and see them through graduation.

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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. This story also appeared in HuffPost. She looked up topics on the phone, occasionally consulting the textbook in her lap.

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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.

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Survey Policies Groups Report 145

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“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.”. All the data in the world is great, but it has to be pointed in the right direction. Ending Social Promotion.

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

. “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.” “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 Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

Conference strands include Teaching with Technology, Student Devices, Online Learning, Subject Specific Ed Tech, Creative Ed Tech, Web 2.0 & Social Software, and Administrative Support. Education Revolution Google+ Community The Data Driven Education Trend. Game Based Learning, Dyslexia, and Reading Comprehension.

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BYOD Libraries Conference Learning 52

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.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

But skeptics warn that underneath the language of “student-centered” pedagogy is a tech-intensive model that undermines communal values, accelerates privatization and turns public schools into big data siphons. Four years ago, only one school out of 39 in Providence used personalized learning; the model has since spread to 25 schools.

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Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

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. We’ve asked — ‘Where are your data to show that what you’re doing is meaningful and effective?’ ” said Zimring. The GNETS program, experts say, has never been able to show its results.

Education 80

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 80

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Thursday, April 24th at 3pm Rethinking Lesson Design with App Flow & Digital Citizenship: A Whole-Community Approach , Common Sense Media presenter, Kelly Mendoza, will deliver two great sessions at the free, online Learning Revolution Conference. See the schedule in your local time at [link].

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 51

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Online learning was particularly challenging for Puerto Rican students. Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff Puerto Rico’s secretary of education, Eliezer Ramos Parés, who is beginning his second year on the job , acknowledges the tough road ahead.

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Elementary Report Dropout System 103

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Tagged on: March 4, 2017 State auditor introduces legislation to protect students' personal information | The Turner Report → Missouri Senate Bill 478 would require school districts to notify parents or guardians of a data breach involving student information.

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EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

Even though there is data that shows how pregnant teens can be supported and can be definitely on an educational trajectory of success.”. Some advocates want additional regulations they say will help, such as better data collection; currently, there is no requirement that schools collect even basic information on this population. “A

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Report Accessibility Outcomes Social Media 135

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

“Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” ” Meanwhile in that other big football state, Nebraska , the World Herald reports that “Sherwood Foundation buys data-tracking helmets for every OPS high school football player.” “ Can personalized learning prevail?

Education 43

Education MOOC Company Report 43