Dangerously Irrelevant

OCTOBER 15, 2021

By doing so, schools will continue to reduce kids to proficiency scales, score reports, and individualized, dehumanized, numerical widgets in mechanistic, technocratic educational systems. Learning modality matters A LOT. We can see the allure of that for a large number of school leaders or policymakers.

Learning 359

Learning Outcomes Dropout System 359

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. Critics complain that the schools lack rigor and often use software programs vulnerable to cheating , such as Edgenuity. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report. Some students reported finishing a course in two weeks. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report.

Dropout 98

Dropout Blended Learning Course Report 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz/The Hechinger Report. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem.

Dropout 93

Dropout E-rate Education Secondary 93

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The smorgasbord of hardware and software at the show floor caters to a wide range of university IT needs, from security and bandwidth to proctoring and instruction. The full stack of technologies and frivolous thrills one might expect to find on today’s college campuses were on full display at Educause, the. Solution: offer happier prompts?).

Pearson 60

Pearson Blackboard Survey Learning Analytics 60

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them. The teacher assigns each student to a group and lesson based on her knowledge of that student’s strengths and weaknesses, determined in part by data provided through learning software. Ending Social Promotion.

Blended Learning 184

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 184

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them. The teacher assigns each student to a group and lesson based on her knowledge of that student’s strengths and weaknesses, determined in part by data provided through learning software.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency. I’ve definitely heard from at least 10 parents who are like, ‘I don’t know what’s going on,’ ” O’Connor said. “ ‘Is this good for my child?’ ”. appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40