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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

.” When, or if, this doomsday scenario arises for higher education, it will be a combination of the challenges we have examined thus far – costs of “campus-based” education, failing revenue streams, and expensive dropouts.

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OPINION: Why we must invest in new, innovative workforce training to fill a skills gap

The Hechinger Report

Use more ed-tech platforms, such as Tallo , a popular online networking tool, to digitally introduce students to college and career possibilities. This story about workforce training was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education.

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OPINION: What health care can teach educators about the difference between ‘equal’ and ‘equitable’

The Hechinger Report

Longitudinal data show that students enrolled in City Connects schools performed better academically and had lower grade retention, chronic absenteeism and dropout rates. Success Plans are symbols, tools and processes for transforming a factory system of schooling into a broader customized system of child development and education.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. Department of Education reported that for the 2015-2016 school year, more than 7 million students —or 16 percent of all students—and 20 percent of high school students are chronically absent.

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Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out

The Hechinger Report

Although national data on discipline for the current school year isn’t expected to be public for several years, The Hechinger Report requested data from a dozen medium and large school districts around the country and found that in some of them, exclusionary discipline is down, even way down. Credit: Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report.

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Can peer counseling programs bridge access gaps for youth? Experts say it’s complicated

The Hechinger Report

There’s no shortage of peer support programs to evaluate, and tools used to deploy them are evolving to become more professional and accessible in an increasingly digital world. Related: Another tool to improve student mental health? Experts say it’s complicated appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

Rogers Elementary fourth-grade teacher Sudhir Vasal created math lesson pathways so each child can progress at their own pace. Photo: Laura Pappano for The Hechinger Report. Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. Rogers Elementary Principal Lisa Lovato. What can that look like? When Dan D.