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Ancora High School Partners with McGraw Hill to Launch New Online High School for Adults

eSchool News

The flexible, individualized and 100% online learning experience is open to learners aged 18 or older who have completed 9th grade. Ancora High School is an online high school that offers a Texas high school diploma and is accredited by Cognia.

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After Transforming a College With Online Offerings, a President Steps Down to Tackle AI

Edsurge

But LeBlanc, who was enthusiastic about technology and had worked in edtech, made a bet that was unusual at the time: He decided to grow the university’s online offerings. That growth ended up exploding as the acceptance of online learning grew, then got an unexpected boost from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

The Hechinger Report

Illinois’ effort to bring online learning to juvenile justice facility classrooms is rare nationwide. At IYC-Pere Marquette, Houston describes a high-functioning blended-learning model, in which students do get personalized attention from teachers as they work through the online courses. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Edtech, Equity, and Innovation: A Critical Look in the Mirror

Digital Promise

When schools persistently graduate less than half of their students of color and students with disabilities, we call those schools dropout factories. We can’t allow frustrations to lead us toward alternative examples of mediocrity or failure.

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Does Online Education Help Low-income Students Succeed?

Edsurge

From the start, access has been the defining achievement of online learning. For a couple of decades, I championed online learning for its ability to uproot entrenched ideas in education, especially by engaging students in active learning, a pedagogical style rarely practiced on campus. Or so I thought.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

The Hechinger Report

She struggled with online learning and began to face severe health issues. Several other community colleges and universities across the state have used their federal relief funds to forgive student debt, in hopes that students will stay enrolled or dropouts will return. Long Beach City College, for example, has forgiven $2.1

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

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. Take, for example, the growing interest in Attendance Works’ services.

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