The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2020

And if we lose someone, instead of being a dropout, they’ll have a certificate. But is it better than being a dropout? Their interest was piqued when she posted on Facebook how many certifications she’d already earned on the way to her degree. “I “That early milestone — the early win — is so motivating,” Gilbert said.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

At the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Community & Technical College, Associate Dean Kim Griffis says dropouts aren’t considered a failure, if the student has landed a job in the technical field they were training for. Kim Griffis. But some colleges have a different perspective on the matter. Graduation rates are not the whole story.”.

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The Thinking Stick

JUNE 15, 2016

You can view them here ( link to blog ) or follow COETAIL on Facebook or Twitter as we release them once a week over the summer. Full disclosure our dropout rate is roughly 15%. A couple weeks ago our 6th online COETAIL Cohort completed their 18 month learning journey with some amazing final projects.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Now that he was among one of the richest people in the world, thanks to co-founding PayPal and being an early investor in Facebook, he wanted to use those resources to weigh in. That movie, which everyone in Silicon Valley and in the culture at large was talking about, was “The Social Network,” depicting the contentious creation of Facebook.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

Stay tuned for all events at [link] , which also has Facebook event links for each activity. A goal of the Spring Summit is to provide a forum to discuss ways to prepare for your personal and organization’s future. Register for free today at [link]. See this year''s conference strands and plan to get your proposal in early.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2019

Aranda is also part of a Facebook group with other parents of first-generation college students, whom he met through a federal government program called Gear Up. And he found other ways to assure himself that she’d be OK: He and his wife scrutinized the campus when they dropped her off, and have been visiting monthly.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 9, 2023

Additionally, the district seeks to expand relationships with already-engaged parents and caregivers by growing access to programs (for example, live streaming college and career nights on Facebook).

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2017

high-profile dropouts and the rise of the so-called “ anti-credential.” Fifteen years ago, Facebook was not around. At almost $1.3 trillion , student loans are the single largest debt obligation category in the United States aside from mortgages. Anecdotally, this makes sense. Twenty years ago, Google did not exist.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Greenville schools have some of the highest school dropout rates in the state, and Johnson also viewed staying at home as necessary to defend her children’s chances of living an easier life. “I She’d created a Facebook group at the start of the school year for families of the children she taught.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Occasionally we see him on Facebook. Overall, there’s been an increase in graduation rates and a decrease in dropouts. Suddenly mom wanted to be involved again, and the adoption process was halted. Six months later, Child Protective Services took the child away and sent him to live with relatives in a different part of the state.

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MindShift

AUGUST 14, 2018

“What’s the dropout rate in some places? You can unfriend someone on Facebook or mute specific phrases on Twitter. Facebook and social media cannot be your only way of finding knowledge.’ He warns against waiting until high school. Forty percent? Some never get to that high school class.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2020

These days, she spends her time doing counseling sessions via Zoom and Facebook, editing juniors’ essays in Google Docs and trying to contact all 320 members of the class of 2020. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift. She and her colleagues hope to reach every senior by email, phone or social media.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Sarah Thomsen leads sixth graders through small-group math instruction at Marshall Pomeroy Elementary School in Milpitas, California, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network in partnership with Facebook. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. The NEA shared this article that discusses nation-wide efforts to re-engage high school dropouts. This is very exciting research! Read more about this study here. Doubling Our Efforts to Keep Kids in School.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Bryant announced the news on Facebook. 5 Facebook post. The state has seen some education success, such as improved graduation and dropout rates since 2011, and has made strides in third grade reading; however, Mississippi is often nationally ranked as one of the lowest-performing states in education.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

I kept thinking how much the physical setup of the classrooms resembled a Silicon Valley workspace — or is it that Amazon, Google and Facebook have tried to replicate grammar-school life? Bull also worries that these screens infringe on student privacy, especially in light of Summit’s proximity to Facebook.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Sunday, April 27th at 8pm I Have a Question EdTechWeekly , Weekly attempt to crowdsource answers to education questions from our community of communities. Designing Baseball Uniforms in the School Library.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

” Just grand that Facebook is running a bunch of media literacy and digital training courses for community colleges. ” Compare/contrast that headline with this one, also in Techcrunch : “ Facebook and Instragram change to crack down on underage children.” In New York City, the answer could be yes.”

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” Via The New York Times : “ Facebook Says Cambridge Analytica Harvested Data of Up to 87 Million Users.” ” This is my shocked face.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” ” Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg will offer a scholarship “to ‘cut through’ unequal access to opportunity.” And there’s more on for-profits and student loans in the research section below.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

" Tagged on: March 2, 2017 Facebook brings suicide prevention tools to Live and Messenger | TechCrunch → I have so many questions about this: Facebook is unveiling new tools to provide support to people who may be suicidal, as well as resources for friends of those who are feeling suicidal.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

“ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? Speaking of imperialism, The Guardian covers a report from Global Media which describes Facebook’s Free Basics program as “ digital colonialism.” ” “Facebook is not introducing people to open internet where you can learn, create and build things.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?” But for others – especially lower-performing students – taking online courses was associated with higher dropout rates and lower grades, both at the time the course was taken and in future semesters, when compared to students who took classes in person.”

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Hack Education

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Meanwhile on Campus… Via ProPublica : “‘Alternative’ Education: Using Charter Schools to Hide Dropouts and Game the System.” Mark Zuckerberg on “Building Global Community” via Facebook. ” Via The New York Times : “Universities Face Pressure to Hold the Line on Title IX.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 3, 2017

” Via The MIT Technology Review : “Big Questions Around Facebook’s Suicide-Prevention Tools.” ” Via Real Clear Education : “ K–12 Predictive Analytics : Time for Better Dropout Diagnosis.”

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

University of Nebraska political science professor Ari Kohen “liked” a photo on Facebook depicting a defaced campaign sign for Congressman Jeff Fortenberry. How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” ” The Lincoln Journal Star has the story. Instead, They’ll Help Them Be ‘More Human.’”

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” ” Via the BBC : “ Facebook Reports BBC to Police Over Investigation Into Child Sex Images.” ” More on this story and concerns about how Facebook moderates content via Techcrunch.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

. “ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” “Dear Mrs. .” ” Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

” Via The Atlantic : “Why Many College Dropouts Are Returning to School in North Carolina.” The folks at Getting Smart promote CS and SEL resources on Facebook for Education. Why would one ever suspect that Facebook is simply a terrible idea for schools or for democratic institutions?! And sure, why not.

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Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

(Underscoring how precarious this labor is, an adjunct at the school lost her teaching contract one week after the Chronicle story was published, after she defended LGBTQ rights in a post on Facebook.). Meanwhile, the state has cleared the company to become a dropout recovery school. ECOT refuses to pay.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2018

This could be a problem for colleges and universities, about which a slew of opinion polls suggest Americans take a dim view at a time of campus speech controversies, athletic scandals, high dropout rates , sexual harassment and assault, comparatively generous pay for faculty and administrators and complaints about the competence of graduates.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 28, 2016

.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A divided federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s ruling that a Minnesota community college was justified when it kicked a student out of a nursing program because of Facebook comments administrators deemed to be unprofessional and threatening to fellow students.”

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