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May 26, 2013, 1820 8 Real Ways Facebook Enriched 1 st grade. Jun 9, 2013, 1610 3 ways to decrease the teacher dropout crisis Jun 4, 2013, 1156 The packet-driven classroom May 19, 2013, 981 Use social media to shine on school quality reviews. Jun 2, 2013, 2136 How well does your school meet student expectations.

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Teachers are first responders to the opioid crisis

The Hechinger Report

When Cruey still has questions, he will glean information through listening to the constant murmur of student gossip in hallways, tracking social media posts and keeping his ear to the ground at church. “My Occasionally we see him on Facebook. Overall, there’s been an increase in graduation rates and a decrease in dropouts.

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How To Make A Civics Education Stick

MindShift

“What’s the dropout rate in some places? You can unfriend someone on Facebook or mute specific phrases on Twitter. Plus, students are inundated with information from social media, and they need to learn how to wade through it all to find the facts. He warns against waiting until high school. Forty percent?

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From private to public school: A college counselor straddles an economic divide

The Hechinger Report

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. She and her colleagues hope to reach every senior by email, phone or social media. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

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. See the schedule in your local time zone and join the sessions here. This is very exciting research! Read more about this study here.

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Learning Revolution Free Events - The Conference - Next Up #Reinvent14 - Appreciative Inquiry and AERO

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

See graphics for social media and follow the event to join the campaign! Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Social Media for the Art & Design Classroom. She writes, Can anyone recommend a social media platform that would be suitable to use?

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” 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.”