Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

The students in the blended version also take most of their courses online, but they occasionally meet in person for mentoring from a certified teacher or for clubs and sports. We sit down with students and create a personalized learning plan for each of them. Most of them were dropouts.” “In

Personalized Learning 98

Personalized Learning Learning Blended Learning Dropout 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

So teachers have been learning new software platforms on the go. In a group of 30 students in an online platform, they can’t watch everyone and check their students’ body language as in the classroom, he said. She reels off the names of four new apps her students have had to learn for their algebra courses.

STEM 130

STEM Report Course Study 130

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Community and business groups around the country share the same fear. Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. Her coalition of advocates in Nashville now meets remotely, every Friday morning. How can we work together to fix it?’ ”.

Survey 141

Survey Laptops Dropout Report 141

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Rosamund Looney, who teaches first grade in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, said that because of the stresses of the pandemic and online learning, “we need to grant a lot of grace and accomodations.” Credit: Rosamund Looney. That’s an inappropriate, and potentially illegal, punishment, she said.

Guidelines 143

Guidelines Report Elementary Online Learning 143

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

Researchers and educators are considering various methods to fill these gaps, including small-group instruction, extended school hours and summer programs. The first group of tutors was placed in Title I middle schools, in which low-income families make up at least 40 percent of enrollment. It’s just gotten worse.”.

Study 139

Study Data Report Elementary 139

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

The first thing the group did, Mickens said, was to start tracking the number of public school students in Oakland who already had a device and internet service, and those who didn’t. The campaign was able to bring in big donors like Twitter’s co-founder and then CEO Jack Dorsey, who pledged $10 million to help meet the goal.

Digital Divide 112

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 112

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

They’ve been letting officials know that while they want to see their friends, they recognize the seriousness of the virus and hope districts prioritize student mental health and improving online learning, especially for vulnerable students. Other student groups have also conducted surveys to capture students’ experiences.

Survey 145

Survey Policies Groups Report 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The McKenna Center functions as a home for the pods, but pod leaders and students have flexibility to decide where and when to meet to accommodate students’ schedules. After school, staff and tutors work individually and in small groups of six or seven with teens deemed most at risk for not graduating.

Learning 82

Learning Report Elementary Dropout 82

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

She was making ends meet by working as a cashier at a local gas station, until an injury took her off the job. 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

Broadband 145

Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning. Now, during morning meetings via Google classroom, Glick is the one being peppered with questions – and often she can’t answer them. All of us are going to have to just meet them where they were last spring and do our best.”. And now it’s all taken away.”

Broadband 141

Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 141

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2018

At Threshold, program staff get to know students through an extensive initial interview process, learning about their backgrounds, previous academic experiences and what kinds of requirements they still need to graduate. From there, teachers design individualized projects to help each student meet standards. Just family, health.

Dropout 93

Dropout Blended Learning Report Course 93

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Eastwood often fondly recalls when Middletown High School’s newly renovated stadium hosted a regional track meet. It helps the teachers differentiate the instruction to meet the child’s needs.”. In this case, the group of lower-performing students start with the teacher so she can set them on a course for the rest of the class period.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Eastwood often fondly recalls when Middletown High School’s newly renovated stadium hosted a regional track meet. It helps the teachers differentiate the instruction to meet the child’s needs.” As more teachers opted in to blended learning classrooms, they reported being able to learn more about each student.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Fogel, 18, can recite a list of typical college experiences she has missed out on: study groups, small seminars, office hours with professors, parties, football games, a chance to meet new people from around the world. They need to improve the online experience if they are going to continue in this manner.”.

Study 105

Study Guidelines Strategy Report 105

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests. Choi wouldn’t put a target on further expansion.

Personalized Learning 40

Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

ATLANTA — Brent Agnew remembers feeling a sense of relief when he left the meeting called to discuss his 6-year-old son Caleb’s anxiety attacks. Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt. Photo: Jesse Pratt Lopez.

Education 80

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 80

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Once a dual superintendent-principal in Alaska’s remote Pribilof Islands, Shellinger runs a group, the National SAM Innovation Project, that’s working in Colorado and 22 other states to help principals better plan their days and train colleagues to assume more of their schools’ management tasks. (SAM

Elementary 112

Elementary Training Report Policies 112

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via ProPublica : “Meet the Hundreds of Officials Trump Has Quietly Installed Across the Government.” Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” The resulting nonprofit college group will be secular.”

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

. “Faculty,” as this year’s ECAR study put it , “have a love-hate relationship with online teaching and learning. Most faculty agree that online learning makes higher education available to more students, but few agree that online learning helps students learn more effectively.”

MOOC 55

MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55