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What’s Lost When a Teacher Leaves a School

Edsurge

When her children moved to the next grade, we met with their new teachers to share background information to build continuity of support. Strong family and community engagement can enhance learning outcomes and help to create a sense of belonging. Her family benefited from the strength and collaboration of our team.

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Supporting Educational Recovery with Community and Family Engagement

edWeb.net

Recently, there has been an emphasis on providing arts and athletic opportunities, which many students missed while learning remotely. Fayette County Public Schools has a Community Partnership Leadership Team that meets once a month to share information about projects and make sure they are moving the needle forward. Leadership 3.0

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How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S.

eSchool News

Bilingual education’s impact With 1 in every 10 students experiencing a lack of English proficiency, millions are at risk for struggles with reading and writing comprehension, reduced academic achievement, and less rigorous tracks of study, which lead to increased dropout rates, and lowered educational attainment and human capital.

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Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund Partners with Discovery Education

eSchool News

Discovery Education will also provide Professional Learning to 100 teachers to address the challenges of remote instruction, enabling them to access a diverse set of new digital tools to help them deliver online lessons to students effectively. For more information, please contact Olfa Abidi on oabidi@alghurairfoundation.org.

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How one district solved its special education dropout problem

The Hechinger Report

The district’s class of 2010 had a 73 percent graduation rate for students in special education and a 13 percent dropout rate — double the dropout rate for the student body overall. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem. Covina-Valley has seen its efforts pay off.

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Urgency of getting people back to work gives new momentum to ?microcredentials?

The Hechinger Report

“Even if I chose not to finish, I would still have these pieces and I’d say, ‘Look what I’ve done,’ as opposed to, ‘I have two years of college’ ” but nothing to show for it, said Nelson, who works as an information technology consultant and hopes to move into an administrative role. But is it better than being a dropout? No, it’s not.

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Let Evidence Guide the Solutions to Student Absenteeism

edWeb.net

Chronically absent middle schoolers have lower grades and test scores that increase dropout potential. This information provides insight into the reasons (e.g., Chronic high school absenteeism affects grades, test scores, and graduation and college enrollment rates. Join the Community.