Digital Promise
AUGUST 10, 2016
NSLA states summer learning loss “ is one of the most significant causes of the achievement gap between lower and higher income youth and one of the strongest contributors to the high school dropout rate. Mineola Union Free School District made iPads available to students all summer long.
Edsurge
JULY 28, 2016
The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. Most learners have access to a tablet device, iPad, or some other form of smartphone device, but many don't have physical books at home. What is available to my learners at school and at home?
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The Electric Educator
APRIL 20, 2011
Researchers have failed again and again to show that students using computers in classrooms will improve test scores, lift graduation rates, and reduce dropouts. Dan Rezac If you think the iPad (or any other idevice) is the answer to life''s questions? The third error they make is to indulge in magical thinking.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 12, 2018
In a Lego robotics expedition, fifth- and sixth-graders hunched over iPads trying to figure out how to make their robots move. During the Elm City expeditions, such persistence was evident. Children encountered problems and were driven to find solutions. A group of three appeared to be frustrated.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Shawn Young, chief executive of Classcraft, a tech company that produces educational games and other products, likens the current momentum around social-emotional learning to past trends such as the push to bring laptops and iPads to every student.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019
Fellows receive monthly stipends that start at $450 and rise each year, up to $700, in an attempt to combat steep post-secondary dropout rates — 33 percent of black college students drop out after one year of college, often because of financial shortfalls. As he passed, some students said “Hey, Mr. Nate” and high-fived him.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 20, 2020
Glick’s school gave out iPads and laptops to students who needed them, while committees at her school are going door to door to track down the non-responders. In the meantime, some school districts have decided that providing virtual learning may not be worth the effort. Others are still scrambling to get devices and hotspots to parents.
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