The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The district aligned curriculum, instruction and assessment to meet learning standards recently adopted by the state and modeled on the Common Core state standards. Often that involved thinking differently about how, when and where teaching and learning actually occur. Opportunities for online learning. Weekly Update.

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Learning Dropout Blackboard Common Core 61

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

What you learn in a regular high school in a year, you could learn here in six months.”. Like many alternative schools, The Charter School of San Diego allows students behind on credits to complete courses online at an accelerated pace. What you learn in a regular high school in a year, you could learn here in six months.” .

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Dropout Blended Learning Course Report 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This story also appeared in The Associated Press After more than a year of some form of pandemic online learning, students were all required to come back to school in person. Remote learning didn’t hold their attention. They said they’d be back to set her up with resources to help her with parenting.

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Policies Online Learning Dropout Elementary 79

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2022

“It’s becoming blatantly apparent that the year they spent in remote learning did not allow them to mature properly,” said Thiebeau, who teaches biology and forensics in a room decorated with animal bones and a taxidermied bear head. Online learning was challenging for many students. Then the pandemic arrived.

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Dropout Chromebook Report System 100

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

Pandemic-related hardships have propelled many students to choose jobs over education and online classes have been barriers for low-income students without digital resources. She struggled with online learning and began to face severe health issues. she said, because her family was having to move from motel to motel.

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Dropout Policies Data Report 102

techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

Students learn in different ways and have varying needs. The Fuel Education ® Transformation Awards program celebrates schools, districts, or organizations that are successfully transforming the way teachers teach and students learn. Ryan, General Manager of Fuel Education.

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Education Dropout Differentiated Instruction Adaptive Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Then, like millions of other students across the country, Hernandez was forced to shift to learning online. For the rest of her junior year and most of her senior year, she learned from a laptop in her family’s living room, with her younger sibling taking Zoom classes down the hall in their shared bedroom.

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Education Course Report Policies 129

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We RELATED: Hot spots no silver bullet for rural remote learning.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Current and prospective students both are grappling with enrollment and persistence decisions, while facing an indefinite future of face-to-face, online and hybrid learning experiences. Yet few institutions plan on allocating more resources to enhance student success, advising, or mental health services for students.

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Survey Report Accessibility Trends 102

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”. Read the stories.

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Study Data Report Elementary 138

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

It is learning support at exactly the right time you need it to be successful,” said Vicki P. It is learning support at exactly the right time you need it to be successful.” At Southern Union, as the campus pivoted to remote learning, success rates in math courses decreased about 10 percent across the board, Pigg said.

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Course System Data Strategy 106

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had already overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey. “No Marleny Hernandez with her daughter, Anjerlin, at BMCC’s Early Childhood Center, where two of her children learned and played while she studied for her nursing degree.

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Study Report Course Dropout 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2020

She added that it’s frustrating that “the places with the least resources seem to be the ones being most creative and student-centered, and the places with the most resources, with a few exceptions, are finding solace in that May 1 deadline.”. And so I think that this could be really clarifying and useful in that way.”.

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Accessibility Policies Chromebook Exercises 105

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

April 20th - May 4th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. Join this interactive session to learn how to get started with game-based learning with your own students.

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Libraries Game-Based Learning lynda.com Trends 28

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. No resources. It was just not a very helpful experience, partially because of the resources and the time. I also play the piano, and I’m very interested in music history, theory and composition. Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.

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System Education Report Elementary 68

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

If less competitive and under-resourced colleges start disappearing, competition to get in will only increase for the top institutions, he predicts. And while Carnevale predicts that overall “the elite system is going to get a kick in the pants,” he doesn’t believe they’ll be terribly hurt.

Education 111

Education Policies System Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2018

During her childhood of dealing with family strife, which took her to towns across rural Maine, rarely staying at a school for longer than a year or two, learning was never a priority. “It Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Cousins says she is “not a book person.”

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Dropout Blended Learning Report Course 92

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Hayden, 12, had been having panic attacks about school even before a letter arrived at his home last month, threatening legal action for his alleged absences from distance learning. The sixth grader has been attending online class from his home outside Austin, Texas, since August, and having difficulties adjusting.

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Policies Schoology Elementary Report 143

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Her high school had recently closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic and shifted to distance learning. 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 Read the series.

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Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2020

These institutions are helping students find cost-free ways to leave campus, keeping dorms open for those who don’t have other options or identifying ways to enable less-wired students who can’t access online learning to still finish out the semester. They didn’t have to do that.”. It helped me a lot,” she said. I can’t do my jobs.

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Laptops Education Online Learning Report 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

In the absence of clear federal and state guidance for reopening, school districts have debated everything from whether to mandate masks for in-person classes to how to make online-only learning more effective. Because everyone is in a really different environment at home.” Credit: Sophia Hammer.

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Survey Policies Groups Report 145

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district is working toward this goal through a wide range of bold initiatives, which include offering two years of kindergarten, ending “social promotion,” connecting every student to technology, and putting significant resources into athletic facilities and music programs. “We Connecting Every Student to Personalized Learning.

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district is working toward this goal through a wide range of bold initiatives, which include offering two years of kindergarten, ending “social promotion,” connecting every student to technology, and putting significant resources into athletic facilities and music programs. Enrollment skyrocketed to nearly 300 students.

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 15th The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man. - Eliot The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning.

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BYOD Libraries Conference Learning 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 22nd The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn.and change. Carl Rogers The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. Check out all the fun at ISTEunplugged.com.

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Conference Digital Citizenship Libraries Common Core 51

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 21, 2017

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. Related: Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. The report sought to gauge how the online lessons reached “struggling learners.”

Education 80

Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 80

Doug Levin

MARCH 5, 2017

Ever wonder how stories covered by popular edtech outlets – such as edSurge, eSchoolNews, Tech & Learning, and THE Journal – get selected? Tagged on: March 2, 2017 K-12 Predictive Analytics: Time for a Better Dropout Diagnosis | RealClearEducation → Is this sponsored content?

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EdTech Coursera Data Case Study 170

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

Her teachers never acknowledged her growing belly, and the school counselor had no suggestions for outside resources. She was a high school junior when she learned she was pregnant, and didn’t receive the support she needed from school officials to continue. LaTavia BigBack, 21, with her daughter.

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Report Accessibility Outcomes Social Media 135

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

. “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” Via The Daily Times : “Blount County Schools building new options to personalize learning.” ” Boy, it seems as though “personalized learning” is really just code for “virtual charter schools.”

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Still in its early stages, this ambitious project relies on a little-known public resource – a slice of electromagnetic spectrum the federal government long ago set aside for schools – called the Educational Broadband Service (EBS). Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Facebook , an Online Learning Platform?”

Education 44

Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

There was all that ink spilled circa 2010 that Khan Academy and “ flipped learning ” were going to “ change the rules of education ,” replacing in-class instruction with online videos watched as homework. What might be the elements of the MOOC revolution? You can’t expect any help from the inhabitants.”

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55

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. The learn-to-code company has raised $4.6 ” That is the race for the Michigan Board of Education. .” And sure, why not.

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Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60