techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

Students learn in different ways and have varying needs. That’s why innovative educators across the country are implementing creative programs to better meet those needs. Herndon, Virginia, July 2, 2018 —Education is not one size fits all.

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Education Dropout Differentiated Instruction Adaptive Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

Andrea Hernandez studied the multiplication table nearly every day during the summer between her third and fourth grade years. 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

JULY 13, 2021

So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works. A 2016 study by the American Institutes for Research noted that about a third of Chicago’s public high school students fail one or both semesters of algebra I.

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STEM Report Course Study 128

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. Related: More studies mark the pandemic’s toll on student achievement. Then the pandemic arrived.

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Dropout Chromebook Report System 103

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works. Students didn’t lose anything, they just never had the opportunity to learn it.” One student is studying surface area and three-digit multiplication.

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Study Data Report Elementary 138

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. Credit: Brian Westlake.

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Guidelines Report Elementary Online Learning 143

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

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. Related: Students who counted on work-study jobs now struggle to pay their bills.

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Survey Laptops Dropout Report 140

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A task force studying the problem in 2017 found those layers of developmental coursework were a barrier for many students, who would become discouraged and drop out, according to Brad Fricks, director of academic affairs for the community college system. She (the instructor) could read my face and said I could ask her or meet after class.

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Course System Data Strategy 106

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

But the chaotic effort to get students online during Covid school closures made clear the issue affects Americans living in all kinds of places. A recent study from EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit that works with school districts to help close the digital divide, found that affordability was the largest contributing factor.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 112

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2017

That’s really when you get to start diving into studying. We meet, and we talk about what we need to improve on, and what we need to do to keep working. Every October my parents come in for a meeting and we talk about the IEP, they sign papers, and I will take a test to see where I’m at, like, my math level and reading level.

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Report Meeting Study System 63

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2020

She said the University of California will also make a decision soon on what accommodations will be made for high school seniors who might not meet UC admissions requirements due to missing their last semester of high school. Related: In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college.

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Accessibility Policies Chromebook Exercises 105

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

NEW YORK — Social studies teacher Karen Rose stepped out of New Rochelle High School last month for what will likely be the last time. My biggest worry is the kids I’ve gotten no response from,” said Rose, who is retiring in June and never expected to end her career struggling with online teaching. And now it’s all taken away.”

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Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 140

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. But asking Kentiona to look after her younger siblings — and maintain her studies — seemed like too much. Moving back to the Mississippi Delta was supposed to be a fresh start for Johnson.

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Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 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. Ten pod leaders serve five high schoolers each, meeting individually and as a group every week after school, said Karla Arevalo, the program coordinator.

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Learning Report Elementary Dropout 85

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. Considering that we’re going completely distance learning for the time being,” she said.

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Survey Policies Groups Report 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Toward the end of her first semester at the University of Pittsburgh, Sophie Fogel spent every night studying alone in her dorm room, eating lukewarm takeout meals from the cafeteria and wondering why she bothered going away to college in the first place. Credit: Jennipher Acheampong.

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Study Guidelines Strategy Report 104

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Eastwood often fondly recalls when Middletown High School’s newly renovated stadium hosted a regional track meet. Some studies suggest achievement gaps that exist beyond the third grade are difficult to close regardless of the intervention. These kids are surrounded by technology, and it just helps foster learning for these students.”.

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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. Some studies suggest achievement gaps that exist beyond the third grade are difficult to close regardless of the intervention. It helps the teachers differentiate the instruction to meet the child’s needs.”

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

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. Personalized learning is easy to bastardize.

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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.

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Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 81

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Half of all new principals quit their jobs within three years, according to a 2014 study. His father was a principal who rose to superintendent, and although Snyder headed off to college at Colorado State University with the intention of becoming a doctor, he eventually switched to education studies and became a chemistry teacher.

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Elementary Training Report Policies 112

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

School is very important to me because I want to keep studying,” she said. “I Online learning was particularly challenging for Puerto Rican students. Teachers across Puerto Rico say they have received little assistance in meeting their students’ changing needs. Deishangelxa missed two weeks of classes, which upset her.

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Elementary Report Dropout System 105

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.” More on the politics of online education in the politics section above.

Education 46

Education Robotics E-rate Social Media 46

Hack Education

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The survey also claimed that students prefer short classes (eight weeks or less), and they spend far less time studying and working on assignments than they should be – at least according to Department of Education requirements for credit-bearing coursework. It has some 2500 “beta testers,” Edsurge reported in February.

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MOOC Coursera Education Broadband 55