eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2015

A district offers students 6 instructional models—an approach that has led to zero dropouts. We have implemented a ‘zero dropout’ policy that does not allow students to drop out of our district,” he said. Next page: How the district juggles PBL, online learning, and more.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Poor internet, a lack of laptops and hotspots, and instability at home are the factors most commonly cited for making participation in online learning difficult for kids. Redland Elementary Principal Adrian Montes works one-on-one with a student who wasn’t signing on for online learning. Credit: Redland Elementary. “We

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Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 143

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Each of us has seen headlines about an online school providing an unaccredited program that looks like a “diploma mill,” or a completely mismanaged school administration that was not prepared for high student mobility or other realities of online learning.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 6, 2022

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. Related: Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning.

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Education Course Report Policies 128

Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

It's about the front page story covering the announcement that some colleges are planning to offer 'cut price' qualifications that rely on a combination of podcasting, online learning and remote self study. Will colleges who wish to cut the costs of their programmes stomach such a dropout statistic? I think not.

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E-rate Education Dropout Online Learning 53

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Furthermore, three-year degrees have broad political appeal, as indicated by their endorsement by both the Progressive Policy Institute and the American Enterprise Institute. For example, college faculty publish papers in journals with conclusions that incorporate policy and practical recommendations.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

She reels off the names of four new apps her students have had to learn for their algebra courses. Even students who have done well working virtually don’t love online learning. Since it’s online, teachers don’t notice you’re struggling,” she said. Department of Education and others have labeled “accelerated learning.”

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STEM Report Course Study 126

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Online preschool has become a contentious topic nationwide. Experts cautioned that online learning programs can lead to overuse of screens, which can impact behavior, sleep, and social-emotional development.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

He called the virus “something of a moment of judgment for higher education, a shock that will accelerate [negative] trends that are already underway,” as well as one that could finally open the door for systemic policy change. But changes in some areas, like college admissions policies, could happen now.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

And in Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish district in September, fourth grader Ka’Mauri Harrison was suspended after a teacher saw a toy BB gun in his bedroom during virtual learning. Credit: Rosamund Looney.

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Guidelines Report Elementary Online Learning 142

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

But Lawrence Mishel, a labor market economist with the Economic Policy Institute, sees it much differently: “I think we’re way past that tipping point.”. Approximately 80 percent of college degrees — including in the humanities that Hanrahan’s peers majored in, such as English and History — have labor market value, Carnevale says.

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Policies Report Trends Mobility 109

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 More than one in five college students are parents , according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, and some 42 percent of them attend community colleges.

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Study Report Course Dropout 97

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We We [didn’t] want this to be a Band-Aid fix,” said Jordan Mickens, a Leadership for Educational Equity public policy fellow who served as #OaklandUndivided’s project manager until August 2021.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2020

States have not made policies clear on this, since there is no certainty about when the crisis might end and how much instructional time students will have missed. Some advocates say that could be one bright spot: The test cancellations could force more institutions to experiment with test optional policies, at least for next year.

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Accessibility Policies Chromebook Exercises 104

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

As we navigate this historic, anxious and peculiar semester for higher education, it’s important to remember that many of the challenges we are now confronting are not inherently new — but rather a legacy of the systems, policies and choices of the past, compounded by the trauma and economic and social upheaval of this moment.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

beginning with the White House, whose American Workforce Policy Advisory Board has called for a prototype by this summer. Chamber of Commerce Foundation is at work on that end of the project. A litany of interest groups has been pushing for the I.L.R.,

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

“Everyone is talking about declining enrollment, but no one is talking about who’s leaving the system and why,” said Tom Sheppard, a New York City parent and representative on the city’s Panel for Educational Policy. “No Related: Will the students who didn’t show up for online class this spring go missing forever?

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Data Analysis Online Learning Laptops 99

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning. It just depends.

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Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In recent years, truancy policies have started shifting away from punitive measures to providing more support for students who are chronically absent. Hayden, typically an A or B student, has had difficulty making the transition from elementary school to middle school online. It sometimes takes him hours to type assignments.

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Policies Schoology Elementary Report 142

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

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.”. Overall, there is a risk that a “ digital learning gap ” is forming on top of the achievement gap that already exists.

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 175

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

. “If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.” ” Ending Social Promotion. "You’re

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

In the future, I want to get a master’s in architecture and focus on urban planning, just because I feel like many of the problems we see today are based off of where people live and the policies of residential segregation mainly in cities like Baltimore, Chicago, etcetera. I want to use my master’s degree to change that.

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Common Core Advocacy Report System 95

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.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

We believe that the development of everything from policies to facilities to lesson plans should be guided by our compass roses, Critical Attributes of 21st Century Education and the Multiple Literacies for the 21st Century. The NEA shared this article that discusses nation-wide efforts to re-engage high school dropouts.

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BYOD Libraries Conference Learning 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Personalized learning, meanwhile, is as ascendant a reform as ever, boosted by many of the same philanthropic entities that have promoted charters: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

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Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 96

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The school district of Cheraw, Colorado, educates 225 students, roughly half of whom transfer in from other districts through the state’s open-enrollment policy. She’s not alone: About half of the school district’s students live outside its boundaries but attend through the state’s open-enrollment policy. People like Snyder.

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Elementary Training Report Policies 112

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. The report sought to gauge how the online lessons reached “struggling learners.” “We saw it as a scaffolding until things got better — a short-term, possible solution,” Agnew recalled.

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Education Assistive Technology Advocacy System 79

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Federal policies still disadvantage the island, the result of a “quasi-colonial relationship,” said King. Online learning was particularly challenging for Puerto Rican students. Related: In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college Puerto Rico, which has been under U.S. Its residents are U.S.

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Elementary Report Dropout System 102

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? Here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

Those clinics] were a major place where young people go to get care,” said Rachel Fey, vice president of policy and strategic partnerships at Power to Decide. “So Although the Biden administration reversed the rule last year, it’s unclear how many clinics have returned.

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Report Accessibility Outcomes Social Media 134

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” “Now that MOOCs are mainstream, where does online learning go next?” “ Can personalized learning prevail? “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? ” asks Edsurge.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

” The task force, put together by Entangled Solutions , includes “25 members from think tanks (including education policy wonk Rick Hess from the American Enterprise Institute), colleges (University of Texas), coding bootcamps (Galvanize), investment banking (Tyton Partners), and accounting firms (Ernst & Young).”

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Education Coursera MOOC Kaplan 44

Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

” Via NPR : “ Trump ’s International Policies Could Have Lasting Effects On Higher Ed.” More about Trump’s immigration policies in a separate section below. And more about Trump and for-profit higher ed policies in the for-profit higher ed section below.

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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.”

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