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How one district solved its special education dropout problem

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz/The Hechinger Report. This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them. Their job is challenging enough without having to learn a whole new approach, Eastwood and Creeden recall hearing. Class sizes are kept low, and students remain with the same student cohort.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Instead, teachers, aided by learning software, determine students’ strengths and weaknesses and tailor activities toward them. Their job is challenging enough without having to learn a whole new approach, Eastwood and Creeden recall hearing. Class sizes are kept low, and students remain with the same student cohort.