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National Dropout Prevention Center Offers Resources

eSchool News

School closures are traumatizing students, families, and educators, presenting a new dropout risk factor and requiring schools to develop immediate virtual solutions. The National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) has produced topical videos and virtual professional development to support schools and educators during current uncertain times.

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What’s Lost When a Teacher Leaves a School

Edsurge

Strong family and community engagement can enhance learning outcomes and help to create a sense of belonging. Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance.

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How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S.

eSchool News

Bilingual education’s impact With 1 in every 10 students experiencing a lack of English proficiency, millions are at risk for struggles with reading and writing comprehension, reduced academic achievement, and less rigorous tracks of study, which lead to increased dropout rates, and lowered educational attainment and human capital.

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The Professional Development Problem

EdNews Daily

If we can’t effectively support our educators then expecting them to reverse the concerning trends of high school dropouts (more than ¼ fail to graduate H.S.), Whether we call it job embedded coaching, professional learning, or mentoring; we need better integration with the shared mission/ vision of the school.

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

edWeb.net

Key aspects of the innovative model include the use of data and analytics, as well psychometricians and statisticians, to drive instruction that can be enhanced by the use of digital resources and artificial intelligence, which can complement content and help each student spend more time working in a zone of proximal development.

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Supporting Educational Recovery with Community and Family Engagement

edWeb.net

In Baltimore City Public Schools, the schools’ community and family coordinators proved to be a crucial resource when the pandemic began, and according to Tina Hike-Hubbard, Chief of Communications, Engagement, and Enrollment, the community schools program has been expanded from 50 to 130 schools. Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast.

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Redesigning, Reimagining, and Rethinking American Education

edWeb.net

Thus, schools need to figure out how to use resources more effectively and what they’re currently doing that they could remove from the curriculum. This edWeb broadcast was hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network, providing premier professional learning for educational leaders.