The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

The district’s class of 2010 had a 73 percent graduation rate for students in special education and a 13 percent dropout rate — double the dropout rate for the student body overall. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem. Covina-Valley has seen its efforts pay off.

Dropout 93

Dropout E-rate Education Secondary 93

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

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.

Blended Learning 132

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 132

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

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.

Blended Learning 120

Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120