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3 Strategies to Combat Summer Learning Loss

Digital Promise

NSLA states summer learning loss “ is one of the most significant causes of the achievement gap between lower and higher income youth and one of the strongest contributors to the high school dropout rate. Vancouver Public Schools hosted a Girls Lead the Way summer robotics camp at McLoughlin Middle School.

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Do students buy into maker culture?

eSchool News

A new report from robotics and open-source hardware provider DFRobot aims to find out by analyzing DIY-labeled products hosted on Kickstarter. The results of this learning model speak for themselves, with the district rising in state education rankings, as well as experiencing fewer high school dropout rates.

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

The Hechinger Report

In upstate South Carolina, automotive industries have replaced the once thriving textile mills as a dominant force in the region, paving the way for a growing demand for highly skilled workers in engineering and robotics. AJ the robot is the school mascot at A.J. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report.

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E-learning’s Promise and Failure

Knowledge Avatars

Is it surprising that the e-learning student dropout rate is up to 50%? I believe that the solution to this broken model is a robot tutor that responds directly to student needs. Would you use such a robot tutor? They have to plod through the videos the way they have to sit through a lecture and “grin and bear it.”

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Can kids get passionate about learning — and develop the persistence to follow where it leads? One school has a plan

The Hechinger Report

We believe in the idea of trying on different identities: ‘I’m going to be a photographer, robotics engineer, or actor in a Shakespeare play.’ ”. Fifth-graders (from left) Jayden Vargas, David Bojorque, and Ariyana Denny figure out how to make their Lego robot move in a robotics class at Elm City College Prep, in New Haven, Connecticut.

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‘Our Technology Is Our Ideology’: George Siemens on the Future of Digital Learning

Edsurge

Rise of the robots Siemens has both an academic and an industry perspective on digital learning. Now that robots are flipping burgers and reading X-rays—for a fraction of the cost of human labor—learners need to prepare for careers that employ uniquely human traits like self-regulation and communication.

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New programs find ways to foster student resilience

The Hechinger Report

Megan Nickels, PedsAcademy founder, helps Ella Greene build a robotic version of her dog. Last November, toward the end of Ella’s year of treatment, PedsAcademy opened at the hospital, bringing virtual reality field trips, robots and math lessons that didn’t feel like school. “I Eve Edelheit for The New York Times.