Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

They are developing a recommendation engine to leverage dropout rate data to predict and design interventions for at-risk students. After intervening and supporting approximately 16,000 students, dropout rates have decreased and test scores have improved. Watch the video to see how it works.

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Dropout Education Data Software 153

Knowledge Avatars K-12

AUGUST 16, 2015

That is to say, it includes lectures, usually in the form of videos, accompanied by drill and practice activities and tests. So if a student wants to learn something very specific, they have to search through the video, stopping and starting it to try to understand a concept. Would you use such a robot tutor? What do you think?

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E-rate Dropout Robotics Industry 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2018

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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Robotics Learning Report Common Core 84

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

The lack of social interaction could be one reason behind high dropout rates in online classes. Sure, there are sophisticated online lectures where learners can see one another on screen and break out into small groups to chat via video. But these are still the minority online classes. The human element makes a difference.

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MOOC Dropout Exercises OER 60

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

HS makerspaces with 3Dprinters and video Recording THE ROAD TO CREDIT RECOVERY Coxsackie-Athens Central School District in rural upstate New York serves 1,328 K–12 students, 42–50 percent of whom are eligible for free and reduced meals. Absent students can join classrooms through robotic telepresence. Chrome extensions ?

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Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 51

Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” ” Via the AP : “The superintendent of a suburban Cleveland school district who was caught on video at a high school football game pulling down the pants of the school board vice president has been suspended.”

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

I miss browsing the new video releases at Blockbuster. Those blue-collar jobs – at least as we remember them in our collective imagination – went to people, mostly men, fresh out of high school, graduate and dropout alike. Anthony Carnevale. I miss watching Gunsmoke on Saturday nights. I miss casseroles. During the recession, 5.6

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