Dropout STEM Study Tools 
The Hechinger Report
JULY 13, 2021
With so many web tools out there that solve math problems, it’s easy for Brown’s online students to find a shortcut to answers and the calculations that go with them. So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 6, 2019
Companies like Amazon and Netflix have been using data tools like these for years to track our clicks and steer us to buy or watch more of their products. It’s grown into a $500 million market with more than 30 for-profit companies selling predictive analytics tools to colleges. Trying to keep students in school.
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The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 20, 2022
Studies show not only is it ineffective at improving students’ future behavior, it can also do the opposite. There is no question in the research in the field,” said Micere Keels, an associate professor at the University of Chicago who studies school discipline. Credit: Image provided by Sydney Chaffee.
GoConqr
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Dropout rates increase, test and project scores dip, and – worst of all – learning becomes synonymous with boredom. This was something we touched on in a recent blog post on a study that found that more than half of students in the US felt “bored” at school.) If this imbalance isn’t a cause for concern among educators, it should be.
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 7, 2018
One study by the Louisiana board of education showed that 40 percent of retained eighth graders did not even make it to a high-school campus after being held back. Certainly, Louisiana schools still have limited resources and tools to help struggling students, White said. Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 15, 2014
Reform Symposium MiniCon May , May 4th 9:30am - 1pm EDT Upcoming deadlines: Sign up for the Tech & App Smackdown - Share your favorite web tool or app as we celebrate our amazing presenters from 2013 and look forward to #RSCON5 on July 11-13th, 2014. Read more about this study here. Digital Citizenship Infographics.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 14, 2020
There are gifted dropouts. The academic screening tools “were patently unfair.” They said that giftedness could also be creativity, and found that a high IQ score did not necessarily correspond with leadership, professional accomplishment or even success in school. The district acknowledged the shortcomings.
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