EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

Tablets have surged from 26% to 55% usage as kids’ device of choice during car rides. Ninety-one (91) percent have access to computers, tablets or cellphones. Auburn University awarded him the “Auburn Hero Award” for his work in “reducing dropouts and for helping Alternative Education Schools.” .

Dropout 100

Dropout Smartphone Tablets Report 100

Edsurge

JULY 28, 2016

“Technology invites us to move from engaged to empowered.” — From George Couros’ Innovator’s Mindset. The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. Our reading program re-instilled in them a love of reading, guided by technology.

Technology 60

Technology eBook Dropout Libraries 60

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. Kristin Tichenor, vice president for enrollment, Wentworth Institute of Technology. It’s not a law or a commandment on the tablets. Then Covid decimated them. Now, said Goldstein, U.S. institutions “are competing head on against U.K.

Report 102

Report Course Dropout Training 102

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos knew there were many kids like her, eager to keep up with school but lacking the technology to do so. Though only about 40 miles north of Silicon Valley, home to technology giants such as Google and Apple, Oakland was deeply underconnected when the pandemic shuttered its schools. To her, it was “heartbreaking.”.

Digital Divide 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

In the meantime, the middle schooler would be left to keep up with her schoolwork on her own, on a district-issued tablet that Curry says would often lock her granddaughter out. They’d rather send her home than work on the issues she was going through,” Curry said. She missed out on a lot of work, a whole lot.

Handbook 98

Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The problem has grown worse as schools and teachers are forced to deal with an increasing number of nontraditional students (minority, impoverished, foster, homeless, autistic) who come from nontraditional homes (single parent, divorce, second or third marriage) and learn in nontraditional ways (via the internet, tablets, social media).

Dropout 130

Dropout Training Report Social Media 130

The Hechinger Report

JULY 28, 2021

We provided laptops and tablets as well as ‘hot spots’ to all our girls who needed them,” Hall said. “We School should not be considered impossible for young women with children to manage, said Alma Cardenas-Rubio, the district’s assistant superintendent for innovation, strategy, and educational technology.

Kaplan 112

Kaplan Report Policies Laptops 112