2003, Dropout and Learning

With the Help of Google and SF Muni, A Bus Sets Off to Serve City's High School Dropouts

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

Good is the Executive Director of Five Keys , a network of brick-and-mortar learning centers and charter schools throughout the Bay Area. The organization made its mark in 2003 when they created the nation’s first county jail charter school. The bus looks conducive to learning—but how about with 15 adult learners stuffed inside?

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After Transforming a College With Online Offerings, a President Steps Down to Tackle AI

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2023

That growth ended up exploding as the acceptance of online learning grew, then got an unexpected boost from the COVID-19 pandemic. EdSurge: When you arrived at Southern New Hampshire back in 2003, there were some online courses but just a few. But I thought [online learning] is a card we can play. And what were my other cards?

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PBS to Present “Spotlight Education,” A Special Week of Programming Featuring Reports About America’s Students and New Models of Learning, September 12-17

EdNews Daily

AUGUST 29, 2016

The “Teach Boldly” teacher support initiative will include a series of virtual and community training events and the launch of the new PBS Teachers’ Lounge, a creative digital space where teachers can share ideas, learn from peers, find daily inspiration and access the tools and resources they need to enhance their work in the classroom.

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What researchers learned about online higher education during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Kameshwari Shankar watched for years as college and university courses were increasingly taught online instead of face to face, but without a definitive way of understanding which students benefited the most from them, or what if anything they learned. This story also appeared in The New York Times.

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OPINION: The crisis in black student debt was dire before coronavirus — now it’s more urgent than ever

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Half of black borrowers who entered college in the 2003-04 academic year defaulted on their loans within 12 years. A black bachelor’s degree recipient is more likely to default than a white college dropout. Related: OPINION: Can debt relief and investment in HBCUs level the playing field for black students?

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

Conner’s district, is schools will become hubs, teachers will become learning accelerators, and students will become co-authors of their own education. This edWeb broadcast was hosted by AASA, The School Superintendents Association and AASA’s Leadership Network, providing premier professional learning for educational leaders.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. This term refers to the pre-existing cognitive framework that each student brings into the learning environment, encompassing everything from factual information to deeply ingrained skills and misconceptions.

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Reimagining failure: ‘Last-chance’ schools are the future of American high schools

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2017

It is features like these that have helped former high school dropouts like Rocheli Burgos — and other students who have struggled in school — get a second chance at earning a diploma. All students need to be deeply known by the adults that are working with them to support their learning,” she said. Based on what you know.

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OPINION: Mental health services are crucially important for student success but often overlooked

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2022

After nearly a decade of giving out these awards, we have learned a great deal about what campuses can do to help students. Alison formed the organization in 2003 as a 21-year-old, following the suicide of her brother and only sibling, Brian. This year, we recognized five campuses, of a range of sizes, from across the country.

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OPINION: Why Black student parents are at the epicenter of the student debt crisis — and what we can do about it

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

When I graduated with a bachelor’s degree from William & Mary in 2003, I desperately needed a job. I was the mother of a 4-year-old daughter, and I was consumed by worries about child care, the car note for my used Honda Civic and saving for my own apartment. In addition, I had $30,000 in student debt. In recent years, as U.S.

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

In meetings with his academic adviser during the second semester of his freshman year, Robinson said he learned that though his GPA was solid, the school’s computer algorithm saw trouble. For more stories about education, opportunity, and how people learn subscribe to the Educate podcast. It wasn’t always this way.

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

trillion, according to the Federal Reserve, compared with less than $250 billion in 2003. With this in mind, more school districts and local governments are trying to identify lower-cost learning opportunities that can still vault students into well-paying careers. Outstanding student loan debt now tops $1.5

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Others have revamped remedial education, a major stumbling block for students who are forced to repeat subjects they should have learned in high school. College dropouts cost Minnesota millions of dollars in wasted subsidies and lost revenue each year. Related: More Hispanics going to college: The bad news? High cost of dropping out.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

His school and his state are trailblazers in personalized learning, a method that tailors instruction to students’ individual interests and learning speeds. Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. About 20 other states sprinkled elements of personalized learning into their plans.

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‘It’s really hard to parent from behind bars’

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic closed schools and launched a national experiment in remote learning that has been chaotic and stressful for millions of American families. She worked physically demanding jobs until 2003 when she was injured, went back to school for office administration and found a job working for an attorney.

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How To Make A Civics Education Stick

MindShift

AUGUST 14, 2018

Many of those proposals are rooted in popular ideas about the best ways to teach civics, including when kids should start, what they should learn and how to apply those lessons. “What’s the dropout rate in some places? But some students learn more about their government than others. Little kids know about rules.

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School counselors keep kids on track. Why are they first to be cut?

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Aimed at curbing dropouts, improving graduation rates and sending more kids to college and other postsecondary programs, the corps is designed to offset a growing achievement gap in this relatively affluent but increasingly diverse state. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Segregated schools are still the norm. Howard Fuller is fine with that

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

It’s the first week of school at Milwaukee Collegiate Academy, a charter high school Fuller founded in 2003 that’s housed in a low-slung concrete warehouse just a five-minute drive from the North Division campus. Black schools for black children. The trade-off.

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With the Help of Google and SF Muni, A Bus Sets Off to Serve City's High School Dropouts

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Reimagining failure: ‘Last-chance’ schools are the future of American high schools

OPINION: Mental health services are crucially important for student success but often overlooked

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

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