The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2013

Join me Wednesday, April 17th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Elliot Washor and Charles Mojkowski on their new book, Leaving to Learn : How Out-of-School Learning Increases Student Engagement and Reduces Dropout Rates. It''s called leaving to learn. psid=2013-04-17.0748.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 26, 2013

Entry Pageviews High school dropout pursues passions, becomes millionaire. Jan 23, 2013, 2 comments 2722 Embracing social media use in schools with a toolkit. Jan 24, 2013, 2 comments 2628 The 10 No Nos of Teaching with a Smartboard. May 10, 2010, 39 comments 2471 5 Ways to Build Your Personal Learning Network.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Each new day brings another round of headlines about the struggles of the nation’s colleges to adapt to the coronavirus pandemic, the arrival of freshmen in reduced-occupancy dormitories, the limitations of remote learning and a sports season that seems unlikely to get off the ground.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. At the heart of personalized learning is building a positive relationship with every student, every single day.”.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. Using what it learned from the strings program, the district decided to offer courses for free — with the help of its Race to the Top grant. Connecting Every Student to Personalized Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2019

Students with learning disabilities are more likely to be suspended or expelled from school and less likely to graduate from college than students without learning disabilities. He served as Secretary of Education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 2008 to 2013. City Connects has shown strong results.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2017

And the resulting decline in borrowing and dropout rates on those campuses suggest the toll that fees were taking on their students. The fees weren’t necessarily lowered, but since 2013 they have been included in the tuition charge (this year, $26,590), meaning more of them can be covered by financial aid and all are paid up front.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

What have we learned that can make a difference for the next folks coming through?” In keeping with that mindset, some education leaders refer to lost students as “stopouts” rather than “dropouts.” I can’t believe we were doing that to students, adding that extra barrier,” she says. What are the lessons here?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

Wess Wheeler (L), an independent learning opportunity student at Randolph Union High School, and Miles Hooper, manager and co-owner of Ayers Brook Goat Dairy farm, among the goats. It’s all part of a statewide push to “personalize” learning, giving students more of a say over what — and where — they study. Future of Learning.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 30, 2016

Superintendent Mark Edwards talked about the Mooresville Graded School District’s experiences integrating technology into K-12 education during the 2013 Summer Connection in Mooresville, N.C. school district since 2007, will be the senior vice president of digital learning for the Silver Spring, Md.-based Credit: John W.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

I had to learn how to balance my finances. I had to learn how to balance work and school and the relationship I’m in.” It’s learning how to be an adult.”. But advocates say the most important reason to adopt un-grading is that students have become so preoccupied with grades, they aren’t actually learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2018

The Greenfield model uses some rather commonplace strategies, such as integrating online learning, small-group instruction and greater parental and community involvement. Where the model pushes boundaries is in the addition of learning experiences called “expeditions.” Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2018

In Illinois, District 428 awarded 73 high school diplomas in 2017, up from 65 in 2013 when there were twice as many juveniles in the system and their average stay was longer. Illinois’ effort to bring online learning to juvenile justice facility classrooms is rare nationwide. Why not learn something while we’re here?”.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. percentage points from the default rate of students who graduated or left school in 2013-14. More than 15 percent of these graduates and dropouts defaulted in both time periods. That’s because community colleges cater to lower income students and dropout rates are high.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Working on a farm and running the weekly market, she has learned to identify food crops and to care for them, she said. Forty-four percent of students who attended four-year work colleges between 2008 and 2013 had to take out loans, compared to 53 percent at public universities, and 64 percent at private, nonprofit colleges.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Around 2009, Lee learned about the Junior Theater Festival (JTF) in Atlanta, where students from across the country gather for three days to compete, take workshops and nerd out over musical theater. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report. But to the parents, it’s worth it.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Left untreated, mental health concerns can contribute to high school dropout rates. She also learned how to assess for suicide risk by asking questions like, “Are you having thoughts of hurting yourself?” Learning the ALGEE five-step action plan. and “Are you in danger?”. Spreading the Word.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The nation’s high school graduation rate hit 82 percent in 2013-14, the highest level since states adopted a new uniform way of calculating graduation rates five years ago. students are graduating from high school at a higher rate than ever before, according to data released today by the U.S. The Department has invested more than $1.5

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. Using what it learned from the strings program, the district decided to offer courses for free — with the help of its Race to the Top grant. ’” Connecting Every Student to Personalized Learning. "This

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. In December 2013, there were 29 million people with some college education but no degree. Of the 29 million who had not finished as of December 2013, 940,000 had completed their credential or degree by December 2018. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update. Higher Education.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

The lack of social interaction could be one reason behind high dropout rates in online classes. Carolyn Rosé, an assistant professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, has been exploring ways to add social engagement to MOOCs since 2013.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. At the time, a third of Louisiana’s adults were high school dropouts. The new convocation center at Xavier University is seen in New Orleans, Monday, Sept. Student Landan Moore says Xavier is his dream school. Photo: AP Photo/Gerald Herbert. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2020

They miss their friends, their freedom and learning from a human being instead of a screen, but their chances of graduating are unlikely to change. In 2013, there were some 29 million students who had left college in the last two decades before earning a degree. Luis Gallardo, student, University of California, Berkeley.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

After learning about open educational resources (OER) at the HEeD Think Tank last spring (now. In 2013, Inside Higher Ed wrote an article about double-spending at universities. Many universities are looking to incentivization models that reward faculty members for learning about OER and encouraging them to explore. According to.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The New York Times found that the proportion of households earning between $35,000 and $100,000 fell from 53 percent in 1967 to 43 percent in 2013. 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.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Kayla Patrick, an author of the National Women’s Law Center report “Let Her Learn.”. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Michael McLaughlin and his mother, Michelle, at Michael’s 2013 graduation. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. It includes students with specific learning disabilities (such as dyslexia and dysgraphia), hearing and vision impairments, emotional disabilities, autism and more severe cognitive delays. Weekly Update.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

“Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.” This process should be something we do for students that dropout and graduate. May 19, 2013 10 Expectations From Students October 18, 2012 Let’s Figure This Out. Bill Gates. I read the above quote and it really struck a nerve.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We RELATED: Hot spots no silver bullet for rural remote learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 15th The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man. - Eliot The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 22nd The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn.and change. Carl Rogers The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. Check out all the fun at ISTEunplugged.com.

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

This chapter takes us from 2012 through 2013, following the expansion of MOOCs across American research-1 institutions and the breakout of Coursera, edX, and Udacity. Miscellaneous notes: DeMillo sees for-pay assessment as solving the MOOC dropout problem (1253). DeMillo links Crow to good old and doomed Fathom.com (1152).

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

Credit: Liesbeth Powers/Dallas Morning News Kianna Vaughn, 28, didn’t immediately enroll in college after graduating from Cedar Hill High School in 2013 because of its sticker price. Last year, she enrolled in Dallas College, where a success coach helped her create a roadmap that allows her to juggle school and a full-time job.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 1, 2018

The percentage of Seita students to graduate from Western Michigan has ranged from 24 to 44 percent for cohorts that started between 2008 and 2013, according to university administrators. Along with legislative changes, advocates say programs like this can make a dent in the achievement gap for foster youth.

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ExcelinEd

APRIL 25, 2019

Learning to read by the end of third grade is the gateway to lifelong success. In fact, research shows that nearly 90 percent of high school dropouts were struggling readers in third grade. Ensuring all kids can read by the end of third grade sets them on the path to learn, graduate and succeed.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2016

Math scores declined one point between 2013 and 2015. We still find huge gaps in achievement between white students and many students of color, between the children of college graduates and those of high school dropouts, between students in the Northeast and those in the South, and between students learning English and those who are not.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2017

A learning disability does not necessarily preclude a student from mastering a general education curriculum. Between the 2010-11 and 2013-14 school years, Mississippi’s ACGR increased from 73.7 Sign up for our Mississippi Learning newsletter. Louisiana is close behind with 56 percent. percent to 75.4 percentage points.

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