2017 Dropout Personalized Learning 
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 8, 2018
Vista’s trials and errors started when the school became an XQ Super School Project, with a five-year grant by the national nonprofit to bring a personalized-learning approach to this suburban district. District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 2, 2017
Freshman Kylee Elderkin works on an assignment in English class at Nokomis High School in Newport on Friday, June 2, 2017. It also seems that it could increase the dropout rate, as students couldn’t see any end to retaking courses. Elderkin says she used to routinely miss key skills and do poorly on tests.
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MindShift
AUGUST 17, 2018
This story about personalized learning was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 18, 2018
It’s all part of a statewide push to “personalize” learning, giving students more of a say over what — and where — they study. That law, known as Act 77, “opened up learning beyond the four walls of the traditional classroom,” says John Fischer, who was a deputy secretary of the Vermont Agency of Education at the time. “It
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 6, 2022
Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. Families, faced with the prospect of missed learning time and a daytime scramble for childcare, opt for the faster, physical discipline and a return to class.
techlearning
MARCH 5, 2018
Adaptive learning technology is the new go-to for personalized learning. Diagnostic products and software systems that target specific areas of learning for improvement can help students find success, freeing educators to help every learner reach their personal best within one classroom.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 3, 2017
José Pinales, a 2017 graduate, credits the school’s band program with getting him off the streets and keeping him out of trouble. Ferneidi Pina Baez, a 2017 graduate, counts that as her favorite project of the year. José Pinales, 2017 graduate, Margarita Muñiz Academy. He said he turned himself around during his junior year.
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