eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Advocates of online learning cite flexibility and access, while proponents of in-person instruction emphasize social interaction and hands-on learning. In online learning vs. classroom learning research debates, both sides grapple with balancing effectiveness and equity.

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Online Learning Classroom Learning E-rate 52

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The flexible, individualized and 100% online learning experience is open to learners aged 18 or older who have completed 9th grade. Ancora High School is an online high school that offers a Texas high school diploma and is accredited by Cognia.

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Dropout Course Assessment Secondary 109

eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

6, 2021 – VHS Learning, an accredited non-profit organization empowering schools with the industry’s best online learning programs, has appointed Dr. Yolanda D. Boston – Dec. Johnson to its board of directors.

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Dropout Secondary Learning Course 87

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Much of the pre-pandemic research into online higher education concluded that students in online programs did worse than students in in-person courses, with lower grades, higher dropout rates and poorer performance in subsequent classes. The variability is massive,” Seaman said. “I

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Education Survey Learning Dropout 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 23, 2020

These institutions are helping students find cost-free ways to leave campus, keeping dorms open for those who don’t have other options or identifying ways to enable less-wired students who can’t access online learning to still finish out the semester. It’s really important to be working on the ground.”.

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Laptops Education Online Learning Report 145

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

Online preschool has become a contentious topic nationwide. Experts cautioned that online learning programs can lead to overuse of screens, which can impact behavior, sleep, and social-emotional development. Many students in Mississippi lack access to mental health care , which is something a counselor can often provide.

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Accessibility Dropout Elementary Trends 53

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Tuition worries aside, many don’t have high-speed internet, their own up-to-date laptops or a quiet places to study for online learning. But the fall data show that white students are now matching these same high dropout rates. Native American college students have declined the most, down 11 percent.

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Report Survey Dropout Comparison 137

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

The students in the blended version also take most of their courses online, but they occasionally meet in person for mentoring from a certified teacher or for clubs and sports. We sit down with students and create a personalized learning plan for each of them. Most of them were dropouts.” “In

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Personalized Learning Learning Blended Learning Dropout 117

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center Lawyers and advocates across the country say that the practice of forcing a student out of the physical school building and into online learning has emerged as a troubling — and largely hidden — legacy of the pandemic’s shift to virtual learning.

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Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2022

She struggled with online learning and began to face severe health issues. Several other community colleges and universities across the state have used their federal relief funds to forgive student debt, in hopes that students will stay enrolled or dropouts will return. She was hospitalized several times and missed classes.

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Dropout Policies Data Report 128

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. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 126

eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2020

DUBAI, UAE–29 September, 2020 : The Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund (REF) has announced a new first of its kind partnership with Discovery Education to deliver award winning online learning, increasing access to education for thousands of refugees and vulnerable youth in Lebanon.

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Education Secondary Dropout Online Learning 60

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

But Altus administrators believe that their formula — using online learning without sacrificing one-on-one interactions between students and teachers — works. Nationwide, high schools offering credit recovery used online courses 71 percent of the time, according to a 2018 U.S. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report.

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Dropout Blended Learning Course Report 98

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. By doing so, Middletown’s leaders believe its disadvantaged students will gain access to information and opportunities that many middle- and upper-class students may take for granted.

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 182

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Each of us has seen headlines about an online school providing an unaccredited program that looks like a “diploma mill,” or a completely mismanaged school administration that was not prepared for high student mobility or other realities of online learning.

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Dropout Competency Based Learning Differentiated Instruction Online Learning 60

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Even as I suggest shortening the undergraduate experience, I also believe we should lengthen the time that alumni have access to their schools, so they can take advantage of lifelong learning interventions. Yet most legislators and educators do not have access to these articles.

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Industry Policies Accessibility Course 116

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Instead of enrolling, for example, they might subscribe to college; for a monthly fee, they could take whatever courses they want, when they want, with long-term access to advising and career help. One of these would transform even the way that students pay for higher education. Related: Is California saving higher education?

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Course Pearson Accessibility Company 132

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2020

Students planning to enroll at community colleges are in many cases just starting their applications, sometimes without access to the internet at home. Goulart’s district is providing Chromebooks to all students and wifi hotspots to those who don’t have access to the internet at home. Photo: AP /Rick Bowmer.

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Accessibility Policies Chromebook Exercises 108

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Hayden, typically an A or B student, has had difficulty making the transition from elementary school to middle school online. He was never a frequent user of computers, instead playing video games on a handheld device, and has found adjusting to the school’s online learning platform challenging.

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Policies Schoology Elementary Report 144

techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

.) – for creating a new way for students to study and explore their interests via access to online courses at a rural school with a 100 percent graduation rate.

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Education Dropout Differentiated Instruction Adaptive Learning 40

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff. Oakley said the flexible opportunities for students, including access to counseling and to their own teachers within the comfortable setting of their own school has contributed to the hubs’ success. They’ve been through a lot,” said Rubio.

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Learning Report Elementary Dropout 109

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 9, 2016

Duncan told Fast Company that he sees Pluralsight, which is reportedly worth more than $1 billion and is funded by Silicon Valley interests , as a way to provide more learning opportunities to a broad group of people, including those who traditionally may not have access to such courses.

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Company Dropout Advocacy Facebook 40

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. By doing so, Middletown’s leaders believe its disadvantaged students will gain access to information and opportunities that many middle- and upper-class students may take for granted.

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Continuing with our reading of Richard DeMillo’s Revolution in Higher Education: How a Small Band of Innovators Will Make College Accessible and Affordable (2015) ( publisher ; Amazon ): this week we’re discussing chapter 2, “Shifting Landscape.” DeMillo links Crow to good old and doomed Fathom.com (1152).

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MOOC Coursera Education Dropout 40

Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 4, 2023

At a time when learning is getting more personalized for each student, there is added pressure on teachers to deliver against the odds. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a sudden shift towards online learning not leaving teachers and students enough time to adapt to the new platform and technology.

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Technology eBook Gamification Classroom 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Typically, students in-person do about 10 percent better than their peers who are enrolled in online coursework, Pigg noted. The decrease tracked with the department’s historical experience with online learning. Instructors were flexible and did the best they could in the situation with remote learning, he said.

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Course System Data Strategy 119

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

“The [remote learning] experience is not good, and it is leaving a really bad taste for many learners,” Weise told me, noting that traditional universities in crisis mode don’t have a background in instructional design and online learning that could help make remote classes more meaningful for students.

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Study Guidelines Strategy Report 108

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The labor market value of a college degree has softened, stirring concern that a bachelor’s is no longer a gateway to the middle class. Photo: Kate Flock for The Hechinger Report. This story is part of our Map to the Middle Class project , where we ask readers what they want us to investigate about educational pathways to economic stability.

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Report Policies Trends Mobility 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2017

For kids, captioning is almost a waste of time,” said Harley Hamilton, a computer scientist at Georgia Tech affiliated with the Center for Accessible Technology in Sign (CATS) , a joint project of the university and the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf.

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Blended Learning Assistive Technology Report Data 88

Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

large scale dropouts, superficial learning)? It''s nearly always a good thing to have people engaged with learning - it''s better than having a population sitting around watching reality TV for instance. 6) There has been at least 20 years of research into online learning, and over 40 years of research into distance education.

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MOOC Dropout OER Social Media 28

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Blended and online learning is increasingly in demand by students. ” When, or if, this doomsday scenario arises for higher education, it will be a combination of the challenges we have examined thus far – costs of “campus-based” education, failing revenue streams, and expensive dropouts.

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Secondary LMS E-rate Dropout 300

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

The centerpiece of Summit’s franchising effort, called Basecamp, is its Personalized Learning Platform, or PLP, a free, open-sourced learning management system that boasts a full curriculum for grades 6 through 12, including projects, online learning resources and tests.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Poor internet, a lack of laptops and hotspots, and instability at home are the factors most commonly cited for making participation in online learning difficult for kids. Redland Elementary Principal Adrian Montes works one-on-one with a student who wasn’t signing on for online learning. Credit: Redland Elementary.

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Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. Access to talent is their number-one competitive priority.”. Creating access where it doesn’t exist today and hasn’t existed for many people ever is going to be crucial in the recovery.”.

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Survey Laptops Dropout Report 143

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Her cellphone’s data plan — the only way she could access the internet at home — wasn’t up to the task. Greenville schools have some of the highest school dropout rates in the state, and Johnson also viewed staying at home as necessary to defend her children’s chances of living an easier life. This story also appeared in HuffPost.

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Broadband Digital Divide Education Accessibility 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

They’ve been letting officials know that while they want to see their friends, they recognize the seriousness of the virus and hope districts prioritize student mental health and improving online learning, especially for vulnerable students. Considering that we’re going completely distance learning for the time being,” she said.

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Survey Policies Groups Report 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning. Some have banded together to call for providing internet hotspots and Chromebooks to millions of students who cannot get online or access lessons. They have art, they have gym, they have lunch and they have teachers they know. And now it’s all taken away.”

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Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 143