eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In 2020, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the high school dropout rate was 5.3% Students go through a guided, asynchronous course experience, monitored by course coaches and student success champions, that is designed to move students through their coursework efficiently.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

As with all League meetings, district leaders rolled up their sleeves and committed to bringing actionable steps back to their districts to foster genuine curiosity and a love of learning in all students. They also identified new partnerships they will continue with researchers, companies, and fellow League districts.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. In addition to causing learning gaps, absenteeism also has budget implications. Her organization recommends that attendance is taken for every in-person and virtual instructional experience.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

students attend blended classes on campus and take online courses from home, and district educators say a personalized learning solution has had a positive impact in a number of academic areas. but rather ‘What do these individual students need to learn today?’”. It’s not ‘What do I plan to teach today?’

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2018

Related: Using vocational education to teach academic courses. But Hidalgo points to the statistics: good jobs for adults with a high school diploma alone or for high school dropouts are disappearing. “We Local businesses are getting involved, too, with professionals helping teachers create activities that simulate their work.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

He likes the self-paced curriculum that allows students to complete a course in significantly less time than at a traditional school. What you learn in a regular high school in a year, you could learn here in six months.”. Some students reported finishing a course in two weeks. Photo: Linh Tat for The Hechinger Report.

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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. But Goldstein, who helped create a hands-on manufacturing course at Randolph Union in 2014, says “retention is much easier than recruitment.” It recognized that learning can occur anywhere.”.

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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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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

And while the No Child Left Behind education law made it hard to use anything but multiple-choice-based standardized tests, its replacement, the Every Student Succeeds Act, opens the door for a course correction – or at least it unlocks that door. The new education law creates an opening for states to change course.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Whiddon Rogers serves as a bridge program to decrease the dropout rate through credit recovery and diploma acquisition. When we shift elements of control over to our students we risk slowing down the pace of learning, digressing to pathways that take us off course and in some cases increasing discipline issues.

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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. After giving birth to her son in 2011, Burgos dropped out of her old school when counselors told her that she didn’t have enough credits to pass ninth grade.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

(From left to right) Sixth graders Mia DeMore, Maria DeAndrade, and Stephen Boulas make a number line in their math class at Walsh Middle School in Framingham, Massachusetts, one of 132 “Basecamp” schools piloting the Personalized Learning Platform created by the Summit charter school network. Photo: Chris Berdik. FRAMINGHAM, Mass.

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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.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

High school students could take college courses in Middletown with a certified adjunct professor. Three-credit courses were $1,200 each, a major discount, but only about 50 low-income students were participating. You take a personal interest,” says Keith. “It Connecting Every Student to Personalized Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

In the traditional model, students need to pass a specific set of courses to graduate. Related: Tipping point: Can summit put personalized learning over the top? As an example, Pearson offers a course in the criminal justice program. Related: Massachusetts districts now trade notes on best paths to personalized learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 2, 2017

It also seems that it could increase the dropout rate, as students couldn’t see any end to retaking courses. However, as every district is creating its own assessments, this alone calls the law’s existence into question. So why has Maine jumped in as the first state to mandate this ill-defined “experiment”?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had already overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey. “No No matter how much I studied, I was failing,” Hernandez said, recalling the pediatric and medical-surgical care course that almost felled her. “I I was just so frustrated.”.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

They categorize prior knowledge into declarative and procedural types, assessing their influence on students’ success in university science courses. It’s evident that prior knowledge is not just a static backdrop but a dynamic factor that interacts with various elements of the learning process.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

And Shayla Savage, a middle school principal, said that when her students returned to in-person learning this spring, she noticed differences beyond just their math and reading progress compared to previous years. “We Even with the physical aspect of school, the learning loss is real all across the board.”.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

High school students could take college courses in Middletown with a certified adjunct professor. Three-credit courses were $1,200 each, a major discount, but only about 50 low-income students were participating. You take a personal interest,” says Keith. ’” Connecting Every Student to Personalized Learning. "This

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techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

Genesis Innovative School (Ala.) – for implementing full-time, statewide virtual school opportunities to provide students with rigorous online courses in a learning model that meets their individual needs. For details about this year’s winners, their programs, and how they are using FuelEd solutions, visit [link].

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

That same year K12 rebranded a number of its resources under a separate legal entity called Fuel Education, focusing on “personalized learning” platforms, as well as consulting, teacher professional development, and online courses. Udell most recently served as CEO of Catapult Learning Inc.,

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

OCTOBER 6, 2024

These are, of course, all AI powered. It's also not a perfect simulation -- over the course of 8 to 10 minutes, there are several strange pronunciations, moments of flat affect, glitchy audio, and/or sound dropouts.) It's not a human podcast, but it may be the world's first personalized learning, machine-generated podcast.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Over the past decade, school officials in Fulton County, Georgia’s fourth-largest school district, have experimented with so-called personalized learning , tried integrating English language learners into mainstream classes, and introduced high school-level courses in middle school. Her voice trailed off.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The effects of mental health are not restricted to the teachers but in turn impact the students they teach, leading to poor academic outcomes, poor student discipline, and higher dropout rates. Thus, each student learns by trial and error, proceeding further up on the learning ladder only when they have fully mastered the rung below.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Proponents of online learning highlight its flexibility and accessibility. Research suggests that online platforms offer opportunities for personalized learning, catering to diverse learning styles and paces. One advantage of online learning is its flexibility.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

The coronavirus has in many ways become an unprecedented test for teacher-student relationships, forcing a readjustment of expectations without daily check-ins and in-person interaction, without tissues for tears, high-fives for a job well done or praise in front of classmates.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

A children’s hospital isn’t a place where families expect to find outstanding learning opportunities. But PedsAcademy adds personalized learning to the personalized medicine at Nemours. It was in English, of course — not his native Tagalog — and he found it bewildering.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff. Over a span of three weeks, Navarro helped Jason get his grades up to at least a 50 so he would qualify for summer school and not have to repeat courses the following year. They’ve been through a lot,” said Rubio. They need a mentor.”.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Currently, students are recommended for involuntary virtual learning by the principal, she said, and these placements are tracked aggregately along with suspensions, which makes identifying the particular impact of virtualization difficult. She watched as they fell behind in everything from academic courses to physical education.

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IAD Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Learning analytics has been a hot topic for a while in the education industry. Not by chance, learning analytics and all its related technologies (measuring learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive learning, personalized learning, etc.) have been part of the “Horizon Report” for a while.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

One way the school has tried to encourage students’ to keep their options open is by introducing college seminar-style classes like the Genocide Studies course, currently an honors-level elective. English teacher Justin Bilton and history teacher Jason Stark created and team-teach the class.

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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.” These are not field trips.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Many programs also make it difficult for adults by requiring students to go full-time; it’s tough to balance work and family responsibilities while carrying a full course load. Even though nearly 70 percent of Americans age 25 or older lack a college degree, most of the 300 free Promise programs across 44 states don’t allow them to enroll.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

We are, of course, big fans! Tuesday, April 22nd at 1pm CoSN - Smart Education Networks by Design , New advances in technology, including mobile devices, are making it possible for students to learn anytime, anywhere and to experience personalized learning. Audrey is coming this year!) National Library Week.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 11, 2017

And in high school, Aneudy often came late to school as he juggled playing on the baseball team, babysitting his siblings, working as a cashier and studying for tough AP courses. It was touch and go at first; Aneudy spent a lot of time in detention.

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