The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

One of the most promising uses of technology in education seemed to be a cheap one: nudging text messages. High school seniors were targeted, as were college dropouts who wanted to resume their studies. Text messages to parents about their school-aged children led to better grades and attendance. 1/2) Hi [first_name].

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EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

More parents are sending their young children to elementary school with a smartphone. In 2014, Schargel was nominated for the Brock International Prize in Education for “demonstrating clear evidence of success in dropout prevention and for retaining students in alternative education environments.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2018

There’s a really interesting study of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which looked at grades and also performance on standardized tests in math for elementary school students. Again, elementary school students who took the test in the afternoon did worse than those who took the test in the morning. Many schools do.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. . — The brown paper bag hit the ground with a smack. The third graders at A.J.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2016

“Technology invites us to move from engaged to empowered.” — From George Couros’ Innovator’s Mindset. The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. Our reading program re-instilled in them a love of reading, guided by technology.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2021

We need to invest in after-school programs for middle school students now more than ever, to stave off pandemic learning loss and dropouts. Success stories draw in more students and families. And we need to understand that students need more — not less — support during the middle school years.

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Dropout Report Course Groups 143

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

The district is working toward this goal through a wide range of bold initiatives, which include offering two years of kindergarten, ending “social promotion,” connecting every student to technology, and putting significant resources into athletic facilities and music programs. All schools are equipped with high-speed Wi-Fi.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 2, 2020

“Even if I chose not to finish, I would still have these pieces and I’d say, ‘Look what I’ve done,’ as opposed to, ‘I have two years of college’ ” but nothing to show for it, said Nelson, who works as an information technology consultant and hopes to move into an administrative role. But is it better than being a dropout? No, it’s not.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos knew there were many kids like her, eager to keep up with school but lacking the technology to do so. Though only about 40 miles north of Silicon Valley, home to technology giants such as Google and Apple, Oakland was deeply underconnected when the pandemic shuttered its schools. To her, it was “heartbreaking.”.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

McNulty is the president of the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) and the Successful Practices Network (SPN). Ray has served as Chair of the National Dropout Prevention Network and was the chief learning officer for Penn Foster, a global leader in online education. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Some of Hayden’s homework hadn’t been reaching his teachers due to apparent technological glitches on the school’s online platform, or in some cases because he hadn’t handed it in ? She figures it would come with some of the same challenges, but with fewer technology issues and fewer legal threats. She’s still exploring this option ?

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Policies Schoology Elementary Report 144

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary fourth-grade teacher Sudhir Vasal created math lesson pathways so each child can progress at their own pace. Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. Teacher unions cautiously endorse it, while flagging the concern that teachers could be replaced by technology. When Dan D.

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Personalized Learning Education Khan Academy Elementary 106

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Elementary Mathematics in Advanced Math Classes : In advanced math classes, students’ understanding of elementary concepts like multiplication tables and basic algebra is crucial for grasping higher-level concepts like calculus or trigonometry. appeared first on Educators Technology.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

Among the many other problems dragging down Puerto Rico’s stagnant economy, made worse by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, is a huge high school dropout rate and, among those students who do manage to graduate, a comparatively low trajectory to college — especially college on the mainland — and a high dropout rate there, too.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Adaptive learning technology is the new go-to for personalized learning. Our elementary and middle schools utilize i-Ready diagnostics to form enrichment and intervention groups,” says Dr. Julia Lamons, assessment supervisor at Greene County Schools. Technology is blended in a unique way throughout the PAUSD program.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2016

This model demands more resources than those available to a traditional high school, but given that the typical high school dropout costs the state an estimated $300,000 over their lifetime , Cesene argues that the math is elementary. Related: Presentations and portfolios take the place of tests for some students.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff To assess just how many students have gone missing, AP and Big Local News canvassed every state in the nation to find the most recently available data on both public and non-public schools, as well as census estimates for the school-age population.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

When James Smith became principal at Snowy Peaks three years ago, the school was a dropout prevention program on turnaround status. Roots Elementary School in Denver, Colo. Students at Roots Elementary are not constrained by grade levels and instead learn in an open area called “ the Grove ” (pictured below).

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Personalized Learning iLearn Learning Dropout 60

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Often, personalized learning includes technology that adapts lessons to students’ needs and provides data so that teachers can see how each learner is growing. Each year, districts and schools were rated based on whether their elementary school kids performed better than the prior year’s students in math and English.

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Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 88

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The success of home visits has been well documented for infants and has been studied at the elementary and middle school level , but it’s an open question whether these visits make a difference for older students, according to some experts. Related: This program is proven to help moms and babies — so why aren’t we investing in it more ?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. The space now serves as one of the school’s primary gathering spaces, a gallery for student art and a technology hub. Finding the right balance with the new technology is a focus for teacher training.

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Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 97

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Starkville, in contrast, was regarded as a successful school system, offering opportunities such as Advanced Placement classes and robotics competitions through a career and technology center. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014. The influx of students put several schools at or over their operating capacity.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2021

They typically come from K-12 school systems that lack resources like state-of-the-art learning technology, curriculum and student supports. Students who have been underserved by a deeply inequitable education system often undergo a remarkable transformation at an HBCU. Across the U.S., for example, some 1.

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Digital Divide Course Accessibility System 145

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 11, 2011

and we fail to create either the human or technological capital necessary to meet oncoming needs. His research explores both the re-design of educational institutions with Universal Design technology and the history of education and technology, research which is done and presented globally. psid=2011-04-27.1619.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The goal of the class is to introduce students to technology. Poor education for special education students typically starts in elementary school, most often with a student not being given the services to which they are entitled or not being properly diagnosed. Districts have no financial incentive to go above and beyond for them.

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Education Elementary Meeting Study 102

edWeb.net

AUGUST 26, 2019

SEL also decreases behavioral issues, dropout rates, drug use, and teen pregnancy, so the advantages of including it in elementary and secondary classes are clear. She is an extreme technology enthusiast and believes integrating technology into the classroom aids in engaging students and preparing them for college and career readiness.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Indiana has smoothed transitions from K-12 to higher education to good jobs with its Next Level career and technical education pathways in a wide range of in-demand fields, including advanced manufacturing, health sciences and information technology. It is once again time for a major evolution in how we think about U.S.

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Education Training Industry Accessibility 129

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Related: Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out Rosalind Crawford moved her five young boys, all in elementary and middle school, to Jennings, just north of St. Louis, in the spring of 2022.

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Handbook Learning Online Learning Data 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In some cases that means being given more time on tests or being offered the option of using technology for written assignments; in other cases it means having an aide in the classroom working with them individually. Hatharasinghe-Gerschler had been diagnosed with a reading comprehension disability in elementary school.

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Education Strategy Report Training 111

MindShift

JUNE 18, 2020

In pre-pandemic times, it offered a series of hourlong workshops to family members, mostly in low-income communities, coaching them to set goals and practice specific reading concepts with elementary school-age children. In just five weeks, on average, 3 out of 4 of their participants get to the next reading level or even further.

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Khan Academy Survey Dropout Meeting 57

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

While in prison in McLoud outside of Oklahoma City, she took classes, volunteered as a mentor to at-risk youth and worked for a brokerage firm, where she rose to an information technology administrator position. She’d received her GED years earlier while incarcerated in Texas.

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Report Exercises Video Education 124

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Conventional wisdom around when and where students learn, what knowledge they need to be successful, and who they are as learners is all rapidly changing, especially as technology becomes more prevalent in classrooms. Blue Valley Public Schools (Kans.) Students are expected to participate in mentoring and internships.

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Industry Broadband Course Elementary 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Indeed, despite the buzz around personalized learning, there’s no simple recipe for success, and the common ingredients — such as adaptive-learning technology and student control over learning — can backfire if poorly implemented. Related: A private school with more than $100 million will share its technology with three other schools.

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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate. Much of the momentum has come from foundations with roots in Silicon Valley, whose founders believe that a proliferation of cheap technology allows new possibilities for personalizing education.

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Personalized Learning Chromebook Learning Groups 34

The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2022

Much as she loves technology, Wilkins-Walker said, “I have never wanted to be an online teacher.”. The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. This story also appeared in Billy Penn. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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Dropout Chromebook Report System 130

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Naturally, technology plays a central role in scaling quality education supply to meet this demand. In the previous posts on this topic our examination found that technology can and does help when it comes to improving completion rates , reducing tuition costs and helping universities to bridge the revenue gap.

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Secondary LMS E-rate Dropout 300

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Such closures have a disastrous impact on education in STEM subjects: science, technology, engineering and math. While pre-Ks, elementary schools and some schools for children with complex disabilities reopened in December, there is still no plan to reopen middle and high schools. Related: We must boost elementary science education.

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