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Making an Impact with Problem / Project Based Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

At this point, give students their mission with guidelines. to help decrease the dropout rate at our high school.” You can give them the solution and guidelines when you introduce the problem. In addition, students play a game at Boosthigh.org to learn about the drop-out rate. Various online tools- [link].

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Making an Impact with Problem / Project Based Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

At this point, give students their mission with guidelines. to help decrease the dropout rate at our high school.” You can give them the solution and guidelines when you introduce the problem. In addition, students play a game at Boosthigh.org to learn about the drop-out rate. Various online tools- [link].

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The Professional Development Problem

EdNews Daily

If we can’t effectively support our educators then expecting them to reverse the concerning trends of high school dropouts (more than ¼ fail to graduate H.S.), Appreciating that volition, engagement, and teaching excellent are all tied together, creating essential guidelines for every school’s planning for PD.

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Suspended for ‘other’: When states don’t share why kids are being kicked out of school

The Hechinger Report

Research has also long demonstrated that kids who are suspended have negative outcomes, including lower academic performance, higher dropout rates and increased involvement with the criminal justice system. Because there are such serious consequences, experts say transparency about the discipline process is key. “If

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PROOF POINTS: New wave of research shows nudging students by text is not as promising as hoped

The Hechinger Report

High school seniors were targeted, as were college dropouts who wanted to resume their studies. None of these guidelines are absolute. In the latest failure of texting, researchers nudged more than 800,000 high school students to apply for federal financial aid. 1/2) Hi [first_name].

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Wednesday Interview - Breaking the Cycle of Students' Disengagement by Having Them Leave, to Learn

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

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. From the book''s description :) "It''s an alarming fact: in the U.S.,

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How the pandemic has altered school discipline — perhaps forever

The Hechinger Report

That same day, six other students across the district were written up for not wearing their masks correctly (including one who also faked using hand sanitizer), while an elementary school student was assigned three days of “private dining” for sharing food in violation of safety guidelines. This story also appeared in HuffPost.