The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

Working with Ryder Scott, the statewide director of the University of Maine 4-H Camp and Learning Center, Murphy created a program that merged outdoor and farm-based education with academic instruction, ultimately creating a faculty of five: a humanities teacher, a science teacher, an outdoor education teacher and two 4-H professionals.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Suspensions can also contribute to new problems, such as lower academic performance and higher dropout rates. If the past few years have taught us anything,” Taylor said of the pandemic and its aftermath, “it is that regular in-person learning is critical to a student’s academic success.”.

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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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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 16, 2018

I came here for both — the training and the academics,” says Miller, who plans to study biology in college, of her decision to attend Essex Tech. 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.

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Study Training Report Industry 84

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

OCTOBER 6, 2024

You also see four other choices for exploration: Help Me Create : several buttons to autogenerate certain structures related to your sources, such as a FAQ, Table of Contents, and a Study Guide. 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

JANUARY 6, 2020

The Altus network relies on a self-paced, independent study program and a personalized, blended learning model they’ve built up over a quarter century. Students spend 80 percent of their time learning from home. Most do the majority of their work online, though some choose to learn with a standard textbook.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Their changed view — and that of others who shunned Rogers and now want in — is driven by what seems to be a magic educational elixir: personalized learning. Philanthropists, state education officials, reform advocates — even charter school leaders — are examining personalized learning. What can that look like?

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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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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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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2018

Researchers from the University of San Diego have started a three-year, longitudinal study of the impact of the World of Work program. But Hidalgo points to the statistics: good jobs for adults with a high school diploma alone or for high school dropouts are disappearing. “We Teachers say they are already overstretched.

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techlearning

JULY 2, 2018

.) – for individualizing instruction using real-time data from an engaging adaptive learning tool to boost elementary classroom performance. Orestimba High School (Calif.) – 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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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.”. Read the stories.

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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., an operator of alternative schools.

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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 couldn’t study the way I wanted to.”.

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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. 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

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 11, 2016

It’s a decision, studies show , that carries long-term negative consequences, such as a high likelihood of involvement in the criminal justice system and a lifetime of lower earnings. He realized that some students don’t succeed on the conventional academic path, and ran a school for dropouts on Arena Boulevard.

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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. Louis, in the spring of 2022.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 30, 2016

As superintendent for Mooresville, Edwards oversaw a digital conversion that incorporated an expansive 1-to-1 computing program, the use of ed tech to personalize learning, and collaboration among educators to produce academic results that won him national recognition, most notably from AASA-The School Superintendents Association.

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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. If a problem escalates in a public place and disrupts learning, then the students must apologize to their peers during a school assembly.

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Dropout Policies Report Course 101

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff. Related: PROOF POINTS: Pace of learning back to normal during the 2021-22 pandemic school year but student achievement lags far behind, data shows. She plans to stick with her “beautiful” kids and see them through graduation.

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Learning Report Elementary Dropout 84

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. Photo: Nick Chiles for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

Related: Tipping point: Can summit put personalized learning over the top? Now, the focus is on how to apply that knowledge; coursework includes case studies or interviews with lawyers and advocates for domestic abuse survivors, she added. “It’s States across New England have adopted similar approaches at the K-12 level.

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Pearson Personalized Learning Report Course 88

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

NEW YORK — Social studies teacher Karen Rose stepped out of New Rochelle High School last month for what will likely be the last time. Karen Rose, a social studies teacher at New Rochelle High School, with Daniel Delgado, one of her former students. She worries about the students she hasn’t heard from. Photo: Courtesy of Karen Rose.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.”. Connecting Every Student to Personalized Learning. Ending Social Promotion.

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 131

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. The value of this work can seem clearer for people so close to the job market. It’s like you’re guaranteed a friend.

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Robotics Report Personalized Learning Study 85

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

For them, there’s no substitute for in-person learning, “So, they’re not going to respond to anything or even log in,” Choudhury said. Studies show that students who miss 10 percent or more of school days a year are at risk of not learning to read in the early grades and dropping out in the later grades.

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Elementary Online Learning Report Laptops 143

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

. “If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.” ’” Connecting Every Student to Personalized Learning. "This

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Blended Learning Elementary Broadband Dropout 120

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.) Is this a new learning era… or not? Does it work?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2019

After a year of hospital stays and rehabilitation, Jumani was well enough to resume his studies. Pell Grants — federal scholarships for the lowest-income college students — have been reserved for studying toward a bachelor’s degree. Luke’s Hospital told police he would likely die. Tara García Mathewson.

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Learning Handbook Training Report 76

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

A recent study from EducationSuperHighway, a nonprofit that works with school districts to help close the digital divide, found that affordability was the largest contributing factor. 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 114

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2018

The third- and fourth-graders at Elm City College Prep, clad in protective goggles and facemasks, studied their preserved frogs with the seriousness of med students facing their first cadaver. This doesn’t mean everything kids study in school has to be about the passion they came in with. NEW HAVEN, Conn. —

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Robotics Learning Report Common Core 91

Hapara

OCTOBER 5, 2022

para Workspace has increasingly enabled WCPS to deliver flexible learning options and rigorous content to all high school students using the division’s Enhanced Learning Model. In fact, dropout rates were reduced to 2.2% target and five points below the provincial average dropout rate of 2.7%.

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Hapara Dropout Course Study 130

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

There are gifted dropouts. And testing only students whose teachers or parents are aware of the program and request it; few teachers get trained in gifted education, so their recommendations are often based on stereotypes (studies find that Black students are more likely to get into gifted programs if they have teachers of the same race).

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Education Elementary Report Data 145

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 4, 2015

The reasons for going to college is a more specific group of words, but also misunderstood (see the college dropout rate, which is somehow attributed to lack of “prep” instead of the high cost or dubious utility of many college classes). Or learning disabilities. College is just a word. College isn’t for everybody.

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Dropout Common Core Analysis Data 40

The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2017

At the same time, he said, existing sign-language avatars aren’t ready for prime time, citing studies that show deaf students understand between 25 and 60 percent of what these avatars sign.

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Blended Learning Assistive Technology Report Data 68

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

For instance, work-based learning , an educational approach that makes use of the workplace or real-world projects to drive instruction, seems promising. Much of what we do in the workforce can be learned by doing, with guidance from a mentor. And that mentor can offer a job evaluation instead of a standardized test.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

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. Read more about this study here. Read more and register for this event here.

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