The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 8, 2018

Vista’s trials and errors started when the school became an XQ Super School Project, with a five-year grant by the national nonprofit to bring a personalized-learning approach to this suburban district. District officials theorized that students’ disillusionment with the curriculum contributed to Vista High’s 10 percent dropout rate.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

They are developing a recommendation engine to leverage dropout rate data to predict and design interventions for at-risk students. The nation’s largest community college system is taking a similar approach, using technology to directly benefit students’ long-term success.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Something tells me that a loose projector hanging from the ceiling was not what Thomas Edison imagined when he proclaimed that motion picture would transform our education system. Many of these promises have yet to be fulfilled when implemented in classrooms where teachers and students do the work of teaching and learning every day.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

So, why then is personalized learning a non-negotiable? The problems tends to arise when kids go to school because the deeper they get in, the more they start to lose interest,” Robinson said, pointing to the United States’ large student dropout percentage as evidence that school—as a system—is failing students.

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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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edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

District leaders will need to have and communicate a clear, powerful vision about where the school system is headed in order to guide the way forward. As the disruptions and changes continue to unfold during 2021, he recommends using an adaptive system design to change the structures and collective mindsets within school districts.

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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

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Totals for the full public school population are likely much higher, given that almost 250 school systems failed to produce comprehensive data — or any data at all — under Arizona public records law. Suspensions can also contribute to new problems, such as lower academic performance and higher dropout rates.

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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

First, the pilot requires states to commit to creating a new statewide assessment system using their chosen innovative methods. Yes, they can start out with a few districts, but the point is to eventually scale the new system to all of them. The assessment pilot also doesn’t give states any extra money to create these new systems.

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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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Personalized Learning Learning Elementary Common Core 40

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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Classroom Schoology Khan Academy Blended Learning 73

techlearning

JULY 3, 2018

Irvine, Lake Elsinore, and Santa Clara, CA, Atlanta, GA, and Centennial , CO (July 03, 2018) Illuminate Education , the company transforming K-12 instruction through education intelligence solutions, has merged with IO Education, SchoolCity, Alpine Achievement, and Key Data Systems (KDS). million students in 43 states.

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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 3, 2018

But in a proficiency-based system, students must show that they’ve mastered “competencies” — specific skills or knowledge — before they move on to the next level, and eventually receive a diploma. Related: Tipping point: Can summit put personalized learning over the top? Photo: Robbie Feinberg for The Hechinger Report.

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Pearson Personalized Learning Course Report 98

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. This approach, too, has been gaining traction in the mainstream education system. Photo: Natalie Gross.

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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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Education Company Dropout Policies 75

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Indeed, in 2015, when The Charter School of San Diego received a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, a prestigious federal award recognizing businesses, health care systems, educational institutions and nonprofits for performance excellence, the school was cited for high levels of satisfaction among parents and students.

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Dropout Blended Learning Course Report 98

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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Study Data Report Personalized Learning 141

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

They replaced the hodgepodge of learning platforms and apps with more uniform systems, eliminating multiple passwords and making them easier to navigate. 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. We’re going to lose students.”.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

More recently, the data tracking firm Burbio identified 36 districts that are using pandemic relief funds to start hubs or hub-like learning centers. People talk all the time about not going back to the system that didn’t work for all kids. I think this model brings hope.”. Whitney Oakley, Guilford, North Carolina, superintendent.

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Learning Report Elementary Dropout 103

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

There are gifted dropouts. White and middle-class students attracted to the magnets stayed in the school system, and mixed with Black and low-income students in the same schools. Smart parents were using the system to their advantage,” Will Keresztes, the acting superintendent during the investigation, said.

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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.) Other systems: provide multiple types of information.

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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.

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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. Second, teachers have to now contend with an increasingly tech-savvy generation with limited attention spans.

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Technology eBook Gamification Classroom 52

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 health care system to its limits and accelerated the demand for qualified health care professionals. This story also appeared in USA Today. It was her biggest obstacle yet.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. The district handed out its existing stockpile of loaner devices and hot spots to as many students as possible, said Preston Thomas, OUSD’s chief systems and services officer. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 120

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Sometimes, there is no system in place for tracking how many students are being punished this way or how many days of in-person classroom learning they are forced to miss. “We Students risk getting stuck in deficient online programs for weeks or even months without the support they need and falling behind in their academics.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

We work in a system that has — whether we want to hear it or not — historically oppressed kids, and not just kids, but their families,” said Jody Ehrlich, one of Vaux’s two full-time resilience specialists, who provide one-on-one support to students and their families. suspended, according to Bromley.

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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. The NEA shared this article that discusses nation-wide efforts to re-engage high school dropouts.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Danusis and her teaching staff practice personalized learning, an individual-comes-first approach, usually aided by laptops, that has become a reformist calling card in education. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. It looks unlike any school I ever attended. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

Personalized Learning 110

Personalized Learning Learning Chromebook Elementary 110

Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

Via Inside Higher Ed : “The nonprofit National University System announced today that it plans to acquire the for-profit Northcentral University , which specializes in online education in graduate and doctoral-level programs.” ” Via Chalkbeat : “Do suspensions lead to higher dropout rates and other academic problems?

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Education MOOC Robotics Company 46

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Snyder says he likes to get into classrooms when he can, and he will soon conduct formal teacher observations for the state’s evaluation system. Related: How one tiny town is battling ‘rural brain drain’. High schoolers practice on the football field in Cheraw, Colorado, a century-old town whose economy is based primarily around agriculture.

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Elementary Training Report Policies 112

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2023

Puerto Rico’s school system is both uniquely vulnerable to natural disasters that are becoming more common across the U.S. because of climate change, and unusually ill-equipped to help children recover from the learning setbacks that come with them. That way we’re not having the same conversation in 20 years,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Superintendents then leave it up to principals and often parents to decide whether to use corporal punishment on a given student, creating unequal systems of discipline within the same communities and even the same classrooms. Sometimes, though, the system breaks down. Once you get red, you get paddled.”. She shook her head.

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Elementary Handbook Report Policies 145

Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” 750,000 to the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning ; $685,000 to Roses in Concrete Community School ; $700,000 to Peer Health Exchange ; and the rest to GripTape. ” Edsurge profiles Imbellus : “A Test Worth Teaching To?

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Education Company Report IXL Learning 55