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How one district solved its special education dropout problem

The Hechinger Report

The district’s class of 2010 had a 73 percent graduation rate for students in special education and a 13 percent dropout rate — double the dropout rate for the student body overall. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem. Covina-Valley has seen its efforts pay off.

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Family Engagement: Empowerment, Achievement, Partnerships, Unity

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Forming empowering relationships with parents and caregivers leads to more successful student outcomes, higher graduation rates, and lower absenteeism and dropout rates. Learn more about this edWeb broadcast, Maximizing Student Success: Enhancing MTSS and Strengthening Family Communication , sponsored by Panorama Education.

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The Professional Development Problem

EdNews Daily

If we overlay this data with a recent Gallup Poll of one million students, half of which reported feeling disengaged at school, we connect the dots to the loss of autonomy and input as a consequence of our push for accountability. Professional Learning (skills, knowledge, theory). Organizational Mandates (required trainings).

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How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S.

eSchool News

Bilingual education’s impact With 1 in every 10 students experiencing a lack of English proficiency, millions are at risk for struggles with reading and writing comprehension, reduced academic achievement, and less rigorous tracks of study, which lead to increased dropout rates, and lowered educational attainment and human capital.

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Implementing Innovation Strategies to Make School Districts More Equitable

edWeb.net

Key aspects of the innovative model include the use of data and analytics, as well psychometricians and statisticians, to drive instruction that can be enhanced by the use of digital resources and artificial intelligence, which can complement content and help each student spend more time working in a zone of proximal development.

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Welcoming Students and Families In School to Prevent Absenteeism

edWeb.net

She leads the work in the areas of MTSS, dropout prevention, social and emotional learning, homeless and foster student supports, disproportionality, crisis and care team, employee incidents, and supports related to school psychologists, school social workers, and school counselors. She recently earned a Ph.D. Join the Community.

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Urgency of getting people back to work gives new momentum to ?microcredentials?

The Hechinger Report

Amy Nelson, a student in Henderson, Nevada, has earned high-demand industry certifications on her way to a bachelor’s degree in data management. People are looking for shorter forms of learning during this time. And if we lose someone, instead of being a dropout, they’ll have a certificate. But is it better than being a dropout?

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