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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

The Hechinger Report

In this ongoing series, The Hechinger Report is visiting high schools that have beaten the long odds to learn what’s behind their success in improving graduation rates and sending more students to college. The change in the school culture since the Diplomas Now partnership began in 2013 is palpable, marked by rising expectations for students.

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When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk

The Hechinger Report

Wess Wheeler (L), an independent learning opportunity student at Randolph Union High School, and Miles Hooper, manager and co-owner of Ayers Brook Goat Dairy farm, among the goats. It’s all part of a statewide push to “personalize” learning, giving students more of a say over what — and where — they study. Future of Learning.

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Getting a GED while still enrolled in high school

The Hechinger Report

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Kayla Patrick, an author of the National Women’s Law Center report “Let Her Learn.”. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

The Hechinger Report

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. Not just so students could keep learning during the shutdown, but so that the whole family had access to information and resources.”. “We RELATED: Hot spots no silver bullet for rural remote learning.

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High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

The Hechinger Report

Michael McLaughlin and his mother, Michelle, at Michael’s 2013 graduation. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. It includes students with specific learning disabilities (such as dyslexia and dysgraphia), hearing and vision impairments, emotional disabilities, autism and more severe cognitive delays. Weekly Update.

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In Utah, personalizing learning by focusing on relationships

The Hechinger Report

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. At the heart of personalized learning is building a positive relationship with every student, every single day.”.

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Who will Teach the Children?

EdNews Daily

The problem has grown worse as schools and teachers are forced to deal with an increasing number of nontraditional students (minority, impoverished, foster, homeless, autistic) who come from nontraditional homes (single parent, divorce, second or third marriage) and learn in nontraditional ways (via the internet, tablets, social media).

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