Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

How might a sociology class analyze human interactions and behaviors on social media?). FUN SAD FACT: According to Avi Yashchin, Senior Offering Manager at IBM Watson: “Sadness [sentiments] in incoming freshman college application essay is the sixth strongest predictor of dropout.” Solution: offer happier prompts?).

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 16, 2015

blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period. large scale dropouts, superficial learning)? MOOC dropouts are a real issue - at the Open University we''ve known for a long time that students really require a lot of support if they are to succeed. I think it is easy to be snobbish about MOOCs.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. The once-steady flow of international students to the United States increased every year from 2005 until 2019 , when anti-immigration sentiment, tension with China and other problems began to chip away at the numbers. Then Covid decimated them.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

To those already burdened by the demands of social media and fears about how to succeed in the world, Covid piled on. They have faced restrictions on the free-form socializing that builds acquaintanceships and a sense of belonging. Becky Fein, director of training and engagement for Active Minds.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2018

Shanaes spent her summer as an IBM intern working on a social media project related to Teacher Advisor with Watson. The P-TECH network boasts an on-time community college graduation rate at four times the national average. Attendance is also strong, Ryan Crozier said, which indicates students are engaged.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

That adds up to a lot of bad reviews passed down to younger siblings and classmates, who consider family and friends the most trustworthy sources about whether and where to go to college, according to a survey by Vox Global, for the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, that also combed through social media. “If

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2019

We believe that all students should have access to counselors and related supports,” Lello wrote in an email. Dunakin said this lack of support contributes to the high dropout rate among those who do make it to college. Related: School Counselors keep kids on track. Why are they first to be cut?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2020

In July, she gathered input from around 150 students in person and on social media. But it is not the same as being at school, so I worry about the students who don’t have help or access to resources like I do.”. Kim is one of three student representatives on the county school board. .” I had a lot of help,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2020

She and her colleagues hope to reach every senior by email, phone or social media. These days, she spends her time doing counseling sessions via Zoom and Facebook, editing juniors’ essays in Google Docs and trying to contact all 320 members of the class of 2020.

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Hack Education

JULY 20, 2018

“The FCC Is Threatening to Gut a Program That Provides Internet Access to Minorities,” Pacific Standard reports. ” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? .” There’s more news from the White House in the job training section below.

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Hack Education

APRIL 6, 2018

” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The State Department is proposing to ask additional questions of visa applicants regarding their social media usage.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” Let’s not worry that there are many people who do not have access to electricity, let alone Internet, let alone digital devices.). Technology, Education, and the Media.” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2022

Some of the reasons for the decrease include teens waiting longer to have sex, increased access to contraception and popular reality TV shows such as “16 and Pregnant,” which depicted the struggles of young moms. But these same students who don’t have access to medically accurate, up-to-date information have to live with the consequences.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

” Via Chalkbeat : NYC schools Chancellor Richard “Carranza unveils capital plan with $750 million in fixes for disability access.” How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” .” Via The New York Times : “After Teacher Walkouts , Arizona Republicans Jostle Onto Education Platform.”

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Hack Education

MARCH 10, 2017

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” “When Social Media Assignments Increase Risks for Vulnerable Students” by Monica Bulger and Jade E. .” More on AB 165 from the ACLU , which also opposes the proposed law.

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