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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 9 Edition)

Doug Levin

Here’s what caught my eye this week – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. Tagged on: March 2, 2017 K-12 Predictive Analytics: Time for a Better Dropout Diagnosis | RealClearEducation → Is this sponsored content?

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OPINION: Arne Duncan, the fallible narrator

The Hechinger Report

He’s not a politician, he admits, but he has strong opinions about public policy, bolstered mainly by vignettes and anecdotes. A good story goes a long way, and issues often rise or fall on the policy agenda as much on the basis of stories as on hard evidence. And even these lack much self-reflection.

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

And it has everything to do with the policies of the states.”. The bad news is we’re not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,” said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

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Let Evidence Guide the Solutions to Student Absenteeism

edWeb.net

Panelist Phyllis Jordan, editorial director at FutureEd, pointed to the results of the organization’s analysis of states’ 2017 ESSA plans, which require one non-academic indicator for school assessments. Chronically absent middle schoolers have lower grades and test scores that increase dropout potential. About the Presenters.

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

The Hechinger Report

We [didn’t] want this to be a Band-Aid fix,” said Jordan Mickens, a Leadership for Educational Equity public policy fellow who served as #OaklandUndivided’s project manager until August 2021. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person 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.” The YEP program makes the incentives more attainable, by incorporating several existing state policies into a brand-new framework. But most don’t take the test immediately after dropping out.

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Held back, but not helped

The Hechinger Report

The state enforced strict policies to retain children who failed high stakes tests, ballooning the ranks of those who were held back. In the mid-2000s, Louisiana implemented high-stakes tests known as Louisiana Educational Assessment Program, or LEAP, which required fourth and eighth graders to show that they were grade-level proficient.

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