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How one district solved its special education dropout problem

The Hechinger Report

A special education student at South Hills High School takes an online quiz about RNA. The district’s reforms to special education have included making sure students use the same textbooks as their general education peers. Photo: Sarah Butrymowicz/The Hechinger Report. Sign up for our newsletter. COVINA, Calif.

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Top e-learning trends to keep an eye on in 2020

Neo LMS

If e-learning came to life as a method to augment face-to-face learning, it is now an approach to education that is bigger than the traditional method it was meant to support. Educators enjoy the new means of connecting with their students, create more engaging learning materials and being able to personalize their instruction.

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How does an intelligent learning platform help teachers create a truly personalized learning environment?

Neo LMS

Personalized learning is currently emerging as one of the biggest trends in education. So, how can educational institutions offer a personalized learning environment for students without having to divide them into smaller groups based on their interests and level and get a separate teacher for each group? What is personalized learning?

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

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In the last on our series about the challenges in higher education, we will examine how universities and colleges are managing the fast pace of change in teaching methods and curricula. According to UNESCO, global demand for higher education is expected to grow from 100 million students currently to 250+ million by 2025.

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The Prison to College Pipeline

The Hechinger Report

Amid all this glass, Conner feels a bit like Cinderella—lucky to be getting an educational experience that’s a perfect fit for him. Credit: James Bernal for The Hechinger Report A significant percentage of these new students will face such substantial barriers that they won’t return for a second semester.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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(National) Education Politics. Thoughts on how this might effect education from Inside Higher Ed , from NPR , from Internet2 (via Bryan Alexander), from The Washington Post , and from Edsurge. Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. ” Immigration and Education.

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No longer ruled out: an educator develops strategies to keep court-involved students in school

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Cheryl Gerber for The Hechinger Report. NEW ORLEANS — School absences were rare for Lorenzo Elliott, the drum major of the George Washington Carver High School band and an honor roll student with a 96 percent attendance rate. Often, they can’t,” said Robert Schwartz , a visiting scholar at Temple University James E.

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