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Implementation in Advocacy/Guidanace/Post-Secondary Preparation (Articles) - 1 views

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  • Over 60% of students who eventually dropped out of high school failed at least25% of their credits in the ninth grade,
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      sheilig on 28 Jul 15
       
      This is interesting. We've talked about this in our MTSS (Multi-Tiered Systems of Support) https://www.educateiowa.gov/pk-12/standards-and-curriculum/iowas-multi-tiered-system-supports meetings. This statistic has prompted my school to really focus on the 9th graders.
  • Nearly one-third of all public high school students—and nearly one half of all African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans—fail to graduate from public high school with their class
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      sheilig on 28 Jul 15
       
      One-third is frightening!
  • Dropouts are more likely than high school graduates to be unemployed, in poor health, living in poverty, on public assistance, or single parents with children who drop out of high school Dropouts are more than twice as likely as high school graduates to slip into poverty in a single year and three times more likely than college graduates to be unemployed Dropouts are more than eight times as likely to be in jail or prison as high school graduates Dropouts are four times less likely to volunteer than college graduates, twice less likely to vote or participate in community projects, and represent only 3 percent of actively engaged citizens in the U.S. today
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      sheilig on 28 Jul 15
       
      A lot of our students who dropout stay in the area. They face the challenges listed above and aren't able to support the community in ways to improve it. The community suffers from the lack of people paying taxes, starting small businesses, creating jobs, volunteering, participating in community projects, etc. Our rural community needs active members to keep the existing small businesses and the school in the town. So increasing our graduation rate ultimately improves our community. Some move away; however, a lot of our students return after graduating from college. They are active in the community and helping our town.
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  • Providing credit for work or community service allows students to be engaged in a valuable activity outside of school and to have this experience count towards graduation. It also motivates students to complete the program.
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      sheilig on 28 Jul 15
       
      I think credit for work or community service is an excellent idea. Why not use it for elective credit? If at risk students knew they had specific core classes they had to take and had more choices for their electives, perhaps graduation would be more attainable to them. 
  • “I have some things to say. First, all of you talked about Michael through your findings but do you really know my son? D
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      sheilig on 28 Jul 15
       
      Unfortunately, most parents won't have the courage to speak up here. They will leave frustrated and upset with the school. The members of the team need to realize this.
  • There were eight staff members from the school, and myself as a parent. It was quite intimidating.
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      sheilig on 28 Jul 15
       
      I have not experienced this; however, my sister-in-law described the same situation with her son. It was very intimidating. Fortunately, she was a teacher's associate in a different district as her son. She had teachers, counselors, and administrators there that she could use as resources and guidance. She had to be an advocate for her son. She knew how to do this because of the support from her friends in education. Not everyone has this support.
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Adaptive Learning System Articles - 2 views

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  • There is a cultural temptation, fed somewhat by eager vendors and a press that tends toward an excess of techno-optimism, to believe that adaptive learning platforms are the future of education and can be full replacements for teacher-facilitated classes.
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      sheilig on 19 Jul 15
       
      So true. The students need teachers who care how they do and hold them accountable.
  • "The technology is now cheap enough and powerful enough for this kind of approach to be applied effectively and widely," Martin said.
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      sheilig on 19 Jul 15
       
      Our students have become frustrated with some of the adaptive systems we have tried because there was a lot of down time with the systems. Hopefully as it's use increases the bugs will be fixed. After losing class time to technology issues, I had students tell me to "just give me a worksheet!" 
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"Personalized" vs. "Personal" Learning - 36 views

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  • Personalization is often used in the ed-tech community to describe a student moving through a prescribed set of activities at his own pace. The only choice a student gets is what box to check on the screen and how quickly to move through the exercises. For many educators that’s not the true meaning of “personalized learning.”
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      sheilig on 15 Jul 15
       
      Is this where Skoolbo, Moby Max, Scootpad, and other sites like these fit? 
  • Simpler strategies, such as having kids choose, read, and discuss real books from the library may be more effective
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      sheilig on 15 Jul 15
       
      YES! I don't see kids free reading enough. It's an inexpensive, easy, and effective strategy. It can be done when the internet is down, too! (I'm saying this because there have been times when we have lost power or internet and kids feel we should cancel school!)
  • She cautions educators who may be excited about the progressive educational implications for “personalized learning” to make sure everyone they work with is on the same page about what that phrase means.
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      sheilig on 15 Jul 15
       
      There is so much information out there that talks about "personalized learning." So, yes, I agree that everyone in the district needs to be on the same page about the definition and ways to implement it.
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  • “Personalized” learning is something that we do to kids; “personal” learning is something they do for themselves. In a world where we can explore almost every interest or passion in depth on our own or with others, it’s crucially more important to have the dispositions and the skills to create our own educational opportunities, not be trained to wait for opportunities that someone else has selected for delivery.
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      sheilig on 15 Jul 15
       
      I read another article by Bray and McClaskey that said personalization is learner-centered and differentiation is teacher-centered. In this article it seems they are saying "Personalized" learning is teacher-centered and "Personal" learning is learner-centered. I agree we need to give the kids the skills and tools to create their own learning. The problem solving and organizational skills they learn from doing things for themselves is much more valuable than any standardized test we ask them to take. If they are in charge of their learning when they are young, hopefully they will become life-long learners.
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