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Investing in At-Risk Students:
The Online Learning Model
by Dana Laursen, Director, Education Strategy and Evaluation
— April 29, 2009
As education evolves, technology increasingly becomes a conduit
for innovative teaching and learning practices. Online learning,
including credit recovery programs, are defining new directions
for school districts to address the individual needs of a
spectrum of students—as well as their reasons for seeking
an alternative to the traditional classroom. Credit recovery
is currently a high priority for districts as they struggle
to prevent dropouts and prepare students for post-secondary
education and workforce readiness.
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February 2009
The Federal Role in Out-of-School
Learning: After-School, Summer Learning, and Family Involvement
as Critical Learning Supports
Heather B. Weiss, Priscilla M. D. Little, Suzanne M. Bouffard,
Sarah N. Deschenes, Helen Janc Malone
What, in conjunction with good schools, is necessary to increase
the chances that all children, especially disadvantaged ones,
will enter and leave school with the skills they need for
21st-century success?
This report from Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) makes
a research-based case for federal provision of out-of-school
complementary learning supports from birth through high school,
particularly for poor children, so that all students gain
the skills that economists, educators, and employers agree
are necessary for success in the 21st century.
Four decades of consistent research evidence demonstrate
it is necessary to redefine learning—both where and when it
takes place—and to follow up with innovations that enable
communities to move to a complementary learning approach,
if the country is to achieve its national goal of educating
all children.
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