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K-12 Online Learning Trends Toward the District Level
About two-thirds of school districts in the South offer their students some form of online learning — and the percentage is growing fast, according to a new report from the Southern Regional Education Board.
In the most focused look to date at online learning options at the district level, SREB’s Educational Technology Cooperative documents how online learning is moving from the state to the district level in SREB’s 16 member states. The report examines what this means for students, states and districts.
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More Children in Poverty Means Bigger Education Challenges
New data show that 44 percent of the nation's children in poverty live in SREB states — 7.1 million in 2010, a new SREB Fact Book Bulletin reports. In 2010, the SREB region was home to 1.1 million more children in poverty than in 2005. More charts, plus poverty data... MORE

SREB Legislative Report Recaps Final Actions from State Sessions
SREB's third 2012 Legislative Report summarizes final legislative and budget actions related to education in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Virginia and West Virginia, plus notes from Alabama, Kentucky and Maryland. See full report and press release.
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New Graduation Rates: What to Expect?
This spring, states begin reporting graduation rates under the new uniform rate required by federal regulations. The four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (or ACGR) means rates will be comparable from state to state. Most SREB states are well-positioned for the transitio... MORE

Dual Enrollment: Reviewing Programs to Promote College Completion
Dual enrollment programs have proliferated, with exploding enrollment over the past decade. Many different policies have evolved for these partnerships, which give students the opportunity to take more rigorous courses while still in high school. Redesigning Dual Enrollment... MORE

Register Online for High Schools That Work Staff Development Conference
Register now to join more than 6,000 teachers, principals and teacher leaders in New Orleans on July 11-14 to learn ways to get students emotionally and intellectually engaged in the new Common Core State Standards and other rigorous standards designed to increase graduation... MORE

Teacher Policies in SREB States
Explore SREB reports on teacher effectiveness and evaluation as well as legislation that affects teacher tenure, performance, evaluation and other policies. Teacher policies page > MORE

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