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PROOF POINTS: Lessons from college dropouts who came back

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Like many dropouts, Floyd always intended to finish his college education. The number of college dropouts swelled during the tight labor market; an additional 2 million people joined their ranks from only a year and a half earlier in 2018. As with many dropouts, Floyd had unpaid student debt to resolve. It’s kind of funny.”

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Universities cut services for a big group of their students: those over 25

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Only 40 percent of older students with children manage to get degrees or certificates within six years, a lower proportion than their traditional-age classmates, and dropout rates are higher among older students with kids. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. 40% of U.S. The number who are parents has increased from 3.2 million to 4.8

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Canadian schools succeed in nudging one minority group to and through college

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Nationally, about 4 percent of Canadians are indigenous, up from 3 percent in 2001. That’s double and triple the proportion of non-indigenous Canadians, respectively. Related: Refugee students languish in red tape as they seek to resume their educations.

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Schools can’t afford to lose any more Black male educators

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South Carolina has seen its highest number of educator vacancies this year since the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement started tracking the trend in 2001. These issues can have a greater impact on Black male teachers and other teachers from underrepresented groups.

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The messy reality of personalized learning

The Hechinger Report

Bush and Obama administrations, with initiatives such as No Child Left Behind (2001) and Race to the Top (2009), spurred what’s been called a “ nationalization of education politics ” and, many teachers say, a relentless cycle of shiny fads promising to revolutionize the field. (A The George W. There are no exceptions to this.”

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A new test that no student would dread — one that leads to citizenship

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Students need access to quality high schools, citizenship and real pathways to gainful employment, he added. But better even than DACA is the DREAM Act — or the Development, Relief and Education of Alien Minors Act, which was originally introduced in 2001 by Sen. naturalization requirements. Supreme Court ruled in Plyler v.