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STUDENT VOICES: Transfer schools offer a second chance to graduate high school

The Hechinger Report

In an effort to reengage recent dropouts, Good Shepherd founded South Brooklyn Community High School. But by the time Mayor Michael Bloomberg came into office in 2002, South Brooklyn was showing signs of promise. South Brooklyn emphasized social-emotional learning, a high counselor-to-student ratio and paid internships.

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Alabama Policymakers Explore How to Increase Early Literacy Proficiency

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In fact, research shows that nearly 90 percent of high school dropouts were struggling readers in third grade. In 2002, Florida’s fourth-grade readers performed far below the national average on NAEP. When students are not able to read by the end of third grade, their risk of falling behind grows exponentially.

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Economic Impact of Suspending 10th Graders: $35 Billion, Study Says

Marketplace K-12

The national suspension data comes from sophomores surveyed as part of the Educational Longitudinal Survey of 2002. Slashing Dropout Rate Key to Turnaround in Mass. How much it costs, directly and indirectly, when a student drops out of high school. See also: Can an Increase in Empathy Lead to a Drop in Suspensions?

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When a college degree is no longer a ticket to the middle class

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Wages climbed for college grads in the 1970s and 80s, says Mishel, but since 2002 wage growth for people with a bachelors has been stagnant. But Lawrence Mishel, a labor market economist with the Economic Policy Institute, sees it much differently: “I think we’re way past that tipping point.”.

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All ninth graders study at the local 4-H center in this Maine district

The Hechinger Report

David Murphy, who has served as the district’s superintendent since 2002 (and has worked in the district since 1984), explained that the approach was born of necessity. “This style of learning, this family atmosphere that we have here, it’s a real positive in kids’ lives,” Dole said. High school is not really working for most kids,” he said.

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At this one-of-a-kind Boston public high school, students learn calculus in Spanish

The Hechinger Report

And the dropout rate among the first Muniz cohort, the class of 2016, was just 2.5 Since 2002, official state policy in Massachusetts has been that English-learners should be educated in English-only classrooms. percent, compared with a district average of 10 percent. Once you have that, no one can take that away from you.”.

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

The Hechinger Report

The proportion of four-year universities with day care centers — most of which also accept university employees’ children — is down from 55 percent to 49 percent since 2002, and the proportion of community colleges, from 53 percent to 44 percent, according to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.

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