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How to help struggling young readers

The Hechinger Report

The repercussions of not learning to read are magnified for poor children: Research shows that low-income children who cannot read at grade level by third grade are six times more likely to become high school dropouts. “In Children do not come wired to learn how to read: It is an acquired skill. So far, results are promising.

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How to Prepare Students in the Early Years to Read at Grade Level

MindShift

The repercussions of not learning to read are magnified for poor children: Research shows that low-income children who cannot read at grade level by third grade are six times more likely to become high school dropouts. Children do not come wired to learn how to read: It is an acquired skill. Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report). “In

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

The idea, said Ann Swartz-Beckius, interim director of student achievement, is to teach students how to remain calm under pressure, “to tune out the noise in their heads.”. As the college itself put it in its 2016 equity and inclusion plan : “The community college does not look like the community.”. High cost of dropping out.

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Getting a GED while still enrolled in high school

The Hechinger Report

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” In 2016 schools earned the 25-point incentive for a total of only 41 students citywide; the 2017 total was worse, a mere 17 students. But most don’t take the test immediately after dropping out.

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The Cause That Unites Chief IT and Academic Officers

Edsurge

FUN SAD FACT: According to Avi Yashchin, Senior Offering Manager at IBM Watson: “Sadness [sentiments] in incoming freshman college application essay is the sixth strongest predictor of dropout.” Your prescriptive solution is your GPS that shows you how to get to your destination.” 1 priority for 2016?

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How one district went all-in on a tutoring program to catch kids up

The Hechinger Report

Last year, researchers at NWEA, an independent nonprofit assessment company, published an analysis of data from the autumn 2020 MAP Growth tests of more than 4 million public school students. So it’s easy for me to show them how to do it, show them my way,” said Obimma. It’s a long road of recovery.” Allison Socol, The Education Trust.

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When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk

The Hechinger Report

The challenge that rural high schools like Randolph Union now face is how to scale work-based learning so that more students like Wess see the connections between the classroom and a career, and maybe — just maybe — see a future in their graying home state. It recognized that learning can occur anywhere.”.

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