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Why America Needs More Black Male Teachers

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He would soon learn that this was a trend in many schools. After changing schools and moving more than 150 miles away, a former student—a young Black male graduate of the class of 2019 whom Roberts never taught in the classroom—thanked him for his mentorship and support during convocation. And that number is highly unusual.

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PROOF POINTS: COVID has been bad for college enrollment — but awful for community college students

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According to a preliminary October 2020 report from National Student Clearinghouse Research Center that tallied fall enrollment figures from just over half of the nation’s colleges and universities, the number of undergraduate students has fallen 4 percent since the fall of 2019.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

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percent (about 11,000 students) in 2018-2019. By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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More students are dropping out of college during Covid — and it could get worse

The Hechinger Report

million students who started college in fall 2019, 26.1 The dropout spike was even more startling for community college students like Izzy, an increase of about 3.5 The rising dropout rate on college campuses has consequences for individual students, their families and the economy. percentage points. Out of the country’s 2.6

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How Partnering With a Local University Saved This School From Closure

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This Educational Partnership Organization aims to curtail a trend of academic underperformance and high rates of truancy, absenteeism and dropout, which had plagued East High for a number of years. 2019 Commencement Speech. When we first arrived, our graduation rate was trending toward 19 percent. More from Dr. Nelms.

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OPINION: We can and must do better to help Black students enroll in college and succeed

The Hechinger Report

Little wonder that a recent report reveals that Black public community college enrollment dropped by 26 percent, or almost 300,000 students, between 2011 and 2019 and by another 100,000 students during the pandemic, bringing Black community college enrollment levels back to where they were more than two decades ago.

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It’s Time To Unlearn & Relearn Learning

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University of California, California high school dropouts cost state $46.4 Coulson, New NAEP scores extend dismal trend in US Education productivity. Teachers College, Columbia University Teachers College, New York, 2019). billion annually. UC Santa Barbara. 2007 ([link]. Stevens, T. Satwicz, L. Wendelken et al., O’ Mahony, E.

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