eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2017

Public elementary and secondary education dollars traditionally flow from three sources: the federal, state (state governments contributing nearly half of public-school funding) and local governments. The data set ranges from pupil-teacher ratio to dropout rate to median standardized-test scores. The Top 10 School Systems.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 24, 2016

Significantly higher dropout rates. Retention has found to be a stronger predictor of student dropout than socioeconomic status or parental education. Retention has found to be a stronger predictor of student dropout than socioeconomic status or parental education. Again, why are we emulating downward? Lower life success.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

Instead, a more innovative and agile approach is needed to help today’s wide range of students recover from the pandemic and achieve more equitable outcomes. McNulty is the president of the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) and the Successful Practices Network (SPN). WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

In a presentation a few years ago, a top education-department administrator, Chief of Literacy Kerry Laster, wrote, “We retain students despite overwhelming research and practical evidence that retention fails to lead to improved student outcomes.” Students who failed LEAP suddenly have more options than pass or fail.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

For those that enroll in two-year schools, the outcomes aren’t much better: 41 percent, according to federal data. The dismal outcomes aren’t because students with disabilities can’t handle the coursework. About a third of the students with disabilities who enroll in a four-year college or university graduate within eight years.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Even students with cognitive delays may be able to attend modified post-secondary programs if given adequate preparation and encouragement in school. Hatharasinghe-Gerschler had been diagnosed with a reading comprehension disability in elementary school. But too often, schools aren’t providing students with the appropriate help.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

McElvogue has the time to spend an hour with Almanza, as well as attend to her caseload of 230 students, because Colorado is betting that a big investment in counseling can improve educational outcomes for its low-income students. When there’s a budget cut, counselors are the first to go.”. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report.

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