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Suspended for ‘other’: When states don’t share why kids are being kicked out of school

The Hechinger Report

Despite those choices, 88 percent of suspensions in Texas last year were marked in state reports as a “violation of student code of conduct” with no additional detail. Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter to receive our comprehensive reporting directly in your inbox. Tara García Mathewson contributed reporting.

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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. In this ongoing series, The Hechinger Report is visiting high schools that have beaten the long odds to learn what’s behind their success in improving graduation rates and sending more students to college. Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. Research found that a $3.5

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Fewer teenage mothers, but they still present a dropout puzzle

The Hechinger Report

Photo: Erin Einhorn for The Hechinger Report. It’s particularly tempting to overlook this latter group because of the rapid decline in teen pregnancies over the last 25 years. The post Fewer teenage mothers, but they still present a dropout puzzle appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Another is teen moms.

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OPINION: Misguided payment policies that fuel the college-dropout trap

The Hechinger Report

This group of 11 large public universities says individual payment shortfalls of $1,000 or less put 4,000 of its Pell-eligible seniors at risk of dropping out. Funders for the UIA completion grants include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which is also a funder of The Hechinger Report.). Sign up for our newsletter.

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How does an intelligent learning platform help teachers create a truly personalized learning environment?

Neo LMS

So, how can educational institutions offer a personalized learning environment for students without having to divide them into smaller groups based on their interests and level and get a separate teacher for each group? Besides personalized learning recommendations, ILPs also provide in-depth learning analytics and reports.

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Some evidence for the importance of teaching black culture to black students

The Hechinger Report

A Stanford University study finds that dropout rates were lower in Oakland, California, high schools that offered a special class for black students called the Manhood Development Program. Nonetheless, the dropouts declined for all black boys who had access to the course. “It shows that it works.”

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Measuring Up–the Key to Meeting State/National Standards

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Measuring Up is a suite of tools that supplements any classroom curriculum by offering standards-based instruction, practice, assessment, and reporting customized to many state or national standards–with the singular goal of assisting students in meeting English Language Arts, Mathematics, and/or Science standards. What is Measuring Up?

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