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Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

Pam Moran on episode 246 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. ” We have a significantly low dropout rate and high on-time graduation rate in Albemarle. I hope that we will continue to connect on Twitter and around there. Twitter: @pammoran.

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Tapping into “Your Most Unhappy Customers”

The Principal of Change

This process should be something we do for students that dropout and graduate. Obviously, it should not be one or the other, but when we bring students together to listen to their voice, we have to ensure that the voices have diversity in many aspects. Imagine being in place where no one seemed to care if you were there?

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Spreading First Aid for Teens’ Mental Health by Training Adults to Help

MindShift

Left untreated, mental health concerns can contribute to high school dropout rates. You can find her @dr_fraga on Twitter. . When kids struggle, their emotional problems often unfold in the classroom, affecting their ability to concentrate and straining interactions with teachers and peers.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” “A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt at For-Profit Colleges ” by Susan Dynarski. Twitter announced big layoffs this week – 9% of its staff – and said it would shutter its video app Vine. Inside Higher Ed on the results of the 2016 Campus Computing Survey." Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” “ Hacked Twitter Accounts a New Headache for Schools,” Education Week’s Ben Herold reports. Resources , But Grasp Is Surface-Level, Survey Finds.” ” Immigration and Education. Rural ones.”

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

The Hechinger Report

The median household income in Oktibbeha County for black residents is $21,795 annually while the median income for white households is almost double, at $41,501, according to American Community Survey 2014 estimates. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014. Others feared violence between students.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The Huffington Post filed Twitter’s response to Ivanka Trump ’s announcement under “comedy.” Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” ” Via The Guardian : “Growing social media backlash among young people, survey shows.”