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PROOF POINTS: Two studies find scattergrams reduce applications to elite colleges

The Hechinger Report

To help with that decision, schools across the country have paid many millions to private companies that display data on the fate of past students. The company was the first to market scattergrams to schools in 2002 and says its product reaches nine million of the nation’s 15 million high school students.

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From Testing to Transformational Change with Pam Moran

The CoolCatTeacher

Pam: I think that one of the things that particularly — in states like Virginia where the resources that localities have access to can be wildly different. They flipped to one-to-one sometime around 2002. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show. Obstacles to Implementing the Vision in Virginia.

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Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids?

The Hechinger Report

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to provide access and opportunity they might not otherwise have.”. based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. million online courses in 2014-15. That’s a sharp increase from the 2002-03 school year, when, according to the U.S.

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How Silicon Valley schools are trying to boost lower-income students into high-tech jobs

The Hechinger Report

The launch marked the latest effort by the 5-year-old charter school, to expose students to the skills they’ll need to access high-tech jobs. Pathways, Exposure, Academic Connection, Knowledge (PEAK) takes students to local companies such as Google and Facebook, as well as to hospitals, law firms and other businesses.

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When school districts fall into debt and can’t get out

The Hechinger Report

By 2014, the district had just $24,000 in the bank with a $600,000 payment coming due for salaries, benefits and day-to-day operating expenses recalls Superintendent Tom DeKeyser. In addition to the housing development falling through, the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, one of the region’s major employers, pulled up stakes in Ann Arbor.

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How Internships Connect First Generation College Bound Students to STEM Careers

MindShift

The launch marked the latest effort by the 5-year-old charter school, to expose students to the skills they’ll need to access high-tech jobs. Pathways, Exposure, Academic Connection, Knowledge (PEAK) takes students to local companies such as Google and Facebook, as well as to hospitals, law firms and other businesses.

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Can Online Learning Level the AP Playing Field for Rural Students?

MindShift

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to provide access and opportunity they might not otherwise have.”. based education company that is part of a nonprofit consortium in the state. million online courses in 2014-15. That’s a sharp increase from the 2002-03 school year, when, according to the U.S.