Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

The organization made its mark in 2003 when they created the nation’s first county jail charter school. Think of it like a portable classroom on wheels—wi-fi, bus-driver and all. The idea for a mobile classroom started in 2015, as Good and his team become increasingly concerned about the conditions their students were learning in.

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Dropout Google Laptops Mobility 106

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2019

Though some programs have helped lower dropout rates and improved graduation rates for students of color, the gap in the percentage of students finishing a degree has barely budged across the 30 community colleges in the Minnesota State Colleges and University system. I felt like I needed mirrors in the classroom.”.

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Dropout Secondary Course Report 70

The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2017

Sixteen-year-olds share classrooms with 20-somethings, students earn diplomas at their own pace and if anyone has a problem with a peer, they’re encouraged to talk about it like adults. Burgos, too, has relied on staff support for help outside of the classroom. I wouldn’t have had that anywhere else,” she said. “I Photo: Natalie Gross.

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Dropout Policies Report Course 97

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Personalized learning advocates had big hopes for ESSA, enacted in 2015. In a personalized classroom, students are taught how to take control of their own learning, so that they can take different pathways to gain understanding of concepts. Related: In one state, students are ditching classrooms for jobs.

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Personalized Learning Policies Advocacy Assessment 68

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2019

For an absurd example, if dropouts tended to take classes on Thursdays in their first semester at college, but students who completed their degrees didn’t, then you might worry about current students who are currently taking classes on Thursdays. The dropout problem got a lot worse in the 1990s when more people started attending college.

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Data Dropout Company Report 106

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Aimed at curbing dropouts, improving graduation rates and sending more kids to college and other postsecondary programs, the corps is designed to offset a growing achievement gap in this relatively affluent but increasingly diverse state. “When there’s a budget cut, counselors are the first to go.”. Why are women locked out?

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Dropout Report Training Outcomes 111