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PROOF POINTS: Most manufacturing certificate holders don’t get jobs in manufacturing

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More than 100,000 adults earned earned entry-level manufacturing certifications at community and technical colleges between 2005 and 2018, but only 40 percent worked in manufacturing afterward. What analysts have learned so far is both encouraging and disappointing. Credit: Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report.

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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

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So he has no idea if they’re learning. So, we’ve spent several months traveling the country learning from schools applying best practices and from researchers and educators who have studied what works. Of those who failed both semesters in 2005-06, only 15 percent graduated in four years. Your stories. Ishmael Brown Jr.,

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In rural Maine, a university eliminates most Fs in an effort to increase graduation rates

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But after about half-an-hour, the lecture stops and Dobrin presents his students with a menu of options. “Is Related: Tipping point: Can summit put personalized learning over the top? But the University of Maine at Presque Isle (or UMPI) is one of the first public universities in the nation to use proficiency-based learning.

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Held back, but not helped

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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.” Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Sign up for our newsletter.

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A school once known for gang activity is now sending kids to college

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In this ongoing series, The Hechinger Report is visiting high schools that have beaten the long odds to learn what’s behind their success. Related: A Spanish-English high school proves learning in two languages can boost graduation rates. A student who got an A was assumed to have learned something. Research found that a $3.5

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