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More high school grads than ever are going to college, but 1 in 5 will quit

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After all, the plummeting number of prospects makes it much harder to replace dropouts than it was when there was a seemingly bottomless supply of freshmen. This aggressive response has helped lower the dropout rate at the Texarkana campus back to 44 percent, according to still-unreleased figures, the university says.

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How a Chinatown school is trying to bring more diversity to theater

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An annual study of Broadway and the 16 top nonprofit theaters in New York City, put out by the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, shows that from 2006 to 2016, Asian actors were hired for 3.7 (Lee won a Tony Award last June for her work with NAAP.) percent of all roles, though Asians are 5.6 percent of the U.S.

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Will the coronavirus transform or destroy higher education as we know it?

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In 2006, journalist Daniel Golden exposed how President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, found his way into Harvard despite lackluster grades with the help of his dad’s $2.5 Will a backdrop of economic ruin prompt higher education to listen to feedback on how to become more accountable, flexible and accessible? million donation.

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Momentum builds for career-focused P-TECH schools

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The act was first passed in 2006, to support career preparation programs. Related: A district that pays students for their work. Congress’ reauthorization of the Perkins Act in July seems destined to give another boost to the P-TECH model’s momentum. With federal funding, it encourages partnerships across K-12, higher ed and business sectors.

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Chronically absent: Is quality education possible in juvenile detention in Mississippi?

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To the right of the computerized door allowing access to the classrooms and living spaces for the students, a sign adorned with a cute Easter duck reads “hello!” Related: Dropouts try to find their way back to school. Detention almost always has a negative impact on the education of young people. Judge Thomas H.

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Canadian schools succeed in nudging one minority group to and through college

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The number of indigenous Canadians grew four times faster than the rest of the population between 2006 and 2011, the most recent period for which the figure is available, and that pace is expected to continue, according to the government agency Statistics Canada. As in the United States, they’re also practical.

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Georgia program for children with disabilities: ‘Separate and unequal’ education?

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As he and his wife, Jennifer, walked into the parking lot outside the E E Butler Center in Gainesville, Georgia, that day in 2006, the two could picture a different future for Caleb. Ten years later, the couple sat across a wooden table from Caleb, now 16, a high school dropout and, as of September, survivor of a suicide attempt.