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

The Hechinger Report

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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Kids Don’t Fail, Schools Fail Kids: Sir Ken Robinson on the 'Learning Revolution'

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But in 2006, he gained recognition for something that no other TED speaker in history has done. British author and speaker Sir Ken Robinson is known for several accomplishments, from his books to his professorships to his TED talks.

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OPINION: This high-poverty district learned to think differently about teaching and learning

The Hechinger Report

To lower the dropout rate and keep students on track to earn diplomas, we started a “credit-recovery” program to assist high school students who have lost credit in core subjects due to failing grades or excessive absences. In 2006-07, St. From 2006 to 2016, St. “Credit recovery” for struggling learners.

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How a struggling school for Native Americans doubled its graduation rate

The Hechinger Report

In 2006, the Native American Community Academy (NACA) launched as a charter school in Albuquerque with the aim of increasing college enrollment in tribal communities, partly by incorporating native culture into the curriculum.

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Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

” We have a significantly low dropout rate and high on-time graduation rate in Albemarle. Moran has served as the Superintendent of Albemarle County Public Schools since January 2006. Reasons that Keep Kids Coming Back to School. Pam Moran – Bio as submitted. Dr. Pamela R. million; a self-sustaining budget of $19.2

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

The Hechinger Report

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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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

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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