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The Secret to Preventing Community College Dropouts? Start With Middle School

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Sam Brooks: My background in Putnam County started out really as a football coach and a biology teacher in a classroom years ago. put students on individualized learning plans, possibly using technology in the classroom. Why don't you tell everyone a little bit about yourself? What's your background? That gave us the opportunity to.

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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

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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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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

The Hechinger Report

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. Paul College that shows students’ countries of origin.

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Kids are failing algebra. The solution? Slow down.

The Hechinger Report

Educators and school leaders are scrambling to figure out how to regain ground next year in a course that often makes or breaks students’ life chances. A 2008 study in Los Angeles public schools found that those who didn’t pass algebra by ninth grade were half as likely to graduate as those who did. I’m very worried.

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Charter schools nearly destroyed this New Orleans school. Now it will become one.

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A student jumps off a bus to enter McDonogh #35 Senior High School before the start of the school day March 19, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Funding for McDonogh 35, New Orleans’ last noncharter school, fell from $15,594 per student in 2008-09 to $11,651 per student in 2016-17. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images).

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Dropout Detective Offers Academic ‘Credit Scores’—But Is That a Good Thing?

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That’s why it might come as surprise to hear AspirEDU , an educational analytics company, pitch their Dropout Detective software as an “academic credit score” for students. Whereas credit scores are designed to prevent risky buyers from getting approved on loans, Dropout Detective is meant to improve student success and lower dropout rates.

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A Skills Gap From College to Career Doesn't Exist. It's the Awareness Gap We Need to Fix.

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Unemployment/Underemployment: Unemployment for recent college graduates has improved in recent years (the unemployment rate currently hovers around around 5 percent , compared to 9 percent back in 2008). high-profile dropouts and the rise of the so-called “ anti-credential.” At almost $1.3 The awareness gap is easy to fix.

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