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Who will Teach the Children?

EdNews Daily

The Wall Street Journal reported at the end of 2018, using U.S. In addition, schools of education are reporting a steep decrease in student enrollment. For example, as reported in Education Week, California lost 53 percent of its school of education enrollment between the 2008–2009 and 2012–2013 school years.

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In Utah, personalizing learning by focusing on relationships

The Hechinger Report

The high school graduation rate in Utah’s Juab School District was 78 percent in 2009. In 2011, Jim Shank, the superintendent then, spearheaded a one-to-one iPod program, seeing the promise of technology as a means of giving students targeted academic support. Subscribe today! Sign up for our newsletters.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report. The Puerto Rican rate is from 2009-2010, the latest available in a territory whose government produces few up-to-date statistics, and which federal counts often don’t include; experts say it’s likely only gotten lower since then. Rivera Pichardo for The Hechinger Report.

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. Related: Report finds a drop in Black enrollment at most top public colleges and universities. How far we’ve come is wonderful, so having to take some steps back is definitely frustrating.”.

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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

Photo: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. This podcast about colleges using predictive analytics is produced by APM Reports. Photo: Jill Barshay/The Hechinger Report. James Wiley is a technology analyst with Eduventures, which does consulting work for companies in the predictive analytics industry. Earning a profit.

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Momentum builds behind a way to lower the cost of college: A degree in three years

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report. Credit: Noah Willman for The Hechinger Report. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. Kristin Tichenor, vice president for enrollment, Wentworth Institute of Technology.

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Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

The Hechinger Report

More than 400 colleges and universities still had seats available for freshmen and transfer students after the traditional May 1 deadline to enroll for this fall, the National Association for College Admission Counseling reports. More are likely to go under; Moody’s projects that the pace of college closings will soon reach 15 per year.

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