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With Limited Options, a Struggling Campus Prepares Students for Life After High School

Edsurge

Then, after the school received an innovation grant in February, they reached out to feeder schools to identify 8th-grade students who performed well in logic, critical thinking and showed interest in information technology. However, problems with completion do not primarily stem from dropouts, which were recorded at 2 percent in 2016.

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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

James Wiley is a technology analyst with Eduventures, which does consulting work for companies in the predictive analytics industry. The dropout problem got a lot worse in the 1990s when more people started attending college. Georgia State agreed to start using analytics in 2011. Earning a profit. It wasn’t always this way.

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Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff

The Hechinger Report

Much as she loves technology, Wilkins-Walker said, “I have never wanted to be an online teacher.”. The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. But there are early signs that the school’s efforts to stem the worst of the pandemic fallout may be helping.

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College dreams often melt away in summer months. ‘Near-peer’ counseling is helping keep them alive.

The Hechinger Report

The 19-year-old, who moved to New York City from Bangladesh four years ago, was trying to envision her fall: Four days of classes each week at the New York City College of Technology (City Tech).* Started in 2011, the College Bridge program now has 45 coaches in 35 high schools serving 3,800 students, according to administrators.

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November 14 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

ANNOUNCEMENTS The 2011 Global Education Conference has begun! Peggy , Lorna , and Kim host Beth Still, who will share the ways she uses technology with her students and teachers that she works with in her unique setup including Moodle. Come sign up--it''s free! The Classroom 2.0 show is back!

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Cumulative Growth in Number of MOOCs , 2011–18.” ” Susan Crawrford argues “Why Universities Need ‘Public Interest Technology’ Courses.”