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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

EdNews Daily

The Washington Post reported (July 16, 2019) that a report filed by the National Center for Education Statistics, that online bullying and texting is the rise among middle and high school students. Smartphones trail at 45% (up from 39% in 2012). percent jump in those who were bullied or by text or online.

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

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Putting a finer point on the problem is Nathan Harden , American education commentator, who in 2012 claimed, “In fifty years, if not much sooner, half of the roughly 4,500 colleges and universities now operating in the United States will have ceased to exist. The technology driving this change is already at work, and nothing can stop it. .”

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More students are dropping out of college during Covid — and it could get worse

The Hechinger Report

That was an increase of 2 percentage points over the previous year, and the highest share of students not returning for their sophomore year since 2012. The dropout spike was even more startling for community college students like Izzy, an increase of about 3.5 Related: Many young adults choose work over college, report shows.

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New research offers hope to first-generation college grads

The Hechinger Report

A February 2018 report found that, nationwide, those who earn a bachelor’s degree are likely to earn the same paychecks as their peers who had more educated parents. Five years later, in 2012, the majority of these young college graduates had full-time jobs. First-generation students in New York City. Photo: Meredith Kolodner.

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College students predicted to fall by more than 15% after the year 2025

The Hechinger Report

Only a handful of states, colored in blue, are predicted to see an increase in the number of students attending regional four-year colleges and universities between 2012 and 2029. But student demand is expected to grow for the nation’s most elite colleges and universities between 2012 and 2029. million in 2012 to 1.27

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

The Hechinger Report

Texas A&M University at Texarkana has one of the lowest retention rates of public higher-education institutions; 55 percent who started in 2012 were gone by 2016. Department of Education data analyzed by The Hechinger Report. Photo by Ben Smith for The Hechinger Report. Photo: AP photo/Jeannie Nuss.

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The Des Moines Register’s editorial on student retention is lazy and irresponsible

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Significantly higher dropout rates. Retention has found to be a stronger predictor of student dropout than socioeconomic status or parental education. Similarly, I said back in April 2012: Please realize that it doesn’t matter how many safeguards are put into place before retention occurs. Retention is not a policy unknown.