Edsurge
MARCH 12, 2018
In 2012, a book titled, “Saving the School: The True Story of a Principal, a Teacher, a Coach, a Bunch of Kids and a Year in the Crosshairs of Education Reform,” was written about her efforts. Yet Garza’s career didn’t end in 2012, and six years later, the school is still working towards its happy-ending.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 6, 2019
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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The Hechinger Report
MARCH 11, 2018
A study found an 18-percent difference between dropout rates for low-income students with high arts participation (4 percent drop out) and those with less arts involvement (22 percent). A 2012 National Endowment for the Arts report underscores the benefits of exposure to the arts.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 6, 2022
When she started at a new school in the fall of 2012, she breezed through the timed math tests. The university is known for its Meyerhoff Scholars Program , designed to prepare students from underrepresented backgrounds for STEM careers. This story also appeared in USA Today.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
Around the country, the number of kids in foster care increased by about 10 percent from 2012 to 2016. Overall, there’s been an increase in graduation rates and a decrease in dropouts. And he hopes they stay in the area and help revitalize it, stemming the tide of transience and instability. I see a growth in our students.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 20, 2019
High school dropouts are much more likely to be unemployed and earn thousands of dollars less per year than people with higher levels of education. In 2012, 57 percent of ”minority” students (almost all African American) graduated from Avoyelles Parish high schools, lower than the percentage of adults with a diploma.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 14, 2020
There are gifted dropouts. Charles Parish outside New Orleans began talent development in 2012. They said that giftedness could also be creativity, and found that a high IQ score did not necessarily correspond with leadership, professional accomplishment or even success in school.
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