The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 26, 2013

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 19, 2017

This is one of my favourite quotes from a college dropout who felt a post-secondary education was no longer relevant to what he needed to be successful in our world today: “Wanting” is not good enough on it’s own; the impact of our actions are how progress is always measured. This would obviously apply to any profession.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2019

percentage points from the default rate of students who graduated or left school in 2013-14. More than 15 percent of these graduates and dropouts defaulted in both time periods. That’s amounts to roughly 120,000 students in default from the class of 2015-16, down from 132,000 students in the class of 2013-14. percent to 6.8

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The nation’s high school graduation rate hit 82 percent in 2013-14, the highest level since states adopted a new uniform way of calculating graduation rates five years ago. students are graduating from high school at a higher rate than ever before, according to data released today by the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2017

In doing so, he joined more than 108,000 other students who withdrew from Georgia’s public colleges and universities between 2013 and 2015 with thousands of dollars in federal student debt but no degree. Students who withdraw are also much more likely to default on their loans; dropouts make up two-thirds of defaults nationwide.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2013

Join me Wednesday, April 17th, for a live and interactive FutureofEducation.com conversation with Elliot Washor and Charles Mojkowski on their new book, Leaving to Learn : How Out-of-School Learning Increases Student Engagement and Reduces Dropout Rates. psid=2013-04-17.0748.M.9E9FE58134BE68C3B413F24B3586CF.vcr&sid=2008350

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2019

Longitudinal data show that students enrolled in City Connects schools performed better academically and had lower grade retention, chronic absenteeism and dropout rates. He served as Secretary of Education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 2008 to 2013. City Connects has shown strong results.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

“The problems tends to arise when kids go to school because the deeper they get in, the more they start to lose interest,” Robinson said, pointing to the United States’ large student dropout percentage as evidence that school—as a system—is failing students. In 2013 alone, the U.S. Sir Ken Robinson. domestic cinema box office ($11.2

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

University of California, California high school dropouts cost state $46.4 Gruia, “The education pipeline in the United States 1970-2000,” (The National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy, Boston, 2004). billion annually. UC Santa Barbara. 2007 ([link]. Stevens, T. Satwicz, L. Wendelken et al., CATO at Liberty, Cato Institute.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

In keeping with that mindset, some education leaders refer to lost students as “stopouts” rather than “dropouts.” Data analysis at Shasta College showed that since 2013, 658 students stopped out despite having at least 60 credits, including the four courses required to transfer to a California State University campus.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2018

Anabel Garza, Principal After realizing modest improvements on tests scores over the past few years, going from 16 percent showing grade-level academic achievement on state exams in 2013 to 30 percent in 2017, the teaching staff has deepened their mission. It’s the same with kids,” she continues.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 30, 2016

Superintendent Mark Edwards talked about the Mooresville Graded School District’s experiences integrating technology into K-12 education during the 2013 Summer Connection in Mooresville, N.C. See also: Superintendent of the Year Emphasized Tech, Reduced Dropouts. Credit: John W. Adkisson for Education Week – file).

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ExcelinEd

APRIL 25, 2019

In fact, research shows that nearly 90 percent of high school dropouts were struggling readers in third grade. Since Mississippi enacted the Literacy-Based Promotion Act in 2013, the state’s fourth-grade NAEP reading scores have substantially improved, data show that reading proficiency increased by six percentage points.

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The Principal of Change

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

This process should be something we do for students that dropout and graduate. May 19, 2013 10 Expectations From Students October 18, 2012 Let’s Figure This Out. Imagine being in place where no one seemed to care if you were there? I wouldn’t want to be there either. Links welcomed and appreciated!).

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

This has been a goal of Simon’s since she joined Long Beach Unified in fall 2013. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. But it has proven elusive. Her district’s chronic absenteeism rates have actually increased, from 13.3

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

” We have a significantly low dropout rate and high on-time graduation rate in Albemarle. Reasons that Keep Kids Coming Back to School. The division also is home to one of the first CoderDojo Academies in a public school division in the country, teaching computer coding and science skills to students.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Each year since, they have won numerous awards, including the trophy for Outstanding Production for the best overall elementary school performance three years in a row, from 2013 to 2015, and again in 2017. After that [first win], the parents were like, ‘Wait a minute, we have an award-winning theater club?

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Left untreated, mental health concerns can contribute to high school dropout rates. When kids struggle, their emotional problems often unfold in the classroom, affecting their ability to concentrate and straining interactions with teachers and peers. and “Are you in danger?”. Spreading the Word.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2018

Vermont’s experiment in experiential learning goes back a number of years, but it took off in 2013, when the legislature passed a law that lets students meet state graduation standards through work-based experiences. Among Act 77’s aims: to reduce high school dropout rates, particularly among low-income students. (In

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The number of college students with one or more mental health problems has doubled since 2013 , according to a study by researchers at Boston University and elsewhere. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. Let’s say they get a slightly failing grade on the first quiz.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

In December 2013, there were 29 million people with some college education but no degree. Of the 29 million who had not finished as of December 2013, 940,000 had completed their credential or degree by December 2018. People who drop out and then return to school are usually written off when measuring completion rates, Ryu said.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2016

In 2013, Inside Higher Ed wrote an article about double-spending at universities. administration can see increased revenue by decreasing the student dropout rate, and receiving additional performance-based funding from the state. The Double-Dipping Problem. This is not a new problem, nor a specific issue pertaining to my university.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Forty-four percent of students who attended four-year work colleges between 2008 and 2013 had to take out loans, compared to 53 percent at public universities, and 64 percent at private, nonprofit colleges. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2017

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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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2018

In New Orleans, the large number of dropouts who lack HiSET credentials drives the astronomically high count of so-called “opportunity youth.” Across Louisiana, students who fail to complete school can take the High School Equivalency Test, or HiSET, which has replaced the General Equivalency Diploma (GED) in more than 20 states.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 31, 2016

In 2013 I sat next to Deven in Washington D.C. You may also appreciate his 140Edu Talk where he explains high school dropouts is not a crisis. when he won the School Librarian Bammy Award as a result of his ability to create a 21st century learning center. One of my favorite posts he wrote was “ My One Great Lesson This Year.”

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Bryan Alexander

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

This chapter takes us from 2012 through 2013, following the expansion of MOOCs across American research-1 institutions and the breakout of Coursera, edX, and Udacity. Miscellaneous notes: DeMillo sees for-pay assessment as solving the MOOC dropout problem (1253).

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2017

It is features like these that have helped former high school dropouts like Rocheli Burgos — and other students who have struggled in school — get a second chance at earning a diploma. After giving birth to her son in 2011, Burgos dropped out of her old school when counselors told her that she didn’t have enough credits to pass ninth grade.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2016

Math scores declined one point between 2013 and 2015. We still find huge gaps in achievement between white students and many students of color, between the children of college graduates and those of high school dropouts, between students in the Northeast and those in the South, and between students learning English and those who are not.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

In July 2013, the Mississippi legislature mandated the consolidation of Starkville and Oktibbeha County school districts in an effort to save money and ensure a better education for students in the low-performing Oktibbeha County schools. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Though the country’s number of high school graduates grew by 30 percent between 1995 and 2013, to 3.47 After a few years of some growth, the report projects that from 2027 to 2032 the annual graduation totals will each be smaller by 150,000 to 220,000 people than the ones the nation had in 2013.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

Credit: Liesbeth Powers/Dallas Morning News Kianna Vaughn, 28, didn’t immediately enroll in college after graduating from Cedar Hill High School in 2013 because of its sticker price. Last year, she enrolled in Dallas College, where a success coach helped her create a roadmap that allows her to juggle school and a full-time job.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2020

In 2013, there were some 29 million students who had left college in the last two decades before earning a degree. “It would be really hard not to finish my classes, because I’ve worked extremely hard to get to where I am now,” said Robinson, who is majoring in health care management, online, at Park University.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The New York Times found that the proportion of households earning between $35,000 and $100,000 fell from 53 percent in 1967 to 43 percent in 2013. By this definition, the Times found that since 2000 more people have been exiting the middle class because they’re making too little to qualify, not too much.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had already overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey. “No On a trip back home to the Dominican Republic, she began dating Jesus Hernandez; they married in 2013. This story also appeared in USA Today. Anjerlin was born the next year.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2019

These also show that Nichols has reduced the number of dropouts, holding onto $5.4 million in 2013 to $15.4 It’s trying to increase enrollment, which has rebounded after a decline, according to publicly available and internal documents administrators made available. million a year in tuition revenue it was previously losing.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Since 2013, it has required all students taking less than a full load of classes to also take a seminar that provides them with mentors and success coaches — a package of supports for which many didn’t otherwise have time. Bunker Hill Community College in Boston is among the institutions starting to experiment with other solutions.

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