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PROOF POINTS: Inside the perplexing study that’s inspired colleges to drop remedial math

The Hechinger Report

When Alexandra Logue served as the chief academic officer of the City University of New York (CUNY) from 2008 to 2014, she discovered that her 25-college system was spending over $20 million a year on remedial classes. Most importantly, it studied math, often an insurmountable requirement for many students to complete their college degrees.

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Community colleges tackle another challenge: Students recovering from past substance use

The Hechinger Report

But it’s only in the last dozen or so years that programs began popping up at community colleges; Minneapolis College’s program, opened in 2017, was the first in Minnesota and the fifth in the nation. Vest plans to complete a study this summer of five recovery programs, including Minneapolis College’s. and Canada.

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A vocational school curriculum that includes genocide studies and British literature

The Hechinger Report

I came here for both — the training and the academics,” says Miller, who plans to study biology in college, of her decision to attend Essex Tech. One way the school has tried to encourage students’ to keep their options open is by introducing college seminar-style classes like the Genocide Studies course, currently an honors-level elective.

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Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

” We have a significantly low dropout rate and high on-time graduation rate in Albemarle. Two out of every three high school seniors graduate with an Advanced Studies Diploma, 30 percent higher than the state average for all school divisions. Reasons that Keep Kids Coming Back to School. She holds a B.S. View story at Medium.com.

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As small private colleges keep closing, some are fighting back

The Hechinger Report

Colleges are closing or merging at an accelerating rate, from about eight per year between 2004 and 2014, to an estimated 20 per year moving forward, with small private colleges particularly vulnerable. These also show that Nichols has reduced the number of dropouts, holding onto $5.4

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When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk

The Hechinger Report

It’s all part of a statewide push to “personalize” learning, giving students more of a say over what — and where — they study. But Goldstein, who helped create a hands-on manufacturing course at Randolph Union in 2014, says “retention is much easier than recruitment.” Field trips to local employers are another.

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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

The Hechinger Report

Students have access to hundreds of courses while they are in Illinois’ juvenile justice facilities, but they tend to focus on math, language arts, social studies and science. According to state data, the number of young people in state juvenile justice facilities dropped from 901 at the end of 2012 to 386 in 2017.