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Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts

The Hechinger Report

It’s a small but noteworthy example of a new emphasis at colleges and universities on plugging the steady drip of dropouts who end up with little to show for their time and tuition, wasting taxpayer money that subsidizes public universities and leaving employers without enough of the graduates they need to fill jobs. Dickinson stayed.

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Fewer teenage mothers, but they still present a dropout puzzle

The Hechinger Report

The teen birth rate plunged more than 60 percent from 1991 to 2014, the most recent year of data. Nearly a quarter million teenage girls, ages 15 to 19, gave birth to babies in 2014. The post Fewer teenage mothers, but they still present a dropout puzzle appeared first on The Hechinger Report. But it is hardly a problem solved.

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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

EdNews Daily

That was a jump of 15 percent from the 2014-2015 school year. In 2014, Schargel was nominated for the Brock International Prize in Education for “demonstrating clear evidence of success in dropout prevention and for retaining students in alternative education environments. About the Author.

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Some evidence for the importance of teaching black culture to black students

The Hechinger Report

A Stanford University study finds that dropout rates were lower in Oakland, California, high schools that offered a special class for black students called the Manhood Development Program. Nonetheless, the dropouts declined for all black boys who had access to the course. Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor via Getty Images.

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Acceleration Academies Appoints Kelli Campbell as New Chief Executive Officer

eSchool News

About Acceleration Academies Founded in 2014, Acceleration Academies is a national leader in re-engaging young adults not experiencing success in a traditional high school setting. I am tremendously excited for the opportunity to support the mission and help expand the number of students that we serve.”

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PROOF POINTS: How much does it cost to produce a community college graduate?

The Hechinger Report

Obviously, all those college dropouts aren’t improving local work forces. First generation students made up half of Texas’s 750,000 community college students between the academic years 2014-15 and 2019-20. And state lawmakers aren’t keen to write community colleges blank checks without accountability.

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

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Back in January 2014, I noted that. Significantly higher dropout rates. Retention has found to be a stronger predictor of student dropout than socioeconomic status or parental education. In that January 2014 blog post I said that. Being retained does not increase academic achievement in the long run.