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No longer ruled out: an educator develops strategies to keep court-involved students in school

The Hechinger Report

NEW ORLEANS — School absences were rare for Lorenzo Elliott, the drum major of the George Washington Carver High School band and an honor roll student with a 96 percent attendance rate. Often, they can’t,” said Robert Schwartz , a visiting scholar at Temple University James E. His family said that police had picked him up.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” At least the e-cigarette company (which targets teens) offers a social-emotional learning curriculum, right? ” Via the AP : “ District of Columbia Mayor Muriel E. MasteryConnect acquired Socrative in 2014.). Via Wired : “ Juul ’s Lobbying Could Send Its Public Image Up in Smoke.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” The story contains some machinations at the Department of Education in which the White Hous e tried to fire a Jeb Bush-supporting staffer. ” asks Chester E. “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? Duolingo has raised $25 million in Series E funding from Drive Capital. million total.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” Maine governor Paul LePage has finally nominated an education commissioner – the post has been open since 2014. Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.” E-Sports Make A Play For The Big Ten.” ” More research on virtual schools in the research below.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Chicago Tribune : “ Chance the Rapper writes $1 million check to CPS as a ‘call to action’ ” “The History of the Future of E-rate ” by me. Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” She made $9.6

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Education's Online Futures

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And Coursera co-founder Andrew Ng left Baidu , where he’d been since leaving the MOOC startup in 2014. The Post and Courier reported on South Carolina’s charter schools this summer, noting that their graduation rate is half of that at traditional schools – just 42%. Udacity’s CMO Shernaz Daver left that company.

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Not Net Neutrality, but another potential FCC move – ending the E-Rate program. ” Via The Economic Times : “Startups in student-lending sector see dropouts, but some score too.” “ Big data could solve the college-dropout problem ,” says The Washington Post. How much can you afford?

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