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These students are finishing high school, but their degrees don’t help them go to college

The Hechinger Report

As of 2016, Louisiana and 23 other states had alternative diploma or certificate options specifically for students with disabilities, each state with its own system. However, there is not much research on the life outcomes of students with disabilities who attain high school diplomas versus those who get alternative exit documents.

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The Cause That Unites Chief IT and Academic Officers

Edsurge

FUN SAD FACT: According to Avi Yashchin, Senior Offering Manager at IBM Watson: “Sadness [sentiments] in incoming freshman college application essay is the sixth strongest predictor of dropout.” University IT departments are still feeling the effects of budget cuts from the recession, according to the 2016 Campus Computing Survey.

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

The Hechinger Report

In February 2016, he was brought back to court to be formally arraigned. It was a week before Mardi Gras 2016. To expand their scope, they co-founded an organization called Unafraid Educators to organize teachers and to help students access college. I refused to drop out. I hit the books hard, so that I would graduate.”.

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Home visiting in high school: Trying an intervention for toddlers on teenagers

The Hechinger Report

And in 2016 just 8 percent of McDowell County residents of working age held an associate degree or higher, compared to 31 percent statewide. That’s well below the statewide rate of 55 percent. To increase those numbers, the district is trying to be more innovative and aggressive.

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Chronically absent: Is quality education possible in juvenile detention in Mississippi?

The Hechinger Report

“Too many discipline issues,” he told the Jackson Free Press during an interview at his house in the Washington Addition in June 2016. To the right of the computerized door allowing access to the classrooms and living spaces for the students, a sign adorned with a cute Easter duck reads “hello!” Judge Thomas H.

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

The Hechinger Report

We are speaking about an equal right, an equal opportunity to access education,” said Sabrina Bernadel, legal counsel at the National Women’s Law Center. In the meantime, Crawford said, the boys were provided with laptops and Google Classroom access. But even free legal aid can be difficult for already-vulnerable families to access.

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The Prison to College Pipeline

The Hechinger Report

It now spans 15 CSU campuses, where it offers academic counseling, opportunities to network, financial advice, tutoring, a community, help in accessing campus resources, financial aid, and more. At CSUF, 106 students participate, bringing the total to more than 300 since 2016. But back in 2016, she was hired in part to answer the mail.

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