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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

Digital Promise (@DigitalPromise) February 9, 2016. If we can grab them at kindergarten and start to give them the skills that they need in order to be successful students,” says Creeden, “we have the potential to prevent that student from being a high school dropout.”. OcFbxT9ygG pic.twitter.com/QuZSJy3xw1.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.” ” From the NCES , a look at “ the homework gap ”: “Student Access to Digital Learning Resources Outside of the Classroom.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

on Election Day 2016, closed at post-election high of $17.85 Via ProPublica : “ For-Profit Schools Get State Dollars For Dropouts Who Rarely Drop In.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Post-Recession Borrowers Struggle to Repay Loans.” ” No more "Trump Bump" for student loan giant @Navient.