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Universal prekindergarten is coming to California — bumpy rollout and all

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Teacher Yasmin Kudrolli sat on a low chair and lit a candle to start the morning meeting in her prekindergarten classroom in Oakland. billion program will be fully implemented by the 2025-26 school year across the nearly 900 districts in the state that include elementary grades. OAKLAND, Calif. The plan is that the $2.7 The bill Gov.

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College students predicted to fall by more than 15% after the year 2025

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Nathan Grawe, an economist at Carleton College in Minnesota, predicts that the college-going population will drop by 15 percent between 2025 and 2029 and continue to decline by another percentage point or two thereafter. The institution’s existence is dependent on meeting the expectations of the student.” million in 2029.

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

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MINNEAPOLIS — At a late August meeting in a windowless room at Minneapolis College, a handful of students barely a week into classes sat back on couches, took a breath and marveled that they were there at all. While she was out, two student workers ensured the recovery program room stayed open, emails went out and weekly meetings happened.

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CSU and California Community Colleges Partner on a Tool To Find Transferable Online Courses

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At the community college level, students could take online courses from either a California community college or a CSU in order to more quickly meet requirements to transfer or complete an associate's degree. According to a press announcement, more than 118,000 of the CSU system’s 484,000 students took an online course in the fall of 2017.

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As States Make It Easier to Become a Teacher, Are They Reducing Barriers or Lowering the Bar?

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That was in 2017. “It Of those 11 states, some allow candidates to fulfill the requirement by meeting a minimum score on the ACT, SAT or GRE.) Without a passing score, he could not participate in the requisite student teaching experience nor, as a result, finish his degree. It began to become emotionally draining. asks James.

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A college where the graduation rate for black students has been 0 percent — for years

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Among full-time, first-time students at Kent State University Salem, which is 4 percent black, two black students received an associate degree and one received a bachelor’s degree in 2017. At the Tuscarawas campus, also 4 percent black, one black student received an associate degree and zero received a bachelor’s in 2017.

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Minnesota has a persistent higher-ed gap: Are new efforts making a difference?

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Recognizing these trends, state policymakers set a goal almost four years ago of increasing the proportion of 25- to 44-year-olds, of all races, with at least a postsecondary certificate to 70 percent by 2025. Before Ontere leaves, she schedules a follow-up meeting and hands him a meal voucher. Today, 27 percent are, Dastmozd said.

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