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It’s Time To Unlearn & Relearn Learning

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University of California, California high school dropouts cost state $46.4 Journal of Neuroscience 37, 8549-8558 (2017). in Edulearn 17: Neuroscience foundations – 9th Annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. Open Education Europe, Barcelona, Spain, 2017). billion annually. Stevens, T.

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Why Education Power Trumps Voice

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When was the last time you attended an education policy conference that put both kids and parents into the spotlight? NewSchools (@nsvf) May 18, 2017. Diana Castro Panels at education “innovation” conferences are traditionally populated by nonprofit leaders, school administrators and funders. NewSchools (@nsvf) May 18, 2017.

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DEBT WITHOUT DEGREE: The human cost of college debt that becomes “purgatory”

The Hechinger Report

Students who withdraw are also much more likely to default on their loans; dropouts make up two-thirds of defaults nationwide. The number of dropouts with federal loans at these institutions has grown from 35,443 in 2007-09 to more than 56,600 in 2013-15. [But] That’s typical, said Smith of the Center on Education and the Workforce.

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

ATLANTA — When Keenan Robinson started college in 2017, he knew the career he wanted. For an absurd example, if dropouts tended to take classes on Thursdays in their first semester at college, but students who completed their degrees didn’t, then you might worry about current students who are currently taking classes on Thursdays.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

Among the many other problems dragging down Puerto Rico’s stagnant economy, made worse by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, is a huge high school dropout rate and, among those students who do manage to graduate, a comparatively low trajectory to college — especially college on the mainland — and a high dropout rate there, too.

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As enrollment falls and colleges close, a surprising number of new ones are opening

The Hechinger Report

PORTLAND, Maine — The ergonomic chairs, glass-walled conference rooms, ubiquitous technology and smell of new carpets and fresh paint scream well-funded startup. Thanks to one-on-one counseling like this, the dropout rate is a third lower than at conventional universities and colleges, according to figures provided by the school.

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Empowered Readers: Technology That Can Re-Inspire Students’ Love of Reading

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The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. As I reflect on the upcoming 2016-2017 school year, I wonder how this negativity has affected my own 5th grade reading classroom.