Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

percent (about 10,000 students) in the 2017-2018 school year, to 15.1 In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. percent (about 150 students) percent during the 2016-2017 school year. But it has proven elusive.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2019

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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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

To those already burdened by the demands of social media and fears about how to succeed in the world, Covid piled on. They have faced restrictions on the free-form socializing that builds acquaintanceships and a sense of belonging. “And Becky Fein, director of training and engagement for Active Minds.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

That’s down 11 percentage points since 2017. “He In Arizona, 46 percent of high school graduates in 2020 went to college the following fall, a drop from more than 55 percent in 2017. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. Last year, it was less than 53 percent.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

When Cruey still has questions, he will glean information through listening to the constant murmur of student gossip in hallways, tracking social media posts and keeping his ear to the ground at church. “My Overall, there’s been an increase in graduation rates and a decrease in dropouts. Photo: Damon Dahlen/HuffPost.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2020

She and her colleagues hope to reach every senior by email, phone or social media. In summer 2017, she began a two-year term on the board of the nonprofit Western Association for College Admission Counseling. At the time, only one of the group’s 30 board members or other leaders was employed at a public high school.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The problem has grown worse as schools and teachers are forced to deal with an increasing number of nontraditional students (minority, impoverished, foster, homeless, autistic) who come from nontraditional homes (single parent, divorce, second or third marriage) and learn in nontraditional ways (via the internet, tablets, social media).

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