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It’s Time To Unlearn & Relearn Learning

EdNews Daily

University of California, California high school dropouts cost state $46.4 Journal of Neuroscience 37, 8549-8558 (2017). Coulson, New NAEP scores extend dismal trend in US Education productivity. Open Education Europe, Barcelona, Spain, 2017). billion annually. UC Santa Barbara. 2007 ([link]. Stevens, T. Satwicz, L.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

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

The Hechinger Report

These urban college markets, such as San Diego, may diverge from their state’s or region’s trends. The latest 2017 birthrate data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posts new lows, marking almost a decade of reduced fertility. In the red-colored states, the drop in students will exceed 15%.

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Some kids have returned to in-person learning only to be kicked right back out

The Hechinger Report

In 2017 it banned suspensions for students in kindergarten, first and second grade. Black girls, like Hatten’s daughter, face the starkest disparities: During the 2017-18 school year, the last for which there is nationwide data, Black girls made up just 7 percent of all girls in public schools but 45 percent of girls who were suspended.

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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. The idea is to find trends and patterns in huge amounts of historical data and use those patterns to predict the future. The dropout problem got a lot worse in the 1990s when more people started attending college. A growing trend.

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

The Hechinger Report

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. Paul was one of three state colleges to receive a state “equity in education” grant in 2017. High cost of dropping out.

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