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Are the challenges of Puerto Rico’s schools a taste of what other districts will face?

The Hechinger Report

But, despite a 2018 education reform law that allows for more local control, the Puerto Rico department of education is still heavily centralized, making it difficult to get the money out the door quickly. Online learning was particularly challenging for Puerto Rican students. Child poverty is widespread: In the 50 U.S.

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Fuel Education Honors Seven Programs for Transforming Education for Students

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Herndon, Virginia, July 2, 2018 —Education is not one size fits all. Students learn in different ways and have varying needs. The Fuel Education ® Transformation Awards program celebrates schools, districts, or organizations that are successfully transforming the way teachers teach and students learn. ©2018 Fuel Education LLC.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

His remarks come amid heavy public scrutiny of online programs, as schools and districts pressured to boost their graduation numbers increasingly turn to computer software to get students over the finish line. Nationwide, high schools offering credit recovery used online courses 71 percent of the time, according to a 2018 U.S.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

The Hechinger Report

She struggled with online learning and began to face severe health issues. The campus has lost more than 8,000 students since 2018-2019, with enrollment dropping from 33,500 to 25,000. Such a program benefits colleges as well, by helping them boost enrollment and, ultimately, bring in more money from the former dropouts. “It

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Progress in getting underrepresented people into college and skilled jobs may be stalling because of the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Experts say that this means dropout rates, which had been declining for more than a decade, will likely start to rise again. The proportion of Black and Hispanic 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in college rose from 31 to 37 percent and from 22 to 36 percent , respectively, between 2000 and 2018, federal figures show. We had some momentum.

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Alabama community college overhaul improves the odds for unprepared students

The Hechinger Report

Overton’s placement in the college-level course with a companion course, called a co-requisite, is part of a developmental education redesign launched by the Alabama Community College System in 2018-19. percent in 2017-2018 to 73.66 percent in 2017-2018 to 66.37 percent in 2019-2020 according to ACCS data.

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She has ‘the heart of a nurse,’ but can she overcome obstacles to her degree?

The Hechinger Report

Hernandez, a 33-year-old mother of four and high school dropout, had already overcome an array of obstacles on her nearly five-year journey. “No Jayce was born in February 2018, and Hernandez spent as much time as possible studying for the May test instead. This story also appeared in USA Today. This fall brought more challenges.

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