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One university has a new college specifically to re-enroll adults who had dropped out

The Hechinger Report

Starting in 2018, while working full time, Golden began taking classes online – first at a community college in Ohio, then at Morgan State – with a resolve she didn’t have at 18. Related: PROOF POINTS: Lessons from college dropouts who came back. Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Stopping dropouts .

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It’s Time To Unlearn & Relearn Learning

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Our innate capacity to learn, to think, to create, and adapt endowed us with the evolutionary advantages necessary to become one of the most successful organisms on the planet. Our schools are, in a sense, factories in which the raw products (children) are to be shaped and fashioned into products to meet the various demands of life.” (4)

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Who will Teach the Children?

EdNews Daily

The Wall Street Journal reported at the end of 2018, using U.S. In the first ten months of 2018, public educators quit at an average rate of 83 per 10,000 on staff. Many parents have made efforts to prepare their children for learning. Clearly, something must be done to address the teacher dropout problem.

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A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education is so slow to change

The Hechinger Report

I actually lower my standards,” John Hunt, who teaches history, told Tuminez at a contentious meeting of the faculty senate she attended in October, a video of the meeting shows. Tuminez became president of UVU in 2018. A university analysis shows that this approach has sharply reduced dropout rates. I do it myself.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

What you learn in a regular high school in a year, you could learn here in six months.”. What you learn in a regular high school in a year, you could learn here in six months.” . Students spend 80 percent of their time learning from home. This [place] gives you the opportunity to graduate faster,” he said.

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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. That’s why innovative educators across the country are implementing creative programs to better meet those needs.

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Don Kidd Joins Achieve3000 as Vice President of Strategic Sales

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Lakewood, NJ, (September 17, 2018) – Achieve3000 , the leader in differentiated literacy instruction, today announced that Don Kidd has joined the organization as vice president of strategic sales. To learn more about Achieve3000, please visit www.achieve3000.com. Learn more at www.achieve3000.com.

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