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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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How Attendance Awards Backfire

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School attendance has become a point of focus in educational reform in recent years, as research has indicated that chronic absenteeism is a predictor of poor academic performance and higher dropout rates. A new study , led by Harvard Ph.D. Awards may still be effective for young middle schoolers, the study found.

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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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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. That’s why innovative educators across the country are implementing creative programs to better meet those needs. ©2018 Fuel Education LLC. Students learn in different ways and have varying needs. To learn more, visit fueleducation.com and Twitter.

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

The Hechinger Report

Nationwide, high schools offering credit recovery used online courses 71 percent of the time, according to a 2018 U.S. Most Altus classes meet the University of California’s “A-G” course requirements for admission, Altus officials say. Department of Education brief. State performance indicators showed mixed results for Altus schools.

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It’s Time To Unlearn & Relearn Learning

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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) University of California, California high school dropouts cost state $46.4 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, New York, 2018). Random House, London, UK, 2018).

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College students to administrators: Let’s talk about mental health

The Hechinger Report

It’s true that there are not enough professionals to meet rising demand. Members of the Active Minds chapter at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater gather supplies to make valentines to themselves at a recent meeting. At a recent meeting, she brought supplies for students to make valentines to themselves. That is changing.

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