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Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts

The Hechinger Report

It’s a small but noteworthy example of a new emphasis at colleges and universities on plugging the steady drip of dropouts who end up with little to show for their time and tuition, wasting taxpayer money that subsidizes public universities and leaving employers without enough of the graduates they need to fill jobs. Dickinson stayed.

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Addressing the needs of all learners at Wolf Creek Public Schools

Hapara

“One of the tools that supported Wolf Creek staff and students during the 2020-21 school year while they participated in hybrid learning both online and face to face was H?para para Workspace is evident, with teachers interacting with the tool 156,624 times during the 2020-21 school year, or 846 interactions per school day.

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Can peer counseling programs bridge access gaps for youth? Experts say it’s complicated

The Hechinger Report

There’s no shortage of peer support programs to evaluate, and tools used to deploy them are evolving to become more professional and accessible in an increasingly digital world. Virtual offerings like these could play a key role in increasing access, which is particularly helpful to youth who have limited resources.

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Ancora High School Partners with McGraw Hill to Launch New Online High School for Adults

eSchool News

The flexible, individualized and 100% online learning experience is open to learners aged 18 or older who have completed 9th grade. In 2020, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the high school dropout rate was 5.3% McGraw Hill Connect® is a complete course platform.

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OPINION: Often overlooked vocational-tech schools provide great solutions to student debt, labor shortages

The Hechinger Report

This unique 50-50 split allows students to participate in day-long projects and learning experiences in their communities without having to worry about the next class period cutting their time short. Meanwhile, the overall dropout rate at regional voc-techs is 0.5 percent , even lower than the overall 1.5

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How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S.

eSchool News

One that affirms and celebrates their identities and helps them learn about and understand others? In 2020, one survey found that approximately 5 million public school students were English learners–that’s over 10 percent of students. Today’s technology presents us with answers.

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What researchers learned about online higher education during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Kameshwari Shankar watched for years as college and university courses were increasingly taught online instead of face to face, but without a definitive way of understanding which students benefited the most from them, or what if anything they learned. This story also appeared in The New York Times.