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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

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Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. In this ongoing series, The Hechinger Report is visiting high schools that have beaten the long odds to learn what’s behind their success in improving graduation rates and sending more students to college. Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report. TULSA, Okla. —

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A charter chain thinks it has the answer for alternative schools

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Photo: Linh Tat for 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.

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All ninth graders study at the local 4-H center in this Maine district

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At the Telstar Freshman Academy in Maine, service learning is included as part of the curriculum. Bailey Fraser, 15 (left), and her stepsister Leah Kimball, 15, volunteer with Edible Bethel during their service learning block. Emily Kaplan for The Hechinger Report. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter.

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Seeking advantage, colleges are increasingly admitting students as sophomores

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Photo: Michael Farrell for The Hechinger Report. million fewer college students in the spring semester just ended than at the last peak in 2011, the National Student Clearinghouse reports. Photo: Michael Farrell for The Hechinger Report. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Choose as many as you like.

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Where Are Quality Instructional Materials for English Language Learners?

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Craig Brock teaches high school science in Amarillo, Texas, where his freshman biology students are currently learning about the parts of a cell. Many reported that they did not have enough time or money to access quality materials, while others stated these materials simply don’t exist.

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High schools fail to provide legally required education to students with disabilities

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This story was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, in partnership with the Huffington Post. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. He said he never had to study or actually learn anything to get an A. Weekly Update.

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OPINION: We need more teachers of color. Getting there requires ambitious equitable solutions

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Yet research tells us that exposure to a Black teacher in elementary school can reduce the high school dropout rate for low-income Black male students by 39 percent. Better preparing candidates for licensure exams and rigorous academic standards. Just seven percent of our country’s teachers are Black.

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