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After the pandemic disrupted their high school educations, students are arriving at college unprepared

The Hechinger Report

Now, she spends four days a week in an unusually small seminar-style calculus class with 31 other aspiring mathematicians and engineers. “I Other students faced barriers of access. Related: Hundreds of thousands of students still can’t access online learning. She retook precalculus and earned an A.

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Alabama community college overhaul improves the odds for unprepared students

The Hechinger Report

The revamped program combined co-requisite courses — essentially one-hour workshops or seminars that give students additional time to practice basic skills — with a tiered placement model that sought to reduce the overall number of students placed into developmental education programs. Sides has a similar assessment at Northwest-Shoals.

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Largely unseen and unsupported, huge numbers of student fathers are quitting college

The Hechinger Report

Among single, Black and Latino fathers, the dropout rate is about 70 percent. Men without degrees have better access than women to jobs that require only high school diplomas and are financially rewarding but physically demanding, such as welding and construction. The program also provides weekly stipends.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

Basecamp schools then receive mentoring from and troubleshooting by Summit staff, as well as PLP access throughout the academic year. Bits of student performance data are only just starting to trickle out of the pilot schools, so it’s too early to assess most of them quantitatively. Photo: Chris Berdik.