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PROOF POINTS: New wave of research shows nudging students by text is not as promising as hoped

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High school seniors were targeted, as were college dropouts who wanted to resume their studies. The acronym FAFSA refers to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid that is used by both the federal government and colleges around the nation to issue grants and loans.). 1/2) Hi [first_name].

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What happened when a South Carolina city embraced career education for all its students

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Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. . — The brown paper bag hit the ground with a smack. The third graders at A.J.

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How one city closed the digital divide for nearly all its students

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You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

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Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. Schools can refer students to state tax collectors to have their tax refund garnished or send them to debt collection companies, which often charge high fees.

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OPINION: Arne Duncan, the fallible narrator

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These references to fictional characters are not incidental. Similar to Lang’s approach, the Ariel Foundation offered support, mentoring, and paying the cost of postsecondary education for a cohort of sixth-graders at a Chicago elementary school. Department of Education in 1980. That’s not necessarily a compliment.

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Buffalo shows turnaround of urban schools is possible, but it takes a lot more than just money

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I would have been a dropout.”. 1 request wasn’t about academics but access to mental health services. Referring to the in-school mental health counselor who is on site each day through a Say Yes partnership, Galenski noted, “I have, over the years, made many referrals for kids to see her on a weekly basis. Photo: Amadou Diallo.

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

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The hope is that by providing students access to resources they did not previously have, including after school programs and individualized lesson plans for students in need of remediation, the district can help every student reach his or her full potential. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014.

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