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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

Among the many other problems dragging down Puerto Rico’s stagnant economy, made worse by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, is a huge high school dropout rate and, among those students who do manage to graduate, a comparatively low trajectory to college — especially college on the mainland — and a high dropout rate there, too.

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Six reasons you may not graduate on time

The Hechinger Report

Colleges and universities usually require 120 credits for a bachelor’s degree but students graduate with about 135, on average, according to data compiled by Complete College America, a nonprofit research and advocacy group. Some states’ figures are even higher. It’s hard to cope. In college, that’s reversed.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “Economic Boom Isn’t Helping Some Student-Loan Debtors , Advocacy Group Says.” How a College Dropout Plans to Replace the SAT and ACT.” " [link] — Kaitlin Mulhere (@KMulhere) October 30, 2018. ” The “New” For-Profit Higher Ed.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Following up on ProPublica reporting , “ Florida to Examine Whether Alternative Charter Schools Underreport Dropouts.” “When Social Media Assignments Increase Risks for Vulnerable Students” by Monica Bulger and Jade E. .” More on AB 165 from the ACLU , which also opposes the proposed law.