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PROOF POINTS: Plenty of Black college students want to be teachers, but something keeps derailing them late in the process

The Hechinger Report

But a June 2023 analysis of college students in Michigan highlights a particularly leaky part of the teacher pipeline: teacher preparation programs inside colleges and universities. In other words, the decline in prospective Black teachers far exceeded the Black college dropout rate.) They’re just not completing their teacher training.

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HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

.” When, or if, this doomsday scenario arises for higher education, it will be a combination of the challenges we have examined thus far – costs of “campus-based” education, failing revenue streams, and expensive dropouts. It seems that technical training is less relevant here than e-learning course design.

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PROOF POINTS: 861 colleges and 9,499 campuses have closed down since 2004

The Hechinger Report

Thirty-five colleges and universities shut down in 2021, a 70 percent decrease from 2016, when a peak of 120 colleges shuttered, according to an analysis of federal data by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO). But the numbers may spike again as declining U.S. First, the numbers.

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

eSchool News

In 2020, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the high school dropout rate was 5.3% Students will explore conducting a cost-benefit analysis for spending and investing decisions, among other financial literacy skills.

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PROOF POINTS: Most manufacturing certificate holders don’t get jobs in manufacturing

The Hechinger Report

Professional training programs have exploded over the last dozen years. It’s especially puzzling when there were a half million manufacturing job openings in 2018, during the period of this data analysis, and there are a million openings today, according to the manufacturers’ association. Credit: Oliver Parini for The Hechinger Report.

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

The Hechinger Report

The basic idea behind these peer support programs is straightforward: They rely on students trained to offer a listening ear to those who reach out, provide direct mentorship and guidance, or spot struggling students and help connect them with an adult or professional resources. Related: Simulating student mental health for teachers.

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Online Learning vs. Classroom Learning Research

eSchool News

Moreover, some studies raise questions about the quality of online instruction, noting disparities in access to technology and teacher training. Dropout rates in online K12 programs tend to be higher compared to traditional schools, indicating issues with retention and persistence.