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Canada treats its adjunct professors better than the U.S. does – and it pays off for students 

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There are now two decades of research saying that having more exposure to part-time faculty who lack the most support leads to more dropouts, lower graduation rates, lower GPAs and difficulty finding a major.” What an enormous resource,” Kim said. “We It’s not fair to them — we know that. Where is the rising tuition going?

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PROOF POINTS: When women studied with women, they persisted, study finds

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Dropout rates are high at Swiss universities, where less-prepared students are typically weeded out during the first year, so women probably wouldn’t be dropping out of an introductory economics class in such high numbers here in the United States. In the end, 9 percent of the men dropped the course. Shan’s group happened to be all women.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

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By comparison, the state of California reported a 12 percent chronic absenteeism rate among students in 2018-2019, representing 676,000 students. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. percent (about 11,000 students) in 2018-2019.

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K12 Inc. Names Stuart Udell, Former Catapult Learning Official, as CEO

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That same year K12 rebranded a number of its resources under a separate legal entity called Fuel Education, focusing on “personalized learning” platforms, as well as consulting, teacher professional development, and online courses. See also: Providers of Special Education, Dropout-Prevention Services Merge.

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Momentum builds for helping students adapt to college by nixing freshman grades

The Hechinger Report

Related: Colleges’ new solution to enrollment declines: Reducing the number of dropouts. By comparison, she said, higher-income classmates “had Ph.D. When she was a freshman, Olivia Disabatino “saw that I didn’t necessarily have all the resources that other students had when it came to just being prepared for college.”.

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Let Evidence Guide the Solutions to Student Absenteeism

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Chronically absent middle schoolers have lower grades and test scores that increase dropout potential. Research illuminates its impact: Elementary school students who miss 10% of school show weaker social skills development, lower reading ability, and higher grade-retention rates. This information provides insight into the reasons (e.g.,

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Learning Technologies and Creativity in the Classroom

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By comparison, the outside world must seem like a playground of self-expression and creativity. Dropout rates increase, test and project scores dip, and – worst of all – learning becomes synonymous with boredom. If this imbalance isn’t a cause for concern among educators, it should be.