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

The Hechinger Report

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.

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What happens when two separate and unequal school districts merge?

The Hechinger Report

There are pockets of poverty in the county that rival the Delta while Starkville is, by comparison, a wealthy town,” he said. The school district had a 27 percent dropout rate in 2014. In the year leading up to consolidation, the commission held town hall meetings in person and on Twitter to build community support for the new plan.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Meanwhile, the state has given initial approval for ECOT to become a “dropout school.” “ Hacked Twitter Accounts a New Headache for Schools,” Education Week’s Ben Herold reports. Adults Outperformed by Rest of Developed World in Numeracy , New Comparison Finds.” Rural ones.”