Edsurge
OCTOBER 10, 2019
HOUSTON — Colorful college pennants line the walls in a small room at a public library branch in the city's Near Northside. At a table with stacks of flyers advertising scholarships, a family confers quietly with a counselor. Public libraries are one of the rarer places in today’s society where any and all are welcome,” she says.
The Learning Revolution Has Begun
APRIL 20, 2015
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Edsurge
NOVEMBER 19, 2019
In keeping with that mindset, some education leaders refer to lost students as “stopouts” rather than “dropouts.” Unpaid parking tickets, library fines and graduation fees can result in transcript holds that block students from officially getting their credentials or transferring to other institutions.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 6, 2019
For an absurd example, if dropouts tended to take classes on Thursdays in their first semester at college, but students who completed their degrees didn’t, then you might worry about current students who are currently taking classes on Thursdays. The dropout problem got a lot worse in the 1990s when more people started attending college.
The Innovative Educator
DECEMBER 31, 2016
He took over an out-of-date, disorganized library, with dusty old books and turned it into a modern, automated library created with a mission to support student learning in ways aligned to their interests, strengths, and talents. You may also appreciate his 140Edu Talk where he explains high school dropouts is not a crisis.
Edsurge
JULY 28, 2016
The district is also known for having one of the largest dropout rates and one of the highest pupil-to-teacher ratios in the country. My learners needed choices that my physical book collection could not provide, and I need a way to bolster my library and give students more choices.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
PORTLAND, Maine — The ergonomic chairs, glass-walled conference rooms, ubiquitous technology and smell of new carpets and fresh paint scream well-funded startup. Thanks to one-on-one counseling like this, the dropout rate is a third lower than at conventional universities and colleges, according to figures provided by the school.
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