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How one district solved its special education dropout problem

The Hechinger Report

The district’s class of 2010 had a 73 percent graduation rate for students in special education and a 13 percent dropout rate — double the dropout rate for the student body overall. The high dropout rate for students with disabilities is a pressing national problem. Covina-Valley has seen its efforts pay off.

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Improving reading skills and SEL through text-based discussions

eSchool News

Recent research has shown that SEL increases high school graduation rates, and post-secondary enrollment and graduation rates, as well as employment rates and wages. SEL also decreases behavioral issues, dropout rates, drug use, and teen pregnancy, so the advantages of including it in elementary and secondary classes are clear.

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Sources of Hope for Education Technology in 2018

Edsurge

We have backed companies focused on budgeting, scheduling, procurement, dropout prevention, and professional development for the teachers of special education students and English language learners. They insist that the sole proper function of most post-secondary education programs is to get students a good job.

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Improving Social-Emotional and Reading Skills

edWeb.net

Recent research has shown that SEL increases high school graduation rates, and post-secondary enrollment and graduation rates, as well as employment rates and wages. SEL also decreases behavioral issues, dropout rates, drug use, and teen pregnancy, so the advantages of including it in elementary and secondary classes are clear.

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With a teacher like me, ‘Would I have turned out better?’

The Hechinger Report

Fellows receive monthly stipends that start at $450 and rise each year, up to $700, in an attempt to combat steep post-secondary dropout rates — 33 percent of black college students drop out after one year of college, often because of financial shortfalls. But I could definitely tell I did something,” he said.

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When math lessons at a goat farm beat sitting behind a desk

The Hechinger Report

Among Act 77’s aims: to reduce high school dropout rates, particularly among low-income students. (In If we really care that regardless of what zip code you live in you have equal opportunity, that’s definitely not happening,” she says. It recognized that learning can occur anywhere.”. percent of nondisadvantaged students.).

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Why haven’t new federal rules unleashed more innovation in schools?

The Hechinger Report

High schools were rated on standardized tests, as well as dropout, attendance and graduation rates. Oregon’s plan expands the federal definition of a well-rounded education, and details how they will use data to improve learning. If schools didn’t pass muster, they had to develop improvement plans or risk takeovers or funding cuts.