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3 Ways Big Data Can Soften the Campus Dropout Crisis

EdNews Daily

Instead of tossing mortarboards into the air come June, these non-graduates face a rocky climb in the job force, where they scramble to make up for their educational gaps. And like any major problem, this mass exodus of dropouts must be addressed sooner rather than later through innovative interventions. Click to tweet.

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the perplexing study that’s inspired colleges to drop remedial math

The Hechinger Report

Nationwide, the cost of remedial education exceeded $1 billion annually; many colleges operated separate departments of “developmental education,” higher-education’s euphemistic jargon for non-credit catch-up classes. Department of Education. Nobody could tell me if we were doing it the right way,” Logue said.

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A battle at one university is a case study in why higher education is so slow to change

The Hechinger Report

Department of Education. It’s a revealing example of how people inside higher education often bristle at adopting strategies from the private sector, and why colleges and universities continue to be slow to change. Related: How higher education lost its shine. It’s not a retail company. And you can’t. It’s not a bank.

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How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S.

eSchool News

As this figure continues to grow year over year, true bilingual education is becoming more vital to equitably support student success. How do we ensure students achieve proficiency with the English language while receiving a rich and comprehensive education? It should be recognized that bilingual education lifts all boats.

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ReUp Education Raises $6 Million Series A to Help College Dropouts Return

Edsurge

Often, she says, a life event usually interrupts their studies—starting a family or a parent becomes ill, for example—and the CEO of ReUp Education says students shouldn’t suffer for it. “It Existing investors Serious Change, Strada Education Network, Impact Engine, Michelson Runway and Bisk Ventures participated in the round.

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Teacher dropouts

The Innovative Educator

Editor''s note: This is a living post to which I will continue adding the stories of teacher dropouts as they are brought to my attention. To rob them of true educational experiences. The jobs these teacher dropouts are yearning for exists outside government schools. To oppress them. To attempt to standardize them. To test them.

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

The Hechinger Report

Some 44 percent of American university and college faculty are part-time , according to the National Center for Education Statistics. It’s not fair to them — we know that. Unless the school has a well-rounded support system for the adjunct faculty, you’re serving the students at probably 60 percent of your capacity,” Daniels said.

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