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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 Sarah Horn wants to correct a myth about students who stop college before graduating.

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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

EdNews Daily

Discuss the events of the day, politics anything to reestablish family discussions. In 2014, Schargel was nominated for the Brock International Prize in Education for “demonstrating clear evidence of success in dropout prevention and for retaining students in alternative education environments. Ban the use of cellphones at dinnertime.

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Tuesday, May 19 Events - The Learning Revolution Online Daily Education Conference #learningrevolution

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

with Vinayadhar Raju, ZPHS Jangapally 1:00 PM - Helping Students Graduate: Tools & Strategies to Lower the Number of School Dropouts & Raise Graduation Rates with Franklin P. TODAY'S SESSIONS : All times are US-Eastern Daylight Time - to see them in your own time zone and to get the links for attending live, click HERE.

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While focus is on fall, students? choices about college will have a far longer impact

The Hechinger Report

One cataclysmic event can do it in,” said Renn, a professor of higher, adult and lifelong education at Michigan State University. Now, just as happened in the last recession, it is likely to take them even longer and cost more, while — after years of hard-won progress — dropout rates rise and graduation rates fall.

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How Attendance Awards Backfire

Digital Promise

School attendance has become a point of focus in educational reform in recent years, as research has indicated that chronic absenteeism is a predictor of poor academic performance and higher dropout rates. A new study , led by Harvard Ph.D.

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Equity Is Not Just About Access. It’s About Success.

Digital Promise

Throughout the meeting, participants witnessed some of the work that has had a positive impact on intractable problems in the district, such as the dropout rate and the achievement gap. Another special thanks to our Digital Promise corporate partners and meeting sponsors for making this event possible.

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Bring Experts to Your Class Easily with Nepris

Ask a Tech Teacher

Statistically, almost half of school dropouts do so because they don’t see the relevance. Teachers have long-known the positive effect industry experts have on students, but the complications of finding the speaker, arranging the event, and preparing the class have made this a daunting task. Click to view slideshow.