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STUDENT VOICES: Transfer schools offer a second chance to graduate high school

The Hechinger Report

Good Shepherd was working in Red Hook in the 1990s, during a time when Life magazine called it the “crack capital of America.”. In an effort to reengage recent dropouts, Good Shepherd founded South Brooklyn Community High School. The early days were tough,” said LoManaco. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

And I was describing to them that, “We got here with a long-term commitment to stay on a course of — really, if you want to call it, progressive education, but trying to really stay focused on trying to educate kids for lifelong learning, not just simply to build a transcript to take some test and to be able to walk across a stage.”

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How a Billionaire’s Fellowship Spread Skepticism About College’s Value

Edsurge

The editor of Slate magazine at the time, Jacob Weisberg, called it a “nasty idea.” They only back companies led by college dropouts and people who never studied in higher ed. And studies show that the majority of the students who graduate from college end up economically much better off than those who don’t go to college.

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Who Will Teach the Children? The 3 Keys to Building Globally Competitive, World Class Schools

EdNews Daily

It didn’t take me long to learn that if I wanted to succeed as an educator, I would have to learn on the job. I want to share what I have learned over time. What I have learned has come from personal experience – over time and by reading and listening to others in the field. The vast majority said they weren’t.

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Who will Teach the Children?

EdNews Daily

The problem has grown worse as schools and teachers are forced to deal with an increasing number of nontraditional students (minority, impoverished, foster, homeless, autistic) who come from nontraditional homes (single parent, divorce, second or third marriage) and learn in nontraditional ways (via the internet, tablets, social media).

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We won’t have any black Mark Zuckerbergs or Bill Gates till we do this

The Hechinger Report

So says a 2017 study published by the Institute of Policy Studies. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Indeed, being a black college dropout negatively affects earnings by at least $10 per hour, according to research by the Economic Policy Institute. Photo: AP Photo/W.A. Sign up for our newsletter.

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After a tough but promising freshman year, Dartmouth student tackles change at elite campuses

The Hechinger Report

He studied harder than he thought possible and still got his first C. He’s now studying sociology along with markets, management and the economy , while working two part-time jobs on campus so he can send money home. . — Here are some of the things that happened to Daniel Inoa during his freshman year at Dartmouth College.

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