Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Through Degrees When Due , a project of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, nearly 200 two- and four-year colleges are digging through data and auditing administrative policies to figure out how many such students they’ve lost, and why. The best-intentioned policies just get stuck on the books,” Ajinkya says.

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Policies Dropout Analysis Course 123

The Hechinger Report

MAY 7, 2019

We didn’t pay a parking ticket or a library fine, and our college refused to release our transcript. But imagine that a student’s debt went beyond failing to pay a library fine. trillion in debt, but for many low-income students, even something as comparatively paltry as a library fine can amount to a week’s food budget.

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Libraries Report Advocacy Policies 99

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2018

The state enforced strict policies to retain children who failed high stakes tests, ballooning the ranks of those who were held back. But they have much better tools than they did in 2005 when the retention policy was put into place,” he said. And that means that the retention policy should change with the times.”.

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Analysis Report Data Policies 126

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

They still are, but as the academy enters its sixth full year, its student outcomes are drawing praise from a variety of sources, even while administrators note that steep challenges remain. And the dropout rate among the first Muniz cohort, the class of 2016, was just 2.5 percent, compared with a district average of 10 percent.

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Learning Dropout Report Elementary 111

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2018

Junior Alex DesRuisseaux and senior Jesus Garcia work in the library of the University of Maine at Presque Isle. One of the learning outcomes for Policing in the Community might be “to understand the laws regarding domestic violence,” Pearson said. Photo: Robbie Feinberg for The Hechinger Report. You can take it at your own pace.

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Pearson Personalized Learning Report Course 87

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 15th The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man. - National Library Week. National Library Week is this week, and the theme is "Lives change @ your library®." How does your library manage digital collections?

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BYOD Libraries Conference Learning 52

Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

Bloomberg reports that “ Trump Administration Tapping Tech CEOs for STEM Policy Approach.” The Flatiron School has released its latest “outcomes report.” “ Is higher ed creating the next dropout factories? “ Are iPads and laptops improving students’ test scores? ” asks Chester E.

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Education MOOC Company Report 43