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Ancora High School Partners with McGraw Hill to Launch New Online High School for Adults

eSchool News

In 2020, according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the high school dropout rate was 5.3% “Keeping in line with our prioritization on preparing students for further education or entering the workforce, Ancora High School helps to lay the groundwork for those who need it most,” said Bill Nance, CEO of Ancora.

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

The Hechinger Report

Such hands-on work is just one way students at Randolph Union gain real-life experience and exposure to careers in their communities. It’s all part of a statewide push to “personalizelearning, giving students more of a say over what — and where — they study. It recognized that learning can occur anywhere.”.

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