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New research offers hope to first-generation college grads

The Hechinger Report

Department of Education earlier this month points out that a college education can still be a lever of social mobility. It’s unclear from the current data if the dropout rates for first-generation students are improving or worsening. That figure reflects dropout rates, too.

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OPINION: We can and must do better to help Black students enroll in college and succeed

The Hechinger Report

In stories detailing inequities, from post-graduation income gaps to programming that places Black students in less upwardly mobile career tracks , the news consistently demonstrates that our higher education system is not equitably serving Black learners. Related: The college degree gap between Black and white Americans was always bad.

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With Limited Options, a Struggling Campus Prepares Students for Life After High School

Edsurge

P-TECH partnered with IBM back in 2011 to design a six-year high school where students receive associate's degrees in STEM majors and sometimes job offers from IBM by the time they graduate. However, problems with completion do not primarily stem from dropouts, which were recorded at 2 percent in 2016. At Reagan a whopping 25.8

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Adapting to the New Classroom

techlearning

The district faced challenges with dropouts and reduced graduation rates due to failed classes, school transfers, and absences due to weather and medical issues. The graduation rate rose dramatically, from 81 percent in 2011 to 91 percent in 2017. District leaders began a search for adaptive and blended learning solutions.

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November 14 - Ed Tech News, Our Weekly Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

ANNOUNCEMENTS The 2011 Global Education Conference has begun! The Library as Makerspace Preventing STEM Dropouts Is NYC’s General Assembly the University of the Future? Welcome to week five of this new weekly blog post / email, including the round-up of the week''s news and podcast with Audrey Watters. Come sign up--it''s free!

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Students who drop out for mental health struggles are turning to pricey programs to find their way back

The Hechinger Report

Lynch had left school just before Christmas in 2011, when she was 22, in the middle of a major depressive episode. “I The stakes are high for a student trying to return to school after a mental health leave of absence: thousands in tuition dollars and a college degree that could secure economic mobility for the future. It resonated.

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10Q: Martin Weller - the battle for open

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2) You wrote a book on being a digital scholar in 2011. large scale dropouts, superficial learning)? MOOC dropouts are a real issue - at the Open University we''ve known for a long time that students really require a lot of support if they are to succeed. blogs, social media, learning objects, OERs, MOOCs, etc in this period.

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