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How a dropout factory raised its graduation rate from 53 percent to 75 percent in three years

The Hechinger Report

By 2013, Webster managed to graduate just 53 percent of its students, and it was clear to school and district officials that drastic change was in order. The change in the school culture since the Diplomas Now partnership began in 2013 is palpable, marked by rising expectations for students.

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Dropout Detective Offers Academic ‘Credit Scores’—But Is That a Good Thing?

Edsurge

That’s why it might come as surprise to hear AspirEDU , an educational analytics company, pitch their Dropout Detective software as an “academic credit score” for students. Whereas credit scores are designed to prevent risky buyers from getting approved on loans, Dropout Detective is meant to improve student success and lower dropout rates.

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OPINION: The low-cost steps the government could take right now to ease hunger and homelessness on college campuses

The Hechinger Report

As we consider how to support students, we need to prioritize making sure they have enough to eat and a safe place to sleep along with providing high-quality instruction and internet access. We know from exhaustive research that hunger seriously impairs learning outcomes and that financial insecurity drives dropout rates.

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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

EdNews Daily

Eighty-eight percent (88) of 13-17-year-olds have access to cellphones. Ninety-one (91) percent have access to computers, tablets or cellphones. Auburn University awarded him the “Auburn Hero Award” for his work in “reducing dropouts and for helping Alternative Education Schools.” .

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Students, feeling nickel-and-dimed, force new scrutiny of college fees

The Hechinger Report

And the resulting decline in borrowing and dropout rates on those campuses suggest the toll that fees were taking on their students. The fees weren’t necessarily lowered, but since 2013 they have been included in the tuition charge (this year, $26,590), meaning more of them can be covered by financial aid and all are paid up front.

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OPINION: What health care can teach educators about the difference between ‘equal’ and ‘equitable’

The Hechinger Report

Longitudinal data show that students enrolled in City Connects schools performed better academically and had lower grade retention, chronic absenteeism and dropout rates. He served as Secretary of Education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 2008 to 2013. Encouragingly, pioneers are making headway in this work.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. Compared to white and affluent students, low-income and minority students have less access to nearly every type of educational benefit. When they go home, they may not have that.”. Ending Social Promotion.