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Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff

The Hechinger Report

The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. The pandemic will create that dropout crisis if schools just focus on 11th and 12th graders and trying to catch them up. When Travis-Curtis became principal in 2019, enrollment was plummeting.

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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2019

Edsurge

High School Dropout. The title of Anthony Johnson’s book explains why he’s an unlikely educator: it’s called “High School Dropout to Teacher of the Year.” Here's the count-down of the most-listened-to episodes of the year. Meet Anthony Johnson: Teacher of the Year. Rebel ‘Mayor.’

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A decade of data in one state shows an unexpected result when colleges drop remedial courses

The Hechinger Report

Florence Xiaotao Ran, an assistant professor at the University of Delaware and the lead researcher on the Tennessee study, explained to me that the dropouts appear to be different types of students than the ones earning more credits. Data from other states shows a similar pattern.

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School Cellphone Use Contracts Can Reduce Bullying

EdNews Daily

The Washington Post reported (July 16, 2019) that a report filed by the National Center for Education Statistics, that online bullying and texting is the rise among middle and high school students. Auburn University awarded him the “Auburn Hero Award” for his work in “reducing dropouts and for helping Alternative Education Schools.” .

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Addressing the needs of all learners at Wolf Creek Public Schools

Hapara

In fact, dropout rates were reduced to 2.2% target and five points below the provincial average dropout rate of 2.7%. respectively, in 2019 and 2020. in 2020, well below the 2.9% Also, graduation rates denoted as three-year and five-year completion rates for students entering grade 10 increased.

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PROOF POINTS: When women studied with women, they persisted, study finds

The Hechinger Report

That’s what a University of Zurich graduate student found in an experiment conducted in 2018 and 2019 involving more than 600 college students and 150 study groups. Their dropout rates were very similar whether they were in a study group’s minority or the majority. In the end, 9 percent of the men dropped the course.

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Some evidence for the importance of teaching black culture to black students

The Hechinger Report

A Stanford University study finds that dropout rates were lower in Oakland, California, high schools that offered a special class for black students called the Manhood Development Program. The first rigorous evaluation of one of the larger programs came out in October 2019 and found some promising results.

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