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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. At home in front of her Chromebook, she struggled to get motivated for her online courses.

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PROOF POINTS: New wave of research shows nudging students by text is not as promising as hoped

The Hechinger Report

Text messages to students at more than 700 high schools across 15 states also failed to improve the number of students who applied or enrolled in college, according to a 2020 study. High school seniors were targeted, as were college dropouts who wanted to resume their studies.

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Districts Pivot Their Strategies to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism During Distance Learning

Edsurge

In the early months of 2020, her team expanded an attendance campaign called “All In,” from four to 25 schools across the district, which is home to 85 public schools in total. In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time.

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OPINION: Often overlooked vocational-tech schools provide great solutions to student debt, labor shortages

The Hechinger Report

Meanwhile, the overall dropout rate at regional voc-techs is 0.5 percent statewide dropout rate, according to 2020-21 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education data, and special needs students fare particularly well at voc-tech schools. percent , even lower than the overall 1.5

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How districts can proactively protect against school shootings

eSchool News

While Robb Elementary School was the target in this particular tragedy, school shootings have proven to have a domino effect that permeates the entire school system. In 2022, Americans witnessed the horror of the s econd deadliest school shooting of all time, which resulted in the deaths of 19 students and two teachers.

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PROOF POINTS: 861 colleges and 9,499 campuses have closed down since 2004

The Hechinger Report

Most other public closures were small ones, such as the closure of a teacher training site at a local elementary school. The two organizations collaborated on a research project tracking 143,000 students at 467 campuses that closed between 2004 and 2020. adults who have student loans and no degree.

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Overdue tuition and fees — as little as $41 — derail hundreds of thousands of California community college students

The Hechinger Report

Wilson, 47, started taking courses in 2019, a few months before the pandemic hit and just before he lost his job as an elementary school music teacher. Researchers estimate that, from July 2020 to June 2021, some 321,000 community college students accrued a collective $107 million in debt to their campuses.

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