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Are our definitions of ‘college readiness’ too high?

Dangerously Irrelevant

Considering that these data don’t include dropouts, it seems safe to say that no more than one in three American high-school students is capable of hitting the College Board’s benchmark. In these states in 2015, the percentage of students averaging at least 500 on the reading section ranged from 33 percent (in D.C.) via [link].

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New research offers hope to first-generation college grads

The Hechinger Report

Consider students who graduated from college with a four-year bachelor’s degree during the 2007-08 academic year. But four years later, in 2007-08, only 20 percent of all bachelor’s degree recipients were first-generation students. That figure reflects dropout rates, too.

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School counselors keep kids on track. Why are they first to be cut?

The Hechinger Report

Aimed at curbing dropouts, improving graduation rates and sending more kids to college and other postsecondary programs, the corps is designed to offset a growing achievement gap in this relatively affluent but increasingly diverse state. “When there’s a budget cut, counselors are the first to go.”.

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Colleges face reckoning as plummeting birthrate worsens enrollment declines

The Hechinger Report

Tuition continued to go up and dropout rates have barely improved since 2015, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Administrators are trying to chip away at dropout rates, too, plugging the substantial leak of tuition-paying students they’re losing. There are just too many barriers.”.

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TEACHER VOICE: College students who lack basic skills can learn to love reading and writing

The Hechinger Report

percent literacy rate , the seventh-lowest among the 50 states, and one of the highest school dropout rates. Since 2007, with his spouse, Leilani Darling, J.D., And even though they were high school graduates, many were only borderline literate. In 2017 New Mexico had an 83.5

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OPINION: A New York model helps community college students reach their goals

The Hechinger Report

The ASAP model was designed in 2007 to address institutional barriers to student success, particularly for CUNY’s low-income students. A good example is the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs , or ASAP, at the City University of New York (CUNY).

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It’s Time To Unlearn & Relearn Learning

EdNews Daily

University of California, California high school dropouts cost state $46.4 2007 ([link]. Gruia, “The education pipeline in the United States 1970-2000,” (The National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy, Boston, 2004). billion annually. UC Santa Barbara. Stevens, T. Satwicz, L. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2008), pp.

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