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No longer ruled out: an educator develops strategies to keep court-involved students in school

The Hechinger Report

NEW ORLEANS — School absences were rare for Lorenzo Elliott, the drum major of the George Washington Carver High School band and an honor roll student with a 96 percent attendance rate. Often, they can’t,” said Robert Schwartz , a visiting scholar at Temple University James E. His family said that police had picked him up.

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This program is helping fast-diversifying suburban schools promote success for all students

The Hechinger Report

A 2017 study by the Houston Independent School District, for example, found that students participating in AVID in 2015-16 enrolled in higher-level courses and received higher scores on AP exams and on standardized tests than those who did not. An independent study conducted in Washington state showed similar results.

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The Prison to College Pipeline

The Hechinger Report

Ultimately, less than 4 percent of them graduate from college, compared with the nation’s overall rate of 29 percent, according to a 2018 report. For Project Rebound participants, the recidivism rate is less than 1 percent; for John Irwin House residents, it’s zero. “I I became a crackhead to education.” Andrisse has it.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Education Week : “ FCC Chair Moves to Block E-Rate Funds for Companies Deemed ‘Security Risk’ ” (State and Local) Education Politics. ” Via The New York Times , a profile on the Indiana charter chain Excel Schools : “A Chance for Dropouts, Young and Old, to Go Back to School.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “ Student-Loan Borrowers , by Age Group, Amount Owed, and Repayment Status, 2017.” despite having Arizona ’s third-highest dropout rate.” Via The Hechinger Report : “For students teetering on the edge financially, micro-grants help them finish college.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” The story contains some machinations at the Department of Education in which the White Hous e tried to fire a Jeb Bush-supporting staffer. ” Via The Student Loan Report : “Halfway Through 2017, Here Are the Best & Worst Student Loan Servicers.” ” asks Chester E. trillion in 2017.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Campus Technology : “ AP Exam Pass Rates Rise Even as Participation Doubles.” Acumen “senior innovation associate” writes about +Acumen in Edsurge : “The Flip Side of Abysmal MOOC Completion Rates ? E-Sports Make A Play For The Big Ten.” Discovering the Most Tenacious Learners.”